New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-26
IN MR.. FLOWERS OWN HOME.
HIS NEIGHBORS ARE DISGUSTED WITH HIS
ATTEMPTS TO WHITEWASH MAYNARD.
MANY OLD SUPPORTERS HAVE TURNED AGAINST
u1M-TuE CAMPAIGN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
A STRONG REPUBLICAN TTCKET-AN
oLD-TIME VICTORY PROBABLE.

OLD-TIME VICTORY PROBABLE
v,-a,ertown ~ V Oct "a (SpeciaD. -Gradually
tho naonle of Jefferson County are learning the
true character of Roswell p. Flower who for years
has been worshipped in this part OF the state as
kind of demi-god, before whom every one must
kneel and worship. Chinaman does before MS
,ss Refore Roswell p. Flower became the Gov
amor of the State and proved the kind OF a man ne
reallv was Il would hiiya been looked upon as sacrt'
,egous for one here to make the slightest CRUZ
cism of him from any adverse point OF view 10
s,,ch an extent was this devotion carried that
during the campaign OF 1891 more than one local
E,enuhlican paper censured Republican orators foe
criticis,ng him He was considered TO be entirely
above attack of any sort.
Everv one ought TO know why Mr.. Flower had
such a strong personal following in his old home'
II was due to his pocketbook ana to MS good ma
ture He is good-natured because he cannot heip
being so but his liberality as rule smacks gooo
bit of politics 1t undoubtedly Is true that II Mr..
Flower never had any political aspirations
he would not have made one-quarter elther
in value or number OF the gits' chari-
table and otherwise which he has MADE
His expenditures in this direction NANNY
have been campaign subscriptions, and the result
Of the vote both In Jefferson and St Lawrence
counties when he ran for Governor showed that
from a political point Of view the investments "e'e
good ones The return in votes was iourioia' ous
Il s doubtful now II he ever again will receive the
he did two years ago. That is due to two causes
one Of them is that great many people OF oppo-
site political belief to him, but VINO nad Deeh M
benehclaries in way or another IN the 'as' 'eA
or twelve years felt that they owed a depl vi gran
tude TO him which could best. and 10 Mr.. Flower
most satisfactorily. be paid by their votes Now
that this debt has been paid, each benehciary WIZ
feel free TO cast his vote Independently.
The main reason why he has lost strength IN MS
home county is his record as Governor In tnat
record there is disappointment for thousands OK
men who believed that In case OF election hos"e"
T. Flower would prove to be no easy man iol '"e
machine bosses TO manage. but would make
record az a man with a stiff backbone ana a Geai
of what Is termed horse sense" In these respects
Governor Flower has shown himself 10 De an ul'e'
and complete disappointment. Machine posses
never had more willing and subservient TOOL
always ready either to sign or veto measure or
to dismiss appoint man at the dic'auoh VI
Croker. Murphy. Sheehan and HILL
Several things have caused him TO lose popularity
with those who formerly believed that he was
man around whose head there was constantly
halo of light the reflection OF his superior goouiess
and virtue The halo began to grow somewhat
DINNER when Immediately after his Inauguration
as Governor in 1892 the papers began to tell no"
he was merely the tool of other men, and tha1
while he was Governor In name. the Democratic
gang was Governor in fact. During this time MI
friends here made the excuse for him that ne Wa
unfamiliar with the duties OF his once, put thas
when he understood them better he would snow
the people what independent man ne was.
When however he signed the Gerrymander Dill
and took away one member OF Assembly from nis
own county TO give an extra member 10 A'oa"S
County even his closest friends began 10 suspoc'
that everything not right with him. M
appointment Of Maynard to the Court or Appear
w,s another act which tended to cause those who
used TO have every faith in him TO lose some OF IT,
But his recent attempt to justify Maynards inert
by the little story OF his dollar bill mas sore'y
troubled many of those who yet believed IN MINI
and scores Of gray heads have been shaking depre-
catingly since that story first was made puoiic.
A one elderly man who had been swearing py
Flower for q generation or two said TO the writer
after reading the story:
WAL. I swan. l didn't think Ros. Flower would
do a thing like that.
The nomination OF Maynard and the Governors
Justification of it, will aid the Republican ticket
greatly Nearly every lawyer in Jefferson County,
unless like Daniel G. Griffin. Of this city. he Il
partisan above anything and everything else, Is DO
ing his best secure the defeat or the criminal
Judge. 1t is this quiet work when the lawyers
generally doing among members or their own
profession their clients and their associates gen.
orally which will have its effect on election day.
Nearly every lawyer who has case which Is
likely TO get the Court of Appeals Is afraid or
MAYNARD. ana this is having wonderful effect
with their clients. whose interests are most likely
10 be- affected by having man OF Maynards
character on the bench.
Wherever one goes in this part of the State there
are only two subjects now being discussed. They
have taken precedence the silver debate in
Washington matters worthy of the attention OK
the public. They are the nomination of Maynard
and Governor Flowers dollar bill story. Little
else can be heard. Regarding the Maynard theft
of the returns the dyed-in- the-woo Democrat, who
would vote the Democratic ticket II the nend In
carnate was candidate upon II. as rule refuses
In
doesedly declines to give any reason for his IN
tention. and retreats behind the one assertion:
well. | am going TO vote for Maynard any way.
That's all there Is about it.
out with the vigor which the Republican CAM
pagners would like to see but as far as It has gone
i'm this city the registration far is light, yet
there is every reason TO believe that the Republl,
cans more than hold their own, and the falling OR
in the registration is said to be caused by the re-
fusal OF those Democrats who have become dis
gusted with Flower and offended at the nomr-
! nation of MAYNARD to register. They won't vote
the Republican ticket. and they do not care ~
candidate for Judge Of tn: court Of Appeals. The
Republican ticket has been strengthened materially
by the nominations which have been made for
the Senate in this Senate District. the Assembly
Joseph Mun. OF this city, is the Republican cam
didate for the State Senate in the NXlId Senate
Jefferson and Oswego counties and under the last
census which was taken in midwnter with the
was made 10 keep the number of inhabitants in
the country districts as small as possible the
2-LoS2 The Republican majority OF the three coun-
ties last fall 1900. There of will
be the natural falling of this fall. because IL Is an
or year. but II ought not TO be so great but that
the Republican ticket will have at least 1000 ma
jority. and IL would not surprise many people II the
majority for Edward I. Bartlett IN the three coun-
ties does not keep up 10 the Republican majority
OF 1855 This viii be Mr.. Mullins second term in
the Senate. He was elected two years ago from
what then was the XNlst Senate District. 1t con-
sisted OF jefferson and Oswego counties lie is tho
son OF the late Judge Mulln. VINO served with dis
tinction on the Supreme Court bench. Sena Tor
Muln was born in this city In 1915 He was edu-
Gated In the public schools here. and in the Troy
Polytechnic Institute. After ne was graduated
from the institute. he began the study OF law.
His law partner now Is Daniel c. Griffin. who was
Roswell =. Flowers political manager In his cam
pdlgn for Governor two years ago. Mr.. Mullin
always has been an ardent Republican. Ne was 4
member OF the Republican State Committee In 1858
as well as being a delegate 10 the Republican
National Convention OF the same year. When
elected 10 the Senate Mr. Mullin carried the two
counties which comprised the district by "A plu-
rality of 356s. Senator Mullin Is an able lawyer.
and he took prominent part In the deliberations