Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-23
G. 0. P. READY
FOR SESSION
New York State Convention
at Saratoga Wednesday.

Sda ntObht Az tr SSp~ ~. 'ibt A.
arrival Of President Koenig and Her
bert Parsons Of the New York county
delegation and Horace White Of syria.
cuse there were indications that there
will be a lively time here when the Re
pur lean state convention assemblies on
Wednesday.
Dozens more Of Republican delegates
to the convention arrived, and later
came William Barnes, Jr., chairman of
the state committee. With the arrival
of Mr.. Barnes and after talks he had
with Mr.. Parsons and Mr.. koenig 1t
became known that there is to be trou-
BILE enough to satisfy tho most belliger-
ent delegate over the platform. In
this clash William Berri Of Brooklyn
and other Kings county Republicans
have Joined. Mr.. Berri believes that
the platform to be adopted by this on
vention shall incorporate what he de-
scribes as Giving issues Of this very
live age"
Against Direct Nominations.
Chairman Barnes does not favor the
introduction Of the direct nominations
plank in the platform. In fact. he Is
bitterly opposed to that plank.
Mr.. Barnes believes In standing by
the constitution Of the United States.
indorsing the platform adopted at
Rochester last spring. but does not fa-
vor to any material extent the intro
duction Of any new issues in the plat
form. And yet he IL not opposed to
changes in the Levy election law, espe-
cially those parts which have been
riddled by the courts.
Chairman Barnes issued 4 statement
defining his position. At the outset he
makes 4 comparison between the Pro
g~rssSivss' convention at Syracuse and
the coming Republican convention. He
calls the former 4 gathering unham-
pered BY any law" while delegates to
tho Republican convention have been
chosen in accordance with law and
says:
Before the Republican party, nov
that its convention u about to Assem-
bic, the path OF duty seems entirely
clea>nrst, adherence to the Rochester
platform; second, this convention must
make appeal to all Of the electorate
and, accepting the Rochester and Chi
cago platform al basic, should then d.
rect itself under constitutional forms
to the task Of advocating concrete
things, which can Be accomplished, and
not to projecting visions.
Attacks New Ideas.
ITO make this state a healthier and
better place In which to live does not
involve doing any injustice to any one.
The people of New York are endan-
gered on the one side by the Progress
sive party, which in its misdirected
zeal Is striking a blow at every individ-
ual, and on the other by the Demo
cratic party, the new leader Of which
proposes an immediate assault upon
our system Of protection, which If
adopted would prevent all improve
ment in working conditions for the
simple reason that there would not be
money available to pay for those I'M
provements. Between these two dan
gerous shoals the Republican party
steers Its craft in the deepest waters
without any fear of going aground.
"Regarding the candidate for cover
nor, ! have no idea whom this conven.
ton will nominate for that Office. The
assumption that l personally have eli
Their the power or the inclination to in
nuence the majority Of the delegates In
behalf Of any particular candidate II
entirely unwarranted.
I'm a contest of this character, where
the most fundamental of principles is
involved, the name Of the candidate fol
governor Is less important than il usu
ally the case, except that he should
possess personal integrity and capabil
ity of administration"