The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-06
MUCH RANCOR SHOWN
Bitterness Against Progress
sives Barely Yelled by
Polite Phrases.
WHITMAN GETS CHEERS
Hailed as Candidate for Gov.
rrnOr and as state
Party Leader.

There were two features Of especial in
which was held last night hy G. o. p.
folk from all over the State. following:
tho open conference of the afternoon.
Chairman Barnes's followers dominated
q caucus Of fifty Assembiymen-e -elect AMI
choked TO death two resolutions. one OF
which was an indirect but perfectly ap-
parent slap at Barnes and his candidate
for speaker, the other suggestion TO make
friends with the independents dip,o-
matte reference TO the Progressives.
The bitterness Of feeling In the caucu,
was barely velied by parliamentary lam
suage and stilted phrases Toward the
end the rancor broke through the veil
anil there were murmurs against 9TH,
damned Progressives who are trying 10
run ever, thing and srowls against Bill
Barnes's tools
District Attorney Charles : Whitman
stood ont head and shoulders above any
man present at the big reception. Up
S,a'ers and city Republicans focked
around Mr.. Whitman, grabbed at his
haui clhowcd one another for the priv
,egc Of an Introduction or "A chat and
yelled for Whitman for Governor. There
was talk on all sides of making Whitman
the State leader of the party. of asking
him to at not as a titular leader but
In the capacity Of principal adviser,
Probably 1000 Republicans, represent
ing every county in the state. met AZ the
Republican club ana told one another
that the time had come 20 get together.
United States Senator E!ihu Root dropped
in late in the evening. William Barnes.
.Ir.. was surrounded hy his stalwarts.
Former Secretary OF War Henry l.. Stim-
shook hands all around There WAS
nothing formal about this phase OF the
gathering.
FOur WOuId-hr Speakers There.
The formal part was centred In a big
room on the ninth floor. where the fifty
Assemblymen-elect got together FOR the
announced purpose of considering wnat
sort OF man should he elected Speaker.
The four candidates for the honor were
present Harold j. Hnman OF Albany,
who has Barness support; Clinton T. Hor-
ton OF Buffalo who is strongly favored
BY the Progressive element, and Thad-
deus c. Sweet of Oswego and Alexander
Macdonald OF Franklin The anti Barnes
men came prepared 10 put in their best
licks. They had n programme already
drawn up. They meant to slam Barnes
and inferentially Hinman and to bring
about a dicker with the Progressive As
bymen- elect
The caucus started of as sweetly as
. chorus OF canaries in the morning.
Alineth w. Hon OF Brooklyn volunteered
to bring about the election Of q chair
man. Somebody glanced at tho type
written paper that Ogden l.. Mills or
somebody else had prepared for the un-
doing OF tho Barnes men and proposed
Francis r. Stoddard OF Manhattan. There
was no objection 10 that or to the se,ec-
tion for secretary OF another Progressive
and anti Barnes man. Samuel A. Jones
Of Chenango. with tho machinery OF
the caucus In their hands the anti Barnes
people went 10 work.
John knight of Wyoming offered a
resolution which would have put the eau.
Gus on record as declaring for a Speaker
who would represent progressive ideas and
who would he against the kind OF tactics
that had blocked reform in the past
Resolution Aimed at Barnes.
Barnes's supporters knew that the re,o-
luton was put forward to squelch the
state chairman. II might a. we'll have
named him. They saw that IL was
designed to wreck Humans candidacy
for Speaker The Barnes element started
Tight MIR. Adler OF Monroe WAS afraid
that the resolution would reflect on
somebody" Assemblymen Smith and
Rurlingame thought IL would seem like
debating to the absent Assemblymen-
elect This or that objection was put
forward. Both sides made n quick count
OF noses and when Barness men saw that
they were in a majority they pressed for
tabling OF the knight resolution. II
was tabled, but the Progressive As
sembymcn didn't vote.
But they were getting angry. W1lmot
T. Knapp Of Chemung raised his voice
20 tell the BARNES men that the
farmers up State. In the fields or around
the corner grocery store are waiting TO
see whether or not tho Republican A.
sembymen are going to truckIe to the
bosses
"And IL you do." shouted Knapp. "you
might as we'll go out Of business. ThereII
he the biggest moving day toward the
Progressive party YOU ever saw. There's
no use to sit around here and try to fool
each other You've got to get down on
Your hambones and work for the people,
be honest and on the level or youli never
he heard Of outside your own towns again.
We've got 10 make friends with Progress |