The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-05
MOOSEFEST IN PERIL
OF SULZER BOGEY
Former Governor Threatens TO
Crash Into the Progressive
Conference To-day.
LEADERS WEAR WRINKLES
Question Of Humans Ability
to Swing Regular Republican
Nomination Also Alarms.

over the State Progressive conference"
~ the Hotel hsto~ to-day looms the omi-
nous figure Of William Sulzcr. He threat
ems to crash into the ballroom with a
speech asserting that he and not Harvey
u Human should he the party's candl-
GATE for Governor Not even the knowl-
edge that col Roosevelt In his first pub
H. appearance in the New York cam
paii,n Is % bespealS loyalty to Human
stopped wriukles from forming on the
roreheads Of the anti -Sulzer lender~ last
night
The latest word from tho on Governor
was that he hadn't decided on to-day's
programme. Several P,ogresslves cOun-
selled viii, him IN his law offiCo yester-
day afternoon prominent Prosressves'
Ia said they were, whose names could
\ not BE- disclosed
| Last night there was another council
, Some of the stratcEist. thought n would
/ he great campaign play II he should
compare his record with that Of Mr. Hin
man, Of whom Mr.. SulEer says He IL a
pioneer Republican, while am a pioneer
/ Progressive" Others argued that u
would only Increase the bitterness OF the
party managers toward their Assembly
man from the sixth district The upsho'
/ Of u all wis that Mr.. Suulzcr said ne
wouldn't make M hts mind until this
morning.
For tho present" he added. "all 7 can
say Is that more than 5000 enrolled Pro
ercssiVeS have signed my petition az a
candidate in tho Progressive primary. or
course shall run in those primar es
against Mr. Human. and what II more. I
know from what enrolled Progressives
have told me that I shall win Why
should any enrolled Progressive vote
agaiust ma and for Mr. Hinman? Now
/ that col. Roosevelt IL not a candidate
leading Progrcsstves th-ouG bout the State
declare that | am the logical candidate. -
About 500 Progressives are expected
At to-day's hig conference, which may
be tho last this year. II IA nominallS
meeting Of tho State committee, and
only this committee has voting power
Tho others invited are the advisory com
mittee county chairmen and county com
| mittecs. The conference will BEGIN a
II o'clock with peaceful contemplation
| OF amendments TO the State committed.
| rules. Col. Roosevelt will speak AT
o'clock Otherwise nobody 10 quite sure
| what will happen. though Il Is suspectet
that In one way or another opposition t'
| Nj Human will md voice.
All members Of the advisory DOM,
mittee attended yesterdays meeting ex
cept three who arc stuck in Europe
Oscar s. Straus. Paul Block and ex
judge Virgil X. Kellogg of Watertown
Most OF the talk centred about Mr.. Hin
man and Mr., Sulzer until Mrs. Harrio
Stanton Blatch. Miss Caroline Lexow an'
others Of the Womcn's Political unioI
Were admitted. They want the party e
reafflrm it's suffrage belief, and 10 repu
dlate Mr.. Human because at Bingham
ton on Monday he said fatly no didn'
believe women ought 10 vote and would
not feel bound by any suffrage plank.
Col Roosevelt has invited the womei
TO meet him at 80 o'clock this after
noon. They'll be there and they vii
ask him how on earth he can be 70
Human when Human is against woman
suffrage.