New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-30
FOLK AND JEROME 1908.
Dream of Enthusiastic Friends After
the Missouri Dinner.

whats the matter with Folk and Jerome rfor
1902"
This YVES the conundrum propounded by fhe
friends OF District Attorney Jerome yesterday afta'
the politicians had absorbed the wit and wisdom
furnished the Missouri Society dinner Tuesday
night, when Governor Folk of Missouri and District
Attorney Jerome sat side by side and RECALLED the
brethren with ideas on things political
Whenever a Westerner comes to New-York and
makes a sem-political speech it is assumed by the
political sharps that he is cutting brush ahead
for a political campaign in which he may be big
factor
Mr.. Jerome said that in the last election four
men had been elected because they stood for some
thing-Roosevelt. Lafoette Dineen and Folk. He
said In effect that they were elected because they
were against machines and machine practices
That is what Jerome stands for" said of
his friends yesterday. He is like Folk that he
is against the Democratic machine in this town
Tie machine gave Folk fair support in Missouri
from force of habit. and if Jerome is nominated by
the Democratic organization in this the Demo-
Gratis will give him fair support from force of
habit and because he is a Democrat At the same
time his election would be an ant-machine victory
the same as that OF Folk and Dneen and Lafol-
lette."
MI Jerome's friends INDUCING in a lot of
RAINBOW work that he is on the last leg OF his
four year term District Attorney They havs
10 admit that he has not organized very large pro-
SESSIONS or grafters'' for Sing Sing but they say
ne mas MADE an excellent record and that nothing
yesterday:
II L DIX does WE'LL his Will be name to conjure
with at the next Democra ito National Convention
Inc radicals Will want Bryan, but the East will
not stand for him. and Folk would do as a cornpro-
mise II he does not kill himself off in the mean
tline- III Jerome is nominated for District Attorney
by Tammany Hall he will be elected and in thu
next three years he can become national figure
If he has good lnc. After he has been District
Attorney for year under Tammany they will be
glad TO nominate him for Governor. and II by a
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be big man at the next Democratic National Con-
vention. Then he and Folk would make a great
team IN the race for President. The beauty OF the
arrangement is that it would make difference to
the dear people which the head Of the ticket
1t might be Folk or 1t might be Jerome. If Mr.
Jerome could not get first place he would take
ond place for the sake OF the chance of going all
over the country the standard bearer OF the
latter day Democracy"
Mr.: Jerome is on record saying that Thomas
Jefferson was a fakir. While there are plenty OF
Republicans who will second the notion 1t Is
fact that old-line Democrats in this neighborhood
sometimes grow almost livid with wrath when they
think Of what he has said about the patron saint OF
Democracy. 1t Is assumed that Mr.. Jerome said
this because all the Democratic statesmen In this
the contrary David B. Hill says that Thomas JEFF
But Mr. Hin III has not been ELECTED to anything for
the Thomas JEFFERSON code Of principIes is the
foundation stones Of Democracy But Mr. Stanch-
Mr. Jeromes admirers say that he called Jefferson
a fakir because he wanted to differ with other
Democrats They certain that a with
vsed notions of Thomas Jefferson will be sure Of
the Democratic voters. They will to annihi-
late then listen to some hard facts about grating
and wind up by drinking a Scotch highball and de-
claring for Jerome" say the judges friends. That
is why yesterday they were saying:
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Governor Folk will withhold his acceptance or
decnation of the invitation to the dinner Of the
Democratic Club Jefferson Day until after he
reaches home. He said, however, that two months
ago he declined speak at the Chicago dinner, and
that it was improbable that he could again visit
New-York in short time.