Show ROOSEVEL ROOS rs ARC ENEMY V. V lOSES GAME Barnes Who Vho Opposed Teddy Teddy Ted Ted- dy at Saratoga Resigns Resigns' From Committee ALBANY N. N Y Yf Oct 12 Contend i. Contending Contend Contend- ing that his party loyalty had been questioned through the failure of Ezra P. P Prentice the new chairman of the Republican state committee to reappoint reappoint reappoint re- re appoint him a a. member of ot the executive I committee of the stats state committee William William Wil Wil- liam ham Barnes Jr of Albany of Albany bany has tendered tendered tendered ten ten- dered his his his' resignation as state committeeman committeeman commit commit- commit I teeman from the twenty-third twenty congressional congressional congress congress- ional district comprising Albany and Schenectady counties Mr Mr Barnes led the ll fight ht against the selection of Colonel Roosevelt as temporary tem tern chairman of the recent Republican Republican Republican lican state convention at Saratoga J In In- n his letter Mr Barnes says In reading the list of the members of the e executive committee of oC the state committee announced by you this mornIng morning morn morn- ing I find that my name is not among the number The mere fact of or membership in the executive committee is entirely unimportant but after having served as a member of that committee ever since I Iwas I Iwas Iwas was first elected to the state committee in 1892 the omission involves cs the Inevitable ble conclusion that your our action was caused either by yoUr o r belief that my services would woud be useful or 01 that I Iwas was was faithless 0 to the Republican tic ticket et Und r no no such supposition can cari 1 rest iy been beena a a m of the th- e ef l t t e ti gh teEn ices are no longer useful or 01 my party loyalty is questioned by yo you as s the the- head ot of the the organization then 1 I r am i no long longer r- r qualified to s serve serve under you you- u. u a as a member member mem mem- ber of t the e state committee Use itself Was Elected at Saratoga It has been my habit not to carry lightly the responsibility of ot the commit- commit I which I have held hed I cannot therefore maintain the proper sense of political ethics and serve upon a committee com corn the chairman of which holds the attitude toward my political ability that you yon have displayed The state committee is th the supreme authority and nd I T shall vote for Cor Mr rr Stimson Stimson SUm SUm- son and the rest of ot the Republican ticket and individually work for tor Its election 1 Mr r. r Barnes was re elected state committeeman corn corn- mi for two to years rears during the Saratoga Saratoga Sara Sara- to toga a convention although the vote of Schenectady county was against him If the state committee committe accepts the resignation resignation resignation nation it has the power to fill 1111 the va va- cane cancy |