The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
TWO MOOSE CHIEFS
GO BACK ON HINMAN
state Committeeman DenOunces
Deal as "WOrst Example
of Boss Rule"
HE TELLS 1T TO ROBINSON
Tenth District Aflame for Sui
ger. Says Progressive Leader
Split In Brooklyn.
HE TELLS TT TO ROBINSON

The frst member NJ the Progressive
state committee TO rise in open mutln!
against Col Roosevelt because OF tn
Human candidacy is Dr. S. T. silver
man Of the Tenth Assembly district o,
the lower East Side. He says that tn
deal" Is the worst example of Dos
rule he ever heard Of He attacks tn
legislative record Of Mr.. Human an,
applauds Charles S. Whitman.
All this Is in a letter to State Chair
man Theodore Douglas Robinson. in whicl
DR.. Silverman says:
As Progressive State committee.
man from the Tenth Assembly dis
trict | wish that YOU would explain
to me your sudden change after the
mysterious visit To oyster Bay and
the turning over of our party with
out meeting Of the State executive
committee to the candidacy OF Mr..
Human. | do not believe that tn.
Progressive party should be owned
by one man or any set OF men
should determine the candidate Ia
this fashion.
Air. Human was the author OF the
Human Green direct primary bill.
After three visits to oyster Bay no
comes out as "A candidate. and with
IN twentyfour hours Mr.. Roosevelt
accepts him as the candidate OF the
Progressive party, and YOU as State
chairman Immediately attempt to
confirm this deal. This Is not direct
primaries, but the worst example OF
boss rule have ever known.
IL such a thing were unsuitable un-
der any circumstances | would not
regard Mr.. Human as a proper can
didate for the Progressive party for
the following reasons among others:
/. He voted agningt the So cent
gas bill. which was "A great boon 20
poor people, particularly on the lower
East Side. whom | represent.
.. When he was in the Senate he
voted against the bill which is now
n. law IN relation to fire escapes on
factory buildings.
g. lie voted against the bill which
Is now part of the tenement house
law in relation TO the size Of rooms
lie voted against the bill which
is now law creating a bureau Of
public employment officers.
5. lie voted against the bill relat-
ing to the bonding OF immigrant
lodg ng houses.
6. He voted against the bill relat-
ing TO fire prevention In factories.
Z. ~" voted against the bill which
IL now n law relating to the resulat-
ing Of the hours of employment OF
women and children
There are many other features con-
nected with his career in the Legsls-
ture which are not and never will
be- acceptable to the Progressive party
Personally | think we should sup
port the man who has done more
TO drive out graft and crookedness
in New York than any other man I
know. This man is Charles S. whit
man. Because you and Mr. Roosevelt
have said that he IS "A Barnes man
or boss candidate does not make
him so | have canVasscd my dis
trict very thoroughly and ind that
the great majority of Progressvcs
there agree with mo. ! think that
ex-senator Beverldgc Of Indiana was
right when he said that no one man IN
the Progressive party should attempt
70 defy the direct primary law or
dictate our candidates.
Dr. Arthur Kozma, Progressive lead,
in the Tenth district, disaErees with y
Silverman as to the number OF Whitma
devotees He says the district is ahan
for Sulzer az the Progressive who shou
be Governor.