Show WOODRUFF PUTS THE BLAME ON SHOULDERS OF GRISCON GRISCO New York Chairman Explains How HowIt It Happened That Roosevelt Was Turned Down NEW N YORK Aug 25 The conference on the night before the Republican Republican Republican lican state committee meeting in which Colonel Roosevelt was voted down and Vice President Sherman voted temporary chairman of the conven convention convention convention tion assumed still another complexion today Tim L Woodruff state chairman in a statement given out from Republican Republican Republican lican state headquarters puts the for the action up to Lloyd 0 O Griscom president of the Republican county committee and denies that he had even an intimation of any plan to present the name of Colonel Roosevelt to the committee until Mr Griscom made the actual nomination In his statement Woodruff says precedent was followed in the selection selection selection tion of ot Sherman as chairman and that Griscom moved to substitute the name of Roosevelt for that of ot Sherman practically practically practically after the committee had acted President Taft was in no way In Involved Involved involved in this matter Mr Woodruff says as the Ule members of the state committee acted entirely within vi thin their authority in selecting a temporary chairman without t as aa far as I know knew a single one of ot them consulting with him about it but in view of the Ap al Apparent 1 1 parent affront to Mr Roosevlt t caused by the action of Mr Griscom I felt called upon as chairman of j oJ committee to send an explanatory rt t tel ter to the former president A copy of the tile letter accompanies a u statement It gives an explanation t r the circumstances s preceding ad ard d ding dlug dlag lug lag the ai ati t r s II Continued on Paso ga Two Tiro 3 |