Evening star., 1914-07-23
DECLARE COLONEL
PLAYING OWN HAND
New York Republicans Admit
Roosevelt "Put One Over" on
Them in His Interest.
GRABBING OF LEADERSHIP
RESENTED BY REGULARS
Former President Believes Hinman
Can Garry the State Against
the Democrats.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

BY N. O. MESSENGER.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Regular repub-
licans here are SAYING today that Col
Roosevelt has again put one over on
them. in his own special interest and to
the hazard of his party. In rejecting
Whitman and taking up Hinman they
feel that the colonel is playing to his
own hand.
There Is intense resentment among the
regulars over the cool assumption by
Col. Roosevelt Of the leadership of the
republicans of the state, as well as bull
moosers. exhibited in his statement issued
last night. The regulars say that in this
announcement the colonel clearly mani
tests his intention to seize the leadership
of the republican party and proves con-
clusively that he is but using Hinman
as a stalking horse TO that end.
They concede that with this particu-
lar purpose in view the colonel has
exhibited brilliant political strategy. of
which art he is conceded to be the
past grand master. but they are fear
ful how it will work out in next No
vember's elections They apprehend
the presence in the field of a bull
moose and a regular republican can
didate. with possible repetition of the
catastrophe of 1912, which put the
democrats in power
Republicans are convinced that Dis
tfict Attorney Whitman will enter the
primaries seeking nomination as the
regular republican candidate for gov
ernor, while Mr.. Hinman will run as
the bull moose candidate, appealing to
MS old republican friends to support
him.
Would Split Republican Vote.
Ii 1t falls out this way there will he
TWO candidates to split the republican
vote at the elections in November. The
regulars insist that if Col. Roosevelt had
indorsed District Attorney Whitman the
reunion of bull moosers and regulars
would have been complete, and In No.
Vemoer Whitman would have carried the
state by such large majority that they
would still be counting the votes January
]. inauguration day.
COL Roosevelt gave as his ostensible
reason for rejecting Whitman the charge
mat Whitman was Boss Barnes man"
Now, want to show you just how much
ouHcombe all this talk about Boss Barnes
Is Under the new election law the
state committee Is statutory BODY 1t
is chosen by popular vote and represents
the will of the people. There would be
no way on earth for Barnes to retain
power If the people do not want him, and
ne could not expect any influence on the
choosing of the committee, so fair-minded
men can dismiss the Barnes bugaboo
As stated in these dispatches yesterday
the belief is widespread that the colonel
refused Whitman because he might over
shadow the colonel in 1916
Celebrating this view, one of the lead
ers said today: For two years District
Attorney Whitman has filed the head
lines of the newspapers almost continu-
ously' until the people upstate have
come to think that he must be the real
goods. In the present demoralized con-
dtion of the democratic party in this
state. Whitman as the lone republican
candidate would win smashing victory.
AS the redeemer of the state of New
York he would easily be the foremost
republican in 1916"
Sees Victory for His Ticket.
If it is urged that Col. Roosevelt is
endangering his prospects for 1916, by
risking split party this fall, the an
swer is this: The colonel does not think
his project of running Hinman and har-
monizing the party is likely to fail On
the contrary. his sagacity argues sure
victory in November for his ticket. The
colonel figures that is Hinman and Whit
man run in the primaries and Hinnan
gets the larger votes, as the colonel be-
lieves he will: or. even if they break
anywhere near even, the republicans of
New York state on election day in No.
vember when they go to the polls will be
confronted by the alternative of sure
victory by voting for Hinman or con-
tinued democratic ascenancy by divid-
ing the party
And the colonel is confident that when
they face this stern reality they will vote
for Hinman and elect him. You see, il
will not be as if they were voting for a
rank bull moose insurgent; Hinman has
been regular republican in the past
although aligning with the reform type
personifed by Gov. Hughes. Even now
he has the promised support of many OF
the stanchest "old guard" leaders ur
state, who want to get the democrats
out and are willing to take their chances
with Hinman playing fair after elected
That is the coloneTs program, and ever
the malcontent regulars have to admi,
that it sounds mighty reasonable. That
is what makes them SO mad: they recog-
nize the possibility Of the colonel winning
with it when, of course, he would over.
top Hinman and be the commanding fig
ure in New York politics, with the pres
tige of having wrested the state from
democratic control
THE colonel is showing them said ar
enthusiastic bull mooser today "tha,
there isn't a man in New York state who
can beat him playing politics. He is back
in his old stride and you will have t.
watch out for him in 1876
Boss Barnes Keeps Quiet.
What is Boss Barnes doing? He ism
doing much and isn't saying anything
just at present Humans ''repudiation'