AMERICAN POLITICS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12278, 10 October 1910, Page 5

AMERICAN POLITICS.

TEE "NEW NATIONALISM."

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright ) < NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Defending his "New n Nationalism" policy at Knoxsville, Tennessee, during his Southern tour, Mr Roosevelt denied that there was any revolutionary " tendency m the policy, but instead, declared the policy was designed to stop a thing which might bring on a revolution. The "big" men who were controlling vast interests must have a bigger manUncle Sam — controlling . them. •

NEW YORK, Sept. 30. After one of the. most bitter , fights m the history of New York politics, Colonel Roosevelt was on Tuesday elected temporary chairman of the Republican State Convention. The" only other candidate for the post Va* Mr Sherman, Vice-President of the United States. In „t he. final ballot Colonel Roosevelt was found. to have a majority of 122, the voting being as follows : — '; Roosevelt. ... ... .... 567 ' .:' Sherman -. ... 445 The declaration of the result was followed by a scene of the, wildest excitement. Delirious . with enthusiasm over their ; victory, the Roosevelt supporters mounted chairs, and threw . hats 'and canes and others their coats into the air. Colonel Roosevelt predicted that his majority m the election of the temporary chairman, of the State Republican Convention at Saratoga would be from 100 t*xlso..< , .. -, „ ..., ,-.-•■ • ' ' ' i " "The I 'State 'Woman's Suffrage Association has forwarded to the Saratoga Convention a resolution it has passed urging the incorporation m both the Democratic »»4.dih.e ; -Be.p.«blicari Sitattfe .plat^prjns^.oija plank favoring the submission of a constitutional amendment permitting' woman's suffrage. V- / ''■'■ l'{ ■■',: Colonel Roosevelt's deliglit at his v victory m the contest for the temporajrychairmanship of the New York Republican Convention was slightly dampened by the passing of the platform of the regulars, when he wished: that of the progressives to be adppted. The exPresident thought that the regulars had lost complete control «of the convention. It now looks as if . President -Taft and Colonel Roosevelt had reached an agreement. -....'" '"."'■ The London Times writes that if there were a<ny otiher general than Roosevelt, it would be inclined to doubt the wisr dpm of the tactics .'that 'had been adopt? cd.- -•'■ Havinsc upset the political machinery' .of v the State. Roosevelt' was now appealing <to the people directly over the heads "of the bosses, and if he accoirnplished what he. was now attempting it would have tlie effect of bringing about honest government m nearly.; every State of tho Union. > . -.' , ... , -.'.;,