The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-11-24
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Late Lamented
Sketches of The Politically Dead,
but Little Bereavcd, Usurpers of
Cincinnati and Philadelphia, Cox
and Durhasn-Also BricT Refer
encss to Odcil and Murphy, Prob
ably Mortally Wounded. -
From tho Observation-Disclosures

felt the keen edge of the ak Welded by the
people in Ohio. Boss Durham saw his
machine shot to pieces in Pennsylvania.
Boss Odeli was iclted as he has never been
..olted before in New York, and, aespitc
his combinations and trades. the cock-sure
position of Boss Murphy of Tammany has
been seriously impaired.
Most severe of all rebukcs to boss.sm is
that administered in the Buckeye state.
George B. Cox, the wicked parsnc.' of
Senator Foraker. has suffered a singing
defeat. He has lost Cincinnati and Hamil-
ton county, and the state of Ohio has
found its way into the democratic column,
despite the protests of those orators who
declared that its failure to re-elect Gov
ernor Herr.ck would mean Reputation OF
the Roosevelt administration.
For more than fifteen years Cox has
dominated the republican organization OF
his city, county and state. No boss has
been more absolute than he, none more
imperious. none possessed of greater pow
er nor exercising it TO greater personal
advantage.
Born in Cutter street, Cincinnati, in 1853,
Cox when a mere child was a boctblack
ard newsboy. When cid enough he be-
came a butcher, then Il salooa-keeper,
with a strong side line of politics. This he
made his ultimate business, and today is
not only a bank president, but is heavily
interested in many CT the largest concerns
in the Queen City. He is the owner of g
mansion at Walnut Hills, an aristocratic
suburb.
III You want a hurry-up story of the
rise OF Cox" said a politician who knows
hil! we'll, here it is: Bootblacs, rcusta-
bout. s~aloonkceper. tough politician.
smooth politician, rich man, owner of a
palace. turned down by society. repudiated
at the polls, Foraker's friend,
Like his democratic prototype. Richard
Crnsnr t1,n rico Of G~N ..-
omnipotent power within his state has
been by the force of -Gnserupulous daring.
When Just above his majority he was
elected a member of the city council of
Cincinnati. He resigned to become a mem
Der of the board of equalization. He was
defeated in 1855 for county clerk. and had
that defeat emphasized when he tried for
the office IA second time. Then Governor
Foraker made him oil inspector of Ohio,
Notwithstanding q popular outcry, and
that gave the seal to his party bossism,
which has been practically unchecked UNI
til now. He has been a delegate to several
republican national conventions and was
named as national committeeman. a posi-
t!on which he resigned because of a per-
sistent cutlery and in which he was sue
ceeded by Governor Herrick.
The power of Cox was we'll evidenced at
the beginning of the present year. Gov
error Herrick wished to be a candidate to
succeed himself. Instead of making a cam
vass, instead of advising his friends to
bring in their delegations, instead of MAX
ing ready to fight it out in the convention,
he waited for a word from Boss Cox. No
word came, and the governor lacked his
suit case and Went to Cincinnati. He in
terviewed the boss, and when. it was over
he announced that he would be a candi-
date TO succeed himself as governor-and
( he Was. Tha is all. He and the boss have
met defeat together.
Israel w. Durham, the deposed boss, who
for ten years controlled Philadelphia, was
the right hand man of the late Senator
Matthew Stanley Quay when that astute
statesman was in the plentitude of his
power. He was insurance commissioner in
Governor Stones cabinet, and at that time
accepted the responsibility of blocking the
S11, $1,000 loan bill to relieve Philadelphia
from the curse of foul water. In the filtra-
ton matter he has figured prominently and
was one of those who attempted to en-
gineer the gas steal which aroused Phila-
delphia, stirred Mayor Weaver and has re-
suited in reviving decency in politics in the
Quaker city.
BY sending Boies Penrose to the United
States senate. Boss Durham extended his
power to the state at large and only for
the misplay which brought about the ex-
posure in Philadelphia would be in posses
sion of the republican machine today. His
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dal; 1T increased with the failure of the
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny,
and then, bending every effort, he endeav-
ored to rehabilitate his falling political
fortune by forcing the election of T. Lee
Plummer, former member of the legisla-
ture and errand boy of the bosses, as state
treasurer.
But the people. of the Keystone state
We're awake and William FL. Berry, re-
form mayor CT Chester, was elected. This
action appears to have knocked the last
prop from under Boss Durham and the
man who once manacled a city, held 1t by
the throat and was leagued with death
against it when he prevented the purifca-
ton of its water supply. is now down and
out. His days Of bossism are done,
In New York the end of the boss is not
vet. 1t is interesting to note, however,
that Odell has been considerably discred-
tied and that Murphy has not won a VIC
tory that will especially rebound to his
credit. Recent charges before and during
the campaign have linked the names of
Odell and Mccall and McCurdy and the
other grafters m the insurance field so
closely that the hold of the man who
traded with Murphy and knitted Wins will
hereafter be very slight upon the party
men who nave bowed without question ia
his domination.
Charlie Murphy, chief of Tammany.
owner of Good Ground, CRATER extraor.
binary, friend of Odell, nonpartisan In
business" affairs, protector of the faith
full, hater in chief Of Jerome, advocate of
such high financing as may show him a
personal profit, former saloon-keeper, con-
jurer, smooth worker, shrewd manipula-
tor-Charlie Murphy, of all the big bosses
actively interested in Tuesdays election.
managed to scrape through with a whole
skin. But Charlie Murphy has had a
scare. one that he will not forget in a
hurry, and it is just possible that the Tam
many tiger will growl less and that the
graft will be less easy in New York for
some time to come.
Romantic Necklace Story.
From the Boston Transcript.
There is a romantic story attaching
ito the great ropes of pearl worn by the
Princess Frederick of Hanover at re-