New-York tribune., 1906-10-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
'THE AARON BURR OF 1905"
Suggested He Make Brisbane "Poet Laure-
ate" and Conners "Reviser of Dictionary"

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; The Aaron Burr OF 1906, who Is running a
paper to elect himself Governor and then Pres-
dent and browbeating every other politician so as
10 get him out OF the way. and who is so charm
ingly bright himself that he has take Mr.. Brts-
pane on his trips to write his speeches and be with
him every minute lest he forget is still talking
he says he doesn't want the support OF an Ice
Trust Mayor. And don't want corrupt Cover
nor either This insulting combination OF brains hy-
pocrisy and fraud yelling has gone out OF his
way TO insult one OF his party who professed
allegiance to him publicly. Having been, as he
says, counted out by Tammany before. are We to
assume now that he has sought out the elements
he accused and made his peace with them. in order
to be counted in this timer And just imagine his
comparison of himself with Lincoln-Lincoln. the
rail splitting boy Of illinois, finding his way up
the ladder Of fame by the hardest kind OF work.
and Hearst. ten times millionaire, with golden
spoon in his mouth. with a newspaper trust be-
tween the two oceans, booming himself in his own
poleon or Nero. What a lesson in humility. meek
The Republicans had better watch the polls this
them If they don Wstcb oUt There ought not to
be Democrat VINO believes in real Democratic
believes in his God. there ought not to be patriot
who values his liberty, there ought not to be a
dren. who would vote for this for Governor.
specmenf at that udgins by the riEhteous o way
he secured the nomination for Governor he would
holy in comparison that fhe people would want to
put angel wings on Robert A Van WyCk and
halo OF glory around his head and give him front
seat where the band is playing Everybody works
Tor charlie. but where the dulcet sounds OF Gro
yer Clevelands Endorsement of Hearst cannot be
heard for a minute We elect to office who
tlnuaIly fool the people We sandbag the good
and SEND the windbags 10 Congress, who tell US
they'll give us free rides In autos divide RoCkefel-
ler's money on the East Side and reach such glo-
rlous condition that won't have to work any
think II out I wanted Brisbane nominated for Gov
ernor Hes doing all the work and is the brainiest
man IN the crowd. The redeeming thing about
THIS whole business is that he may be made poet
laureate at Albany and that Conners may receive
the 100 of reviser OF Webster's dictionary Life
has its sorrows, but think how would be in
luck If Hearst wins! Everybody can throw up his
VIII go out OF existence, except in THE Journal"
But, thank God We can still have our laundry done
up at Palermo-eyen Il Mayors and Presidents de
indorse him.
There are some who remember his villanous
and dirty attack on public officials, nne-tenths OF
Who1n are better than he is, and who will
make the election Of Hughes, a real citizen.
can neither count him In QUIT EX-Iayor Van
Wyck has thousands OF friends in this city who
admired his manhood when he came out and said
that as Democrat he should support the candi-
dates. VIII they now, at the crack OF this whip,
more despotic than Richard Croker ever welded,
march 70 the polls like flock Of sheep, jumping
over the rail fences or will they stand like Spartan
soldiers ready to receive the assaults OF iniu-
ence In American politics. this so-caed dress suit
sympathy for the poor man. which will sell them
out as quickly as Benedict Arnold sold out Wash
lngton the moment IL gets chance?
THEODORUS VAN WICK
New York City, Oct 10. 1906.