The sun., 1918-10-10
KELLOGG DECLINES
TO Be CHAIRMAN
gap Smith Is Trying to Per-
suade the Judge to Change
His Mind.
rs HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS
Democratic Leaders Are In
sistept That Harris Must
Be Supplanted.
Special Despatch to The suS.


SYRACUSE, Oct. s.-Plans OF the DEM
ocrauc State leaders for quietly sliding
Edwin s. Harris out of the State chair
manship and filling his place with Judge
]. Augustus Kellogg Of Glens Falls were
rudely shaken to-day when Judge KEEL
logg insisted that he would not accept
the place. Since Alfred E. Smith. the
candidate for Governor, arrived this
afternoon he has been trying to per-
suade Judge Kellogg to change his mind.
So far he has not been successful, but
hopes that before the State committee
meets tomorrow night Judge Kellogg
will yield to the request of the candidates
and the other state leaders here.
Judge Kellogg insists that he does not
wish to accept the responsibilities that
go with the craftsmanship. that he is
content to be simply the campaign man.
ager and then TO withdraw after elec-
ton day. He has not time TO devote to
political matters after that time, he
says. and is afraid that it might be i'm
possible to retire from the craftsmanship
after being once elected.
The leaders have told Judge Kellogg
that an attempt to select any other
man to head the committee at this
time might engender jealousies that
would do harm in the campaign. They
cept the titular leadership of the Or
ganizatIon now he will be free
to resign at the end of the campaign.
IL Judge Kellogg remains firm in his
determination not to take the place
some other man will have to be found.
for Mr. Smith and the other leaders
are insisting that Chairman Harris be
supplanted. Who that man might be no
one was ready to say tonight. Delos
NJ. Cosgrove of WATERFOWL was sug-
gested as being In every way fitted
for the place, but there were certain
objections that might not make his
selection popular one.
To supplant Chairman Harris Il will
not be necessary to change the rules
of the committee, which read that the
chairman shall serve. for two years "or
until his successor shall have been
elected"
In regard to the Republican meeting
at Chatham last Saturday, which he
charged was partisan In violation u
the agreement to adjourn politics"
during the Liberty Loan drive, Judge
Kellogg said to-day:
1.-THE chairman OF the Republican State
committee is quoted in THE Sun as chal-
longing my charges that the Republicans
held a partisan campaign meeting at
Chatham last Saturday In violation OF
the understanding that no such meeting
was TO he held during the Liberty Loan
campaign. Mr.. Glynn ought to read the
newspapers. have one before me
which, contains a full report Of the
Chatham meeting.
I'm the headlines II says, Tax Com
missioner Thomas recalls riot of graft
under Tammany rule and Commissioner
Thomas further says. II you want good
government continue the present ad.
mlnistration II you want bad govern
ment go back four years
Mrs. ]. +. Yawger. chairman OF the
Women's State Republican executive
committee. urged the women to be a
unit and vote for Gov. whitman Per
haps Chairman Glynn does not conside,
this sort OF talk partisan politics. The
whole tenor of every speech made was
| the rankest kind of old fashioned Re
publican politics and distinctly hurtfu
to. the Liberty Loan"