Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-13

mans in front from trench nbbng and broad from
tai movements and formations have not been more pro-
nouneed than the between the presidential warfare
OF 1872 and that of 1916 -Four ago at this time OF
the season Roosevelt and Taft in the field with
no entertainments They both avowed candidates for
the republican nomination They both hot foot after
delegates and shouting that the of the people should
be heard.
This year you hear the occasional thunder of the
heavy artillery with the cracking of small bore weapons
and you can catch occasional glimpse of the ouposts put
as rule enemy in sight They all working behind
open field and fair fight have burrowing and at
tempted surprises The voters as rule are urged to tread
the presidency Never before was there so much presoe
This was the situation in New York, when suddenly
Barnes and his "Od Guard sent out expedition in the
of Tom' Patt the Easy Boss who had been
ever might be his other shortcomings apparently lost his
head He violated precep of political leadership by
hope of the result that he is buried beyond the
hope of resurrection as a State leader
The alleged purpose of the endorsement of Root by
number of leading republicans previous to the State com
mee meeting in New York on Saturday was TO- put qetus
to overuIn Tanner State chairman sprung it be-
manifest that the step intended also to strengthen
the hands of the Barnes crowd who supporting Root
and to knock out both Hughes and Roosevelt in their home
If Barnes and Senator Wadsworth had succeeded Root
would have been endorsed for the presidency Senator Brown
leader the Senate would been given boom for the
goveoshp to succeed Whitman, Barnes would have been
practically assured reelection New Yors member of the
national committee and he would have been we'll started
the road to the goal Of his amboneecon the United
States Senate to succeed Senator O'(orman
must be admitted that Barnes had the cards well stack
Root had been signed by two of the four delegates large
to the Chicago convention United States Senator Wadsworh
and State Senator Eon R. Brown 1t also bore the sigma
lures of President L. F. Loree of the Delaware g. Hudson
aware ackawana Western President Charles A. Peabody
of the Mutual Life Insurance company Henry Pomeroy Davi
manifesto well calculated to ntimidate committeeman.
The significance of these names the manifesto for
Root becomes fully apparent only when you recall that
'inI,iSi
ment and manifesy bidding for the support of the
mrers of Mr. Root will regret that after all that hap
pened and his refusal to allow the of his for the
hered by Barnes for the purpose of blocking the sup
port by New 4ors delegation OF eghtyhree to the Chicago
as part of the republican program p''
Ign ase a as Rs N bs ss so sre s
policy is dictionary quotation brought to mind by the
esto OF prominent citizens of New York State
dltlona the stalking horse real live ANIMAL in trap
pings calculated to aid in hiding the the game
ne expected to kill He was not intended to for anything
only to stand with patience Whether Mr. Root
the ables living American the manifesto Declares he
100 pig man TOO Vrle man. too proud man to be used
as stalking horse for the Barnes gnnes do Roose-
velt no matter by what means The very idea of such
OF the and prestige of Root afront the man.
an insult to his real friends'
While the defeat of the -Root-Wadsworth COM
bination has plainly put an end to things that
projected as already stated it too early to what the
positive results will be. If developments in Mexico should
force upon the country the need of capable of doing
military things them the voice of New York might be
AS the situation stands however, Mr. Root appears in
the position Of who could support
the party organization in his State while rank
Tile among the voters frankly and ouspokenly in favor
of Hughes with Roosevelt second choice This reversal
following the overwhelming rejection by 100000 majority
of Roots constitutional and his support
ing Wilson's project backed by England and the Canadian
transcontnenl railroads. to repuiate the action re-
publican president and republican Congress who had
vlded free tolls for American coastwse shipping
canal must practically eliminate Root as a presidential
probability great and admirable though he is in many
respects
If the Barnes "Old Guard" had not lost its head and
made fractional fight in New York Root he might never
theess have been regarded possible compromise cand
date 1T looks, however, though in their desperate
they had played everything and lost it. pulling down
with them Senator Wadsworh still has the federal patron
large political but he has been ougeneraed
by Governor Whtmans following and he has lost whatever
claim he had to State leadership with Barnes
The significance Of the unanimous adoption of a resolu-
ton by the New York republican organization calling the
nomination of tried and true republican for the pres
dency longer be doubted since followed by dec
laratons in favor of Hughes by its Sponsors Moreover
resolution endorsing Root withdrawn when a roll call
Indicated majority against it.
canvass of the members Of the New York Legislature
by the Albany Knckebocker Press shows overwhelming