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Where the Battle is Raging
Tho New York primaries for the republican
Atnto convention, to bo held at Saratoga, Sep
tember 27, havo been hotly contested. It was
conceded that Roosevelt would havo the sup
port of practically tho entiro delegation from
Now York county, numbering 190, while his op
ponent would havo 142 in Kings, Queens and
Richmond counties. Timothy Woodruff issued
a statement claiming victory for tho standpat
forces. County Chairman Griscom, represent
ing tho Roosevelt forces, issued a statement
claiming victory for the former president. Wil
liam Dames, Jr., issued this statement:
"I seo by tho newspapers that Mr. Roosevelt
nnd his leading supportors in New York City
havo had a talk nnd Mr. Griscom said that the
action of tho state committee in selecting Mr.
Sherman as temporary chairman will certainly
be overruled by tho convention and that Mr
Roosevelt will preside, which means that he will
appoint tho committee on resolutions.
"Tho determination of this matter will place
tho republican party squarely before tho people
without evasiveness. If Mr. Roosevelt is tem
porary chairman and tho convention adopts tho
roport of a radical committee on resolutions,
New York will place herself alongside of Kansas
nnd Iowa and tho conservative element of the
party, which for years has been Its backbone,
will be invited to tho rear and the 'new nation
alism,' coupled with the Bryanite renounce
ment against tho decisions of the supreme court,
will take its place.
"If tho action of the state committee in se
lecting Mr. Sherman, after Mr. Roosevelt's name
was voted down, should be ratified by the con
vention, and if a committee on resolutions is
appointed which will adopt . platform indorsing
tho administration of President Taft in forcible
languago declaring opposition to the political
hysteria' of tho hour and firmly planting itself
-upon the same republicanism of the past, then
' the party can enter tho campaign with respect
lor itself which ought to command tuo respect
of. the majority of tho electorate as it has before.
"Some of tho men who ar urging Mr. Roose
velt's candidacy for temporary chairman of the
convention against Vice President Sherman have
little realization of tho rising tide of popular
disapproval which Mr. Roosevelt's speeches in
the west have caused. His assumption of power
.Is looked upon with wonderment. His ability
to aTouse the passions of the mob is dreaded
in every quarter of the state and every day tho
monaco of his political ascendancy to business
and to labor is more thoroughly appreciated.
'I do not believo that his name will even be
presented to the convention against tho recom
mendation of the state committee for Mr. Sher
man. If it is It will as certainly be voted down
in tho cause of true republicanism as that tho
convention "will convene. Thoughtful men all
over the state are aroused to the regrettable
fact that Mr. Roosevelt is today tho most danger
ous foe to the world of business and labor in
the- United States. They liopo with earnest
solicitude that the republican party in this state
will not in its convention jermit him to be the
arbiter of its policies and the mentor of its
thought."
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"HISTORY OF A GREAT MORAL ALLIANCE"
It is generally believed in New T-rk that Mr.
Roosevelt and William R. Hearst will co-operato
politically. Tho New York Wvrld tr' to mako
tho two gentlemen referred co a hit'-) more com
fortable by printing tho following:
"From Mr. Roosevelt's first inessag) to con
gress, December 3, 1901: 'This criminal (Presi
dent McKinley's murderer) was a professed An
archist, inflamed by tho teachings of professed
anarchists, and probably also by the reckless
utterances of those who on the stump and in
the public press appeal to the dark and evil
spirits of malice and greed, envy and sullen
hatred. The wind is sowed by the men who
preach such doctrines, And they can not escape
their share of responsibility for the whirlwind
that is reaped. This applies alike to tho delib
erate demagogue, to the exploiter of sensation
alism and to the crude and foolish visionary who,
for whatever reason, apologizes for crime or ex
cites aimless discontent.' N
"From Elihu Root's speech at Utica, Novem
ber 1, 1906: 'I say by the president's authority,
tliat in penning these words, with the horror of
President McKinley's murder fresh before him,
ho had Mr. Hearst specifically in his mind. And
I say, by his authority; that what he thought
of Mr. Hearst then ho thinks of Mr. Hearst
now.'
"From Washington dispatches of November
1G, 1908: W. R. Hearst of Now York made a
call of courtesy at tho White House this evening.
He said that no significance was to bo attached
to his visit; that ho merely took tho earliest
opportunity after his arrival here to pay his
respects to tho president.'
"From an appeal to Mr. Roosevelt issued by
Mr. Hearst, September 7, 1910: 'Come homo
to New York, Mr. Roosevelt, and honestly take
the warpath against tho bosses. Wo indepen
dents are whetting our tomahawks for the fray.
There is no jealousy in our ranks. We do not
care who leads if he only leads aright. We do
not car who gains tho glory as long as the .
people gain the victory. Drive the republican
bosses out of the republican party, Mr. Roose
velt, and if om of them' deserts to the demo
cratic party 50,000 Independents will take his
place.' '
"From Mr. Roosevelt's reply to Mr. Hearst,
September 8, 1910: 'I am going back to New
York state, as mentioned by Mr. Hearst, to fight
tho bosses. I will "welcome the support of any
man who wishes to aid in that fight.' "
WASHINGTON STATE INSURGENT
The republican ipsurgents swept the state of
Washington in the primaries September 13.
Miles Poindexter, one of the most radical in
surgent members of the house of representa
tives, was endorsed for United States senator
by an enormous plurality. This is Secretary
Ballinger's home stato and several weeks ago,
Mr. Taft personally requested one of Poindex
ter's opponents to withdraw in order that the
standpat strength might be centered Upon one
man. Tho result is therefore accepted not only
as a repudiation of Mr. Ballinger, but also as
a personal defeat .for tho president. -
THE RESULT IN, MAINE
A Portland, Maine, dispatch carried by the
Associated Press says: "Two republicans and
two democratic representatives will constitute
the next Maine delegation in the national house.
