New-York tribune., 1916-02-17

MURRAY buller. VINO nreSlde1, 0'Vihr'u
that MIR. Root was opposed to the men
tion Of his name. Mr.. Slcicher then
withdrew his resolution. but not until
Henry J.. Stimson had paid glowing
tribute 10 the ability and character OF
Mr.. Root.
Barnea. although disappointed. never
relaxed his efforts for n minute. The
secret conference showed that. SEN
ator Wadsworth and Senator Brown are
both 1S-karat Barnes men. Mr.. Tan
ner. however. has never trained ex-
tensively IN the Barnes camp. lie
changed his political ideals recently.
however. following what he believed to
be shabby treatment from Governor
Whitman.
Que particular attraction the IN
dorscment of ex-senator Root has Tor
Barnes and his friends. and they did
not seek to conceal IT, Barnes wanted
10 show to the Republicans OF the
county that New York State was not
for Colonel Roosevelt.
Reports had come from the west
that friends Of the Colonel were tell
ing people that the ex-President had
the Empire State. his home state. be
hind his candidacy. That was the real
reason Barncs worked so increasingly
for ,hc Endorsement of Mr. Root.
Barnes also had another reason Tor
his advocacy of Mr. Root, and that was
that he wanted to show tho country
that the Republican party IN this
state did not believe that the choice
for the Republican Presidential nom
ination lay between two men Justice
Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt
Further purpose OF the Endorsement
Of ex-senator Root was for the IN
flucncing OF the Republican primaries
i'm Minnesota on March IL. which will
be the first official Presidential pri-
maries 20 be held
Fear Of Convention Felt.
But Barnes. with all his tricks and
wiles. was afraid 20 trust 10 the judg-
ment of the convention. lie showed
that Tuesday night and also yesterday
afternoon. when both ex-senator Root
and Senator Wadsworth carefully
deleted the mention Of Colonel Roose-
velt's name from their speeches.
Neither did Barnes hazard to go be
fore the convention and ask for an in
dorsement Of Mr. Root.
The Root Endorsement at the secret
conference is only the beginning Of
the Barnes campaign. however. He
frankly believes that from now on the
Congres ssional District delegates will
begin 10 indorse the ex-Senators
candidacy, until the entire New York
delegation, with the exception of
perhaps six or eight. will be with him.
Whether or not Barnes is sincerely
for the nomination Of Mr.. Root re-
mains for subsequent events 10 show.
tie is "A believer in the theory that you
have got TO have some one TO fight with
if you want to prevent the other fellow
from winning. In view OF his violent
opposition 10 Colonel Roosevelt II may
be that he is behind Mr. Root ior the
particular purpose Of beating Mr..
Roosevelt
The Roosevelt: issue dominated every
movement of Barnes AZ yesterdays
convention. which ended. so far as the
fight between Barnes and the Governor
Is concerned, in practical victory Tor
the former. The Whitman men claimed
victory. but II was a barren one
The Governors forces came here with
we'll defined programme. They
wanted Governor Whitman indorsed
unqualifedly: they had a slate for
delegates -at-large which they were
going to put through. ard they were
going to make the Governor the head
of the delegation.
They went home with a milky in
dorsement OF the Governors admins
traton: their slate for delegates-at-
large was busted 70 smithereens, only
two of their candidates winning, and
the Governor had to be content with
second place on the delegation. AS =
further humiliation the "commenda-
tion" Of the Governors administration
was separated from the declaration of
principles adopted by the convention,
much to the dismay OF the Whitman
forces
The fight on the Whitman slate for
deiegates-at-large was only an incident
Of the real motives back Of Barnes.
Here again he suspected a Roosevelt
plot. He believed that David Jayne
Hill. who was supported by the Gov
ernor. was secretly for Roosevelt, and
he fought the fight OF his political
career TO prevent his selection. Barnes
thought his suspicious were further sup
ported because George W. Aldridge, Of
Rochester. and William. l.. Ward. Of
Westchester, were behind Mr.. Hill.
Both Of them had voted for the Colo
mel IN the 1912 convention.
Thompson Wins for Barnes.
II remained for Senator George II.
Thompson, head Of the investigating