The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
MORE POWER FOR WADSWORTH
HE rs TO CONTROL ARCHIE BAx-
TERS APPOINTMENTS.
Deal by which Baxter Is 20 ne Reap
pointed Now knOwn-An Points 70
New Roosevelt Machine flight for
state Public Works once Continues.

pointed Now knOwn-An Points TO
n New Roosevelt Machine flight for
state Public Works once Continues.
What was intended to be one OF the great
political secrets of the age-the basis for
the settlement Of the rivalry for the post OF
Clerk of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS known yes
terday. While Col. Archie E.. Baxter is 60
be reelected clerk and Ray B. Smith is to be
reelected assistant clerk, Speaker James W.
Wordsworth, Jr., a Roosevelt man, a Hughes
man, a Parsons man, and still very friendly
to Gov. Higgins and Gov. Higgins's friends,
is to nave the disposition of the ninety-five
appointments in the clerks department.
This, it was declared by those familiar
with the facts, is but another step TOWARD
perfecting a political organization in the
State which two years hence will be utterly
friendly TO Preside nt Roosevelt and the
Presidents friends and adherents. These
ninety-five places are not to be sneezed at.
in the Judgment of Republicans who spoke
yesterday. They are distributed among
all Of the counties. They are important
parts Of a political organization interested
in capturing delegates to local, county,
State and national conventions.
When it became positively known yester-
day that these n~inety-tive appointments
were to be handed out under the direction
OF Mr.. W~adsworth. who il TO be reelected
Speaker. the old report was revived that
before 1908 President Roosevelt and the
Presidents friends will be in complete
control Of the Republican State organiZa-
ton. While Mr.. Hughes. It was admitted.
was nominated for Governor at Saratoga
by the Roosevelt people il was very apparent
at the time that the Roosevelt folks were
somewhat shy of delegates in the pre-
liminary deliberations The Odell people
said then, and the friends Of Frank s. Black
nave said very plainly since, that Mr.. Black
could nave been nominated for Govepor
il he had decided to accept in the convention
the suppo ri of 5l4 delegates out Of 1.O11.
AT least that il the contention of Mr.. Odell.
Louis r. Payn and others who attended
the convention.
The struggle on the part of the Odell-
Payn people To land Henry A.. Van AIstyne
az State Superintendent of Public Works
continued yesterday. The efforts Of George
w. Aldridge and his friends 10 checkmate
the Odell-Payn combination and secure the
appointment Of inslow NJ. Mead of Roche
ter continued undated. The Aldridge peo-
pie added to their complaints against Van
Alstyne when they recalled that it was Van
Alstyne who was superintendent and man
ager of the turnaceville Iron Company, that
was instrur entail in getting those five
canal contracts which resulted in the great
scandal by which the State paid s34 900 in
direct opposition TO the report of a Repub-
lican Attorney-Genersl. John {. Davies
and TO many competent witnesses before
the Canal Board. The Aldridge people
said tina Van Alstyne's appointment would
mean nothing more than an uplifting OF the
Odell-Payn faction OF the party and that
Van Alstyne would USE the twenty-five hum
dred appointments Of his depart ment in the
interest of the Odell-Payn combination.
The Odell- Payn folk kept up their fire
on the Aldridge faction when they said
that MIR. A~ldridge's candidate. Mr.. Mead,
had always been the direct lieutenant in
Monroe county politics of Mr.. Aldridge.
and tina Mr.. Mead's appointment would
mean that Mr.. Aldridge and the Aldridge
wing Of the party would nave at their CON-
msnd the $500 places In the Office Of the
State Superintendent OF Public Works.
The Aldridge people, replying TO this, said
that Van Alstyne had invariably acted in
most matters at the direction OF Mr.. Payn,
and that in all matters OF a political nature
for ten years he had owed his allegiance
first TO Mr.. Payn and next to Mr.. Cdell.
So III charges and countercharges went
on all day. Each side il conversant with
the power OF the State Superintendent Of
Public Works Zach side is familiar wit h
the possibilities of the Office from a politics al
machine standpoint.