The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-03

outside of the corporation limits.
iOf no one has heard it.
Ihc anu-nOise society could
give It's unqualified approval of
the aSscmblagc. No one knows
VINO will be on the ticket. and
outside OF themselves no one
seems TO care. No man has been
IOuhu who viii venture a guess
rs 10 what the platform will de-
clare.
There have been times this
evening when the boom for James
". Nadsworth, Jr., looked like
me real thing, and ten minutes
latcr the word would go around
that ne would not do at all. and
that senator Harvey ID. Human
would be named TO catch the vote
OF the Hughes Republicans. In
mat way every candidate. either
active or dark horse. has been
named. and the wise ones have
Quit guessing.
THINK BARNES HAS SLATE.
Mr.. barnes may or may not
know, but a good many of the
delegates believe he has n slate i'm
ms inside pocket that he will
pun out at the proper time. There
- the same old line of little
bosses going TO the headquarters
Oh Mr.. Barnes and having their
secret conferences i'm the same old
way, ana they have gone away
with that same old air of mystery.
Pin any one OF them down and
he Will say he does not know what
tle program is, and he is probably
telling the truth.
There has been n good deal of
talk during the day about the
nomination of Oscar =. Sfraus.
Frederick NJ. Wilson, of New
burgh, telegraphed Mr.. Straus.
asking him If he would accent
the Republican nomination, or N
IL would depend upon the plat
form adopted. He received to-
night this reply:
Il appeal To- the pcopIe of all
parties to give me their supDort
upon my public record. and the
covenants in my platform with
the people of the Empire Sfate.n
me only thing that seems GER
tam about this convention Is that
Mr.. Straus will not be nominated
\ good many Republicans inter
prctcd his telegram as meaning
that those who voted for him
would have to accept the Bull
Moose PLATFORM. and the delegates
nero VIII not do that.
There has been more or less
talk today about District Attor-
ncy Whitman. Many of the dele
gates from up the State are for
him, on the theory that he would
De strong in New York city. He
has been the subject of many of
the secret conferences i'm MFR.
Barnes headquarters, and it was
said last night that he had been
practically eliminated from con-
SideratiOn. The New York dele
gates have told the leaders that
MIR. Whitman had his work cut
out for him i'm New York. and if
he succeeded in the task he had
before him he could have almost
any office he asked for.
CITY DELEGATION DIVIDED.
No one knows what the New
York county delegations will do.
Two of the districts are pledged
10 Mr.. Bennett and one TO Mr..
Hedges. If il is decided that the
nomination should go to a city
man, the greater part of the dele
CATION Will go 10 Mr.. Hedges. If
the nomination goes up the State,
MIR. WadSWorth is likely TO get
the majority OF the delegates.
Senator Elihu Root arrived last
night, and the delegates will be
guided largely by what he saws.
He is being picked by the more
thoughtful delegates as the man
who Will be able TO find out
whether Mr.. Barnes is leaving the
convention embossed" The up-
State delegates have a good deal
of confidence that no man at this
convention will give the senator
from New York a political gold
brick