Evening star., 1914-08-16
CHIEFS Of c. 0. P.
MEET IN SARATOGA
Will Frame a Platform and
Confer on Nominee for
Governor.
.SUFFRAGISTS, WITH ROSES,
GREET ROOT AND BARNES
Law Committee Meets to Prepare for
Constitutional Convention-Hin-
man Seeking Support.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

| SARATOGA. N. Y, August 15.-Again
on the sunflecked lawns and courts of
| this time-honored village the republicans
are gathering to frame up a program of
| political action which will carry the
party to glorious victory or twice-suffer-
| ed defeat in November next.
The staging Of the drama is the same
| as in former years. but the case is diff
ferent. Here we have the same old cot
tages where once Platt and Depew and
Odell and the bosses of yesterday held
forth. in secret conclave. deciding the
fates of candidates. debating policies.
while the common folk paced the long
verandas. smoked fnnumerable cigars
listened to band concerts. arranged like
Roman festivals of old for the diversion
of the mob. and occasionally went across
the street to Goldschmidt's.
But now it's different. This Is the era
of statewide primaries. There are no
bosses "any more' OF course. as 1 look
around the piazzas this evening / see
Elihu Root, Benjamin B. Odell, jr.: H. l..
St1mson, Job Hedges, Horace White.
George W. Aldridge, Abe Gruber, Edward
T. Bracket. Seth Low. former Judge
Clearwater. Jacob Gould Schurman. Dar-
Cook and some more.
But. bless you, they are not bosses.
Oh. 1 forgot there Is William Barnes.
jr. But these gentlemen are all here on
highly reform ideas intent One and all
they will tell you that their first in
stinct is to conform to the spirit and law
of the primaries act.
Far be it from them to do anything to
controvert the will OF the people to be
expressed at the primaries
Sunragists on Hand.
But to leave the sordid politicians for
moment and come to something really
worth while, here are the suffragists;
they were here first. even before the boss
es got In. They Communicated all the
available suites with baths sent out to
the florists and gathered in whole train
load Of flowers, put up a big banner
across the lawn bearing the legion Votes
for Women" and then proceeded to ac-
ton.
They IhAd bouquets OF tube roses. y1osets
and-and-and other flowers. When Sena-
tor Root reached his room there was a
charming suffragist-say, there are some
peaches among them-waiting to hand
him bouquet. William Barnes got one.
too, and blushed like school girl. The
old timers thought better of William than
that, but he fell for 1t.
They did not take a bouquet to Harvey
D. Humans cottage. 1t is thumbs down
for H. d. H. with the women.
There is fine gathering OF the suf-
fragists here. and they make the cor
ridors Of the States Hotel and the Grand
Union blossom like the rose. There are
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs. John
Winters Brannon, Miss Caroline Lexow.
Mrs. Emanuel Einstein (whose daughter
Alice wheedled papa out OF $500 to give
to the cause), Miss Mildred Taylor (who
put 1t over John McCooey. the Brooklyn
boss and supposedly freproof).
Frederick C. Stevens. who will be re-
called as one time identified with District
Of Columbia public utilities, is here. He
was for Hinman at first. but since Hinman
was indorsed by Roosevelt, Mr.. Stevens
has left him.
Highbrows in Session.
Tonight the "Highbrows." as they call
Senator Root and his committee on the
constitutional revision. are in session.
discover that for the moment there is
more human interest in the result OF the
races here today than In this meeting OF
| the law subcommittee.
Just between US. and not to go any
further understand that this morning
before arrived here glory be-the word
, was passed around that there would be a
killing at the race track.
|
| all your life saw such a sore lot of NUTS,
those who trailed back to political head
quarters tonight, where pure and unde-
| filed newspaper men awaited them with
| teers.
The ostensible object of the convention
| is to frame a platform Tor the republi-
cans this fall and to designate some de-
sirable planks for the constitutional con-
yention to be held April l next.
Confer ON Nominee.
| More important than all this is the
unofficial work of the convention
While the highbrows are phrasing the
terms of the proposed changes in the
constitution Of the state, conferences
will be held on the side to determine
who shall be the regular republican
candidate for governor. Hinman. who
| has the Endorsement of Roosevelt
promising thereby the support of the
| bull moosers. Is clamoring for supper,
of the regular republicans.
whitman has the support of the ma
chine republicans and Boss Barnes
Job Hedges is very popular, but has
| the disadvantage of having been beater
once.
senator Root and Boss Barnes viii
| do all in their power to prevent the
convention declaring a choice o.
1ubernatorial candidates. both believ
| ing that this expression should be LEFT
| to tho primaries.