The sun., 1913-11-18
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
TELL BARNES TO QUIT
His Leadership Is Denounced by
38 TO II Vote After
a Fight.
VIEWS ARE CONDEMNED
Theodore Roosevelt Also l.
Called an Enemy 10
the Party.
VIEWS ARE CONDEMNED

Th- New York Young Republican club.
Of which phiip ! Mctook, charles r.
Hughes. ~. and Alfred Coukhug COKE.
.Ir. are members fired broadsid" ~
William BARNES. Republican state chair
man. at a meeting OF the club AZ the Prince
George Hotel last night
The assault on Mr Barnes was bitter
and the committee wlich hat II III 'iaige
had a fight oi. its hands to get the re
port over MIR Barnes was defended more
or less directly by ~ third OF the m mhcrs
present. hut the rest OF them picked on
him SO effectively thar tn. Barnes leader
ship was condemned, 81 to -.
Ia tn. course OF the fight Albert o.
finger, who u~'d to be "a Republican, dis
trict leader tn" upper West side,
protested agaitst ,he use Of Theodore
Roos-velts name in u list - distinguished
Republicans which included Lincoln. hiuu-
nton. MarshJ1t Mrknlry ;rd Tart
Il protest against the usr OF Theodor"
Hoos"lalts name sand Mr.. bttingcr
He - the real eneuS of the Eepubi can
party Al the chicago convention lac
tried to get Barnes 10 stand with HIM and
he sen; Prri>ins to him to see about l.
And the overtures are stiil being made
Mr.. Ottngrr WAS asked after the meet,
ing TO toll some more about the Roose-
Vrit overtures to Barnes.
We'll" said he. ".f YOU want 10 know
any more about II ask Mr. Barnes him
self He is my authority.
The report which caused all the rumpus
was presented by committee appointed
las. May to report ON the management
Of the party in this state. The members
Of the committee We're Walter Il. Arndt
Alfred g. COKE. Jr, Charles t.. Hughes.
Ir., Frederick T. keppel. rhihp J. Me.
Cook and T., stag Within The first shot
I Al MIR. Barnes WAS as follows:
The committe. finds that IN practically
| every county OF the state there exists u
strong and growing dissatisfaction with
/ the present state leadership and an in
! sis,ent demand for Il change that viii
! make easier Of solution the serious prob
lems of reconstruction and reorganization
which the party faces. There persists
4 verywhere conviction that William
! Barnes ~ the chief obstacle to party har-
mouy and success and that so long as he
remains AT the head of the state organ
| ization the party will never he able 10
regain the confidence of the voters
Your committee finds that this con
viction as to Mr.. Barness unn'ness to
continue as state chairman is based on "A
, variety OF reasons. Many Of them ar.
personal. Others concern not his person
allty but his political ideas and beliefs
In the judgment of the committee the
personal objections. although important
would In themselves scarcely constitute
justifiable or sufficient grounds for his
retirement. Its members. however. are
unanimous in the belief that many of his
frequently expressed views of govern.
ment and politics are not only dangerously
destructive. rather than progressively con
structive. but are emphatically aud clearly
un- Republican. This constitutes an oh.
lection to his continuation in a position OF
authority In the party 80 weightv as tc
demand his retirement"
The committee went on to say that Mr.
Barnes's ideas Of party leadership dated
from the year 1850 and hinted that h,
Inherited some Of his IDEAS from his an
cestors, They took up about three page,
in the report, drawing a comparison lie
tween Mr.. Barnes and Thomas jefferson
from which the Inference was to he drHwi
that MIR, Barnes is not a Republican, but
Democrat. They went on to descrih,
1r. Barnes a. an enemy to the Republican