Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-26
THE "B 0 SIS" S S u E
1t is Giving Trouble to Both Parties in the
Campaign. | r=~
CrOkerism in New York and Quayism
in Pennsylvania Affects
Other States.

The boss issue is giving both parties
trouble in this campaign Crokertsm in
New York and Quayism in Pennsylvania
present lively issue. Not only in quar-
ters where both parties are deeply con-
cerned but, by reflex, it is said, are being
pointed to evidences of party corruption
to affect elections remote from the fields of
operations of those bosses" By the nom
ination of Roosevelt in New York, Platt is
put in obscurity, and does not figure as a
republican offset to Croker in New York.
Roosevelts notorious lack of sympathy
with bosses and machine politics gives the
republicans immunity in New York from
the taint of bossism. and takes much of
the force out of the talk of canal ring and
bad local government, which the democrats
are making an issue of, while it provokes
a smile when Croker talks of good govern
ment and purity in politics.
Effect of Crokerism.
On the other hand, the fact that the
democratic party in New York is still un-
der the Croker domination, and that
Croker and Hill and the rest of those demo-
Gratis who opposed Bryan, are working
hand in hand in a campaign which ignores
the Chicago platform, puts bad taste in
the mouths of democrats of the Chicago
platform school in other states, suggesting
insincerity in the democratic party which
may be hurtful where the votes of silver
men, not of that party, are being sought.
Bad influence of the Quay Fight.
The QIay fight in Pennsylvania is believ-
ed to be having more or less Injurious in
huence upon the republicans outside of
Pennsylvania. The title page of the DEM
ocratic congressional campaign book car
res quotation in heavy black type from
John Wanamaker, declaring all sorts of
evils had resulted to the state of Pennsyl-
Iania from reI ubllCan rule under QuayiSm
QuayisnI is being treated by the democrats
as synonymous with republcanism, and
the situation in Pennsylvania is being
pointed out as an example of the result of
continuous republican party rule.
Wanamaker and the rest of the anti
Quay reJLblicans in Pennsylvania are
speaking without reserve of alleged cor
rUption in politics and government by Quay
republicans " no have for years held power
in that state. and are taking the ground
that the republican party can better afford
to expose such practices and try to put an
end to them than 1t can to conceal or eX-
cuse them. Their attitude is that while the
party may suffer temporarily from the ex-
posure Of scandals affecting some of its
party leaders it cannot permanently retain
pubic confidence unless it chastises evil
coers within its own household.
Contrasting Efforts.
In these two states The spectacle is pre-
sented, on the one hand, of the democrats
turning back and nesting in the bosom of
their boss in the hope of gaining a Tempo
rary and prospectively expensive victory,
and, on the other hand, of republicans 60
ing forth boldly to kill off their bosses and
to purify the party at any risk of temporary
party sacrifice. In New York PIatt has
been forced 10 gracefully accept Il reform
candidate his own and in PENNSYLVANIA
there is a very strong belief among the
Wanamaker republicans that Quay is going
to be overthrown. Wanamaker is carrying
can stronghoidS in that reliable republican
state, and is arousing enthusiasm and re-
cefving ovations at the hands of republi-
cans.