Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-05
FROM THE GREAT CITY
Cleveland Favored BY TaDnany HaIl
iof Presidential Candidate.
HARD TINE FOs LOAN SHARKS

HAhD llht tUh luAN ShAhAS
New YORK. warch 1.-The attitude
uf Murphy. the Tammany leader
leaves no longer any doubt that
Cleveland aud no other representative
af the democratic party Is the prow
dental candidate favored by Tammany
THO proycrbial cat has neatly escaped
from the bag 0f secrecy lt o. prob
able that Murphy would have kept the
democrats OF New York and those Of
the whole country guessing for some
time TO come. at least until the polIu
rai phoro would have become a
uu.o clearer but Clrcumstanco8
forced h.s hand The friends Of Mayor
Mcclellan strongly favored that the
Nev York delegation Co the st Louis
convention fnuuli be Instructed in
favor of their candidate. bot Murthy
pot "a b.g and husky iooi in favor of
cleveland. because Dc is not quite
certain that tho latter can Eet the
nomination. as there is a strong feel.
iug against him 90 some states
The uphoaval % public opinion ln
this city. caused by the outrageous
methods of the gas trust. has caused
"a sympathetic outburst Of energy and
activity In tho state Legislature,
which promises trainloadB OF trouble
90 the above mentioned gas trust
~ looks az present az II u would cost
the trust n handsome 0um of mOnov
to prevent the passage uf some de-
cidcdly unpleasant and vcXalious
laws it ls even possible that the in.
tensity M the public feeling IN the
winter win be- considered too strong
by the legislature 20 risk any tactics
subsorvient TO the interests OF the
trust % miEht be- rather dangerous
for any member Of the legislature
should lt be- discovered that ne had
heon approached by any representa-.
tive OF the trust Even the erection
- a municipal gas plant has been
suggested aud the appointment Oi
committee 90 report on that propo
sltion has been fayorahly received 10
the hoard of aldermen.
The loan rharKs of Nov York are
hndiug tho hunting nC lude of this
Gay decidedly dangerous and uupront.
able just now. owing 10 the vigorous
war warcd against thcm mnuy OF the
loan sharks have migrated 20 the un'
disturbed territory of New Jersey, but
they find that. for some reason 1r
other. their customers DO not feel ln.
rllned 90 follow them across tho
river % o. understood that the mem.
bo,s uf the hirh interest guild are
secretly collecting something Ike a
corruption fund for the purpose OF SO.
curing from the legislature the passage
~ law which will enable thom %
resume their ucfarioua business in
Greater New York. Among the bills
introduced in tha legislature and most
obnoxious To- the loan sharks is ono
which requires the companies who
make loans ON salary % nle a copy OF
their agreement with thcir custom
rr with hIs employer 10 that hil
should become q Law ana should bl
thoroughly enforced. % would have d
powerful tendency 20 stop that
urnnru OF the loan business An
other scarcely less obnoxious law q,
tHo loan sharks Is that prohibiting
them from charging and colloct.ul
moro than sis per cent on their loan'
and forhIds them 90 charge higher
than tho ordinary notary fees foI
acknowledgements
The Advantage OF s thoroughly ar
rnnizod and wcp oiled machine oyl
IDENTIFY appeals 20 me democrats o
New York state, not under the im
mediate control of Tammany, The
democratic organizations ga aovora
oountles have already strongly ondors
"a the plan of extending the orEanl
aatlon committee OF Tammany Hal
into the organization OF each aqt
every county 10 the state Of New
York u has also been suggested tha
the state convention name the eandl
date for United States senator pri0
10 the election of such senator by thl
New York state legislature Will,
tbe former proposition undoubtedl,
meets with general approval amonl
the democratic ln the different parts o
tho state the latter suggestion ha
not been favorably received. How
ever IL % OF no particular consequence
o. q Is generally admitted that th
chances OF oloctlng a democratic unI
tot states senator are extremely slim
no matter wha' the feeling ln othe
parts or the country may De New York
rrs strongly sympathize with Japal
in the present dimculiy The way q
which the people here receive ever
Ht of news. indicating a success o
the Japanese. tho enthusiasm show
over the dash and courage OF the cBsI
orn yankees during their fret attac
unon Port Arthur leaves no douh
as % the dhyctlon Ia which the syn
paihy uf the people iios TIE loca
Japanese consul general has bee
practically hoslogod an week by tal
sons who are anxious to ontr assist