Evening star., 1914-08-18
Sees Primary Pitfalls.

Under the conditions Of the new prl-
mar1es Senator Root saw many pitfalls.
He saw defects in the primary law, but
urged upon the republicans that it was
present In good faith. The duties Of the
convention, he said, were to adopt plat
form upon which the republican candi-
dates chosen at the primaries might
stand: to approve the proposal OF the ma
tional committee of the party to make
representation in the national conve-
tions conform more closely to the repub-
licau vote in the several states. ana to
represent the republican voters OF the
state In consulting about the policy to be
followed by the party in selecting candi-
dates SO that the voters might act ef-
fectively at the primary election. with
a common purpose to secure party sue
cess. at the regular election"
in each place the republicans were to
vote at the primary, as they naturally
might, for residents OF their own vicin-
ity. or II the voters of one large place
were to vote In that way. while the re-
publicans OF all the rest OF the state
divided among a great number Of candi-
dates.
"Our opponents will have no such trou-
ble" he continued. more than one half
of the normal democratic vote OF the
state is cast In the city Of New York, and
the great mass of those voters. following
the directions of their local party organi-
cation, will distribute the nominations as
that organisation directs. The voters IN
the republican primary, scattered through
sixty-two counties, Embossed, will follow
nobody's direction, but will act each &C
cording to his own judgment, and 1t Will
be necessary that they W themselves fs .hi. shail
action In regard to the distribution Of
candidates..
For the chief offices, for which men
widely known would be candidates. he
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cohesion. but he believed it would be inn
possible for the voters to make up a list
Of fifteen delegates at large to the consti.
tutional convention, properly distributed
yious understanding. He looked upon 1t
as a duty Of the convention to remedy
this situation in part by drawing up
recommendations. leaving the voters TO
accept as much or as little as they choose.
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Mr.. Humans Statement.
Mr.. Hinman authorized the following
statement last night in answer to the
question frequently put to him by the
rival candidates whether. II defeated In
the republican primaries. he will pledge
his support to the candidate who gets
the nomination:
nominated in any party primary to de-
cline such nomination. My candidacy
for governor has but one purpose-to
destroy the control Of William Barnes
in the republican party and to clean up
the state government at Albany. II is
because l am a regular republican that
believe the time has come to rid the
party Of leadership having even the
suspicion Of alliance with Tammany Hall
At Albany. and to make the party the
acknowledged instrument Of good gov
ernment.
my part as antagonistic to the spirit of
republicanism or as lessening my 10y
atty to the party do SO for their own
selfish reasons. OF course they are de-
liberately misrepresenting the facts In
order to perpetuate their control of the
party machinery. While l seek the sup
port Of all good citizens in the effort l
shall make to be nominated and elected
governor on the platform above outlined.
am and shall continue to be republi-
can. Even IL not nominated in the re-
publican primaries. shall not by word
or act leave my party either before or
after the September primaries. nor ask |
support for any nominee Of any other
party"