New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Wadsworth Candidacy Said
To Be Feature of Plan
to Recapture Control of
the Party Organization
Hays to Advise Leaders
Conference Next Month Is
Expected to Clarity Sit
uatiOn as to Candidates

denomination and reelection of Sen
past losses and re-capturc control of
the state organization.
The anti-Barnes men profess to have
discovered that Francis M. Hugo, Sec
retary of State and candidate for
Governor; Jacob Livingston, chairman
of the executive committee of the
county committee of Kings, and Mrs.
John F. Yawger, of the Republican
women's state executive committee, also
belong to the combination.
The anti-Barnes people assert that
while their lines have become more or
less demoralized since the defeat of
Governor Whitman and Lieutenant
Governor Schoeneck last fall, they have
the upper hand of the Albany leader
or will have at the first show of
strength.
Anti's Control Committees
Control of the state executive COM
mittee, and probably the state commit
anti-Barnes men and women. Further
more, Herbert Parsons, after an alb
sence of two years in the army, is
back in civilian life and interested in
politics. The state executive commit
tee is made up almost wholly of anti
Barnes members, but not necessarily
anti Wadsworth. 1t consists of Rep
representative Bertrand II. Smell, chair
man; Miss Mary Garrett Hay, County
Chairman Samuel S. Koenig, of New
York; Mrs. John Francis Yawger, of
New York; commissioner F. j. H.
Kracke, of Crooklyn; Mrs. William C.
Beecher, of Brooklyn; Alba M. Ide, of
Troy; Thomas r. Proctor, of Utica;
Mrs. Luther w. Mott, of 'Oswego;
George F. Johnson, the shoe manu-
facturer, of Johnson City; George w.
Aldridge, of Rochester; Representa-
tive Norman ]. Gould, of Seneca Falls;
John G. Wickser, of Buffalo; Mrs
Arthur l.. Livermore, of Yonkers, and
William L. Ward, of Portchester. The
members ex-officio are State Chairman
George A. Glynn, of Syracuse; Secre-
tary Lafayette B. Gleason, of Delhi,
and Treasurer Harrison X. Bird.
There is a strong probability that
State Chairman Glynn will call
statewide conference of Republicans
in July, when Will H. Hayes, chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
will speak. Following this the women
Republicans expect to do lot of hard
work in organizing the women of the
state.
Wadswcrth on Losing Issues
Senator Wadsworth's strength is de-
scribed by one of his friends, a man
holding a prominent state Office and
who a year ago was a Whitman man.
This official is u warm admirer of Sem
ator Wadsworth, but he says he is anti
Barnes, no matter what Barnes is to
Wadsworth.
II am for Wadsworth." he said, "be-
cause he has steadily developed
strength since he entered the national
Senate and to-day is recognized as
strong figure there. jim Wadsworth
depends too much on Barnes to suit
me, bat it would be a shame to retire
him Just as he has become of conse-
quence in the Senate. He has taken
the losing end of about every issue in
the state In recent years.
"At the same time people like cour-
age IN man and soon forget his mis-
takes Of judgment if he stays clean
and does his work, and that is what
Wadsworth has done. do not believe
the woman suffragsts can beat him,
even when aided by the Anti Saloon
League followers. The temperance REQ
pie make lot of noise, but they do not
command many votes in the primaries" :"
A state Senator with independent
proclivities said:
"Wadsworth will win unless the equal
suffrage woman voters are organized and
unless the prohibitionists in the Repub-
hcan party succeed in carrying the wet
and dry issue over into the Senator
ship fight next year. If they can DO
that, Wadsworth could be beaten if his
opponents choose as his opponent an
organization man who could break
about even with him with the rank and
fle Of the party workers."
AS already stated, the ant-Barnes
men and women, with the campaign
year away, have not begun to confer
ABOUT candidates as yet. Opposition to
senator Wadsworth is certain. Will
lam n. Anderson, State Superintendent
OF the Anti-Saloon League, saws it
would be political suicide for the Re-
puoiicans to name Wadsworth.
Smell or Gould Suggested
Some of the Whitman organization
men want either Representative Ber-
trand II. Smell, Of Potsdam, or Rep-
resentative Norman J. Gould, Of
Seneca Falls, as candidate against
Senator Wadsworth. Sentiment among
the upstate men is unanimous thai
the candidate that opposes Senator
Wadsworth, to succeed, must be an up-
state man. They say this bars Colonel
Parsons. When the conference is held
in July the following slate, az far a..
IT goes, will be discussed by the anti
Barnes men:
For United States Senator. Bertrand
II. Smell or Norman J. Gould.
FOR Governor. Colonel William
Roycc Thompson, of Wegtchos,cr
For Lieutenant Governor Colono,
William J. Donovan, Of Buffalo. Of tho
Rainbow Division.
for Controller, Eugene NJ. Travis
me anti-Barncs men say either Mr..
Smell Or Mr. Gouln, or Representative
William II. Hill, Of Broome. wouid
run even with Senator Wadsworth
With the party workers, and either Of
them 9TH thn L~y~ - A.