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Revolt Over
Hearst Looms
For Tammany
Wigwam Leaders, if Neces?
sary, Will Carry Fight to
Convention Floor
Editor's Ready Cash
His Principal Asset
Sentiment Grows in Favor
of "Al" Smith for Gov?
ernorship Candidate
Tammany district leaders who do not
share Charles F. Murphy's ambition
to deliv?*r the Democratic nomination
for Governor to William Randolph
Hearst are threatening to revolt if
their leader attempts to name Hearst.
Local anti-Hearst men who are dole
gates to the Saratoga convention are
planning to line up solidly with the
anti-Hearst delegates from upstate.
One local anti-Hearst man said yes?
terday:
"If we are sufficiently strong we will
call for a formal repudiation of Hearst
on the floor of the convention. And in
doing so it will be made plain that
this is not a fight on Murphy or Hylan
or anybody except Hearst. It is a fight
to a finish."
Answering a question concerning
what the anti-Hearst men would do in
the event Murphy and Mayor Hylan,
with their aids, attempted to have
Hearst designated, the Tammany
leader said:
"I do not believe Murphy would be
foolish enough to attempt anything of
the sort. What he probably will do is
to have the convention adjourn with?
out designating any one. That would,
of course, mean that he wanted the
nomination to go to Hearst by default.
Hut it is more likely he will have the
convention nominate some Hearst man
whose election would be satisfactory
to the editor, or a man who would
withdraw at the last moment in favor
of Hearst."
Sentiment for "Al" Smith
Several Tammany leaders who are
not obkgatod to Mayor Hylan because
of patror.apre have told Murphy that if
Hearst is nominated they will not be
able to deliver the vote to the pri?
maries. They have told him that the
strongest sentiments obtains for "Al"
Smith, with William Church O.sborn a
cose second. Osborn was formerly
chairman of the Democratic State Com?
mittee, was the first choice of the up
.UaLc Democratic leaders at the Syra?
cuse conference. "Al" Smith, who be?
fore being elected president of the
Board of Aldermen, was Sheriff, and
for twelve years a member of the Leg
islature, when* he served as Speaker of
the Assembly, and majority and mi?
nority leader, also has a big upstate
following. At the Syracuse conference
Hearst did not receive a single vote.
Su far Hearst has been able to obtain
the support of only six Democrats of
prominence -Murphy, Hylan, former
G?>vernor Martin H. Glynn, Patrick E.
McCabe, the Albany boss; John II. Mc
Cooey, Tammany's vice-regent in
Brooklyn, and "Fingey" Connors, of
Buffalo, one-time Democratic state
chairman.
This is Hearst's half-dozen. And op
posed to them are scores of Democrats
of :*(.:?*? and national prominence. Most
of President "Wilson's Cabinet is against
Hearst. None has come out for him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secre?
tary or' the Navy, has como out formally
and indorsed the candidacy of Osborn.
Masses Don't Want Hearst
Last nifiht another Democrat known
throughout the country, Alton B. Par
? ker, candidate for President in 1904,
came out against Hearst. Judge Parker
said there wag no demand for Hearst
among the masses of the people,' and
that if ho were nominated it would be
by grace of Murphy.
There is a small element of upstate
leaders who are welcoming Hearst's
candidacy. These men recall the palmy
days of 1906, when Hearst was a candi
dent for Governor and spent close to
$1.000,000. Money ran like water and
many mortgages upstate were paid off.
This element has been making in?
quiries concerning Hearst's ability to
spend an equal, if not a greater sum,
this fall.
There have been rumors that h?; has
tightened up. Beyond those to whom
Hearst's financial condition would be a
convincing argument, the only others
in the Democratic party, with the ex?
ception of Governor Glynn and one or
two others, who arc for Hearst are for
Hearst because Hylan holds the Tam?
many feed br.^r and Murphy has priven
his word that ho will support Hearst
if he is a candidate.
That Hearst is a candidate is evi
denced by the, fact that his petitions
have be'!- out for more than a week
i'nd his political agents have been can?
vassing the state. And Hearst has
made preparations for housing and
feeding followers while at Saratoga
by engaging suites of rooms at two
of the largest hotels there. In one he
has contracted for twenty-seven rooms
with baths.
Some Tammany Hall men, who
frankly confess they will back any one
Murphy names?even though it should
bo Hearst-said yesterday they hoped
Hearst would obviate this unpleasant?
ness by withdrawing in favor of former
Ambassador Gerard, whose brother,
Julian, is treasurer of the Hearst cor?
porations and Hearst's social pilot.
Worrying Over Platform
Yesterday was spent by Senator
Robert V. Wagner, chairman of tho
platform committee, with several mem?
bers worrying over the various planks
suggested for the platform. One of
them provides for the submission of
the entire prohibition question to a
referendum. This proposed plunk
would score the Republicans for dodg?
ing the liquor question, despite thu
fact that Governor Whitman openly
champions ratification of the Federal
bone dry amendment.
Another plank which has been de?
cided upon will indorse unqualifiedly
the Wilson Administration antl its con?
duct of the war and declare that the
people can best support the National
Administration by electing a Demo?
cratic state ticket which "is in sym?
pathy with the National Administra?
tion and trusts it. and not one (tho
Republican) which has been criticising
it and does not trust it."
