New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
ANTI-BOSS issue
MOOSE BATTLECRY
Progressives Ready to
Welcome All Foes or
Murphy and Barnes,
ROOSEVELT ORATORY
WILL AID CAMPAIGN
Leaders Feel Sulzer and Hen
messy Will Join Ranks II
Beaten in Primaries.

r'rom sta0 coucspou5 .nt Of Tic 1r..nnel
Utica, n. T., Aug. 2S. The last Of
Che Progrcssiycg went home this morn
ing with the firm conviction that they
had a good fighting chance" this year
with their straight ticket. owing 10
the peculiar political conditions they
believe they have an excellent 0ppor-
tunitv Of getting the votes not 'n'y
of their own party, but much supper,
from independent Republicans ana
Democrats.
1--WE expect that John 4. HennessY
and his ticket viii be beaten ~ inc
Democratic primaries" said ChaunccY
J. Hamln. candidate for Lieutenant
Governor to-day before leaving for 3, IS
home in Buffalo. Gle and hrs tuenf5
could continue their fight against Mur-
phy no more effectively than By ION
ing with as. lt looks TO me as though
Harvey y. Human did not have
chance 10 defeat District Attorney
Whitman for the Republican nomina-
ton. and we ought to get many Repuo-
lican votes on the Barnes issue.
Frederick Il. Davenport, who D. pre-
pairing 10 make the fight Of his life as
the head Of the Progressive ticket, mas
a vague idea that in some way after
the primaries all the opponents OF
Murphy and Of Barnes can be gathered
under one standard for the regular
campaign. This would seem enrrelf
visionary but with Colonel RooseFe!.
campaigning the state for six stral@n'
weeks. as he has not done before slHce
he ran for Governor in 1855. the Pro-
pressives win be a force 20 be rect-
oncd with.
In what they left Gu. Of their plat
form and In the declaration made by
Mr.. Davenport TO the conference after
his selection. there is clear indIca-
ton that the Progressives are gong
20 abandon their policies OF the militia
tive, referendum and recall and the re-
call of judges and judicial decisions,
so far as this state is concerned.
The platform mentioned none OF
these things. nor did II have word %
say on social justice. The followers
of the Colonel contented themselves
with a reaffirmation of the national
and state platforms Of 1912, and an
nounced that the sole issue this year
was the elimination Of Barnes and
Murphy.
There could be no mistaking the fact
that the Progressive spirit of 1912 had
been revived in the members OF the
party who attended the conference.
There was complete change from the
state of mind shown at the Hotel As
tor conference Of two weeks ago. IN
their bursts of oratory the members OF
the state committee repeatedly as
serted that they had returned to and
were again standing az Armageddoa.
Every mention Of a fight with
straight ticket brought forth enthusi-
astic cheers.
The term wild men" applied TO the
ProgreSsives by Senator Root in the
Republican convention. is destined 10
be a campaign slogan. II was fire.
quently used in the conference as a
term Of defiance to both the old par
ties and every time brought forth roars
of approval.
Their fighting blood is tp. and they
cheerfully faced the prospect of criti-
cism because they had suggested a
state ticket which leaders Of the other
parties considered a violation of the
spirit of the direct primary law. In
the campaign their position will be that
the present primary law is defective
in that it does not provide for respon-
sible leadership in the selection Of a
ticket. as was done in the Hughes Dri-
mary bill.
The Progressive leaders assert that
they have no fear Of William Sulzer
capturing their primaries. They ey-
press the hope that after he is defeat
cd he will come out openly for their
ticket. It is known that Colonel
Roosevelt thinks highly of HenHessy
and would like to have had him on a
fusion ticket
In spite of the fact that he was de-
rided and booted i'm their conference.
anC. will be further lambasted i'm The
primary campaign. the Progressivcs
appreciate that Hennessy is a practi-
cal man. They argue that he may de-
eide that the best way TO accomplish
his great object defeat Of Gov
ernor Glyrn and Tammany be TO
support the Progressive ticket
1t was learned to-day that Sulzer
personally asked Mr. Hamlin some time
ago to run on his ticket as a candi-
date for the United States Senate.
While Nr. Human has said he would
MOI ask support for a candidate on any
other than the Republican ticket. he
Progressivcs apparently are banking
on the fact that he and Mr. Davenport
have long been close friends 1t was
Davenport who suggested fusion on
Hinman to The Colonel. and Davenport
in his speech here regretted the tact
that the primary law made it impos 81
bic for that fusion to succeed. The
Progressvcs believe that if Hiaman is
defeated in the Republican primaries
many Of his friends will work for The
Progressive ticket.