New-York tribune., 1918-07-02
Vote in Republican Body a
Surprise to Lewis's
Leaders
Convention Call
Promptly Ratified
Small Following for Attor.
ney General Is Shown
on Test Rollcall


as adjourned meeting at the Republi-
ran Club yesterday forenoon. with
Chairman George A. Glynn presiding,
,stised the agreement made by Soma
.ors Wadsworth and Calder with the
state committee conference commit
tee appointed en- Saturday, and issued
a call ior 8 state convention to be held
At Saratoga on July IS and 20. Under
The terms OF the call the various county
committees may choose delegates to the
state convention by the direct primary
method if they see lit, but in the rural
counties, where the distances are great,
II is planned to have the dele gates
chosen by the county committees.
On rollcall insisted on by Senator
Theodore Douglas Robinson. campaign
manager for Attorney General Lewis,
Governor Whitman's rival, and Leslie
Sutherland, OF Westchester County,
ne Barnes-Lewis men were beaten by
vote of III to 20.
The smallness of the Lewis vote il.
the state committee was one surprise,
and there were two others. Jacob \.
Livingston, the anti-Whitman leader in
Brooklyn, was not present at the
meeting yesterday, and the Whitman
men had thirteen of the eighteen votes
present in the state committee from
the County of Kings.
Olcotts Vote a Surprise
The other surprise was that on the
rollcall Of the committeeman from New
York County ". Nj. X. Olcott cast the
only anti-Whitman vote.
The official call follows:
"New York, July |. 1918.
10 the Republication Voters of the
State of New York:
A state convention of DELEGATES
and alternate delegates. representinp
the voters of the Republican party.
Will be held pursuant to the rules of
the party at Convention Hall, in the
city OF Saratoga Springs, on Thurs
day the 18th day of July, 1918. at ~
O'Clock noon, for the following pur-
poses:
y. To formulate and declare the
PRINCIPLES and purposes of the party.
transact such other business
as may properly come before the
convention. 1t is not the purpose of
me state committee, however. in
ealing this convention that such con-
vention shall recommend candidates
ior state offices TO be voted for at
ue coming rrimary election.
delegates and alternate delegates
10 ms convention shall be elected in
tne following manner:
tach county committee, or the
executive committee thereof shall
meet on Or before the 9th dav of
july 1918, and shall determine the
manner IN which delegates and alter
nate delegates may be chosen, and all
sucn delegates and alternate dele
ga,eS snail be chosen on or before
July Is, 1918.
~ is the recommendation of the
s.s,e committee, that so far as pos
sl9ie the delegates and alternate
ue,sga'es be CHOSEN from the en-
loiied Republican male and female
.o@fS IN proportion to their resDec-
tive enrolment.
invitation IS extended to all en-
IoHea Republican voters and all
o.ners who indorse the policy of the
parry TO attend this convention.
hach Assembly district in the
sla'e Will be entitled to representa-
uves IN accordance with the rules
esslao,lshed by the state convention
line inc convention will number 1920
.a!slegates, and it is said to be the inten-
a,s MGa OF the Whitman men, after being
On oIstered" by the charge that the con-
'eh.lon will be made up of "hand
PICKED" delegates, to induce the most
preventative men and women in the
sale to attend it.
r.: s:ted Grelner, Republican leader of
Lfle County presented the renort of
S. Se conference committee appointed on
sa'uToay last, as one of the first items
u. 'he programme at the meeting of
sae state committee yesterday. which
''ssh at 1920 at the Republican Club.
alter briefly sketching the result Of
~e conference with Senators Wads-
'0gth and Calder as printed Yesterday
me Tribune, Mr.. Greiner said:
:. have attended many political con-
s,sa sS,siIes where important matters
,t.". ss's oeen considered, but | have never
s.sd s,.shaed one where, after ali the facts
WI. se.e considered, there was fuller and
aie harmonious agreement than the
isr s a. the Union League Club yester-
.ay between the Senators and vour
Committee" A''0 Soui
l 'hlnk that owing to the situation