The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-25
Fllasen Nassau Street

OF the hasty pudding there Is . third dis
tinct grade Of politician at Saratoga. They
&C about quietly, herd by themselves and
appear like elderly and leisurely persons
taking a vacation. They are men who
under the Odell regime used to wait for
the word and then lead the procession.
At present they sit on the fence to watch
the procession 20 by. or course, as yet
there isn't any procession. There are even
no well ordered ranks Of paraders, uni
formed and equipped and ready for the
word as in the old days. There 10 only q
mob rushing hither and thither and agita-
teddy inquiring: What's doing'"
One Of the men now decorating the fence
is Senator Frederick c. Stevens Of Wyoming
county, Washington and Newport. II was
supposed that il the Odell-Quigg oombina-
ton had won at the primaries he might
have been named for Governor. At all
events, he would have been somewhere
near the head of the procession. Instead.
he adOrns the fence. By his side Edward
Iauterbach swings his short legs idly
and basks in the sun, smiling at the con-
fusion OF the mob but taking no part in it.
Others accustomed to drill the recruits
and inform them Of their duties have de-
clined to come and sit on the Saratoga
fence. now that their old jobs are taken
from them. Among these il William G.
Warren of Buffalo, who was 80 signally
defeated in the Erie county primaries by
Postmaster Fred Greiner.
EX-U. s. SENATORS HIsCoCK AND MILLER
Probably the most picturesque presence
now observable at the convention city
is that contributed by eX-United States
Senator Frank Hiscock. Tall, broad
shouldered, his broad, high forehead
crowned by a shock Of luSUriant, white hair.
he stalks majestically about the corridors,
his hands clasped behind his back looking
every inch the Senator that he was. Not
far from him in the hotel dining room sits
another ex-United States Senator, Warner
d. Miller, who fell outside the breast
works." but is now once more decidedly
on the inside. They met and shook hands
to-day in the lobby, and more than one
person who saw them made a mental note
Neither of the men who to-day sit in tn
seats that they once filed at Washington
is here. In fact, Senator Platt and Senator
Depew have seldom in all their long careers
made themselves more conspicuous than
by their absence from Saratoga at this
time. And a good many persons, as they
saw Miller and Hiscock meet, were asking
themselves il it was not better to be a live
| ex-senator than a dead real one.
Probably the gayest sight now to be
observed on the Satatoga horizon is that
Afforded by the presence Of Ezra D. Prem
| tice, who defeated Richard Van Colt in the
primary fight oFlast Tuesday in the Twenty
9th Assembly district OF New York city.
Mr.. Prentice, attired as il for luncheon
at the Newport Casino, strolls about the
! lobby radiating a smile calculated to warm
the most world weary heart and looking
avery inch the victor.
YOUNG BLOOD RUNNING
Very much Of a type with Mr.. Prentice
are Herbert Parsons and Speaker Wads-
worth and the sight Of these three in con-
ference naturally suggested TO many an
observer the thought that a comparatively
new element was coming to the fore in the
councils OF the Republican party. IL gave
rise to some speculation as to whether
the so-called better element was not be-
ginning to show a capacity for mastering
the elements OF practical politics Of which
many people had not thought it capable.
The fact tina Mr.. Parsons and Mr.. Wads-
worth are individually very close to Presi-
dent Roosevelt coupled with the fact that
Mr.. Prentice is quite az close to Messrs
Parsons and Wadsworth and that all three
Of them are very plainly on top Of the politi-
cal haap at present mado !: see-n not inn
possible that the party is entering upon
a period OF direction at the hands Of brains
and breeding.
eff it turns out that way said an old
timer, 1T may be that they will be able
to work out some sort Of an acceptable
compromise between the blud geon and
the hasty pudding"
RAINBow FOR DRIscoLL.
There is one mAn here present who feels
that the immediate future is pregnant
with rosy possibilities for his political for
tunes. He is Representative Michael Dris-
coll OF Syracuse. Mr.. Driscoll ia slated tc
be the temporary chair man Of the oonven-
ton and his friends ave been reminding
him that one man who became Governor
owed his success in no small degree to the
quality OF the speech he made as tempo
rary chairman Of the Republican conven'
ton. They referred, OF course, 10 h case
Of Frank 8. Black. MI. DriscoIl In ponderine