The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-23
MOOSE RUSH TO
HINMAN BANNER
Perkins and Robinson Lead
March to Republican AS
pirant's Camp.
WHITMAN SITTING TIGHT
Barnes Says Real Boss Issue Is
Whether the Colonel Shall
Select Candidates.

Not one Progressive In the State raiset
his voice yesterday against the acceptanc,
OF Col Roosevelts Republican rogres.iy,
nominee for Governor, Harvey D. Human
State Chairman Robinson is for Human
SO Is George w Perkins
SO. IL appears, will he all the Progress
sives when they have read tho declaration
which the Colonel put forth last night
Even members of the county committe,
who painted for a straight Prosressiv,
ticket on Tuesday night were saying yes
terday that they must yield TO the logi,
OF circumstances
The Fifteenth Assembly district, who's.
leader Is William Grant Brown. IL tn,
frst Moose organization to pledge Itself I,
Mr. Human. That Il did last nigh
candidates promising to support him as
Republican and urging him TO enter tn,
Progressive primaries as we'll
Further conception of how the stag,
was set for Mr.. Humans appearance a,
the Roosevelt candidate was afforded YES
terday by disclosure that ne was ir
Oyster Bay talking with the Colonel Q
week ago last Friday. July II.
Devious Route to oyster BAY.
Mr.. Human slipped away from Bng-
hamton, and arriving In New York mo-
tored to Sycamore Hin with a friend
They travelled by a devious route and
avoided newspaper men. Republicans
was pleased by what Mr.. Hinman told
him. but he found Il difficult to convert
his Progressive counsellors. who family
hoping that the Colonel himself would
run. We're engaged in knocking down
fusion suggestions as fast as he put them
up.
But in the light OF recent events II is
now clear that MIR Human went from
oyster Bay up State and proved to this
Colonel that he had strong Republican
support by getting pledges from the lead.
,rs whose names were printed in yes
terdays despatch from Bnghamton.
He ended his little tour by enlistng the
strong political and financial support OF
stephen G. Clark of Cooperstown and
that OF Mr.. Clarks paper, the Albany
Knickcrbocker Press lie was then ready
to make his confession of anti Barnes
faith, to he followed by the Coloners in
dorsement.
William Barnes read without smile
or frown Yesterdays announcement
from Mr.. Human that he was going into
the fight The State chairman then per
mitted himself this remark:
The question which the enrolled Re
publicans OF the state must decide on
September 2S Is whether they are TO Sc
ect the Republican candidates for the
various Offices to be filled or whether
they are TO permit Mr. Roosevelt to Sc
lect them.
"That is the real boss issue
Charles s. Whitman looked serene. All
ne would say was that he is as confident
as ever that he will win the Republican
nomination.
Biz speech From the Colonel.
The Progressive state conference. which
was to have been held In Utica. was seized
uled yesterday for August > in this city
The reason for the change in cities Is
that Col Roosevelt Is to make the big
speech. +, Is indicated that Mr.. Human
will he Endorsed without trouble.
George W. Perkins, VINO fought for a
long time against alliance with the Re
publicaus signiied yesterday his acquies-
cence IN Col. Roosevelts policy with these
words: AS a citizen interested in the
cause Of good government ! am glad "a
have Mr.. Human take the position he
does That is all | care to say to-day"
but when he read Mr. Barnes's state
ment ending that is the real boss issue
Mr. Perkins exclaimed, Thank heaven for
that
II was the Barnes statement also which
caused Chairman Robinson to say: II
suppose the enrolled Republicans will
make up their minds as to their candidate
Mr. Barnes and Mr. Roosevelt TO the con
trary notwithstanding. AS for me
shall go into the Progressives primary
and vote for MIR. Human for Governor
II he Is n candidate there"
do you expect that he viii be-
IL presume so. The fight in the State
is bigger than merely trying to perfect
an organization on narrow lines. Good
government Is a big cause. straight
ticket IN the State this fan would be en-
tirely comparable % what the situation
would have been in this city last fall had
there been straight tickets"
OF course the reporters had to ask
william Sulzer what he thought OF II all,
and how Mr.. Humans entry affected his
campaign for the Progressive nomination
But Mr. Sulzer merely referred them 10
his previous statement that he IL in the
race to stay and Is the only "simon pure
anti-boss candidate in the field"