Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-08-31 | Page 1 | Teddy's Backers Ready for Fight

TEDDY'S BACKERS mrm fight Will Present Xanio of Roosevelt for Temporary Chairman of New York Convention. NEW YORK. Aug. 30. A formal challenge chal-lenge to that faction of the Republican party of New York state which encompassed encom-passed the defeat of Former President Roosevelt when the lattor's name was presented to the state committee for temporary chairman of the stato convention con-vention was issued today bv Lloyd C. Grlscom. chairman of tho New York, county committee. Mr. Grlscom was In conferenco during the better part of the day with stato leaders. ,After considering tho situation, tlift conferees reached the conviction that they could depend on at least 650 of the delegates, and Issued a formal statement state-ment to tho effect that they would not only present ' Mr. Roosevelt's name for temporary chairman of the convention, but do their utmost to have a direct nomination plank inserted in tho platform. plat-form. The defiance of the old guard leaders for which Messrs. Grlscom. Grciner and Kracks stood sponsors was as follows: "Mr. Grciner Mr. Krncke and Mr. Grlscom all agree that Mr, Roosevelt's name shall be presented to tho coining state convention as a candidate for temporary tem-porary chairman, and that they will use their best endeavors to have included In tho party platform a direct nomination nomina-tion plank."