Doubt as to the make-up of the delegation was
cleared up today when belated returns from the
First and Fourth districts showed the re-election
of Frank E. Guernsey and Asher C. Hinds, re
publicans. Attorney Charles W. Johnson, a
prominent democrat of .Waterville, is to be a '
candidate for the United States senate at the
coming session of the legislature. That body
will bo democratic by a vote of 111 to 69."
IN NEW JERSEY
Tho primaries in New Jersey resulted in the
nomination by the republicans of former Gov
ernor Edward C. Stokes to bo United States
senator. -Vivian M. Lewis will be republican
candidato for governor.
IN TENNESSEE
The independent democrats of Tennessee met
in state convention and formally endorsed Ben
W. Hooper, the republican nominee for gov
ernor. Attorney General Jeff McCarn, who pros
ecuted the Coopers for the killing of Senator
Carraack, made a speech saying: "I am a stato
democrat and I am going right straight to the
polls and vote for Captain Hooper." The con
vention adopted the platform denouncing the
Patterson machine, declaring in favor of tho
four-mile prohibition law and condemning tho
abuse of tho pardon power by Governor Pat
terson. The regular democratic state convention will
meet in Nashville, October 6, to nominate- a can
didato for governor in place of Governor Patter
son, who has withdrawn.
FOLK FOR PRESIDENT
The -Missouri democrats met at Jefferson City
and adopted a platform in which Joseph W.
Folic was formally endorsed for president in
1912. -The Associated Press describes the plat
form in this way: "Tho platform denounces
tho Payne-Aldrlch tariff law, and declares for
tariff for revenue only, Criminal prosecution
of the trusts is urged. One plank declares for
a merchant.-marine. nnd a strong navy. Tho
party, tho platform declares, favors an employ
ers' liability law, tho abolishing of convict labor,
tho power of a utility commigsion for tho state
board of railroad and warehouse commissioners,
and a new state capitol. Tho solution of the
liquor question is local option, according to the
platform. Speaker Cannon is censured and
Colonel Roosevelt and President Taft are de
nounced." t
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS
Tho republican state convention for Connecti
cut met at Hartford and nominated Charles A.
Goodwin of Hartford to be governor. The plat
form adopted endorsed the Taft administration.
Tho convention tabled a plank declaring in favor
of direct primaries. The convention was very
disorderly.
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COLORADO DEMOCRATS
The Colorado democratic convention renom
inated John F. Shafroth. Denver politicians and
interests fought the governor's re-nomination,
and supported Dr. B. L. Jefferson. The vote in
the convention stood: Shafroth 564, Jefferson
537. Justice Robert W. Steele of Denver was
re-nominated unanimously for justice of the
state supreme court and Congressman E. E.
Taylor of Glenwood Springs was re-nominated
for congressman at large.
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MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
The Missouri republicans, in state convention
at Jefferson City, had a hot fight led by Governor
Hadley and his followers. The result was some
thing of a compromise. Both the Roosevelt and
Taft administrations were endorsed.
STATEMENT BY MR. BRYAN
Following the Maine election, Mr. Bryan gave
out this statement: "I am very greatly pleased
with the democratic victory in Maine. The fact
that three out of four congressmen, the governor
and the legislature will be democratic makes
the victory national, instead of local. The 'Maine
victory, taken -with the showing made in -Vermont,
proves that the revolt against the .repub
lican party is pronounced in the east, as well as
the west, and means that the next congress will
be democratic."
IN ILLINOIS
In the Illinois democratic primaries Lee O'Neil
Browne, the democratic leader' recently, charged
with bribery in connection with the election of
Senator Lorimer, was re-nominated for the legis
lature in the Thirty-ninth Illinois district. The
so-called Lorimer democrats won generally in
the democratic primaries. Three out of the
four lawmakers now under indictment on the
Lorimer matter were re-nominated.
In the republican primaries Speaker Cannon
was re-nominated by a reduced plurality. Repre
sentative Foss, standpatter, defeated George
P. Englehard, - progressive. Representative
Mann, standpatter, was re-nominated. Rep
resentative Boutell, standpatter, was defeated by
F. H. Gansbergen. The progressive republicans
were generally victorious in Illinois.
LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE G. O. P. SINCE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
Eugene N. ,Foss, democrat, was elected to
congress from Massachusetts on March 22, 1910,
by a plurality of 5,640.
James S. Havens, democrat, was elected to
congress from New York over Boss Aldridgoin
April, 1910, by a plurality of 5,831.
C. C, Atkinson, democrat, was elected to con
gress from Missouri on February 1, 1910, by a
plurality of 3,778, the democratic majority, in
1908 being only 1,995.
United States Senator Julius 0. Burrows,
standpat republican, was defeated in the Michi
gan primaries by Representative Charles E.
Townsend, progressive republican.
Standpat republican senators who have an
nounced their retirement, are: Eugene Hale, of
Maine; Nelson W. Aldrich, of Rhode Island;
Frank Flint, of California; Samuel H. Piles of
Washington.
Regular machine republican representatives in
congress who have been defeated for re-nomination,
are: Duncan McKinley, James McLachlan,
of California; John A. T. Hull, of Iowa; Charles
- S. Scott, James M. Miller, William A. Calderhead
and William A. Reeder, of Kansas; Ralph D.
Cole, .of Ohio;. William H. Stafford, of .Wisconsin;;
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