Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-04

Tammany. Republican district leader 4
made no effort to produce results. All
! they cared for was to control the selec-
ton OF delegates. AS result at the pres
ent time the old city Of New York MAN.
haitian Borough) has not single repub.
lican congressman, despite the fact that
the last election was held under u reap
portionment. whereby Manhattan was
regarded as certain to give three repub-
lican congressman out OF Is with fight
ing chance in two other districts.
Two years ago Odell was reelected
governor by plurality of less than 5000,
despite the fact that his democratic op-
ponent received the largest majority that
any democrat ever had below the Harlem
River, which practically means Greater
New York and Long Island.
Odell was saved by ~, unparalleled vote
in the upstate districts. To quote an
eminent politician, it was a time when
an immovable body Of democrats met an
irresistible force OF republicans. and the
laws Of nature were overturned.
Odell expects to accomplish this again.
He is building up his fences in the coun.
try districts, and will favor for governor
the strongest man that the country dis
trcts can name. Odell regards New York
as hopelessly lost. 1t is the enemy's
country, and he looks for but little re-
suit there.
The postoffice scandals have had a bad
effect on the party all over the state.
In New York City Postmaster. Van Colt,
one of Platt's leading local lieutenants.
has been called upon to explain the ex-
istence Of promotion bureau, and why
he permitted so many OF his relatives to
be appointed to Office. From there the
trail of the mailbag extends all over the
state, clear up to the northern regions,
where Supreme Court Justice Hooker is
involved in some apparently shady trans
actions regarding postoffices sites.
In BROOKLYN the party is in a bad way
because independent republicans resent
the arbitrary dictatation Of ex.Lieuten-
ant Governor Woodruff. There is the
bitterest kind of faction fight on in
Buffalo The republicans Of both Albany
and Troy lost mayoralty elections last
year because of factional differences, and
the glove scandals involving Congress-
man Littauer, the presidents friend, are
bound to hurt the ticket, especially now
that Littauer has been renominated.
Summed up briefly, the situation in
New York state may be described as
follows:
Governor Odell will name the state
| ticket, and in case Of a republican legis-
lature force Chauncey M. Depew to re.
tire from the United States senate. His
successor will be Odell or some one very
clio sc to him.
The delegates to the national conven.
ton will be for Roosevelt except two, who
are controlled by former United States
Marshal Lou Pawn, bitter personal
enemy. None Of the delegates will be
enthusiastic for Roosevelt, but they will
all vote for him. There is nothing else
for them to do.
The republicans will have the fight Of
their lives to carry the state for Roose-
welt, with the odds very much against
them. In fact, the selection of an anti
Bryan man, in the opinion Of most un-
prejudiced politicians, will put the state
in the democratic column.
The republicans are praying that the
democrats will make some fatal errors.
Otherwise they believe in their heart
that they will lose New York's 70 cleo
toral votes, governor, Lieutenantgov.
ernor and ali the state patronage, which
they have controlled without break
since 1896 and a United States senator.
"The tide is against us and running
strong," declared one Of Platt's shrewd-
est leaders the other day. "But even if
the old man does 60 down he will retire
while the state is republican and leave
the legacy of defeat to his ungrateful
successor, Governor Odell."
Democratic errors are what the re-
publican leaders are praying for. And the
more errors the opposition commits the
better the republicans will like it.
But the present indications are that
President Roosevelt will have the mort.
fication of seeing his state cast it's vote
against him in the electoral college,
Notice.