The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-10
FACTIONS AT WAR
IN EMPIRE STATE
Democrats May Garry New York
Unless Odell and Plat
Agree.
Platt to Garry Fight to Polls if
Governor Continues
Tactics.
Hill and Tammany Quarrel Over
Candidate for the Pres
idency.

idency.
From Tho Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, March 10.-Both to re-
publicans and to democrats, New York
IS now the most interesting state in
the union. The republicans have less
at stake there than the democrats, for
their candidate for the presidency,
| but, like the democrats. they are try
| ing to bring about party harmony and
thus prevent existing factional differ
ences from cutting into the November
vote. j.
The republican situation is exceed
ingly delicate. Odell is in actual con-
| troll Of the party organization, having
overcome Plat, and is ambitious to
show some of the real fruits Of that
control. In other words, he wants to
displace the Plat men and to have an
| occasional say so about federal pa
tronage. It is only with the greatest
difficulty that he is prevented from
doing things which will work harm to
the party in the campaign.
| Plat realizes that he has been beat
en-, and is watching every move of
| Odells, 1t being his plan to cry out
| upon the least prOvocation, and rally
his friends for flank movement. I'm
like the politicians in other states who
have their factional differences and
then get together In support Of the
ticket, the New Workers, in both par
Quarrels to the polls, and there is dam
ger that the Plat crowd will do that
| this time, If Odell is not careful Sim
| ilarly with the democrats, there is
danger Of a. heavy Tammany bolt in
| the event Of Judge Parker's nomina-
| ton at ST 1,N11iS 10 81 n
| Roosevelt as Peacemaker.
President Roosevelt has for months
been playing the part of a peacemak-
er between the New York republican
factions He has had frequent con-
advised him to overlook Odell's indis-
cretfons. 90, = =
'You can afford to do this" the
president has said, in effect, ''you have
i controlled the party for many years.
ana are to-day looked up to by very
cans as their leader. Your position is
fixed In New York politics. and YOU
nave nothing to gain In showing anger
4 says -
| Occasionally, as circumstances have
with Odell, admonishing him in Wig
orous terms to act conservatively and
not to do anything which will reduce
the republican vote in November.
You ~ are on top, and you
can n,,d therefore d,i1 ct afford to be mag
Don't do ~ anything that viii
interfere with the polling Of the usual
republican vote. Be patient. n due
4 time the fruits Of victory will BE Yours,
BY seeking to gather them now, YOU
are a importing republican success in
This pacific attitude of the presi-
cents has had very much to do with
preventing an open rupture between
/ Platt and Odell. The president wants
70 carry his own state in November
ano II ne should lose it, he doesn't
Factions Are Bitter. 3
New York democracy is quite as
savage, and unrelentfng as that betwixt
republican factions, with the chances
= David B. Hill is seeking political re-.
f crudescence thru the advocacy Of Judge
. Parker as a presidential candidate. /,
Parker wins, Hill will again be q, fac.
q tor IN New York and even nationa
pontlcs, and all the well-laid scheme!
y ment will gang aglee.''
t Iammany hates Hill with hatred
I IKE that which Bryan has for Cleve
land. Hill, by very clever maneuyer
d lng, has secured control of the Nev
r YORK democratic state committee
g ~ to F23.s This narrow margin O
n three votes will put him in contro
: or the credentials committee at thu
S state convention, and enable him t,
e seat Hill delegations in all contestin,
= precincts. .. =. es@'
n It may, enable him to give Parke
the New Vnrk - r
), but not without an ugly quarrel. s9-.S
/, Murphy says he will carry the fish
9 into the state convention, and max
d things 50 interesting that the ST. Loui
e convention will be afraid to nominal
r Parker. There may be something j,
h this, for if Parker is nominated it vii
be because New York wants him; tina
state must be assured in any demo
cratic forecast of victory.
Hearst Is Pleased.
Z. Hearst, as far as New York is con
r than he will say. He cannot possib1
Q secure the state delegation to Isl
r Louis and anything that will accen
e tuate the fight between TamTnany an
j. Hill, will lessen Parker's chances an
$ improve his own. gs X s#ssssS:=
Platt might SO split the republican vot
as to give the state to the democrats
,e This, however, would not necessariI
be important, as the republica
managers can win this year withou
g, New: York. An open rupture betwee
Hill and Tammany, over Parker
re would serve to neutralize the effects {
h a republican split. With both partie
Of torn by fractional contests, and talkin
p about boiling, the republicans woul
n have the advantage. With the de
* mocracy united and the republican
= fdivided, Roosevelt would lose Ne,
, York.
se There isn't a politician in Washing
er] ton who is wise enough to figure OF
in just what the outcome will be in Ne,
mi York, either as regards the democrat
or the republicans.
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