New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
rv.Boss Hopes to Re.
cover from Roosevelt'S
Knockout Blow.
WILL MAKE SPEECH
TO PROVE "PUNCH''
pr, Many Republican Delegates
:, Convention Say He Is on
the Wrong Tack.

,I..,v Aug. William Barnes is
- t~v 20 come back" He wants
- ~. o7e OF the dominating minds of
y. pernbrcan National Convention IN
,o,s IS he was in the Chicago conven-
-, oflel2. He realizes that Colonel
,....ve,+ 5eslt him q knockout blow
syracuse. and that to regain the
',.,s he occupied in the councils Of his
- .bree Years ago he must prove
,. -. peopl. that he is "still there
With the punch
How Will the ex-state committee
LEHMAN try TO do it? The answer is
:. ,ss wore Of one Of his friends who
lied to-r.eh. with the Tribune cor
respondent
4Rarres viii come back" said this
friend "Barres is misunderstood. TO
:. Misunderstood is a proof Of great
.,,s Barnes worst enemies concede
:. * great. Roosevelt thought he
,r-;sd him So Syracuse. Many people
t.rsve VIII Roosevelt in this. Barnes
I'll show -hese people they are wrong.
7. is now. and has been for weeks
,,,, A. work on a speech on big ma
,;,7.l issues that he will deliver be-
are the Constitutional Convention
Tbs speech will last two hours or
more When it is ended the world will
INV .ps, Barnes is a giant in politics
~ who understands the big prop
- NJ The day better than any other
II public life.
Predicts a Masterpiece.
aTsis speech will mean his rehablll-
.s.ior and when il is read by the PEG,
..-~-,-bo,+ the country Barnes Will
(, sr,reciatei ~ his true worth Inc
sreeca Will 1--we Tor al tunes IS mas
tsrp.ece Of political ssgaclty.
The Iribuue's informant. Woulo ho'
r, into details regarding the suDJects
" Barnes will deal with IN ms
.1sec5. except 70 say that they would
touch the bug national problems OF the
Ina, Nr. Barnes has been planning
n come back has been no secret 10 ms
t1er5s for some time. Here IN Al
b,ny. his home. the enthusiasm for MN
is greatest. but even his warmesi
frerd- have frankly admitted that only
some nerculean feat could restore Mr.
Barnes 10 the place he occupied before
his unsuccessful libel suit against
Colonel Roosevelt, who called him
"boss" and said other things about him
While Mr. Barnes could not PICK out
z finer stage setting than the Consul
tutiorsl Convention. his work there, IN
ne op,rion of leading Republican
members Of the body, has hurt him.
On the Wrong Tack.
Barnes is going on the wrong tack
70 acquire popularity SAID one OF
these delegates. His proposed amend
rsents 90 the constitution. which seek
70 prevent the Legislature from pass
iYg any Of the s0-called social Justice
measures. have lost him considerable
following right here in this convention.
What rc has lost throughout the state
can only be coniectured.
"Nr Barnes never had the progress
s.ye element Of the party with hlm'
and none Of the Young men IN the
party 20 any considerable degree. His
strength las solely 10 the old line,
s.snd-uat ultra-conservstIve group.
Now ie has Wcaued from him a large
portion o. this aggregation by his At
tscss on minimum wage and other pro-
labor .aa-. and such popular measures
IS widowed mothers pensions.
rrfI- T1Qnf
or wrong beside the question. They
are popular. They are part and parcel
Of the progressive trend of the time
and ia attacking them Barnes is play
Ing an mpo.tIc part"
The speech which Mr.. Barnes intends
70 use as vehicle TO carry him back
70 power VIII probably be delivered
within q fortnight. The convention has