The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-04

duplicated his statement. 1t is alleged
that the rural carrier oftentimes doe.
a little republican electioneerng b,
words of mouth, and there are those
who say that the establishment of tn,
free delivery system is the blow tina
almost killed the democrats.
The chaotic condition of the repub.
lican State machine. to which N2r
Platt referred, is said up the State tc
be due to two ADMINISTRATIONS
quarrels and the fear that less mones
than usual will be Forthcoming thi.
fail for party purposes. sir. 7latts
friends are incensed by the conduct OF
Mr.. odell. They say Plat made him
politically, and vet he turned anc
Stung his benefactor. There are also
many former anti-Platt men who
sympathize with the old leader in this
matter. In turn Odell has quarIeilec
with Governor Higgins. On the other
hand. Odell has friends who say Plat,
is no longer physically or mentally fl;
to control the machine ana that Odel
had right to fight for the succession
This makes three factions with
wounds to avenge; there are Others
for ambitions sake. 1t is a chaotic
condition.
The present attempt to rally around
Mr.. Platt is not due to a desire to con-
tinue him in active ma::asemen,. 1t
is an effort to combine against Gov
ernor Higgins and force him to come
in and give up all idea of being re-
nominated or accept Il fight and tn.
responsibility of opposing party har-
mony. He has the State patronage
and the strongest personal machine,
but he has the reputation of lacking
nerve and it is thought that he may
be frightened off the field. Former
Governor Black is needed in the COM
bination to take away the appear
ance of its being merely an old P1att
and Odell game. but as yet the Troy
leader keeps aloof.
Lieutenant Governor Bruce is pur
forward as the temporary candidate
for Governor to prevent the charge
that the State administration is to be
discredited by the party machine.
General conditions favor the repub.
leans. The party is in power at AL
bany and at Washington. and the peo-
pie Of the interior of the State in par
ticular never saw such prosperity be-
fore. There are not nands enough to
turn out the goods demanded or to
gather the bumper crops ripening
in the fields. Prices are high and
everybody seems to nave plenty of
money. The universal reply to the
everlasting question "Hows bust
ness?" is Couldn't BE better" The
crowds in the hotels, the thousands
of whiZzing automobiles on the roads.
the trains packed with excursonists.
the steady succession Or "frefghts, -
frequently a mile long. all show that
the State is enjoying a boom greater
than it ever had. 1t Is not confined
to any section or business. The farm
err is getting his share County clerks
report large reductions in the number
of farm mortgages; tax collectors
have turned in the names of fewer
delinuuents than in years. Prosperity
| is having Il noteworthy effect on the
farmers social condition, and perhaps
on that account on political condi-
i tions. AS lie grows rich he is moving
! into town. to live more generously on
| the rents of the acres he formerly TIL
led. This in spite of the growing
use of the telephone on the farms, the
establishment of the daily free deliv-
cry of mail and the building of trolley
lines across the country. There arc
no houses to let in the villages, and
the number of foreigners living in the
old American furmhouses as tenants
and working the soil is astonishing
1t is Il new development in New York
State farm life, IL stage perhaps in the
evolution of Il landed gentry.
With all these things in their favor
the republicans are not hopeful. Fol
some reason-no one can explain it
/ they say ii is democratic year. The
Hearst boomers advance the eXplana :
ton of unrest" This, they say has
filled the people with Il burning desire
/ to revolt against the bosses and ma
chine politics. There are some facts
that seem to disprove this theory. Nc
two counties in the Str.e are more
thoroughly bossed than the growing
and intelligent communities of OnOn.
-, daga and Monroe. Former Superin-
tendent of Insurance Francis Hen.
bricks absolutely controls the one. ant
State Railroad Commissioner George
Aldridge the other. There is no un.
rest in either. Their republican ma.
joritieS increase every year. 4 few
years ago forty-tive hundred was :
good majority in Onondaga, two year,
ago it was nine thousand, and this fai
good judges say it will be nearl.
lar record. There is no unrest II