New-York tribune., 1918-07-01

senibly districts, based on the vote at
the 1915 state election
A joint committee composed OF an
equal number of members of the state
committee and of the committee
which signed the Wadsworth- Calder
call was TO determine how many seats
would be allotted to each county
those left we're to be divided equally
between the two groups. 1t was OK
rected the Whitman forces would have
little the better of it under this plan
of representation.
AS soon as Attorney General Lewis
heard Of the action the conferrees had
taken at the Union League Club he
prepared q statement at his headquar-
ters in the Murray Hill hotel He re-
lterated his positive intention of stay
ing in the pace for the nomination
against the Governor.
Statement by Lewis
His staten ent follows:
Senators Wadsworth and Calder is
sued call for q conference of Repub-
licans to consider the welfare of the
party. The Governor and his followers
in the state committee demanded con-
troll of such an assemblage. They in
sisted that the state convention called
by the state committee be held at the
same time and that delegates in the
state convention should be the only
ones to be permitted to vote in the
joint meeting.
The Senators naturally enough de-
clined to surrender to the delegates of
such convention, called by Mr.. Glynn
because he was forced to call it, and
have withdrawn their invitations, for
the assembly Of July 18.
"It must. think, be apparent that
Governor Whitman is afraid of a full
and frank discussion of the questions
affecting the welfare of the party. He
wants convention the members of
which will obey orders. He knows
most Of the benefcaries of his gen
erosity in the distribution of patronage
will obey his every command. He can
trust them.
What might happen if there were
gathering. of Republicans who are not
He does not wish TO have a meeting of
Republicans which might adopt party
platform. What he wants adopted is
Whitman platform.
Because Of this attitude of the
state committee the Senators repre-
senting this state in the Senate of the
United States have withdrawn their in
..
wisely"
The Conferrees
The subcommittee Of conferrees was
headed by Fred Greiner. veteran lead
er of Erie County. The other mem
the Kings County Republican Commit
tee; Jesse Phillips, State Superintend-
ent of Insurance; Representative Ber-
trand H. Smell, of Potsdam, and Samuel
S. Xoenig, chairman Of the New York
County Republican Committee. George
A. Glynn, state chairman, and Lafay-
cite B. Gleason, secretary of the State
Committee, were members cx-ottlcio.
Chairman Glynn issued the following
statement without further comment:
Senators Wadsworth and Calder
conferred with the committee appoint
ed by the Republican State Committee.
and it was agreed that Republican
state convention be held, in conform
ity with the rules of the party, at Sara
toga Springs, Thursday, July IS, 1918,
at ~ o'clock noon, and that, in view of
such action, the call issued by the
Senators for conference on that date
should be withdrawn"
Governor Whitman was at the st.
Regis all day and was said to have
been in frequent communication with
members of the subcommittee. 1t was
understood he kept closely in touch
with what was gong on at the con-
ference, and was not backward in dis
tating what should be done. When
seen at the hotel after the confer
ence he said:
"The arrangement is entirely salts
factory from every point of view.
think the Republicans of the state
should be pleased"
Ex-Presidents Invited
Invitations had been accepted by for
mer Presidents Roosevelt and Taft to
address the conference called by Sena-
tors Wadsworth and Calder The in
vitation was renewed in kilograms sent
by Chairman Glynn to Colonel Roose-
velt and Mr.. Taft last night. urging
them to address the unofficial state
convention on the same date. Similar
/ invitations were sent to Elihu Root.
Charles E. Hughes and Will H. Hays.
The kilograms informed the five men
that the Wadsworth-Calder conference
had been called off, and urged them at
the request Of the State Committee. in
which Senators Wadsworth and Calder
heartily concurred, to address the Sar-
atoga convention. Mr.. Glynn assured
National Chairman Hays that he would
be accorded "a most cordial reception
from a united. party