Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-06

That Ia he Kind That Prevails Among
New York Depocrats.

ina Ii the Kind That Prevails Among
New York Depocrats.
Sot since the traditional cats Of Kill
kenny Were hung across a line b.
their tails has there been sGch az
amusing harmony of subdued aiscorI
as is heard in New York, now tnut
Judge ID. Cady Herrick has been nom
mated by the Democrats for governor.
Judge Parker wan.ed Edward VI.
Shepard, o. District Attorney Jerome
nominated for governor in order to
R%alvanize his campaign into the SEM
blance of lie.
David Il. Hill wanted John Il.
~Stanchtield, because Stanchtield best
represented the organization outside OF
New York City, TO which Mr.. H.i
owes his ascendancy in the state
Democracy. Mr.. Hill had no use for
Herrick. who, as Democratic boss OF
Albany county, has been Il thorn in
his side for years. But, it is said, he
accepted lIerrick and put him in nom
nation on the principle Of the sales
man who sold "a coat marked SD for
$40, Oh doubtful crcdat, because lie
would lose less if the bill was never
paid. Hill will lose less in IIerrick's
defeat than if he had succeeded in
nominating bis friend Stanchield.
Senator Patrick II. McCarren, the
Brooklyn boss, to whom Judge Parker
owes his nomination., wanted Comp
holler Circuit nominated, and for Il
time he had Mr.. Hilrs ostensible sup
port for Grout. Judge Parker ana
Hill went back on McCarren; the
former to placate Charles f. Murphy
and Tammany. and the latter because
he couldn't help himself.
Tammany accepted Herrick be
cause it was willing TO accept any
body who stood for the discontinue
of Boss McCarren. As a tomahawk
In the hands of Charles f. Murphy
with which to dispatch McCarren. ID.
Cady Herrick would serve Tammany
much better than either Shepard or
Jerome.
Besides, did not Judge Herrick's ca
reer on the bench present sterling
claims on the admiration and neces-
SAtANo Va ohihldht Ills dbuSc " Ills
judicial position to the political ext
gencies in Albany is along the line of
what Tammany considers the higher
walks of politics. Moreover. has he
not practically pardoned an official
blackmailer and protector of disorder
ly houses by imposing a paltry fine of
$1,000 on the notorious Police Captain
Ilfn - CfrAEn 90 fIf.snI H.
iency toward corruption in New York
City peculiarly attractive to Tammany.
Ii he would so act as Judge, what
prodigies of clemency to good men,
might he not perform as governor?
So Tammany dropped Mayor McC1el-
Ian and swallowed Herrick and his
record with genuine relish and noisy
gusto.
Not so. however, the Democratic
press Of New York City. The WORLD
takes its medicine with evident
nausea; the TIMES turns Herrick's
picture to the wall and ixes its gaze
on Judge Parker, with the reflection
that one honorable nomination In four
years Is as far as the New York De-
mocracy can be expected to pander to
the somewhat blunted moral sentiment
Of its constituency. The EVENING
POST openly repudistes Herrick, say
ing that q proper regard for Its own
reputation forbids giving him the neg
alive support Of silence.
From this brief resume II may be
gathered that the elements for a har-
monious Democratic campaign In New
York are all that could be desired
from q Republican point Of view.