Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14
Republicans Alarmed at the Outlook
of Next State Campaign.
STATISTICS ON IMMIGRATIoN
Ice Companies in Metropolis Begin
to Fear Results of Protests
Against Prices-Notes.


idly growing into one of extreme confidence
and they claim that only through ,he nomi-
| nation Of Mr.. Hearst can the control of the
state be wrested from the republi cans
With the latter party split in twain and the
sane and safe democracy not knowing
just where 1t is at" Hearst seems 10 be
the only well organized party in tle fed.
The democrats are up against a pretty
serious proposition. Wherever they turn
there is the shadow of Hearst. Some of
/ the democrats who hitherto have been OPP
posed to the editor are arguing now that
they might just as well nominatc him, Tor
il they do not he will be a candidate on the
Independence League ticket any way and
will have a great. big following. So long as
Hearst has got to be figured IN the guDer
Material equation, the wise of the
party say 1t is better perhaps to nave him
as friend rather than as an enemy.
Hearst Supporters at Work
While every other prospec .lv- democratic
candidate Is asleep Mr.. Hearst support
ers are working tooth and nail To capture
the various county delegations to the Sara
toga convention. The reports from the men
in the field are responsible for the con-
fldence which pervades thes Hearst camp.
Tired of safe and sane defeats it is de-
clared the democrats upstate are nov ripe
for new order of things and are willing
to give Mr.. Hearst the opportunity he has
so long desired There is no denying the
fact that the Hearst workers have Jown the
state wisely and well and are confident of
the harvest to be reaped at Saratoga.
AS far The city in concerned. 1t is
difficult to estimate the Hearst strength
among the democrats. but judging from the
vote he polled when running for mayor
last fall it would seem that at least he
has an even break with Tammany. But in
the mayoralty campaign Hearst rev
largely from the republicans. who in a
state campaign would stick closer to party
lines On the other hand it is the belief
of many that powerful forces in Tamnany
Hall that were opposed to Hearst year
ago will be with him In his fight for the
governorship. Whether these forces Will
be apparent on the surface is not known.
There evidences of a Tammany up
| heaval but just what 1t win amount to IN
the end cannot now be foretold. The Hearst
sentiment in the organization is admitted
1y growing.
Tammany Braves Independent
When Tammany celebrated the Fourth Of
July with great oratorical guns in the
wigwam, word was sent TO all the speak
ers that personalities were TO be avoided
| This action was taken, it is said. because
| the influential friends of Mr.. Hearst in the
| organization discovered on the program Of
| speakers men who they thought were not
| altogether friendly to the representative.
| 1t was significant that neither Mr.. Hearst 3
nor Mayor McClellan'S name was men,
| toned. The managers of the Independence
day jubilee We're notably afraid OF the
counter demonstrations that would have
followed a reference to either of these gem
| tlemen. The Tammany braves in an
independent frame of mind nowadays.
The only man that all Tammany could
agree upon to cheer William Jennings
Bryan and the pent-up enthusiasm of the
braves was cut loose when the dlstin-
| guished Nebraskan's name was heard In
| way. this demonstration had something
of a Hearst Significance, for the astute
political watchers growing more ana
| more certain that there will be sort
of political entente between Bryan and
Hearst soon after the former returns to
this country. Mr.. Bryan realizes that
Hearst is a force to be reckoned with Just
how far the entente will go the nature
1t Will take are things for the future to de-
termine. Hearst has proved his loyalty
to Bryan in the past and 1t is believed
that with assurances from Mr.. Bryan that
the Belmont-Ryan clan will not be allowed
to have hand in the campaign. finger
In the patronage pie, the editor will throw
all his support in the convention and after
ward to the Nebraskan's standard
The State Campaign.
If Hearst should be the democratic nomi-
nee for governor or New York state and
should win then more than ever would he
be force for Mr.. Bryan to cultivate.
Inc TepuDilCdTS are IOOklnS forward To
the state campaign with a good deal of
alarm. and it is plain that they fear Hearst
more than any other man mentioned by the
democrats. The grand old party managers
are impatient over the course pursued by
Gov. Higgins and are anxious for him
either to announce that he VIII or will not
be candidate for denomination. They feel
that If the governor were to announce his
candidacy now he would rally the party to
his support. His delay his INDIGESTION,
&c CIV r,r fhn
factions ana they are making the best of
the situation.
Plat and odell Friends.
One of the most disturbing 1olts the re-
publicans of the Higgins school have had
for many day was the announcement TINS
week that State Chairman and former
Gov. Benjamin b. oceil. IT, had been in
vited to Senator Piatts home and mad
iunched with the Easy Boss OF DAYS gone
by. A combination or OdeiI ana Platt has
elements CT strength In II which the repub-
licans who are assiduously endeavoring to
throw Mr.. OdeiI out or the party appreciate
and fear.
And here again looms up the Hearst
specter. for in the legislative campaign last
fall the Odell candidates for the legislature
Joined forces with the Municipal Ownership
League men placed in the field by Mr.
Hearst. In most instances the candidates
were the same.
in the empire state is more mixed up and
fraught with more unusual possibilities than
in any year for several decades 1t will be
an interesting situation to watch
Immigrants Reaching New York.
The detailed figures OF the work at the
immigration station on Ellis Island. New
York harbor, for the fiscal year ended June
80 last which already have appeared az
totals in The Star are decidedly interest
ing, and some corrections which fncreas Sc
the number of new citizens have been made
to the statistics gwen out three days ago.
Employing exact figures. I,062u54 tour
lists and aliens passed through the fmmi-
grafton station during the fiscal year. OF
this number $4,000 come under the lead
of allen newcomers who had emis.a. I'd TO
this country. the rest being composed of
that conglomerate class which crosses and
recrosses the Atlantic In tween deck QUAR-
tiers, some being aliens who nld Obtained
naturalization papers here and who had
gone abroad to visit old haunts and obi !
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