Stjjl another plank will indorse the .
Federal woman suffrage amendment,
which passed the House of Representa-,
Uve? and is now before the Senate.
The platform will contain a munici?
pal ownership plank, and there in a
' strong tendency on the pari of some
j of the platform makers to urge the
? government to retain for all time its
i hold on the railroads and other na?
tional industries it contemplates tak
j ing over.
I Hearst Petitions
For Governorship
Appear in Syracuse
SYRACUSE. July 19- Petitions des?
ignating William Randolph Hearst as
a Democratic nominee for Governor
are being circulated here. The noini
? nators are Dr. Eugene E. Dooling, of
J Syracuse; Nathan Straus, of New York,
and Thomas V. O'Connor, of Buffalo,
! president of the Longshoremen's
| Union.
Dr. Dooling said the petitions con
i tain the names of only a few enrolled
1 voters. Asked how he became identi
, lied with the Hearst movement ho
said:
"I was drafted by r. cor.- 1 - of friends
j two or three weeks ago. i rind no sen
i timen't fur Mr. Hearst for Governor."
The Democratic leader? here are
paying no attention t;> the Hearst
boom, ?t is understood the circulation
of the petitions is being confined to
notaries public and commissioners.
They were mailed here from New York
Thursday night.
A majority of the Onondaga dele?
gates are for former Ambassador
Gerard- Sentiment for th ? ex-ambas?
sador is increasing here, and men in
? c ose touch with the situation ?n this
city predict ho will head the ticket.
Roosevelt to
Tell Monday
If He Will Run
Continued from page 1
: c^s Hendricks was won over he had
received positive assurance from Hor
j ace S. Wilkinson, of Syracuse, a close
personal friend of Colonel Roosevelt,
that the Colonel was willing to be a
candidate if there was sentiment to
warrant it.
Another interesting feature of the
: situation is that while George W.
Aldritlge, the. Monroe County leader.
will stick with the Governor, one of
his townsmen, Francis 13. Mitchell,
editor of "The Post-Express," is openly
, for the Colonel, and has signed the
petition.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of
the committee on resolutions in the
? convention, and the leader of the Re?
publican woman suffragists in New
: York, sent the following telegram to
Colonel Roosevelt to-night:
"The women are sincerely behind
Governor Whitman and regrot to see
your name being used by the Barnes
Wadsworth-Brown group."
i It is understood George W. Perkins
I is fighting hard in the interest of the
? Governor, and that he has told friends
of Colonel Roosevelt all over the
United States that it would be dis
i astrous for the'Colonel, if he expects
; to be a candidate for President in
1S120, to drive the leading candidate for
the Governorship nomination out of
the race. Mr. Perkins is known to be
: for Governor Whitman to succeed him
: self and for Colonel Roosevelt as the
Republican candidate for President
: two years hence.
Chairman Hays of the Republican
National Committee is much interested
in the way things are shaping, but is
not taking sides. His position is that
it is the business of the national com?
mittee to help elect the candidates
rather than to try to dictate their
nomination.
Roosevelt's Mind
On Son, He Refuses
To Discuss Politics
OYSTER BAY, July 19. Colonel
Theodore Roorevelt upon his arrival
here to-night refused to discuss the Re?
publican situation in New York State.
"My mind is not on politics at this
time," he said. "You can understand
what my thoughts are on." In this he ,
referred to his sun, Lieutenant Quentin
Roosevelt, who fell behind the German j
lines in France after an aerial fight last,
Sunday.
Colonel Roosevelt said he had re- '
ceived a telegram from Attorney Gen?
eral Merron E. Lewis, in which Mr.
Lewis stated he would withdraw from
the gubernatorial contest if Colonel |
Roosevelt would become a compromise
candidate. The Colonel will not reply
to the telegram now.
Many telegrams urging Colonel
Roosevelt to become a candidate for
Governor have been received, but ho
said he would not answer them until
some future date. Among the mes
: ages which awaited his arrival was
one from his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., in Paris. It
said :
"Quentin's 'plane seemed to dive 800
metres. Not in flames. Seen to strike
ground. Could have been under con?
trol as did not spin. Chance exists he
is prisoner."
This message rather dampened the
spirits of the Roosevelt household,
which had been cheered by a cable?
gram last night from his son-in-law,
Dr. Richard Derby, who also is in
Paris. This cable said Lieutenant
Roosevelt was undoubtedly a prisoner
in Germany.
"We have received many hundreds
of kind and friendly telegrams and
letters," said Colonel Roosevelt.
"They will all be acknowledged in
time, and 1 ask the forbearance of the
senders because it will necessarily
take some little time.
"I do not intend to make any of
them public. Some were from promi?
nent people, some were from people
who were not prominent, some from
old friends and some from strangers.
They were not meant for publication,
but to express sympathy with Quen?
tin's father and mother and sorrow
for a gallant boy who had been doing
his duty like hundreds of thousands of
young Americans. Many of them, in?
deed, I think, were really an expres?
sion of sympathy from the mothers
and fathers who have gladly and proud?
ly, and yet with sorrow, seen the sons
they loved go forth to battle for their
country and the right. Very many of
them were from fathers and mothers
who have sons at the front, and some
of them from those whose sons have
been killed at the front.
