The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
NEW YORK FIGHT
BITTEREST OF ALL
Democrats Focus Attention on
OdeH and Resort to Vehe-
.l-nt meIt Abuse.
BY w. w. Jermane.

tain to affect the presidential situation.
The democrats are focusing attention
on Governor Ode1l and his administra-
ton ion. to 3;s divert attention from the ma,
subordinating the state ticket to the
national ticket. This line of cam
paign shows that in the Judgment Of
reports on both Sides. Roosevelt is
stronger in New York than his party,
while Parker is not.
fensive in the state fight, and the chief
feature of their campaign is vehement
personal abuse Of Governor Odell. Their
platform boldly announces that for
the first time in its history, the empire
aee fas ass dsr wdese
picion.' No specifications are fur
nished bearing out this assertion, but
the platform goes into minute details,
denouncing the governor for taking the
chairmanship of the republican state
committee: 1t dwells at length on the
is full of the most acrimonious invective
~jeopardy' Of tbs liberties of the peo.
pie Of New York under republican rule,
it seeks to arouse in them sense Of
their "danger.'
Brooklyn Eagle Calm.
The Brooklyn Eagle, which is sup
porting Judge Parker, declines to be-
come alarmed over the platform dec
larations. In its usual judicial temper,
it reviews them at some length, saying
in part: -sss.
The democratic platform refers mainly
to state matters and is as severe and as
ferociously aggressive as the republican
platform is appreciative and cornmenda-
tory. Parties, we presume, exist for par
tlzanship. Partizanship, "hot and served
quickly is that requirement in platforms
which partizaps demand. The wholly par
tizan, whether in republicanism or in de-
mocracy, will find nothing for regret or
for surprise in the platform. Democrats
will discount democratic Remuneration and
republican overpra1se. Republicans will
smile at democratic denunciation and at
| republican overpraise. Partizans regard
| partizan platforms as dramatic rather
than as sincere, as intense" rather than
as judicial.
To give an idea of the kind of a pol
itician Justice Herrick has been on the
bench, the New York Tribune has gone
over the files Of the New York Sun,
which is now supporting him for gov
ernor, and found some scorching edi-
Herrick insisted on sitting in Judgment
in the Albany Argus case, wherein
one party was a personal friend, polit-
zeal follower and CORNER client Of the
justlce-boss, while the other was polit-
zeal enemy whom the. iustice-boss had
"ring.'' The Sun called Herrick "a.
desperate political OPERATOR who
"openly committed the indecency of
|perverting his authority as Judge" for
political. purposes, whom the press of
the empire state condemned as ga dis
grace to the judiciary.'
AS showing the sinuosities of New
York politics, I WILL tell the story Of
the Suns opposition to Odell, as it
comes from a reliable source.
against the New York Typogra phfcal
union it secured the arrest, indictment
had inundated some of it's employees.
The man was sent to state prison. Pres
emily, under the administration Of Cow
ernor Odell, there was a request for a
pardon. The governor let the matter
careful investigation having been made,
a pardon was granted. The man was
released and three weeks afterward he
} died from consumption.
The Sun has never forgiven that par
? don. It fought it with all it's might,
sure. AS q last resort, it began to
assault Odell. That assault has been
continued without intermission, and ths
T Sun today, rather than support Higgins,
, with whose nomination Odell has had
to do, but who is admittedly of high
port a man who, in 1898, it was abus-
, Odeil.
Odell's Official Record.
t Governor Odell's official record will
show how little Justice there is in the
J campaign Of abuse. He began his cs-
reer as governor by bringing about the
, consolidation under single heads of a
number Of expensive separate bureaus
saving Of hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars yearly to the taxpayers.
He devised system Of securing reve-
nue. byEindirect taxation, which has re-
suited in wiping, out all direct taxation
Of real estate for state. purposes. This
mills to 80 mills on the dollar. All of
it has been removed, and there is be-
l sides balance of about $S.000,000 cash
in the state treasury. This system of
indirect taxation embraces the surplus
= cash of insurance companies, trust
/ companies and savings banks, as we'll
: as money derived from the liquor tax,
/ which is now collected under state law.
, A state tax of thirteen e-hundredths
+ of mill for canal bonds is levied under
+ constitutional enactment, but it is
trifing in amount and real estate does
not feel it.
: He changed the management of the
. eleemosynary and other state institu-
:. tions from local boards so as to place re-
sponsibility on superintendent and Sc
. cure better care Of inmates at reduced
!. public cost.
a He vetoed the West street grab,
9 which purposed giving to local cor
: poration the right to construct a belt
line railway around the shore line OF
Manhattan island.
s Ne vetoed the Niagara falls grab, by
: which a corporation, without compen-
t sation to the public, was to harness the
t waterpower at will.
9 He vetoed the Remsen gas grab,
q which sought to give the Consolidated
r Gas company of New York city life
S franchise and a monopoly in the pub
lie streets without consideration,
He vetoed the Ramapo water grab,
q which was contract binding the city
= to buy water from the Ramapo Water
;, company at a high price, instead Of
:, : owning it's water plant.
= There is method in the emphasizing
: of the state issues. It helps divert at
tention from Judge Parker IS weakness
as presidential candidate, and puts
: the republicans on the defensive as to
y Higgins, their nominee for governor.
e The New York contest will be I'M
: usually bitter and malignant. Before
y election day, [ predict every state in
: the union will be watching it withsa al
most as much interest as it watches its
local affairs, not that New York will
decide the presidency for t belieyeSthat