New Britain herald., 1916-02-16
NEW YORK i. O.P.
 ENDORSE WHITMAN <
But Attack Action to Separate Plank Dealing With State Issues

sfSte convention decided by unani-
 nous vote today to endorse the ad-
 ministration of Governor Whitman,
 but to attach the endol .5ement to a
 separate plank dealing with state
 issues.
 This was regarded as a partial vic-
 tory for the forces led by William
 Barr es, inasmuch as it defeated the
 efforts of the Whitman element in
 the committee 70 have the endorse Inent of the governor attached to that
 part of the platform dealing with na-
 tional issues
 Two Separate Resolutions. The CO ~1mittee decided to submit to the cor~Tention two separate resou-
 tions. one dealing with national issues h exclusively, the other with state issues.
 Meantime the committee on dele gates was also split over the question as to whether William Berri, of Brooklyn, or David Jayne Hill, the latter a Whitman man, should be one r of the four delegates at large The committee on delegates at large reported at 1:3O o'clock that it had agreed upon the following names as the 'big four' for the republican national convention: United States Senator James w Wadsworth. Gov ernor Charles s. Whitman, Frederick
 c. Tanner, chairman of the republi-
 can state committee, and State Sena-
 tor Zion R. Brown. These names
 were to be submitted to the conven- ton today
 The committee received a delega-
 tioa of women representing the Con-
 gressiona1 Union for Woman Suffrage
 who asked the committee to recom- mend in the platform a woman suffrage plank. No action, however,
 was taken in the matter
 Root Resolution Defeated. It became known while the com Inittee on resolutions was in session
 that endorsement of former Senator Elihu Root for the presidency was
 proposed and that it became the sub-
 ject of long argument. MT. Roots name was proposed by John A. Sleicher and Henry L. Stim-
 son supported Sleicher's motion in a
 vigorous plea in which he argued A that MT. Root was the. logical candi- date. The matter was the subject of
 debate for more than half an hour, l after which a vote was taken and the ! -Proposal defeated. Dr. Buffers Statement. pr. Nicholas Murray Butler, chair man of the committee, issued a state ment, after it's adjournment at about 5s2.30 o'clock, on the subject of MT. Roots proposed endorsement. teThere was discussion,'' he said "as I to She wisdom of recommending MT. Root to the republicans of the coun- f gtry as the most fit candidate for presi- lot as to MT. Roots pre-eminent fitness, but in view of the difference of opinion as to the wisdom of passing any resolutions whatsoever on the subject of presidential candidacy and | since Mr. Root himself requested that | no such action be taken, no action l i was taken by the committee" Senator Wadsworth Chairman. The convention was called to order l at 12:45 D. m. United States Senator $James w. Wadsworth, Jr., was unani- ! I mously elected permanent chairman. 1 He then addressed the convention. l His declaration that the nation must ] prepare industrially for peace and 1 that the only thing that will save it from utter destruction commercially Is a protective tariff, caused an out # burst of applause. @ Senator Wadsworth touched briefly upon the Democratic policies toward Mthe Mexican and Philippine questions, 9W eclaring that, rightly or wrongly" the, people of other nations regard " Americans today ''as lacking in de- # Termination, lacking in virility,
 rink from those responsibilities and @obligations which must come to every @Great nation"
 2 Reads Tentative Platform. @ Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, chair @rnan of the committee on resolutions, Twas then introduced and read the ten @ @tatiEe platform adopted by his com- &nittee.
 8 It pledges 'The support of a pa
 triotic and forward facing American sm," to enlargement of national,
 navaI and military establishments flor
 purposes of defense alone,' and as- @ serts that the resources already at the Fl command of the government, coupled @ with revision of the tariff in accord @ ance with republican principles and @HW with national economy, will furnish % sufficient funds for measures or de-
 fense.
 M The platform says that while Amer
 8 lea must not interfere in international 8controversies' it must insist upon the &# observance of international law. @American rights in Mexico should be
 protected either by responsible Mex @ lca6 government or through co-opera- & ton with other American republics
 t declares, and there should be no
 &'abandonment of the duty of the na- Htion" to the Filipinos, leading possibly