The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-26
Makes Pointed Reference to
Barnes and Rubber
Stamp Ticket.
CONFERS WITH LEADERS
Perkins Among Those Present
II. r. Laughs at Reports
Of His Illness.

OYSTER BAT. y. Y, June 2b.-Col
oosevelt decided to-day that the Pro
ressive party shall not indorse tho can
dacy OF Charles S. whitman. Dlstric
ttorney OF New York, for Governor
e reached his decision after long ant
hat apparently had been a hot debat,
18th the Progressive party leaders OF IN,
tate. And having reached that decision
e made his views public In the followin,
atement:
u is evident to me that tho decent
citizens OF this State demand that the
state fight this fall shall take a clean
cut movement against both tho old
party organizations. controlled as one
OF them is by Mr.. Barnes and the
other by Mr.. Murphy.
am struck by the statement in the
Tribune this morning that the Whit
man candidacy Is being engineered by
Mr.. Barnes and his personal lieu
tenants In Albany county. have
similar Information from other sec
lions Of the state.
1t Is evidently the intention OF the
Barnes machine to run either Mr..
Whitman or some other man on whose
real subserviency 1t can count---in
short. TO have a rubber stamp ticket
from top to bottom. a ticket OF which
the personnel would be wholly unim-
portant because the directing force
behind would be that of Mr.. Barnes.
In my judgmen; neither the Pro-
gressives nor the Independent citizens
will accept either Mr. whitman or
any one else who has failed already
to show as matter OF principle and
not as a matter OF expediency by
clean cut statements In the open that
he Is as unalterably opposed TO the
Barnes machine as to the Murphy
machine.
shall. OF COURSE. fight for the Pro-
gressives in this State just as shall
fight for them in the nation. And
when the Progressive party has
nominated its State ticket. as I am
sure IL will. on "A basis OF frank and
utter antagonism to the boss con-
trolled organizations of both the old
parties. alike to the Barnes organiza-
ton and To the Murphy organization,
| shall do all ! can to aid in the
election OF that ticket and as far
as my voice will permit will
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from one end TO the other in support
OF the cause to which I think We have
a RICH; to expect all good citizens In
the State to subscribe.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not make up hi
lind to throw Mr.. Whitman down unit
D-day. and he did II finally only afte
ne greatest pressure had been brought I
ear upon him by his advisers. AS a
OF this fact it il known here tina
'ol. Roosevelt asked Charles II. Duel
T., Mr.. Whitman's most enthusia 1T
acker. to meet him at Quarantine yester
ay and make the trip by launch I
'yster Bay.
Learns whitman's Attitude.
During that trip. i, was dehnitel
earned by Col. Roosevelt that not eve
Or tho sake OF the Progressive indors,
nent would Mr. Whitman subscribe I
initiative. the referendum and the recall
i word, that Mr.. Roosevelt couldn
,ake enough OF Progressive OF NJ
Whitman to permit his Endorsement
he PrOgressives,
what Progressives have been back o
ir. Whitman anyway" asked Franci
" Bird, New York county chairman. o
he steps Of Col. Roosevelt's home afte
he statement had been given out an
he conference had broken up.
"And who Is Duell?" pursued Theodor
Robinson. the State chairman
is he leader? Is he a Progressive?
Certainly not" quoth Mr.. Bird. Gel
uir'y not"
why" cut IN the State chairman a
his pause. 'he couldn't get ten votes
lis own district"
While this dialogue was going o
George w. PERKINS emerged from IN
,ouse. He was followed by VILLA,
Iotchkiss, once the Progressive Stat
hartman. Judge William l.. Ransom an
Walter +. Brown, State chairman OF III
,olonels party In Ohio.
Then Mr., Roosevelt himself appcaro
md his lieutenants stopped talking
stopped talking, In fact. an
he Colonel began TO speak:
~ have prepared little sta.emen
,rethren, that's what he calls the new,
,aper menl just a small statement whic
guess YOU have got already. II not
what's that
Some one had asked him about the r,
,ort OF his severe illness on the Impers
or
"Ha, ha, ha" laughed Mr.. Roosevelt
! guess not I'll tell YOU che truth.
lad recurrence of fever and ] went
ny ststeroom and laid down on my be
md remained alone-I didn't even wal
Coutfuued ON S{1th Pane