"The telegrams, cables and letters
show the spirit of our whole people."
Urges Republican Harmony
Jersey Leader Warns Against
Patronage Abuse
SEA GIRT, N. J., July 19.?Pleading
for party harmony, and declaring that
the Republican party is in danger of
disintegration, unless the leaders hark?
en more to the advice of the party aa
a whole and pay less heed to the' ap?
pointees and office seekers, Austen Col?
gate, who conferred with Governor
Edge and political leaders from Essex,
Passaie and Bergen counties here yes?
terday, issued a statement to-day."
He also declared dissatisfaction was
spreading throughout northern New
Jersey over the fact that South Jersey
had usurped all the official positions in
the state, and that the more populous
sections of the state h.ave little repre?
sentation.
No Mention of Prohibition Made
In Republican State Platform
Administration of Governor Whitman Commended and
New York Senators Are Urged "Emphatically" to
Vote for Federal Suffrage Amendment
! SARATOGA, July 19.?The platform
c adopted to-day by the New York State
Republican Convention, among other
j things, declared for a vigorous "win
I the-war" policy, commended the ad
! ministration of Governor Whitman and
! "emphatically" urged the New York
I Senators to vote for the Federal suf
? frage amendment. It did not contain
I any mention of prohibition or the
! elimination of the direct primaries,
I and the expected light over their fail?
ure to appear did not develop.
| The "war plank," which in reality
1 was composed of a number of declara?
tions on the war situation, pledged the
. Republicans of New York ?
"To labor unceasingly to bring the
! war of defence against the imperial
?? Gorman government and its allies to a
, speedy and victorious conclusion; to
| avoid the temptations and dangers of
; an inconclusive peace by diplomatic
' arrangement which would only expose
: the world to all the perils and costs of
militarism for generations to come,
and to solve in the largest possible
I way those great problems, both inter
? national cud national, that tho war has
! brought homo to the public opinion of
| every free nation."
Message to Soldiers
The following message to the light
! ers overseas was carried:
j "We follow with pride and full ap
; preciation tho splendid performances
I of the officers and men of the army
' and navy of the United States. We
| scud them a message of good cheer
i and encouragement, with tho assur
! anco that while they are fighting the
armed enemy on land and sea, the Re
I ublican party will be found alert to
combat and to stamp out sedition, pro
Germanism and every form of un?
patriotic expression and endeavor at
home."
The suffrage plank follows:
"The woman's suffrage Federal
amendment has passed the House of
I Representatives by a tremondous Re
I publican voto. Practically every Re
j publican county committee in the
state has urged its approval. Tho de?
cisivo plurality for suffrage in this
great Republican state has so clearly
shown the sentiment of the people that
i we emphatically call upon the United
? States Senators from New York to vote
i for the submission of this umendment
to the states."
Of Governor Whitman's war record
the platform in part said:
"Tho Republican state administration
has marshalled and mobilized the en?
ergy, with resources, and the militant
patriotism of the men and women of all
parties, and has worked hand in hand,
day by day, with the government of the
nation.
Tribute to Governor
"We believe that the no test which
should inspire and control the action
of every voter, irrespective of party, in
this coming campaign, should be the
nomination and election of the candi?
dates whose service in oflice will best
assure that New York will continue to
do its part in all that pertains to the
war. For ourselves and our candidates
we shall gladly ace?pt judgment ac?
cording to that standard, and wo chal?
lenge tho closest scrqtiny of all that
New York has done for the state and
the nation under the leadership of its
great war Governor, Charles S. Whit?
man."
After commending the Whitman ad?
ministration generally, and calling spe?
cific attention to the improvement in
conduct and management of the depart?
ments having in charge the prisons, the
state's insane and feeble-minded wards
and the agricultural and financial in?
terests, the platform concluded:
"The return to the standard type of
Democratic slato administration would
at any time bo a public misfortune, and
under prosent conditions it would be a
national calamity. All that we ask is
that the people remember, and see to it
that the present high standards of
state service are maintained."
Taft Tells State Republicans
Draft Limits Should Be Wider
SARATOGA, N. Y., July 19.?A call
by William Howard Taft to the coun?
try to eluct this fall a Republican Con?
gress, which he declared would stimu?
late the Democratic President by of?
fering constructive criticism of the Ad?
ministration's action and inaction and,
by legislation, enlarge ? the nation's
military preparations, was issued by
the former President, addressing the
unofiicial Republican State Convention
here to-day.
Reiterating his advocacy of an army
of five million men. Mr. Taft told tho
delegates that now is the time to raise
the great forces needed to win the war.
With a Democratic Congress, awaiting
the President's lead rather than co?
ordinating with the Executive, he said,
this will not be accomplished with the
promptness which is imperative.
While conceding the masterful abil?
ity of the President in stating the
country's aims in the war, Mr. Taft as?
serted that the Administration has not
had the same success in forming prac?
tical war policies. Ho criticised also
the tendency of the Administration "to
allow party considerations too much
sway in its appointments to important
tasks," and declared that "politics has
not been adjourned," as indicated by
what he termed Presidential interfer?
ence in the party affairs of Wisconsin
and Michigan.
Must Help Win War
The former President said, in part:
"Everything we do now and every?
thing we say must help win the war.
