New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28

publicnn Club. But evidence was IN
troduced TO show that the Colonel pc
can 10 saw mean things about MI
Barnes as carly as September, lSio.
Mr. WINS read with much apparent
satisfaction letter from President
Roosevelt to Mr.. Barnes IN reply 10
protest against the removal oil the posi-
master at Albion, which ran;
az held I'D the removal as soon NJ
had nm intimation that Speaker Wads-
worth was interested in It, put tne
Postmaster General said he (the post
MASTERY was entirely UNFIT"
Colonel Twice Protested.
"Now. my dear Barnes" wrote the
| Colonel on July 3, 1910, after MS re-
turn from Africa, my purpose ~ not
TO arouse resentment in every LOCALITY
against the men who have been doing
the work in the organization. EVE
IDENTIFY Mr.. Barnes had charged him
with this.
II was less than n month later, at
meeting in the Hotel Manhattan, after
the meeting of the state committee,
that the Colonel protested against the
selection of Vice President Sherman as
Temporary chairman. Not long after
ward he permitted himself to be drawn
! into the fight that resulted in his
taking control of the organization Tor
brief time at the Saratoga conven-
+ ton. =,
The Colonel soon realized that the
mower of himself and his friends IN the
organization had been short lived and
| that Mr.. Barnes was again in the sad
die. He tried, he declared, TO get Mr..
Barnes TO take his view OF polltlcal
leadership, and when the state chair
man replied, 81 am afraid ! VIII nave
to be Just William Barnes, Jrp" the
| final break came.
| The letters of Mr.. Barnes were al
ways the extreme of respect: When
/ Colonel Roosevelt was Vice-Presldent
and President he addressed HIM as
"Sir." On the other hand, the Colonel
showed the utmost cordially, almost
always starting his communications
my Dear Barnes"
Barnes Champions Hamm.
On January 3, 1904, Mr.. Barnes
wrote to President Roosevelt as fol-
lows:
The city of Albany, with the ex-
ception Of the selection of your private
secretary. has received no Presidential
appointment since President Mckinley
was inaugurated, outside OF those
whose Offices are located in this city
One of our most earnest Republicans
a man who has held the Office of Com
missioner of Public Safety in this
city. a gentleman and lawyer by pro-
fession, Mr.. Fred c. Hamm, wishes to
enter the consular service. He was an
aide of Governor Blacks. Is there
any possibility of your being able to
do anything for him?
apparently it has been settled that
the Governor will take charge OF the
| campaign in this state this fall. / dc
not believe there is man more
capable and more willing 70 work than
he. His selection will inspire conf
dence in everybody that a red-hot
fight is to be waged There are many
| signs of Improvement since | talked
with you, principally owing to the de-
velopment of cock-sureness on the part
of Mr.. Charles Murphy and his coter-
les. who look upon the result in this
state ss absolutely certain in their IA
vor. | have watched for a number OF
years the development of men like
Mr.. Murphy and his friends, and they
have great capacities for dividing the
Offices before election. | have great
faith that during the next few months
they will make serious blunders."
President Roosevelt replied under
date Of January 10, 1904, as follows
(PersonaD
81 thank you cordially for your let
ter of recent date and was interested
in all you wrote. As regards Colonel
Hamm, think very highly of him, and
+ should an opportunity arise | shall be
| glad to see if something cannot be
I done for him. At present, however,
am trying to place Captain Landreth,
and until he is provided for | am un-