The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

| IL more easy.
! Tho successful politician. the politician
/ who climbs 70 the top and remains there,
couldn't lie or cheat or steal any more than
| he could chop his own head on The char
sCterstics Of q successful politician. the
politician who lasts In the affections and
! admiration Of his constituents, are the same
as those OF any other successful man IN the
professions or In business -perceptivlty.
truthfulnsss and integrity.
There are thousands OF suoh politicians 10
| the country to-day. Il 10 only the alleged
/ politicians. the men who have the most
/ meagre conceptions Of the duties Of public
/ life, who In their shortsiEhtednSss. inherent
obliduity and dishonor adopt the methods
/ which surely result 10 enduring oblivion for
them after few years OF mediocre prom
| inencs.
! Its theae alleged politicians who act upon
/ the theory that the people are a. devoid OF
real merit and IS destitute Of probity ~ them
selves. The downfall Of the world's most
| historic figures was the direct result OF
thoughts 90 stupid and untruthfui
! The system Of indirect taxation 10 criticised
by many Gs unrepublican, and undemo-
cratic and therefore as un.Ameroan. IL 10
q stopRap, futile and disastrous In the end,
and Republicans speak freely nowadays OF
the time-some say II IL close ~ hGnd-when
! their party will be swept out Of power In
! New York state mainly because OF the deter
minstion Of some Of IL leaders 70 stick TO
the Oden aystem Of Indirect taxation.
Here are political figures which are worth
more than momentary reflections
Mcclellan IN 1894 pollsd tAs,5es more votes
than Doug las In 1880.
Seymour In 1868 polled e0o.spo more votes
! than Mcclellan IN 1894
Greeley IN 1877 polled i7a.tet more votes
| than Seymour 10 1868
Tilden In 1870 polled i.tso.sos more votes
than Greeley In 1872
Hancock in 1850 poTled is7.ISo more votes
| than Tildsn in 1870
Cleveland IN 1884 pouod $oe,s77 more votes
! than Hancock In 1850
| Cleveland In 1855 polled sz7.1ie more votes
than he did In 1884
Clsvelsn nd In 1897 ponsd lt.esS more votes
than In 1855
Bryan in 1890 ponSd &C., o1 moro votes than
| Cleveland in 1872.
Bryan in 1900 pollsd it1. 7s1 fewer votes than
he did In 1900
Parker in 1904 poned about $50. 900 fewer
votes than Bryan IN 1900, nearly 10000
fewer votes than Bryan In $780, about tS7 900
fewer votes than Cleveland In 1897, about
as. 900 fewer votes than Cleveland IN 1858
and onl, 200 900 more votes than Cleveland
In 1885,
paltry 200 900 votes mark twenty yoars Of
pollsd $4,000 more votes than Blaine In
1854
From 1880 70 1900 the Democratic party
gained votes In every national election. In
1870 In 1884 In 1855 and In 1897 IL polled
plurality OF tie popular vote. and 10 1880
Hancock fell only 1000 behind Garfield.
Harry s. View Of Indiana, the newly APP
pointed commander OF the Republican ma
tlonal committee. comes from expert political
stock. His father. John c. New, President
HGrrson's Consul-General In London, won't 70
Minneapolis in 1892 and almost single handed
and alone overturned the national committee,
which was bitterly hostile 10 HaTrison's
denomination
The committee In it, animosity 20 Harrison
was controlled by It's chairman, Gen james
S. Garrison. now Surveyor Of the Port Of
New York. and acting with Gen. Garrison
we're Senator Plat Of New York. Senator
Quay Of Pennsylvania. senator Wolcott OF
Colorado, Senator Foraker OF Ohio. besides
all Of James @. Blaine's friends and those
Of Thomas b. Reed, as we'll Hb most Of william
klcKinley's friends
Yet John c. New upset them all. captured
tho national committee and brought In HarTi-
son a winner on the first ballot the vote being
Harrison, bsS i-e. Blaine, 1872 10: MoKin-
ley. 1872 Reed Z. and Robert 7. Lincoln. /.
II was said at the time and e has been reiter-
ated on many occasions since in explanation
OF John @. News victory. that this convention
had the greatest number OF Federal ONCE
holders as deleg gates OF any convention In
the history OF the Republican party.
Harry New was an side-de-oamp TO HE
father IN that eight and eat In the convention
as a correspondent for his father's news
paper, the indianapolis journal. Harry
New served al thu Chicago headquarters In
1926 and 1900, when Senator Hanna was chair
man of the committee. and Mir. Hanna was
Intensely fond OF him.
The dlsburse ments for pensions By the
United States Treasury for the fiscal year
ended June 80 1904. were N42,Jo2.sis.7b,
making a grand total since 1880 Of tS,i22,o30,-
Hs7S. In 1891. ASH invahds and A,2se
widows we're on the pension roll. In 1888
pcnslons weTo given 90 5000 invHlids and
II .o7O widows. while In 1904 there we're 77osiS
invalids and 27G.tN7 widows 70 whom pensions
were granted.
Something's rotten in Denmark. but neither
tho Republican nor the Democratic party In
their national platforms has ventured 70
say So
Politicians OF experience IN tho two parties,
Republican and Democratic. are fond OF re-
calling that while the Republicans protect
and shield the grafters and dishonest men
in their party up 30 and even inside the
doors OF Sing Sing A. an eminent hepub-
loan Dlf " az the Union lFthhA' NaAN wv
other night, the Democrats are very apt 70
punish aud destroy the wicked ones in their
party In other words, Republican Tiuca
speaking OF this feature Of their partys
discipline. assert that the motto appears
90 he with them One for all and all for ono.
while the Democrats appear 20 pTooeed on
quite the reverse theory.
Representative W Bourke Cochran Of
New York city. his friends sny, informed
president Roosevelt al the reception which
Immediately preceded the dinner OF tho
Friendly Sons Of ST Patrick at Delmonioos,
on March II, that he would. without the slight
est doubt bc rsnominatsd by biz party IN
1905
It il frequently said in the inner councils
Of tho Republicans and Democrats OF New
York State that but for the jealousy and III
feeling between the upstate and the New
York city Democrats. fostered and enoouT-
aged by David b. Hnl, the Democrats would
have elected their candidates for Governor
in 1885 and 1907, Augustus Van Wyck In the
former and Bird s. Coler In tho latter year.
Both Van WICK and Coler we're residents Of
Brooklyn and warm friends ana sdmirsrs
Of Mr.. Hin.