Tho President has said, 'Politics is
adjourned.' He is certainly right, in so
far as politics is to be used for per?
sonal ends or party triumph. But
popular government, even in war, must
be carried on by parties. Party spirit
must, of course, be suppressed where
it hampers or embarrasses. On the
other hand, party organization of pub?
lic opinion may be the best way to se?
cure needed government action. That
is the present case. The nation needs
the Republican party to give popular
expression to an affirmative aggressive
war policy. Its success at the polls in
November will spur the Administra?
tion to adopt one. A Republican Con?
gress will enact legislation to initiate
and carry it on.
"Tho present Administration is to
remain in power two years and a half.
By that time, even though the war
continues, our then military strength
must leave no doubt of the result. Wo
are not now concerned with the na?
tional election of 192?. That may take
care of itself. Us outcome will depend
upon circumstances which ot\e cannot
now foresee. Our present task, as
patriots and Republicans, is to help the
present Administration organize the
potential force of this country into a
knockout blow to William of Hohen
zollern and his compliant German
people.
"What can we fairly say of the prep?
arations for the war by the Adminis?
tration? We must admit that to
change a peace-loving democracy like
ours into a nation which shall make
an effective modern war on a huge
scale is no easy task. There must be
waste of money, effort and time in
such a transition. Much has been done
by the Atlministration, and well done.
Wo should not minimize in any degree
the credit due to it for our conscription
law. It was indispensable to carrying
on this war. It was democratic in its
principle and effective in its operation.
It could not have passed but for the
efforts of the President and the Re?
publican minority. Its execution, under
tho able, directing hand of tho judge
advocate and provost marshal general,
has been admirable.
Delays Urged as Lessons
"Other achievements in war prepara?
tion may properly b? claimed for the
credit of the Administration, whose
patriotitsm and earnest devotion to its
great moral war aims no one can ques?
tion. Wo need not dwell upon the un
ortunate delay-, in the manufacture of
rifles, machine guns, artillery, ships
and airplanes or tho costly blunders of
:he coal administration. They should
In' used as lessons. The credit of the
Administration for the work which has
been done, however, should not be ex?
aggerated by ignoring the great powers
freely given it by Congress and tho
wonderful national resources with
which if nas had to work,
"It may fairly be said that the Ad?
ministration has allowed party consid?
erations, which the crisis should have
entirely neutralized, to rule too much
in its appointments to important tasks.
Moreover, for a year it deprived itself
and the country of the services of those
geniuses of business organization
whose achievements have in the Pas?
? advanced the material resources of
I this country to their present com
! manding power. When men of this
, kind were first called to the aid of the
? Administration they were given advis
! ory functions and no actual control.
: Slowly the Administration has been
' forced to use them. The principle at
; first .obtained that men of success in
j any field of private business were not
to be trusted with real authority in
war production.
"This made the qualification for such
j posts in many cases a lack of experi
I encc in the field in which the ap
i point?e-; were to act. Hard experience
! has forced exceptions to such a par
, alyzing rule of eligibility and selec
! ti?n. The trained capacity of. the
i American people is now finding an op
I portunity for effective operation in the
I real authority given to Messrs. Schwab,
I'Stettinius, Ryan, Goethals and others,
i With such men in unfettered control
I we can be confident of a volume of
! production in ships, arms, ammunition,
: airplanes and terminal facilities that
i will amaze the world.
President's Utterances Lauded
"The President's messages and ad
I dresses have been great in declaring
'? our moral aims in the war. They hav?.
shown clearly the disinterested atti
; tude of tho American nation. Thpj,
have painted with master hand the
i wickedness of our foe. They hav?
grandly promised that we must no'
stay our hand until we win. They hav?
confuted the pretences of our enemies
and stiffened the morale of our allies
"In framing practical policies foi
carrying out our high purposes, how
ever, the Administration has no'
achieved the same success. There ii
always a halt and a hesitation in adopt
ing the necessary course finally en
te red upon..
"While we were mediating by mes
sage in the field of open diplomacy
with the German and Austrian people
: our transportation of troops was slov
and in small numbers and seemed ti
vindicate the views of those who eon
tended thai the transfer of millions o
Americans to France in any reasonabl
time was impossible.
"The army appropriation bill of las
winter was held up for more than twi
months in order that the Secretary o
War might visit the war fronts am
gain a clearer idea of the situatio:
there and bring back a definite policj
When he returned he appeared bcfor
the committees of the House and S?t
ate and gave them an account of hi
trio, but instead of bringing back
definite plan of action he asked fo
more time to consider.
"The Western drive was then on. 1
presented, as nothing else could, th
immediate danger of breaking throne;
the A'HimI line. The Allies called upo
the Administration for aid and presse
the necessary shipping upon us. W
were pushed into action, and thus w
have now landed 1,000,000 men i
France."
