New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-19


ON the Other hand, rom 'r" WHIT
man camp came the report tina. .ormer
Governor b D. OGcl mad deserted Hin
man. though Odell declared he Was not
telling any one where he stood at pres
ont. That is the attitude aiken o.
many leaders. who want 10 ge, nome
and thuuk 10 an over before they de
clare themselves.
n was reported and denied that Cor
rcIiuS Y. Collins. of Rensselaer,. had
deserted Hinmau. All sorts OF rumors
Of this kind were going around. KEEP
rcscna.ive ". " Calder, OF Kings
County. was SAID 20 have made dea.
with Human because he was seen tax
ING 60 George " Dunn, OF Bingham
ton. 81 am q candidate for the United
States Senate and am not making any
combinations with any one SAID MI.
Calder. Of doubt II any one can carry
through any such combination IN the
primaries
II was denied for Mr.. Whitman thai
he had any deal with James W. NadS-
worth. who is running for the Sena-
torial nomination. or that ne nad any
thing to DO with getting up the so
called Whitman Barnes slate. when
was published this morning.
That slate was being changed 10
iav and in reality means nothing, oe-
cailse the leaders cannot guarantee an
election on primary day. Toward >
Shoenck. of Onondaga, was taken
down for Lieutenant Governor ana
Frank ;. Sidway, Of Erie. was put IN
his place That necessltated TAXING
of Edward L. ONalley Tor Attorne!
General. as he also lives IN ERE No
man was selected for that NOMINATION.
but il is believed that most OF inc
leaders Will be for Egburt +. WOOD,
bury. Of Chautauqus. Frenus o. au'
L. Stryker, leader OF me lo'h assem-
bly, DISTRICT in New YORK meh"o"eu
his name. -
Leaders are busy iu different mead
suarters tonight trying 20 bring ABOUT
some SORT % a combination that VII!
assure geographical distribution.
The convention will meet AT ~
o'clock tomorrow morning. and may
get through in one session, unless
debate over woman's suffrage or some
other platform topic is strung out.
Make Delegates Slate.
The ,aceial committee appointed m
the ,orvcrtioY TO select candidates ior
The dolegatCs-at-large TO the consttu-
rioraI convention chose the following
men tonight The list will be pre-
sented 20 the convention Tor rauhc"-
lion tomorrow:
Herbert Parsor-. o. New York; Judge
1,,,b Ercrrcr. Of Brooklyn; 4. ].
CIearva,er. OF Kingston; Edgar ].
Bracket. Of Saratoga; 7. W. Culllnah:
% Oswego: Jacob Gould Schurmsn. OF
Ithaca. president OF Cornell NJ
tsrsitv: John Lord O'BIian. OF Buffalo;
Charles %. Young. OF WESTMINSTER
COUNTY. Senator. Elihu Root. Henry /.
Stirrsop. George ". Wickersnam' LOUIS
Marshall and Seth Low, Of New orb
and William Berri, Of Brooklyn.
The hrst nine men were TO nave Dceh
chosen from inc nine judicial diSlflcls
OF the state. but 2 deadlock IN me No'-
ing on a candidate from the 'ih Us.
trict left the list one short IN lna'
district Charles T. Hawley. Of Seneca,
had - votes: Adolph j. Rodenbeck, Of
Nonroc. %. and ". J. fully, OF Steu-
hon IL II took thirty-one votes TO
elect. The committee viii try 10 eject
ne delegate from this district PRIOR TO
the convention tomorrow.
Tho Barnes slate was beaten M inc
committee. Ellis J. Straley. Of Albany
dominated William W. Ivns, MI.
Rarnes's personal counsel, and Ivins
was heatpn. There we're sharp con-
tests on most of the other elections.
Senator Root was the only Candldate
unanimously chosen.
Tho committee on resolutions met at
o o. m. for organization and pubic
hearing. William u. Guthrie was made
nermanent chairman, Horace White.
,ico-cbairman and Meyer Steinbrink, Of
Brooklvn. secretary. Pursuant 10 the
resolutions Of Mr.. Guthrie IN the con-
vention this morning the business
meetings of the committee were closed
and they went into executive session at
n. m. 10 consider the various reSolu-
Mons submitted and formulate draft
Of the platform on the constitutional
convention Of 1915.
Il appears 20 be the disposition OF
this convention TO be conservative IN
a degree and its report on the platform
draft to-day Is not expected 10 lnclude
the more radical planks which have
been suggested. The final draft of the
platform submitted by the committee
Of thirty, Of which Senator Root rs
chairman. with the exception of more
liberal construction on the woman 5
suffrage clause, will probably be ADOPT
ed almost as d whole by the committee.
Chairman Guthrie appointed the iol-
lowing Subcommittee 70 formulate the
draft Of the platform:
Senator Root. State Senator Elon X.
Brown. william Barnes, William NJ.
WINS, Henry l.. Stimson, NJ. +. Lewis
George T.. WickerSham, James W.
Wadsworth, jr., and John A. Sleicher.
GiSt of Platform Draft.
The main provision for the platform
recommended By the constitutional
convention committee OF thirty, in sub
stance follow:
/. That the constitution should
be confined 20 essential principles.
. Short ballots, vesting the Va
rious administrative functions OF
the state IN limited number OF
departments. establishing closer
working relations between the Leg
islature and executive branches,
separating the consideration Of
local and private bills from gen
eral legislation; by placing greater
safeguards upon the issue and
method Of retiring bonus and other
public obligations Of the state
3. That no amendment should be
considered favoring the recall Of
court decisions or the recall oil
judges by popular vote; but favor
ing a thorough reform Of judicial
procedure in order to reduce the
delays and expense incident TO the
administration Of justice.
The sufragists made a strong fight
against the n-commIttal' plank,
merely reaffrming the resolution of the
Republican convention Of 1912. wanting
a fiat declaration In favor Of woman