The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19
SAVE NEW YORK
THO PARKER FALL
Democrats Will Bend Every Effort
to Carrying Empire State for
Ex-Judge. \
CAMPAIGN TEXTBOOK
TAKES UP THE TARIFF
Needless of Candidates Utter
ances, Party Managers Give
Space to Protection.

Space to Protection.
BY w. W.. Jermane.
New York, Sept. l9.-The democrats
in New York state have been making a
good deal of noise since the Saratoga
convention. They talk about Odellism
In the state, and insist that the re-
publican nominee for governor, +. W.
Higgins, the present lieutenant govern
or, wears the ''Odell tag and that this
will compass his defeat. But no repub-
Hcans are helping to swell this chorus.
The republican party seems very solldly
cannot be determined until the demo
Gratis have held their state convention: !
A strong democratic nomination will
make the state close, so far as governor
presidential candidates. The larger
fight is on independent. lines and the
governorship will only affect it indirect
". Both Plat and Odell, with their
friends, are enthusiastically for Roose-
welt, and if the Saratoga convention
another it was for the vociferous en-
thusiasm that greeted mention Of Presl-
dent Roosevelt. This was in marked
contrast with the state convention OF
dent has recovered lost ground at home,
and that the full force of the party is
behind him.
As Roosevelt took no hand in the
making Of the state ticket, so Parker
= will refrain from meddling with the
democratic nominations The presiden-
cy is too great a prize to be ]eopardlzed
by local complications.
Senator Plat defeat in the repub
Hcan convention was of his own contriv-
Woodruff against the advice of his best
friends. It is said that his candidate
could not have been nominated even
had Odell never, been heard Of. The
disposition of the democratic newspa-
pers to make hero and a statesman Of
Woodruff is in marked contrast with
the snaering things thew said about him
when it looked as If he might win the
prize.
The Parker letter of acceptance will
be issued on Sept: 26, and that Of Davis
q week later. Before that time the
democratic state ticket will be in the
field, and then *he New York campaign
will begin to take on definite form. It
is impossible now to speak with GER
taintv about it. for the issues which are
in November are possibly still to he de-
welcomed. The republicans are well sat
isfed with the outlook They have
made no missteps, and their campaign
will be one Of perfect harmony Gov
ernor Odell, who has so much at stake
His organization of the state is the most
complete ever known: If HIGGINS and
Roosevelt carry the state, Odell will be-
come big man. but if thew fail. he will
90 into permanent political retirement.
Friends AS we'll as enemies recognize
this. and hence it happens that the dem
ocrats. who have been seriously handi-
canned bv the effectiveness Of the
= Ode11 organization. are irving their hest.
to hin an Ode1l tag on HIGGINS and show
hal a
the brutal use of snnerior strength
Thew also assert that if Hieoins is elect
ed. he will seek to perpetuate the Odell
machine and to advance Odell's polit-
ical fortunes.
Conferred on New York.
More and more it appears that the
democrats are concentrating their cam
paign for the presidency on this state,
hoping to save it from the wreck, and
Bryan and Hearst, who will undoubt-
edly be quick after Parker's defeat to
attempt a reorganization Of the de-
mocracy back to radicalism. If Par
+ be more difficult for them to carry out
their program. All the conferences
held at democratic headquarters lately,
Including those while Parker was in
the city, had particular reference to the
situation in this state.
vet chairman of the national commit
tee, and the actual management of af-
fairs has been turned over to w. F.
Sheehan, chairman of the executive
committee. This is because Sheehan
knows New York politics and Taggart
doesn It. Sheehan will try to carry New
York and Taggart, urged by personal
pride, will try to carry Indiana; but
that either has any idea that Parker
can be elected president is hardly pos
sible
The specter that haunts the dreams
Of the Parker managers is returning
radicalism, personified by Bryan at one
time and by Hearst at another. II
Parker is defeated and loses New York
besides, the "safe and sane' democ
racy, will have to go the way Of. all the
earth. The party will almost inevita
bly, return to Bryanism, and the pres
emit leaders will be compelled to accept
that change or bolt. Obviously, Par
ker's defeat by large electoral anG
popular: plurality would hasten the ret
repression.
It is this feeling of desperation which
has taken possession of the democracy
that makes the campaign in New Yorl
more difficult for the republicans.
Democrats on Tariff.
The democratic national committe
has issued to the newspapers of tn
country that part of it's forthcomin
campaign textbook which relates to tn
tariff. It fills thirty-four pages and
devoted entirely to an attempt to prov
that the Dingley tariff is responsible
for high prices; that the republica
statistics showing that there has bee
no material increase in the cost of liv
ing have been juggled for partizan pun
poses, and that the tariff fosters me-
nopoly. In the light of Judge Parker
declaration, that democratic success
this year would not mean tariff changes
a good many people are wondering no,
these statements can help Democrat
candidates. Parker called attention t
the fact that the republican party wi
remain in control of the senate for a
least four years, and said that durin
that time the democrats could not hop
to revise any Of the schedules. It ha
been charged that this declaration