New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-02
Complains That Roosevelt
Always Sails Away After
Making Attack on Him.
cant COME BACK
AT MAN ON OCEAN,
Francis Bird All Stirred Up at
Hint of Cooperating with
Republican Bosses.

,.sough Chairman BarneS OF the Re
,,.ncar state Committee, refused 70
,.r--rt ,estcrday on the attack made
T., colonel Roosevelt ~ the lat
-. tsrtrd for Spain, the chairman is
,,.srvhst irr,tated by the talk that the
colonel r-ay run for Governor On the
Progressive ticket
psr,es hss looked uron the Colonel
:. d47sorouS man IN public life. and
d. strrr-e m believing II is his duty 70
81, ,,o-,fhnc IN his POWER 20 keep him
l-o-, settre back INTO public once Al
,-ou11 NJ. BsruCs, some months aSo,
oeo,5oa that 10 would not he candidate
.o- reelection TO the state committee,
,-o.,d. would rot even yeturn As q mem
b.r q the committee from his district,
.or,s a. ms friends ave Of the impress
cor tNat n candidacy az Colonel Rooss-
~ fo- Governor this fall would make
80 state chairman change his mind.
n strong ~ his feeling against the
torel mat he might even tight the
r-o.rcss..c wing % the Republican party
- -,t back - chairman and manager
- fhe csr'pslE7.
vse0 ~. Barnes w,s asked Yesterday
v,.ths- p. vodlo recTe from the stat.
,.sS,--hin after ~. expiration Of his
-,...ut TEN, 80 stats chairman, he re-
7s,5:
aAss cctorsi Roosevelt again Z be =,
rorr % rJn foy CoveYnor.'
2. tsr made ths same reply 70 SINH
- o-sst.on several times since the sgl-
nt.o7 co. the candidacy % Colonel
Roosevelt has been under discussion. We
r,sys,s 20 slucidate the statement. how
ovc-
To ME roFt intimate friends Mr..
Barnes hss said that only one thing could
induce y m 70 take the chsirnsnship o.
ths new state committee and that vas
rsoues. % = majority Of the members o.
the committee that he manage the cam
rsicr. and that - Republican victory
resulted. hs would retire AZ once.
hs ,re TroEre.-1ves n the party hsN.
oslsd o. their warfare on the ChAirrnsu
- avsc O. his assurance thai he would
20. seek 20 rensjn "a leader, they arc
%, likely 70 ioin in any request that ho
manage ths Campaign.
Urgod 20 make statement n reply
% the nsrt,nE shots OF Roosevelt, Chair
nan Bsrnes said.
When Roosevelt make, an attack on
p, he always sails away You can't
com, hack A. = man when he p IN mid
ocean.
Francis -. Bird. chairman o. the Pro
sressive County Committee. no is one
Of the irroconci sbleS, IS not in sym
ysth. with the ,dea OF Colonel Roose-
welt for cooperation. He is sending ex
,susivoiy 70 Progreseives a letter. n
which ~ states:
IN view OF the published reports, 7
an writing this 10 say that in my opir-
ion the Progressive party ~ %ev York
STATE th,s fall will not nominate an
eand,date Of the Republican party, ant
hat " VIII nominate . straight Pro
grt,sive ticket
- believe that both the leaders and
'snk and Gle of the Progressive party
are ss strongly opposed - srv alliance
With The Republican o~Es nrzatIon -
With the Democratic organization Both
calculations are led 10y men % pro
oovnced reactionary Views. who arc IN
ster2bly o0posed 10 those principles for
which the Progressive party stands. Our
duty !s 70 continue the fight against COY
fUption and reaction How long the PEG
pie o. the state will continue 10 vots
INTO Office the craven and hypocrtical
nediocrities that both old organizations
usually shield themselves behind, is hard
10 say