Constructive Criticism Urged
The former President here describe
the defeat in Congress by the Admit
istration forces of legislation to es
tend the draft age limits, which he d<
dared would have provided proniptl
and without hardship upon depender
families the army of "at least 5.000.0C
men" urged by the minority leader
He continued:
"What is needed, then, to help th
Administration most is a coordinal
branch of the government with powt
and responsibility in fighting this wa
which will perform two functions. T)
first is that of constructive critipis
of administrative action or inaelio
A criticism is constructive which wi
point out a defect for the purpose <
having it remedied, which will emph
sive a need for the purpose of havir
it supplied. It is a criticism from
source of independent power whit
will minimize the numbing security >
official reserve and concealment ar
stimulate executive sensitiveness
the duty of quick decision aid actif
in time of war. The second function
by law to enlarge our military pren
rations at once, so that they sh;
clearly be adequate to our declared n
tionnl purpose.
"Will a Democratic Congress furni
this constructive criticism and need
legislation? Clearly not. There ha
been ?i few Democrats in Congres
especially in the Senate, whose inten
interest in the effective condu
of the war has been manifest a
who have shown independence. I!
in the case of the majority of t
Democrats this has not been true. V
may, therefore, infer that a new Dem
cratic Congress would wait upon t
President, would hesitate with him, a
would furnish him no independent a
gressive impulse in his great task.
Politics Not Adjourned
"Now, what of the next electio
The Administration has sought to ?
cure what is called a non-partisan
turn of loyal members of Congre
That non-partisanshin seems to api
only in states where the Republic
majorities would be overwhelming a
where the withdrawal of Democratic
opposition is a concession of no sub?
stance. It does not work where there
is a chance fo-* a D?mocratie candidate
in either the Senate or the House. In
Wisconsin, In which the Republican
! candidate for Senate was engaged in a
, life and death struggle with pro Ger
: man opposition, the President wrote a
letter attacking him and seeking the
election of a warm personal supporter
and Democrat, whom ho had urged to
run. In Michigan, a Republican state,
where there is a division between the
Republicans, the President has invited
Mr. Ford, a former Republican, who
rarely voted, and an extreme pacifist
before the war, to become tho Demo?
cratic candidate, with a view to secur?
ing another thiek-and-thin supporter in
the Senate. Politics was not adjourned
in these acts. Such a policy of so
called non-partisanship, if carried to
success, will result in n Democratic
Congress, completely subject to the
discipline of the Administration, fur?
nishing no stimulus to definite policy
and no impulse to prompt action
"If we had to have a Democratic
Congress in 1917 it was better for the
country that the President should be a
Democrat. Otherwise the declaration
of war, proper preparation for it and
the passage of the conscription act
would have been very doubtful. But
now the situation is different. Now we
need a Republican Congress to call for
and insist upon adequate preparation
and to formulate legislation to this end.
Such a Congress will in every way back
up and sustain the Democratic Presi?
dent in winning the war."
Squall Breaks as Women Hang
Banner Attacking Wadsworth
; (Staff Correspondence of The Tribune)
SARATOGA, July 19.?"As there is a
i just God in heaven we must beat the
. German brute!
"We cannot have peace for the world
: unless we dictate peace on German
soil!"
Those declarations from former
| President William H. Taft at the clos
[ ing session of the Republican State
Convention to-day brought the delo
I gaten to their feet and provoked pro?
longed applause, The former Presi?
dent's address was only one of the
features of the second day of the con
1 vention, the other being a turbulent
scene, accompanied by bitterness, when
half a dozen members of the National
, Woman's party hung out an anti-Wads
! worth banner over the balcony to the
i left of the platform, and resisted when
; a sergeant-at-arms and two others at?
tempted forcibly to remove the offend?
ing sign.
Before the banner was taken away
the convention was in an uproar. Miss
Mary Garrett Hay, who had the floor
reading the platform adopted by the
! convention, publicly disavowed the con?
duct of the women in the balcony, say?
ing they were not voters, and was her?
self taken to task afterward by the
militants, who proved that, with one
exception they were voters, while one
, was a delegate.
Cheers Greet Taft
Chairman Fassett called the conven
j tion to order at 11:05 o'clock and the
? Rev. Father Fox, of Saratoga, pro*
1 nounced a blessing. Almost imme
! diatejy Mr. Taft, escorted by Judge
Saniord Smith, of Columbia County
; and his brother, Henry W. Taft, oi
; New York, came into the hall, his np
pearance being greeted by applause and
the playing of "America."
Representative Snell, chairman of the
committee on credentials, reported one
contest between the Whitney and
Brackett factions of Saratoga Countj
and said the committee had unani?
mously decided in favor of Senatoi
Whitney's delegates.
Sneaker Sweet of the Assembly re?
ported on permanent organization, con?
tinuing Chairman Fassett and Secre?
tary Gleason as the active directors oi
the convention but supplementing the
staff with fifty vice-chairmen of mer
and women.
"We can wait with complacency foi
the report of the committee on resolu?
tions," said Chairman Fassett, "as w?
have with us to-day our long-timt
friend, our great public teacher, our in?
spired leader, William H. Taft."
Instantly the delegates were on theii
feet giving Mr. Taft a rousing greeting
"You see before you a statesman ac
cording to. the definition of the latt
Tom Reed." said Mr. Taft, with his fa?
mous chuckle and winning smile. "Ton
Reed's definition of a statesman was ?
politician who is dead."
Great Bushies? in Hand
"We have nothing to do with th?
campaign of 1920," continued tin
speaker. "Nineteen-twenty can tak?
care of itself, and probably will.
