The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-03
HAVE HARD FIGHT.
The New York Republicans Up
Against Trying Contest.
Cabinet Members to Take the
Stump for Hughes.
THE PLANS OF HEARST
viii Take Him Into the Rural
Districts.
While Murphy win Take Care
Of the City.
THE PLANS OF HEARST

/ cret now that the nomination of Chas.
z. Hughes for governor of New York
/ practically was dictated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. At least, If he did not
| dictate it, he let his inclina tions be
known so plainly that the Republican
political leaders. who wanted almost
any man except Mr.. Hughes, We're
afraid to defy him.
Secretary Shaw will speak here at
Carnegie hall this week EIihu Root.
Moody. Cortelyou, Wilson, and other
spellbinders of the administration will
all be poured into the New York fight
Uncle Joe Cannon has promised to take
a hand, and the outlook is for a con-
centration Of interests in the presi-
/ dents own state such as has not been
the case In an off year campaign for
many years.
1t is the fashion just now for lot
/ of Republican small bore politicians
and an equal number of Democratic
I malcontepts to insist that Hearst is as
+ good as beaten before he opens the
campaign Those who were present
during the municipal fight last year
and then studied Its remarkable result
are by no means willing to concede
| that Mr.. Hughes has Walkover.
Hearst has developed extraordinary
personal elements of strength He un-
! doubtedly has q large individual cam
paign fund behind him, and he knows
how to spend it so as to get the benefit
OF a large percentage of his money.
/ In the municipal campaign Hearst
/ was opposed by Tammany hall, and
yet he all but won the mayoralty, To
day he viii have Tammany hall soidly
Dehlnd him, and while a lot of ex-
Etremely respectable Democrats are
boiling him day after day their num-
Der does not begin to compare with the
gain. he has received through the ad-
herence Of the Tammany crowd
Sooner later the ReHTJhIipa11 IaaI-
ers. who are so confident now, will
recognize that this combination be-
tween Hearst and Murphy is an ex-
/ tremely strong one Apparently it
that if he is beaten it must be by call
ing out the usual up state Republican
strength and working it up to it's
highest pitch.
Hearst Starts the Red Fire.
Beginning his canapaign with a whirI-
wind review Of Brooklyn in autono-
biles, speaking at half dozen meet
| ing amid the glare of red light and IN
| dentable enthusiasm, Mr.. Hearst will
later on devote himself almost entire
Iy to the country districts. County fafts
are now in their glory, and the Demo-
cratic editor candidate has in some way
learned how to make the most of those
gatherings.
His personal platform is one which is
apt to appeal to poor people, and even
to moderately rich people. To. discred-
/ Il Ills I1eV must take f7H
ground that he himself is personally
dishonest, and this has been the
strength of the whole Hearst cam
paign here in New York, last year and
this. 1t fs quite probable he has prom
ised things he never intended to per-
form, and that he has touched some
| dangerous chords among the people,
but he has done that openly, and he
holds himself responsible for it.
While Hearst is up state making his
personal campaign with the country
voters and organizing a machine of his
own IN each town, because he is al
| political managers, Murphy will con-
lduct the campaign in Manhattan.
Great Is Tammany's Power.
/ Tammany hall is still a great and
terrible organization. It reaches down
I into the dregs of the citv and It has
| means of information regarding the
loyalty of its members which renders
1t difncult FOR them to betray It unless
| they ara told to do so. The only times
when Tanmny hall has failed to CON
troll its normal share of the vote of this
great city has been when the chief
sachena at that particular time was not
satisfied with the party ticket but did
| not desire to oppose 1t openly.
Today Tammany is regular. So is
Hearst. Mcclellan Is irregular and SO
is McCarren over in Brooklyn. It al
most goes without saying that Muir
ply can and will line up practically
Hearst and he will be able to do this
more easily because Mayor Mcclellan
has declared war on the organization
and Tammany hall is a contrfvanc
which long ago learned that It could
not exist permanently without the con-
slant share OF personal profit which
goes with political success.
It is only in Brooklyn that the Hearst
movement Is antagonized by the regu-
lar organization but as Hearst is the
regular candidate the McCarren ma
chine now has become a rebel. The
Hearst people have decided to oppose
the Brooklyn senator at every point.
They refuse to give in to him in any
] particular and will nominate a judicial
ticket for the Brooklyn district, which
will make 1t certain that the judges
over there will be Republican.
Mayor McCleIlans Following.
This has forced Senator McCarren in
to an offensive and defensive alliance
with Mayor Mcclellan. The mayor DOS
sesses a great deal of moral force with
the respectable element Of the Democ-
racy. He has been an excellent officer
and his spirit with Tammany Hall long
ago has added to his good fame But
Mayor Mcclellan has no real organic
alton back of him here in New York
! For q long time Tammany has been tbs
: actual democracy. There are .l1enfy OF
) individuals. and they probably vii
number many thousands, who viii vote
for Mr.. Hughes in spite of their Demo
cratic training. but thus far there is NJ
: sign Of a general movement in that di-
: Tection amounting to a landslide.
+ District Attorney Jerome, of course
! was one of the first men to bolt Hears
and come out for Hughes. He anf
Hearst had fought bitterly in the las
campaign and he and Hughes were per
Z sona1 friends and they co-operated pro
s fessfonally during and after the insur
( ance investigation.
Mr. Jerome was elected in a remark