New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-26


should not be permitted to sacrihc'
himself by running at the head OF th'
ticket this year.
II became apparent last night. as
The Tribune told. that the unbossec
convention must not be, permitted u
degenerate into a convention OF .chaos
II is Embossed so far as anything re-
gardins the selection Of candidates Il
concerned. Moreover, there isn't an!
one man who could boss It. least OF all
probably William Barnes, IF. Perhaps
il is not going too far 10 say that undei
existing circumstances 1t would DC liH-
possible to bring together a group ol
men who by their combined pohtlcd
power--that is. by brutal exercising oi
the big stick on their unwilling dele
gates-could nominate any man ioi
Governor and follow that nomination
with a ticket possible to he considered
seriously.
Delegates and leaders. however from
Senator Root down, realize that the
convention. TO 90 business. should
have some tentative programme some
schedule. some line suggested aions
which it might work That Is Wha'
the informal steering committee has
been doing in its efforts 10 combine the
wisdom Of all sections Of the state ana
al, interests in a discussion oil 1he
available political material.
That is the way Wadsworth was
eliminated as a possibility. That IS inc
way +, was decided that Hedges ana
Bennett would not be the right men
This year on such lines Of discussion
the choice practically narrowed down
10 Low and Hinman.
Seek an Aggressive Canpaisner'
..You sec. we've got 70 pick man we
can elect or we might as well go out oil
business" argued one Of the leaders
who have been consulting together ana
feeling out sentiment. Hes got 10 DC
q man who can stand on his own leeO
and make an aggressive campaign ho
can't wear the tag OF any leader lie
r,ust no Of such stuff that he can get
the votes of this convention on MS
uerits. Wadsworth, Hedges and Ben
net will be presented to the conYeh'ioh'
I have no doubt, and there Will be one
ballot. or two or three. or four maybe
Then things will have shaken down
and wen be able to get me on
where we are. Then Wen get down TO
business and pick the real man
4 telephone message was sent 70
Senator Hinman asking him to come
here and take the convention floor 10
make the fight for direct primaries
The Senator was unable to accept deh-
nitely. saying his legal engagements
were such as to make his attendance
uncertain.
In intervals of platform work to-day
and tonight Senator Root has been
consulted by many of the leaders. Her
bert Parsons, Samuel Koenig' Fred
Greiner, OF Erie, and his colleague
State Committeeman Daniels. ex-Gov-
ernor Oder Senator Rose, Of Orange
County; George W. Aldridge and others
have talked over matters.
The state chairman has not taken
any especial part in these conferences
or discussions. He l. devoting himself
20 the platform and letting Others
worry about candidates just at pres
ent. He probably will have very pro-
nounced views about candidates and
express them when the time comes, but
UP to date he has given no indication
even 10 friends. where he stands
The net result Of il all is that wher
the shaking down process following
three or four indecisive ballots come!
Human is likely to be the upstat,
mems candidate and Low will hav,
scattering support.
At meeting to-day Of the delegation
from the 29th Congress District. EN-
bracing part Of Rensselaer, County anc
Washington. Saratoga and Warrer
counties, il was resolved that the dele
gates should vote as a unit on the nom
inatiOn Of q Governor. They wcr
bound 70 support. first District Attor
ney Whitman of New York, and. next
Senator Human.
District Attorney Whitman has
considerable following among upstat
men, but the delegates from New Yorl
City say he cannot afford to desert hi
work in the Hyde prosecution and tn
Rosenthal murder case at this stage
even to take nomination for Governor
Mr.. Whitman, however. is said I
have sent word tonight that If tn
nomination came 10 him he would &C
cept.
At Sea on Rest Of Ticket
So far as candidates below the hea,
OF the ticket are concerned, nobod
pretends 10 make even a guess as 4
nominees. There are dozens anxiou
10 have their names on the ticket
Mayor Hugo OF WATERFOWL and Mayo
O'Neill Of Auburn figure prominently
as candidates for Lieutenant Governor
Some talk about Senator George Cobt
who has been Lieutenant Governor 70
a short time.
A new name figured to-day in tn
discussion of possibilities for Controller
II was that OF Ray Tompkins, of FL
mira. He is q Taft elector from tn
3Tth Congress District. He Is presi
dent Of the Chemung Valley Trus