New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-23
BARNES ANSWERS
PRIMARY CRITICS
Denies He Uses Office to
Aid Whitman-WarnS
Against Fight.

All sorts Of hornets nest has been
stirred up about the ears OF william
Barnes by the charges that he is using
the machinery of the Republican State
Committee. Of which he is chairman, TO
further the interests Of a ticket picked
bv him, which is headed by James w.
Wadsworth. jr., for United States Sen
ator and District Attorney Whitman
for Governor. He was busy all day
answering long distance telephone
calls.
MIR. Barnes asserts that the state-
ments in so far as they refer TO him
as state chairman are false. lie SAID,
however. that he had perfect rlgh; TO
his individual ideas and to aid IN the
candidacy of any one as simply an en-
rolled voter. =,
81 should like to suggest TO some OF
the Republican candidates before the
primary" said Mr.. Barnes, that they
seem i'm their zeal to secure their own
nomination to have lost sight Of The
more important fact that an election
will take place in November, and tnat
the battle is not between Republicans,
but against Mr.. Glynn. who will I'M
doubtedly be the Democratic nominee,
and that the ammunition cast against
Republican candidates by Republicans
will in turn be used against those who
are successful at the primaries by the
real antagonist of The Republican
party. which is the organized Democ-
racy Of New York, responsible for the
maladministration of the state during
the last three years
Speaking Of his rights as state chair
man and private citizen, Mr.. Barnes
said:
THE nomination Of the Republican
candidates for state Offices will be the
result Of the voting on Monday next
Of the $4,000 enrolled Republicans of
this state have no right as chair
man OF the Republican State Commit
tee to favor or to oppose any candl-
date. ! have a right similar to that
possessed by every other Republican
Of the state 70 have my preference ard
10 urge others to support those whom
! believe best fitted to fill the offices
for which they are candidates
Herbert Parsons, who Is strong
Whitman adherent, quoted from Job 4.
Hedges's book yesterday in reply TO
h:i complaint that the bosses" were
TO- the District Attorney.
District Attorney Whitman may
wish. 'Oh, that mine enemy would write
a book" said Mr.. Parsons. Job Hedges
did. 1t is entitled Common Sense IN
Politics. Job is now complaining Of
bosses, and that book gave reasons why
people are down on bosses. quote
from it:
"'lt does not mean necessarily That
"A man is boss because he is called
boss. The reasons for his conduct are
not always known. Ambitions that
might have been satisfied through his
aid and without which remain ffe-
quently unfulfilled are the first cause
Of criticism. The assistance which a
political leader can render through his
wide acquaintance IN the representative
position he occupies forces many de-
mands upon him. A common
sensc view Of the conduct of leaders
and bosses would remove much of the
hysteria that attaches to the use of
these two words
Job makes no criticism Of the action
of George W. Aldrdgc and his MA
chine in Monroe County declaring Cor
Hedges. The trouble with Job is. as
his book suggests, not that bosses have
declared for him, but thu too few Of
them have declared for him. Hence
his indignant adjectivcs."