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yet I found making inquiries that it
went much deeper.
Remember Him as Police Commissioner

went MUCH deeper.
Remember Him as Police Commissioner
II was Police Commissioner Roosevelt
who laid the foundation for President
Roosevelts strength with the compact mass
CT Jewish voters on the east side. The bulk
OF them are poor. They had been preyed
On by sharks of various kinds who -four
ished under the old system of police part
nership with crime While Police Commits
sioner Roosevelt did not entirely succeed
in breaking up these practices he did con-
vince the people who were their victims that
he was not afraid to take hold Of municipal
evils and especially the evils of the tene-
ment district. They have been for him
since that time
The newspapers printed in Yiddish are all
supporters of Roosevelt now. 1t Is one COM
plant of the democratic managers that they
can even get hearing. They might have
started the usual campaign paper with a
view to reaching these voters, but they
!eallzed that they would have no leaders.
l believe the experiment was given up. At
any rate. 1t Is quietly admitted that this
Jewish republican vote on the east side Is
going to help keep down the big majority
which the democrats are accustomed to
look for in New York city.
Another nationality which Is puzzlinp the
democrats is the Irish vote. This is espe-
cially Tammany's strength in certain parts
OF the city. Yet Tamany local leader who
told me six weeks ago that by the time the
the wanderers back to the fold yesterday
admitted the stray sheep were very numer-
GUS.
The Irish Vote.
So far as have noted the movement has
not been a concerted one to organize clubs
or similar campaign agencies There has
been simply spontaneous tendency so pro-
nounced that it has surprised campaign
managers on both sides. In this manner it
has developed much more strongly for the
republicans than II they had attempted to
repeat the plans of former years. The atti-
tude of the administration in settling the
delicate questions in the Philippines Is al
legged to have secured powerful ecclesiasti-
cal support. That may be true as to some
of the Catholic prelates individually. But
so far as relates to the Irish voters who are
drifting to Roosevelt 1t cannot be said to
them are young Irishmen Of what are
known as strong nationalisttc leanings,
more radical than the church approves in
the matter of English rule in Ireland and
The basis of the movement seems to be
that these young Irishmen like Roosevelt
and are going to vote for him. While their
elders, democrats by tradition and by asso-
citation, are working to get votes for Parker
they do not look on this detection with Sc
rious disapproval. Some of them recognize
in 1t the beginning of movement which
will divide the Irish vote in American poll
tics on normal lines. and they are content.
I know that in public they are bound to
profess otherwise, but any one familiar
with what is going on knows also that
their protestations are not to be taken too
seriously AS In former years, the demo-
Gratis will have the bulk of the Irfsh-born
or -parentage vote In New YORK city.
but the proportion Of 1t will be smaller than
in any national campaign. even the Blaine
campaign write this with the knowledge
that some Irishmen OF prominence who sup
ported Blaine and some OF whom also were
for Harrison and Mckinley have come out
for Parker. But they are individual cases
and their attitude Is perfectly understood
The German Situation.
With reference to the German vote the
situation is somewhat different. Newspaper
and other influences which were for NC
Kinley are now against Roosevelt, and II
is agreed that German newspapers have
decided influence with their readers.
While Carl schurz in his frequtn SOM
ersaults reaches the English-reading public
his influence Is much greater with his own
countrymen. The democrats consequently
have some advantage In this respect But
In estimating 1t one factor Is overlooked.
This is the decreasing number OF readers
viii the newspapers printed In the German
language have In former years 1t was
safe to assume that the majority OF the
persons who took a German Journal de-
pended on 1t to the exclusion Of newspapers
printed In English. That Is no longer the
case.
The German papers have their special
constituencies. These readers are held by
the news from the fatherland and other
influences OF similar character which they
cannot get In the other daily papers. But
most Of them read Engiish and take
daily printed In the English language. so
they are much less under the influence OF
the paper in their own tongue than would
be supposed. It IL true that the news
paper TO which many Of them incline are