New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-04
BARNES DENIES DEALS
AND FLAYS ROOSEVELT
Head of Republican State Or
ganizatiOn Says ProgreSsiveS
Bargained on Seabury.
HE'S NOT MURPHY PARTNER
Charges That Coloners Organ
ization Helped to Put in Power
Tammany Governor and
Tammany Legislature.

William Barnes, Jr.. chairman of the
Republican State Committee. in a state
ment last night said with emphasis that
under his leadership OF the Republican
organization there never was. and never
would be, any deals or combinations with
any other party. He was smartng under
the accusations of Colonel Roosevelt that
he worked with Charles +. Murphy in
controlling the state.
He charged the Progressives with MAX
ing a bargain with the Democrats to
name Justice Seabury for associate judge
Of the Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Barnes said:
III have rested in patience under the
repeated accusation made by some news
papers and especially by Mr.. Roosevelt,
that some kind OF relation exists he
tween the Democracy and me, il has been
with the confidence that the truth would
in the proper course Of time reach the
public and be accepted by it,.
apparently, however. the time has
come when cannot rely upon facts car
rying their own weight. but must point
them out.
1.-THE Democratic State Committee will
nominate it's candidates for judges OF the
Court of Appeals tomorrow. 1t will
either carry out the secret arrangement
which was made with the Progressive
party TO nominate Judge Seabury, who
has been nominated by the Progressive
party. or IL will break that bargain.
THE service rendered last year by the
Progressive party I'm establishing a Tam
many Governor and "A Tammany Legs
lature at Albany IS a matter Of record.
on the other hand. it is also matter OF
record that the Republican minority in
the Legislature consistently and in a dig
niied manner opposed the schemes OF
spoliation for which the Governor and
the majority In the Legislature acted in
concert until the break between them
came.
1T is a matter OF record that the Re-
publican minority opposed the undue and
improper haste with which the impeach
mcnt OF Governor Sulzer was accom-
plished without giving the members time
even 10 read the evidence
whether Governor Sulzer is guilty or
innocent OF the charges preferred against
him by his former associates has nothing
TO do with the outrageous manner In
which the articles OF Impeachment were
carried
AS long as am chairman OF the Re-
publican State Committee there will be
no deals or combinations OF any kind
with any political party on any subject
with my consent. aud all rumors OF that
characte- which have been circulated are
false. The people are entitled 10 clean
cut controversy between the political
parties on those questions OF principle
upon which they are divided.
ANY other method OF conducting the
activities Of political party produces a
confusion in the minds OF the voters and
simplnes that kind OF political arrange
ment which Mr.. Roosevelt has so fire.
quently denounced, and TO which he is 80
frequently a party. as he is In this par
ticuar instance in relation TO the pro-
posed combination on Justice Seabury.
who. IL should be remembered. Is
Hearst Democrat and was elected TO the
bench Of the Supreme Court through the
agency Of the Murphy Hearst combina-
ton effected In 1906.
"Mr. Roosevelt may assure his al
legiance to his Progressive followers al a
banquet. but until he explains why he
interpolated in his speech delivered last
Saturday at Rochester an attack upon
Judge Werner which was not In ms
original copy given TO the press, no utter
ance that he makes on this subject can
command confidence"