The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-09
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP
The New York si,r,,ion-rt :. CON

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coded on all sides that at the present mo-
ment the Democrats in New York are in
I better position, at least locally, than are
the Republicans. The reason is that the
Piatt machine so thoroughly dominates the
! Republican party of the State that it is
| practically impossible for outsiders to in
fiuence the action of the party in the i'm
| portant matter of n State ticket 1t is
true, of course that the Democratic party
| of New York also is boss-riddan, but its
organization is not so distinctly in the
! hands OF few men as is that of the Re
| publicans. For example. while Croker
| wields tremendous power through his con-
! troll OF Tammany. at the, same time Hill
and other upstate leaders must be reck-
oned with in State nominating conventions.
In view of these weIi-esta blished facts 1t
| is ridiculous for anybody to speculate on
the interesting subject of the action of the
| forthcoming Republican State Convention
The Platt machine will control that gath
ering, and whoever Mr.. Platt and Chair
man Odell decide upon for the various NOM
! nations will be nominated. In spite of
! his recent talk to the contrary, it is almost
| impossible to convince anybody who under
| stands anything about the game of poll
| ties in New York that Senator Plat will
not, for reasons of his own and for the
| benefit of his machine nominate Odell Cor
Governor No positive prediction Of this
character can be made of the Democratic
state Convention, which will meet 4 week
or so after the Republicans have named
| their ticket. Both Croker and Hill may
be opposed to Coler for Governor, but the
popular demand is so great for his nomi-
nation that, in the absence of the close
organization that Platt has, Coler may
WIN the nomination over the combined OPP
position of Hill and Croker. However, il
seems not impossible that the popular
storm OF protest to Odell's nomination
may stay Platt's hand and that after all
the republicans may ret candidate that
will poll approximately the vote OF the
party, together with the vote of a consid-
srable element opposed to the Democracy.
] since the announcement of Odell's unwil-
''hshess TO accept the gubernatorial nomi-
nation numerous crop of candidates has
sprung up. Among those who are men
TONED are Andrew D. White. Ambassador
to Germany; Gen. Francis Vinton Greene,
congressman Serene E. Payne, State SEN
ator Horace White. Speaker s. Fred Nixon
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy d. woodruff. ex-
Mayor sehieren Of Brooklyn, ex-Comp-
trolier James A. Roberts of Buffalo Cop
gresham James S. Sherman and Justice
werner OF the Supreme Court. 1t is con-
tended that any one of these would make
stronger popular candidate than would
odell. And yet the Democratic oppor-
tunity is afforded by the probability that
Boss Plat Will insist upon his chief lobby
list, Odell. being nominated for Governor
What Is DAILY Doings-t'lose friends
in Washington of the aE.1eat Marcus DAILY
resent Indignantly the Widespread report
haf hoh ac n
operation with Senator Carter, is striving
to give the Hannaites two votes in the
Senate from Montana. 1t is not denied by
Days friends here that ne still is fighting
Clark with all the resources at his COM
mand or that irs ,=ill leave any stone n
turned TO keep That equally affluent states
man out of the Senate. But it is stoutly
maintained that Daily is doing nothing that
is calculated either to endanger Bryan in
Montana or to add to the Republican
strength in the Senate from that State.
At the Kansas City Convention Days au-
thorized agents gave the Democratic man
ayers very distinctly to understand that
he was still a Democrat, even though the
Clark delegation was seated over his.
Major Maginniss, who used to be Mon
tana's delegate 30 Congress when that
State was Territory, and who has been
appointed by Governor Smith to fill the
vacancy in the Senate caused by Clark's
failure to prove title to his seat. declared
openly at Kansas City when the DAILY |
delegation was turned down that Daily was
the man who saved the Democratic Ma
tional Committee from bankruptcy in the |
last campaign. ''It is absurd" ayowed |
Major Maginniss, ''for anybody to say that |
a man who will do that much for his party |
will ever quit it on account of such a little |
muddle as we are in in Montana"
Minnesota Possibiiities.-It is said !
that the Hon. Knute Nelson, descendant of |
a proud race of Vikings. is not as happy |
over the situation in Minnesota as he |
would like to be. His term in the Senate
expires with this Congress. and the Demo-
cratic sentiment is growing so rapidly in
his State that he has cause to fear such |
a landslide in November as will not only |
give the Minnesota electoral vote to Bryan,
but also will sweep the Legislature out OF
the control Of the Republicans. Senator
Nelson was careful to keep himself square
on the goose when Porto Rican legislation
was being considered last winter, and it
was thought at that time that this course
would save him. On the other hand ii ap-
pears to be not improbable that the strong
opposition which he and his eminent COL
league the Hon. Cushman Kellogg Davis.
urged to the Porto Ricau bill served to
plant the seeds of discord in Minnesota and
to greatly encourage the spirit OF revolt
which now seriously threatens the loss OF
that State to the Republicans. The Hon.
John Lind, who is also the descendant of
a proud race of Vikings, is being quoted as
asserting with great positiveness that the
electoral vote of Minnesota will be cast for
Bryan and Stevenson, and that the Legis-
lature elected in November will be OPP
posed to Senator Nelson. Mr.. Lind owes
his present position as Governor to the
strength of fusion in the State, and il the
opposition to the Republicans is as we'll
this year as it was when he was
elected there can be no doubt that he
speaks the words OF truth and soberness in
his predictions OF Republican disaster in
November. Governor Lind and Senator
Davis became prominent in Minnesota
politics about the same time and their
careers have largely been parallel They
were in the Fiftieth Congress together as
Republicans, and it is interesting to re-
call that Mr.. Nelson, always free trader,
voted against his party and for the Mills
Tariff bill while Mr.. Lind upon whom the
light had not then burst in full effulgence
voted with his party ana against that bill
Since that day, however, Governor Lind.
though not nominally a Democrat, has. In
reality. become one of the most thorough
Democrats in spirit in the country, and his
influence with the masses in Minnesota has
Kept pace with the growth of anti Repub-
ican sentiment in the North Star State. It
IS evident that Minnesota is now a doubt
'uI State and Il is entirely probable that |
( Mr. Mckinley loses that State the Re-
,ubIicans also will lose the Hon Knute
Nelson in the Senate. At any rate. Mr.
Nelson is now doing some mighty tall hus-