"The principal business -the grcal
business in hand.is to give a knock?
out blow to William of Hohenzollerr
and his compliant German people."
Mr. Taft said the leading pol?tica!
question before the nation was, Wil
a Republican Congress more certainlj
help to win tho war than a D?mocratie
Congress'.' He praised the President's
addresses, saying they were great his
toric documents, and he had words ol
commendation for the food adminis
tration and the builtling of the can'
tonments. But turning to tho othei
sido of the question, he said that there
had been a deplorable degree of halt?
ing and hesitation on tho part of the
Administration.
"Unless we do something," he said
"we are likely to have to fight not onlv
Germany, but the whole Russian coun
try back of her. Let us hope the dis
patches from Washington saying thi.
government is about to intervene it
Russia are true.
"We shall be fortunate if by th?
close of 1919 we have in the fighting
line 1,400,000 lighting men, on a bash
of 40 lier cent of men in the fighting
line to 00 per cent supporting them bo
hind the line. Drafting 4 000,000 met
will not be enough. The time to begir
preparing an army to win this war i:
now. We can't raise 5,000,000 men un
der the present draft law. The presen'
draft law shoulil be amended, both re
?hieing and increasing the draft age
In view of this, tho Aelministratioi
should lead, and if it does not lead w?
need a Republican Congress to pas:
the law."
For Constructive Criticism
Continuing, the speaker said tha
what was needed was constructiv?
criticism, in the first place, and in th?
second place the enactment of legisla
tion for the creation of an army s?
large and competent that tho very crea
tion of it will take the stiffening ou
of our foes.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman o
the committee on resolutions, was in
troduced-, receiving a most enthusiast!
greeting. Before she began readirij
the document it was known that tin
report of the platform committei
\ioulil be unanimous, the Barnes peo
plo in tho committee deciding that a
the Whitman men were in contro
there was little use of wasting tim
fighting over p%nks in the convention
Applause greeted the reading of th
plank when Miss Hay, raiding he
voice, said:
"We emphatically ca'l upon th
United States Senators from New Yor
to vote for the submission of the suf
frage amendment to the states,"
When the plank commending the ad
ministration of Governor Whitman wa
read the applause was generous, last
ing a minute or more. The delegate
also took notice when Miss Hay rea
the plank concerning the ponding con
stitutional amendment providing
literacy test for the right to vote. Thi
was one of the planks that caused Ion
debate in tho committee. There wa
no plank with reference to temperanc
or prohibition or a referendum on th
national amendment. That also was
matter that had boon fought out i
committee when the Barnes p<--opl
submitted a referendum piank whic
was beaten in committee by a vote o
o2 to 15.
The Squall Breaks
With the platform adopted by a unan
irnou* vote, it looked as if tho conven
tion would soon adjourn, but an en
t:rc!y unlo?ked for storm or squall
broke live minutes afterward that kttf?
the hall in an uproar for nearly half a
hour.
George W. Aldrid^e, of Rochester,
Whitman leader, got the chairman's ey
and said:
"Mr. Chairman, I want to take thi
occasion to express my appreciation c
I th'j services rendered to the convention
and the state by Miss Hay, as the < hair
man of the committee on platform,
i and I ??so want to voie?> the appreeia
! tion of the friends of the adrainjstra
; tion of our great war Governor, Charles
, S. Whitman."
i John Hurley, of Kings, moved r. res
: ejiition asking for prayers bj all the
! i ople for the soldiers and sailors and
| for the success of the arms of the Al
' lies.
Then along came Joseph Leviniion, of
Manhattan. "Joe's" eagle eye had
caught the wording on a banner that
had quietly been strung from the rail
of the balcony. It was a somewhat ob?
trusive banner, with the following
? legend:
"Senator Wadsworth obstructs the
freedom of women. We demand his
'. support of the national suffrage amend?
ment, or his resignation from the Sen
; ate."
"Mr. Chairman! Mr. Chairman!'
shouted Levinson. "By what authority
has that banner"?pointing to it?"been
hung in this hall?"
i'ive or six women were demurely sit
! ting behind the rail holding the banner
"Take it down!'* "Throw them out!'
''Hurrah for Jim Wadsworth!" cam?
with machine gun promptness from th<
noisy delegates as soon as they lea'rnec
the meaning of the banner.
Chairman Fassett began poundinf
with his gavel, grinning meanwhile, a.
he witnessed the violence of the out
break.
"The sergeant-at-arms will remov?
the offending banner," he said as soot
? as he could make himself heard.
"That sign was not put there by th<
| voting women of New York," said Mis:
! Hay from the speakers' platform, a
which there was prolonged applausi
from the friends of Senator Wads
worth.
, Sergeant-at-Arms Balked
f James Galvin, of Albany, acting a
i sergeant-at-arms; Senator Sage, of Al
; bany, and Clarence Schmelze!, of Man
' hattan, started for the gallery. Every
; body watched the coming scrap. Gal
j vin'reached out his good right hand b
i tear down the banner, but the wome;
1 in the trenches?that is, behind th
rail?were too quick for him. The,
! (lopped the banner back over the rai
i and soon had it unfastened. Galvi:
1 got hold of it, but. the women woul
not let loose. Senator Sage tried t
? get hold of it, but his courage seome
: to ooze when he found five militan
women glaring at him. He hesitated.
