The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
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the control of the Legislature urged the hilarity along. The succeeding re- ports of the success of the rest of the Democratic ticket took a big reef in their sails, however. and they were finally willing to admit a dog fall Having fallen one peg the Republl- cans kept slipping and today finds these leaders in the depths of gloom They see an opportunity to lose the largest slice of patronage the State oi New York affords, and the complete success of the Democratic ticket at the next election. to them. is not beyond 'the range of probabilities.
 This. all comes about through the un- expected election of John Skene. a young engineer to the important of- flee of State Surveyor and Engineer That doesn't sound very dangerous, but with this office goes the distribution of $151.o00.00n.
 Of this enormous sum $101.0o0,000 is to be used in improving and maintain ing the Erie Canal and $50,000, 900 goes to the improvement of public roads To Alabamians the startling effect Of this would not at once be clear. Re member, however. that the Erie Canal runs through the rock-ribbed Republi- can counties of the upstate, and that from 10000 to 10000 men are annually employed upon this snake-lfke water way and further explanations are hard. ly necessary. The influence of these thousands of political job holders ir eelction times is tremendous. in fact the Democrats of New York have fount 1t almost impossible to overcome Young slxene is a dyed-in- the-woo Tammany Democrat. and has already announced that under his administra. tion the Erie Canal will be Demo, cratic waterway" That means that q very decided change of political faitf will be necessary for the upstate in- cumbents to hold jobs that have beer their means of livelihood for years. The Erie Canal may yet make New | York a Democratic State and the $50,' 100000 to be used on the public roads l is expected to render valuable assist. ance.
 Skene, by the way. is another "chilt of destiny" His nomination. whicI unexpectedly resulted in final electioT was the result of an accidenu wher the smoke of battle had cleared away at the Saratoga convention in Septem- Der and Hearst had been nominated tht office of State Surveyor was overlooked in the shuffle.
 | phy asked of the caucus when he dis, covered the oversight" Has anybody a manT
 T know the very man." spoke up tho Brooklyn district. leader. He is a fnt young fellow and friend of mine."
 Nobody else had a ''man" and Sken, was nominated.
 A reporter for one of the New Yorl papers was sent to Brooklyn to SC, i skene the next morning and found hin busy over a blue print drawing.
 ''What do you Intend to do now tha you are nominated 9' asked the report er.o
 Nominated to whatY' inquire, stene.
 The reporter showed him a mornIns paper and that was the first he evel heard of his nomination. or, in fact | the ofice. That is how a young mar of 31 came into control of the disburse. ment of $151,0O0.O00. That is also how the Democrats expect to make New York Democratic State.
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 Who Heat Hearst,
 The followers of William R. Hearst in New York are raising a great hue and cry and charging Charles Murphy the Tamniany leader. with treachery. Iney assert that he ordered the kntflnR of Hearst and the election of the rest if the ticket.
 Conservative Democrats, on the other hand, believe that Hearst assisted by Arthur Brisbane, his editor in-chief and the newspapers, beat himself The public could not trust him. Thou sands of them wanted to vote the Dem oeratic ticket but they could not swal- low the Hearst doctrine of Appeal to Discomfort" and consequently the head of the ticket was scratched. Scratch ing is not looked upon as a political crime in New York.
 Be that as 1t may Charles Murphy, much abused leader of Tammany Hall Is the biggest political factor in New York today. Though forced into an indorsement of Hearst, he has carried avery point viz. The defeat of Hearst: The election of all his candidates and Ia majority in Greater New York for the general ticket of 100000 votes. He has also succeeded in his revenge on Mayor Mcclellan. Mcclellan as a po- Iitical factor is wiped of the New York map. The Mayor was between two fires and was crushed both ways. He was at war with both Murphy and Hearst