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cans OF the State the maJorit! W VIM" -
are entitled in the party councils IL 'he re
publican State Committee Is to be court 'o'
penubl,cans. at least 1t should be one they can
respect as representing haJor''' anu ~
minority Of their party.
When the Republican State Committee met on
September II this year It had the following
members: One William j. Ycungs z, Andrew
Jacobs: 3. Stewart L. Woddford =. r. a.
Sharkey: g. John G. Deubert: 6. r. NJ Johnson'
7 Charles w. Alexander: s. Cornelius Van Cott'
o Charles H. Murray; 10. Clarence W. Meade;
| IL George Hliard; r. Amasa Thornton To-
| George W. Wanamaker; IA. John Reisen"eper'
| Is Otto Irving Wise; 10. William II. Ten Eyck
II BENJAMIN b. Odel. 5r.: 49, Lewis n. Va"'
| 10 Cornelius V. Collins: 20. William Barnes r.'
q. Hobart Krum: %. vacancy 20 STEPHEN
| Mof1tt: q. John T. Mott; %. Charles w. hack
att. % George w. Dunn; q. Francis Hendrcks'
% Barnet H. Davis: 20. John F. Parkhurs'' oo'
| Archie d Sanders; 81, George w. Aldridge; o..
| John r. Hazel: SO, Harvey J. Hurd; 81. W. j..
| Glenn.
| THE "Jr1DGEs" TIED HAND AND FOOT.
rh.s. are the Judges Of the highest court OF
| the Republican party. Are they men Tree iio''
| honda TO any one! Have they judiclal chal
| acter? The inquiry seems ludcrous when one
| looks over the names. There Is scarcely ma"
| Of them but Is under obligations In some way
or other to Thomas c. Platt or Is seeking ONCE
~ hi. hands. Here are thu Ofilce-holders or
offlce-seekers among them:
William J. Youngs-District-A Attorney
Stewart L. Observation-Disclosures to Spain.
1.rasl r Fischer-Candidate for United states
Judge
Cornelius Van Cott--Postmaster OF New-iorh-
Charles H. Murrny-Candidate for Ponce COM
missioner Of New York.
George Hill,srd-Deputy State Excise Commits
sioner
Ren,am,n B. Odell. jr.-Congressman from the
XVIIth District
Cornelius " Collins-Sherif OF Rensseiaer
County and candidate for Superintendent OF
Prisons
Hobart Krum-State Senator.
Cher,e. W Hackett-Candidate for United
States Senator.
George w. Dunn--Stats Railroad Commission
po-r.,u Davis-Preaident Of Fisheries. Game
and Forest Commission
Jobn F. Parkhurst-Has been appointed Judge
of Court Of Claims.
Arch,. d. sanders-Candidate for Internal
Revenue Collector.
George W. Acknowledgements OF PUBIC
Works.
John r. Hazel-Ap2ointed receiver OF oAhA
through Platt's influence
William j. Gleun-Doork .eper OF the House OF
Representatives.
II will be noticed that seventeen members Oh
tho committee or half OF them. are either ofiice-
holders through Mr. Platts influence or are no"
seeking ONCE with his aid. With hardly an ex-
ception the other seventeen members OF the COM
mittee have obtained patronage for their friends
from him and thus have put themselves At his
command.
HOW HACKETr CAPTURED HIS SEAT
The statement was made at the beginning OF
this letter that tho chief member OF the Re-
publican State Committee. its chairman. Charles
W. Hackett, has no right TO his seat. and the
circumstances under which he retained his seat
so completely illustrate the inability OF the STATE
Committee as at preyent organized 10 act as
court and judicially decide differences between
Republicans that they worth relating In DE-
tall. The Hackett case also shows that under
present conditions tho Republican State Commit
tee is a self-perpetuating body: It's members can
and do prevent each other from being ousted.
even when beaten at the primaries.
Mr. Hackett represents on the committee the
XVIII Congress, District which embraces with
In It's boundaries the counties OF Oneida and
Herkimer. The representation Of these counties
as follows: Herkimcr. Z delegates. Ist Assembly
District Of Oneida County, 6 delegates: lid As
sembly District Of Oneida County. delegates;
lid Assembly District of Oneida County. dele
gates 1t will be perceived that the Herkimer
County Republicans by uniting with the Re-
publicans living in the IIId Assembly District OF
Oneida County had the power TO elect whomSo-
ever they pleased as State Committee nan, since
they controlled IL votes 10 only IL votes con-
trolled by the Republicans living In the list and
lid Assembly districts OF Oneida County They
did. in fact elect delegates hostile to Mr.. Hack
etts reelection In the lid District OF Oneida
County he was beaten In the convention by
vote Of % to 80; IN the Herkmer County Con-
vention by a vote Of "a to 80. This result was
the more remarkable since Mr.. Hacke:t had at
his CO. rmand all the State patronage he desired
and lavishly used this powerful weapon In the
two counties.
WARNER MILLER's FIGHT.
It will be noticed that the contest over Hackett
was the closest In Herkimer County. There
Warner Miller conducted the fight against Hack
EFT and ex-senator Titus Sheard. who was Hack
etts lieutenant In the conflict. The night before
the convention in Herkner County was to meet
the followers Of Titus sheard believed that they
would have 81 votes to elect Hackett delegates
en- the following day. The Albany Evening
Journal" which Mr.. Sheard's newspaper
organ. on the following day. August il, before
the convention was held printed the following
dispatch from Herkimer dated the evening be-
fore:
The battle yesterday to send delegates to the
County Convention. which will meet here to-
| morrow TO elect delegates to the State. Congress
sional and Judicial conventions. was certainly
the most bitter and the hardest fought OF any
In the history OF Herkinler County. The dele
gates who are with Mr. Sheard come from the
towns OF Columbia, Danube, Fairfield Frank
fort. Little Falls. Ohio. Salisbury. German
Flats Webb Schuyler and the city OF Little
Fals-a total OF thrty-four delegates. Mr.. Miller
| In addition to his town Of Herkmer carried the
towns Of Ltchfeld, Newport, Russia Norway
Warren, Stark. Winfield. Mannheim and probably
Wilmurt-a total Of thirty delegates The Sheard