But here came the reinforcement tha
: was unexpected?a Bl?cher in a lav
' ? ndcr-trimmed hat and gown at th
, Battle of Saratoga Waterloo. Th
I women thought she was of their part.v
: It turned out that she was hostile t
: her militant sisters. She was Mis
j Annie E. Peck, the explorer and moun
i lain climber. She laid hold of the ban
: ner and the militants did not see i
; again. It was all over in a minut
after Miss Peck took a hand.
"Three cheers for Jim Wadsworth!
shouti d a Western New Yorker.
'?'loose three cheers will rend asun
eer the Republican party in this state,
angrily declared Mr.-. Ahbie Scot
Bilker, sitting near the press table. "A
ct' those women in the gallery ar
voters in this state. .Miss Hay wi
have to correct her inexact statement,
she said, and she reached for a shoot c
paper and wrote- a curt note to Mis
Hay on the platform, demanding a coi
rection of the statement.
Mrs. Wadsworth Takes a Hand
That should have been enough aboi
the banner episode, but it was not quil
all. After the convention Mrs. Jam?
W. Wadsworth. wife of the Senator an
head of the anti-suffragists of the stat
went over to the United States Hott
and about the first woman she saw wi
Miss Edith Aignc, of .Jamestown, sitti)
behind a table well supplied with ant
Witdswort h literature.
"1 don't like your methods." remark?
Mrs. Wadsworth, who is a daughter ?
the late Secretary John Hay, of McKi
ley's Cabinet. "It seems to be unfair
single out an individual for an attai
of this kind."
Miss Aigne was about to reply, wh<
along came Mrs. Baker and Miss Is
belle Mott di Angelis, of Utica.
"We are. attacking Senator Wad
worth upon his public record only," sa
Mrs. Baker.
"Senator Wadsworth is willing
stand on his public record," tartly r
plied the Senator's wife.
Wadsworth, Stung
By Suffrage Plank,
Defends Positlo
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Ju
ID. ? Stung because the Republic;
women members of the comm
tee on resolutions of the Repu
lican State Convention forced in
the platform a forma! request for bo
of the Senators to support the Sus
B. Anthony amendment, Senator Jam
W. Wadsworth, jr., before the comm
lee, to-day made a spirited defence
his attitude. He said In part:
"As you may imagine, the matt
which 1 desire to discuss for just o
moment is the plank of the platfoi
which refers to the so-called Susan
Anthony amendment now pending
the Senate: of the United States.
"I take it that a Senator of the Unit
States has two functions to perfor
His first and greatest function or du
is toward the country as a who
Contrary to the conception of a go
many minds, a member of the Unit
States Senate is not a Senator of
state. 11?; is a Senator of the Unit
States, and his first and greatest di
is to serve the entire Federal Union
the best of his ability. His seco
duty or function, as I look upon it.
to serve his state, and in that respec
take it. the manner in which he c
serve his state is to protect it fr
hostile legislation, to prevent his Sti
being injured unnecessarily and i
justifiably. That is my conception
the duties of the olfice.
"When it comes to a consideration
the interests of the other states. I c;
not help remembering that the sta
of Massachusetts. New Jersey, Mai
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Iowa. South I
kota, if i remember correctly, i
West Virginia have by varying r
jorities, most of thi m by overwhelm
majorities, decided that they do
want the extension of the franchise
women. Having in mind that condit
of affairs, I cannot conceive it to
my duty as a Senator of the Uni
States, to vote in that body to imp
either my will oi the wili'of the n
of New York?for there has been
ti-st in this state as to the women
impose the will of the men of >
York upon those states.
"I hope that, whatever elements r
exercise the franchise, whether thoj
ma. or woman, from now o'ff none
them will ever ask any man to sacri
his self-respect."
Needed: An Alibi for
Another Alleged Profiteer
Eat Corn if You Can, but String Beans
for Thrift
Milk in the Glass Costs Four Times as Much as
Milk in the Can?Why?
Edited by ANNE LEWJS PIERCE, Director The Tribune Institute
IS THERE AN ALIBI FOR THIS PROFITEER?
July 10, m8.
To The Netv York Tribune:
In purchasing niy frugal midday meal at a bakery and lunchroom
in West Forty-fifth Street to-day, I was served with a small bottle of
milk, contents one-half pint.
? inclose the cap on this bottle and you. will notice that the milk is
labelled to be of "B" grade and "Pasteurized Saturday."
From Saturday to Wednesday seemed a pretty long wait for the milk
to get to n ?!, so f spoke to a parry who allowed -j-- how he was the man
ager of the lunchroom, and he said that ^rade "B" milk was q? ?ood as
any other grade, and what did I care if the milk was pasteurized last
Saturday so long as it didn't "make me ;!1 or taste funny"?
I found that the price of the milk is I!? cents.
What about profiteers in lunchrooms of our great little viilacre? I
can buy milk from the corner creamery in Fort George district for 7 cent?
a quart?ibis grade "B" milk.
Is there any remedy for these petty thieves? J. F.
ORDINARILY when any one says "profiteer" we keep per?
fectly calm and begin to poke about for the facts in the
case. This time we confess to an instant reaction in
favor of the complainant?a reaction based on facts, not preju?
dice.
