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Show cutis (if New York stite might know where their rorrt-Sfiitallvrs stood as regards the participation of Mr Roosevelt I" Hi'", Political affairs of tin.- state. When Mr Griscoiii moved the sub-ititiii sub-ititiii ion of tho name of, Mr, Roosevelt for 'that of Vice" l'reideni Sherman for the temporary chairmanship ho made the companion motion ihat a vote on the choice of chairman l postponed until a later mooting. Thin was at onre combatied by Speaker Wadsworth on the ground that the j two motions were distinct and should be eocrod separately. ROOSEVELT mim Republicans of New York Reject Him as Chairman New York, Aug 16 Col. Theodore Roosevelt's name was presented for tho office of temporary chairman, of the Republican state committee at its meeting today, hut tho selection for that honor was lost by a voto of 20 to 15. Vice President James S. Shermnn was named as temporary chairman of tho coming state convention by a unanimous vote, following the unsuccessful unsuc-cessful attempt to make Col. ltooso-velt ltooso-velt the temporary chairman of the convention Saratoga was selected as tfo plac and September 1 2tU the date' for tho convention. After the meeting had been called to order and the time and place of tho stalo convention chosen, William J Ramos, Jr., of Albany, offered a resolution presenting the name of Vice President Sherman for temporary tempo-rary chairman of the state convention. IJoyd C. Grlscom moved to substitute the name of Col. Roosevelt and also moved that the vote be postponed until un-til later. After much debate, tho motion to I post peine waa defeated by a voto of 12 to 23. The resolution to make Col. Roosevelt temporary chairman was then lost by a vote of 20 to lo, following fol-lowing which Vice President Sherman was unanimously chosen, Mr Orlscom and Henry Mwk of New York not voting. The state committee then adjourned adjourn-ed to meet Monday evening, September Septem-ber 26, In Saratoga. Commenting on the action of tho committee In rejecting re-jecting the namo of former President Roooevelt, Mr. Scott said: "I presented Mr. Roosevelt's name after consulting with him. Tho place of the temporary chairman was his, not only by virtue of hla having been President of the United States, but by the stgiml service rendered by him to tho Republican party In New York state. Mr. Roosevelt was anxious anx-ious to engage in the political campaign cam-paign in this state and his name at the head of the convention would have lent extraordinary prestige to tho meeting and been of Incalculable value val-ue to the party throughout tho Mate "The action foreshadows a great many primary contests, as It Is ob-tlous ob-tlous that thoso voting to deny him the office of temporary chairman will have to account to the enrolled Republicans Repub-licans of their respective districts for their action. "There was no question of endorsing, endors-ing, or not endorsing, the Administration. Adminis-tration. If an effort is made to nhow that the choico of Vice President Sherman is un endorsement, whereas the choice of Col. Roosevelt would not have been, it must of necessity fail, as Mr. Roosevelt's views regarding the conduct of public affairs by his successor are well known." Amojig the delegates voting for Roosevelt for temporary chairman were Lloyd C. Grlscom, United State3 Marshal William Henkel, 'Appraiser of Customs George Wanamaker. Sec-i Sec-i clary of State Samuel Koenlg. Naval Officer F. J. II. Crack Representative Representa-tive W. S Bennett and Collector of Internal Revenue Charles W. Anderson. Ander-son. Opposed to Mr. Roosevelt, umonc; others, were: lx-Lleutenant Governor Timothy L Woodruff, Michael J. Dady, former Congressman William L. Ward, Mather Ma-ther B, Little, William Barnes, Jr., former State Commissioner of Publle Works Georgo W. Aldridge. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., speaker of the state house of representatives, and Francis lUndrick. former state commissioner of Insurance Tbero being danger of both motlom being shelved on a parliamentary technicality. Mr. Grlscom withdrew his motion to postpone a vote, and Harry W. Mack at once took it up as an independent motion. The vote to postpone was then taken and the roll call showed that tho delegates stood almost 2 to 1 against postponement. The vote to substitute Mr. Rooso-veR's Rooso-veR's name for that of Vice President Presi-dent Sherman was next taken. Tho names first called were thoso of delegates of the districts comprising compris-ing the city of New York. The delegates dele-gates representing Brooklyn, over which Chairman Woodruff 'xerclses undisputed leadership, voted against the former president, the notable exception ex-ception being F. J. P. Fracke, naval cfllcer of thld port. When the nnmes of the delegates representing New York county were cullod, they were feen to bo a unit in favor of Roosevelt, those voting for him Including William Henkel and George W. Wanamaker, both federal fed-eral officeholders. The vote of tho upstate delegates, however, was almost al-most solid against the naming of Mr. Roosevelt. The opposition to former President ' Roosevelt was led by William Barnes, Jr., and actively seconded by Speaker Speak-er Wadsworth and National Committeeman Commit-teeman Ward 1 Before the delegates were called to order Mr Griscom called about h)m the members of the New York county committee and was In whispered conversation con-versation with them for several minutes. min-utes. He was in consultation also with Mr. Barnes and Mr. Wadsworth and made known to them in Intention of presenting former President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's name for the ofHce of temporary chairman of the convention. Mr. Griscom was plainly anrered al the reception of Mr. Root-e volt's name and bis manner indicated that, iu his opinion, the step taken would receive the reprobation and censure of every enrolled Republican in tho state. Th" fact that a conflict was imminent between be-tween the faction led by Mr Griscom and the so-callod machine Renubli-can6 Renubli-can6 led by Chairman Woodruff nnd Mr, Barnes was apparent long before the meeting was called to order. While Mr. Griscom marshalled his partisans In one room, Chairman Woodruff held n conference with his adherentfl In another part of the building build-ing From the flnt St was seen that the advocates of the naming of tho former president were lu the minority but the original protrram of present-his present-his name. Mr. Griscom later xplaJn-fd. xplaJn-fd. was to put the attitude of the opposition op-position on record, that the Republi- |