The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-21

a man of these interests, notably his in
surance connections, are not helpful to
his party. One had as well try to con-
| vince a New Yorker that the Hudson
river is about to run up stream as to
try to convince him that there Ia the
coterie of insurance men involved In the
exposures brought about by the brains of
Charles E. Hughes, the republican can
didate for governor, whose campaign
| Woodruff is now managing.
Woodruff is known principally outside
of New York as an example of sartorlal
splendor 1t was said at one time that
he had a waisteoat of a different hue
for every hour in the day. AS worker
he is a human dynamo, and as an office
chaser he is a locomotive, though one
of the Arkansas accommodation variety.
The younger politicians cannot recall
when Tim Woodruff did not have boom
for the nomination for some office But
as the rolling stone gathers no moss, the
rolling booms of Woodruff have gathered
no votes.
He is not popular with the rural leaders
in whose districts the republican party
is strongest, and he has not taken hold
of officers in way to inspire conf
dence.
Naturally, President Roosevelt is keen
ly Interested in the situation In his nome
state. Mr.. Hughes, the republican candi-
date is his SELECTION ana t1erperI Il d.
sons the leader of New York county
| whose political sagacity at Saratoga
| made the nomination of the insurance
ipauisitor possible Is the Presidents po-
litical protege. When the President called
his advisers together few days ago
they told him that the campaign was
weeks behind, and that the outlook was
unfavorable for republican success Be-
coming alarmed. Mr.. Roosevelt has re-
peatedly since then sent warnings to
! the New York leaders to inject more
ginger into the campaign. The President
1t is understood has warned them that
the election of Mr.. Hearst Is not only
possible, but probable.
The principal difficulty OF the repub-
lican campaign managers Is lack OF
funds. The corporations are not dump
ing money into the campaign as they
have in DAYS gone by. The reason is
that Governor Higgins promoted and
signed a bill preventing them from doing
So and limiting individual donations
This bill is known as the corrupt prac-
tees act
Money is a necessary part of the cam
paien upstate. The local leaders have
always expected a liberal supply, and
some of them are doubtful of what Will
be the outcome without It, Now 1t is
worth pointing out just what this means
The efficient rural machine was rounded
on the payment to a large number OF
farmers on election day of from 80 to $l6
The farmers in return hitched up their
wagons and covered a prescribed route.
| bringing all the voters along the route
to the polls Sometimes they only brought
| their own hired men. But this money
brought the vote out The question as
to whether 1t was Legitimate expense
or not is beside the point The tact IS
that for years this system has been in
vogue.
tn. 1fa1
the local managers of campaigns have
no funds this year and will not have
ANYTHING like an adequate amount In any
event. They say privately that they
expect no small amount of trouble from
L the rural contingent, which has been edu-
Gated to expect precisely this kind OF
largess.
The Hearst managers are experiencing
no such trouble, for the candidate, him
! self, Is paying the bills. 1t must also
he taken into consideration that the ex-
nense of his campaign is not as great
} as that of the republicans. For instance,
= Mr. Hearst sells his campaign literature
Through his newspapers)' while lhe re-
nublicans must send theirs out free.
Then the democratic organization up
( state has never been as effective and has
, never been taught to expect as much
, in the way of largess as its opponents
The democratic leaders who have ham
died the funds in the past are empty
! handed this year, for MI Hearst Is run
, ming his own campaign from the lnde
: pendence league headquarters AT demo-
cratic headquarters no one seems to be
even trying to direct affairs. William
, James Corners. better known as blngy
; Corners, is the chairman of the demo-
cratic committee. His election was part
: NJ the deal" arranged at Buffalo by
/, which Hearst obtained the nomination.
! hut the candidate. having the nomination
i In hand was wise enough to draw the
Veil over ''Fingy'' The reason can DO
3 found by referring to "Fingys plog-
raphy. ,..
l NJ him in the World. has been divided
= into two parts: The accumulation OF
money which means power ana the
J., search after responsibility.
A IAN his life he has typifed noise blus-
. ter and brag. He is a man of great ma
/ tive ability as a money getter, and It
: has been his proudest boast that he did
get money no matter how, and that he
: has it. In the old days he liked to
make ostentatious display OF his wealth
He would buy more wine than anybody
! else and order 1t in voice that could
he heard for two blocks. As soon as
fortune began to smile on him he loaded
himself down with diamonds. He had
; massive rings, diamonds In his watch
chain. in his sleeve buttons, on his sus-
pender buttons anu LOT Sliie p"'eon9'
He looked like the front window of a
iewelry store and 1t was his great de-
], light to stand at the end of the cigar
: counter In the Iroquois hotel where
I the light would strike him, and sparkle
I for the benefit of his admirers.
e "tIis friends called him Jim One OF
them went TO him one day and said
j lin. YOU are making a fool Of your
: self with all this display of diamonds.
i Take them off They are vulgar. ring
a may be all right, or a stud, but you We
= got this junk all over you Take 1t ON.
, Corners pondered, I've heard that be-
[ FORE he said. 7 have been told that
j diamonds are vulgar, but be Gawd, no.
d tice them that has em wears 'em.
TT was not long before he took OF
: the diamonds, though, and discarded the
Y fancy waistcoats and plaid shirts. These
s | were merely the signs of his early de
= velopment.
J "Conners is creation of the lake front