To begin with, it. is against the regulations of the Board
of Health to sell pasteurized milk later than forty-eight hours
after the day of pasteurization. A half a day or so might V
condoned under the present conservation stress, but to sell Sat?
urday's milk on Wednesday is to be two days late.
Any food vender, however, who renounces as his ideal for
~ perishable food like milk that it is "good enough so long as it
doesn't taste funny or make one positively ill" assumes the
burden of proof. It is distinctly up to him to prove his case
after such a declaration.
As.to the price, this is a sadder storv still. With milk at
7 cents a pint bottled. "B" grade, in the store, why should half
a pint cost 10 cents in a lunchroom? This sounds like profi?
teering of the most brazen sort. Eut we must remember that
the smaller the package the higher the proportional amount
paid for the container and for labor of serving it. Even at
this, it seems as though, with the milk itself costing 4 cents
per half pint, 7 cents would be ample for the half pint
package. But at a downtown cafeteria, run for women on a
narrow margin of profit, and with self service, 8 f*r?ts is charged
for these half-pint bottles of grade "B" milk.
We then went further and faJw? worse. We discovered
that loose milk poured into the glass was being sold at Childs's
and other restaurants for 10 cents a glass. The question of
the cost of your container is cut out, service is reduced to a
minimum, and still you pay for half a pint of loose milk at the
rate of 40 cents a quart, when the store price of loose milk is
9 cents! How did this milk acquire an extra value of 31 cents
a quart in its direct journey from the can to the glass? The
"service" in dairy lunchrooms is hardly of a quality to justify
this "overhead."
With the best of intentions to be a food pacifist for patri?
otic reasons, we stand pat on this as an unfair margin on a
food staple, even if it is a perishable. If this isn't profiteer?
ing, it ought to be. The Federal Food Board and the Board of
Health are both taking notice, and we refrain from calling the
original profiteer in this case by name only because he seems
to be only one of a large company and the final facts are not
all in yet.
In the meantime we rise to inquire whether a 40-cent-a
quart charge for loose milk might not be considered an anti
prohibition measure? And to suggest that we buy our milk in a
pail, carry it into the alleged "dairy" lunchrooms, and pour
it into the glass ourselves, thereby saving 31 cents a quart.
Everybody in the milk business, producer and distributer,
has been called on to make sacrifices to keep down the cost o?
milk. Why shouldn't the hotel, the cafeteria and dairy lunch?
room keeper do the same? Furthermore, we have had it re?
liably reported that at the seaside resorts where mothers with
but very little money take their babies for a breath of fresh air
they are being charged 30 cents to fill the baby's milk bottle,
which holds an average of eight ounces of milk and certainly
not more than fourteen ounces.
LOOKING THE MARKET OVER
Meats and Fish
IGH GRADE, cornfed beef is scarce at any price, but
there is a glorious reason for it. Uncle Sam is buying
up the best cuts direct from the packers and sending
them to our fighting men, who need "red meat." Anybody who
would rather eat a steak these days than send it to the Western
Front has a queer idea of pleasure. If there were any the price
would kil] it. You pay 35 to 45 centra pound for sirloin and
rib roast and 48 cents for round; the average wholesale price
on beef is 24 to 27 cents a pound.
Veal prices continue to be the most reasonable (25 cents
tor stew, 28 for shoulder, and 88 for chops in the downtown
market).
The fish are ready and willing to substitute for meat if vou
wnl let them, but folks are not buying in proportion to 'the
supply. To eat fish in warm weather seems to be too much to
expect even of patriotism. This is an economic mistake?and
if the fish are skilfully cooked (one need not fry fish!) a gust*
tonal mistake as well. With mackerel at 20 cents a pound,
flounder at 15, whiting at 12, haddock at 15, seabass at 22 to
25, it is a pity to pay 45 cents a pound for poor beef. Cold fish
salad with mayonnaise is delicious; fish turbots, fish in aspic,
and baked fish with appetizing sauces are all the best of sum?
mer eating with fresh vegetables or salads.
Fruits and Vegetables
The string bean seems to be the only vegetable over sup?
plied and correspondingly reasonable?12 cents a pound is
cheap for any fresh vegetable these days, with corn five cents an
ear flat?bO cents a dozen?and peas 25 cents a pound and
rather poor in quality at that. Other possible purchases are
cucumbers trom two for five to five or ten cents apiece accord?
ing to size; tomatoes 15 cents a pound and cabbage five cents.
Feacnes are the leading fruit on the market both as to
supply and demand, and the retail margin is fair selling at 45
cents tor a two-quart basket. Canteloupes at from 8 to 25 cents
apiece and huckleberries and blackberries at 25 cents a quart,
and raspberries at from 15 to 18, share the centre of the stage
with the canteloupes.
? kAr????r? the fruits,we do not buy one might mention grape?
fruit at 20 cents each, oranges at a dollar a dozen, and red
Dananas the same (yellow skins are onlv (?) 50 cents) ; water?
melons ?o to 90 cents apiece. Down in the little town of Wash?
ington, D C which is surrounded by the market gardens of
Maryland and Virginia, and is moreover the dwelling place of
the i<ood Administrator, corn is selling for a dollar a dozen.
bo why complain ?
{The market column appear* on SaiurdoMei