The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-16
Governors Forces Battle to
Give Him Lead of Dele
CATION to Chicago.
ALBANY LEADER FIRM
AGAINST SUCH CHOICE
Compromise big Four"
Offered. hut Fails to
Smooth Trouble.
BERRI IS DROPPED
FROM SLATE EARLY
Barnes FavOrs WadswOrth.
Brown and DR.. Butler
Roosevelt Fight Echo.

The peacemakers of the Republic
can State organization we're laboring
desperately late last night and early
this morning to forestali such bitter
fighting between the Whitman and
Barnes factions OF the organiza ton
ss would rip the party wide open
when the opportunities Of the game.
national and state. We're fairly
screaming FOR peace and unity; but
they were making slow headway.
On the one hand they collided with
Mr.. Barnes of Albany. who seems i'm
placable in his determination to hui
initiate the Governor politically and TO
eliminate him utterly as n political
factor. On the other hand they en-
countered the angry resolution Of the
Governor. az represented by his leu
tenan nts attending the State conven-
ton. to insist upon complete recogri-
ton as the leader OF the party in the
state and TO shove Mr.. Barnes into
ohsc curity.
The struggle centred about the only
formal business it was necessary for
the convention to transact--;he selec-
ton OF delegates at large and alter
mates 10 the Republican national con-
ventton for recommendation to the
voters at the primaries. The Gov
ernor went into the contest asserting
no, only his right to head the big
Four" hut to name every member
of the quartet at large.
Goveruor's Aids - session.
This was the word which reached
his headQ quarters on the eighteenth
floor Of tho Hotel Biltmorc yesterday
morning. where his ueutenants were
assembled. There were William l..
Ward Of westchcstcr. Col. William
HAYWARD Of the Public Service Com
mission. Lieut. Gov. Schoeneck. Will
lam Orr. secretary TO the Governor:
Excise Commissioner Phillips and the
personal representatives Of George w.
Aldridge Of Rochester and Francis
Hendricks Of Syracuse. Mr.. Hendricks,
shrewd veteran Of many campaigns.
is in Florida and Mr.. AldridEe is III
at home.
The Governors wishes were COM
municated to the party leaders gen.
orally and to Mr.. Barnes and his fol-
lowing particularly. State Chairman
Tanner was the go-between. Barnes
said with something more than his
usual vigor that not only would the
Governor not get his wishes. hut the
Governor would not hc permitted 10
go to Chicago at all az a delegate at
large. Then the fight began. Orig
inally the Governor put forward the
following slate Of delegates at large:
Charles y. whitman
senator james W. wadsworth, Jr.
Dr David jayne Hin.
william Berrt.
lie was ready at first to stand for this
slate and to fight for il. Then runors
crept into the Whitman headquarters
that Mr.. Berri was dickering, through
Chairman Bass of the Kings county dele
cation, with the Barnes people. The
Whitman leaders promptly threw Mr..
Berri overheard and cast about for some
one more acceptable, There We're intense
and earnest conferences at the Biltmore
aud at the Republican club as the Whit
man leaders. directed by Mr. Ward. and
the Representatives OF Aldridge and Hen
bricks made tentative casts for support
Mainwhile Chairman Tanner Was try
ing to convince Mr.. Rarnes Of the I'M
wisdom OF 80 hagrantly offending the
Governor. He said II would never do at
all to start the party into q campaign OF