The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-11
BARNES CALLS COLONEL
MORE PERNICIOUS THAN
BRYAN ON PUBLIC MIND
Answers Boston Story That He Would Support Roose.
welt for Presidency-Sti Believes Roots Can
didacy Can Kill Moosers Aspirations

held to an opposite view Therefore
the fracas Of last Saturday.
Friends Of Mr. Tanner. who believe
that there were other things behind the
desire tn oust him. pointed out In an
swer to this that neither Mr.. Barnes nor
MS emissaries went TO Mr.. Tanner and
told him that his idea of how to beat
Roosevelt was wrong. There was no at
tempt to bring him over to the idea
that only by advocating the nomination
OF Mr.. Root could Mr.. Roosevelt be
squelched effectively.
since the reelection Of Mr. Tanner bv
the Republican State committee last
Saturday Mr.. Barnes has let IL be known
that he bears no enmity toward Mr..
Tanner. lie has also let IL be known
that he bears no enmity toward Justice
Hughes Tie is working just now for the
nomination of Elihu Root by the Repub-
leans at Chicago. lie believes that II
Mr.. Root ie nominated he will get the
, support of Col Roosevelt. lie believes
that II Mr. Root does not get the nomina-
ton Justice Hughes will. and he is pre-
pared to support him with ali the
strength he can muster. He does not be-
lieve that 1t will he necessary for him to
decide whether or not he will support
Col. Roosevelt as the candidate of the
Republican party. In his mind there In
ro thought OF possibility that the
Colonel will be nominated by the Re-
Gublicans
Not Hiding In Root boom.
! Nv. Rarucs has told his friends that
! there IL no Roosevelt movement hidden
! behind the boomin.s Of MIR Root Every
| man who signed last weeks pledge TO the
nomination of Mr. Root was actuated. in
his opinion. by only two motives. The
! ft,s., L. l... -.
fed above every man now in the field TO
b" President of the United States. The
second is that the strongest possible cam
| didate INSIST be urged to smother Rooee-
Nelt sentiment wherever ii appears.
! Mr.. Barnes believes that IN the two
inonths remaining before the Republicans
meet in convention there will'be a change
in puhlic opinion resulting in the firm be-
lief that MI Root is the man to see the
country through the coming difficult
Years. ON that theory ne is ready to
make his stand as a political leader.
II wae learned Yesterday that Mr..
/ Barnes had the impression durinc the re-
, cent Republican state convention that
Mr. Tanner advocated the nomination of
MIR Root and the suggest ION was offered
that had he known Of the intention Of
Mr Tanner to back the candidacy of
Justice Hughes Mr. Barnes could have
..delseates at large. II was said that he
first realized where MIR Tanner stood
when the latter refused to pledge himself
10 the nomination Of Mr.. Root - the con-
ference In which Senator Wadewor;h
Senator Brown and Mr. Tanner partici-
pated at the instance of Mr.. Barnes.
= Nj Tanner had no comment 10 make
yesterday on political matters tie CAV.
out III" following Telegram received from
= " kT
was MS oppon:nt las, saturday for elec-
ton a. state chairman
CONGRATULATIONS upon your election
as chairman "f 'hc Republican state
cominitte. and pledge you my hearty
support and cooperation for the sue
cessful conduct Of the coming cam
Nagu.
The Putnam county Republican com.
iulttcc adopted a resolution yest-rd. /,
pl"dgiNg i'- SulS,ort tu the silent cam
ddat"." Tic resolution also called upoi
the two ottri counties in the Twenty.
sixth Congressional district, Dutchess aui
orange. to do likewise The resolution
was opposed 10y hamilton Fish. Jr
lIughcs men in thls c,t, expect to 500
other county organizations Throughout
the state pa.s similar resolutions
RnsToS. April lo.-Asaph chur, hill .
tins city. one Of Mi Barues's cassmate
nj Harvard was "a, tn. dinner an'
. heard tn" speech Tonight ~ re
, fused 20 sihrm or deny that Mr. Barns,
/. made the statements REGARDING Ron%e
8 volts candidacy that are attributed Il
aim
! other u"liInrl. of The class iiviuj
= hrrr who were ~ The dinner were als'
. Gou-Committdl