New-York tribune., 1906-07-26
CHAUT4UQU4 POLITICS.
Hearst Popular IN Jamestoson-
Farmers 4re Not MisZed.

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county latterly has acquired a reputation for
Naflegated politics and bids fair this fall TO live
Up 20 ITS reputation. The regular Democratic
organization has indorsed Hearst, the county
committee having passed a resolution instruct
ing the two Assembly districts TO send Hearst
delegates to the regular Democratic state con-
Vention. The Hearst men have organized an
independence League in both Assembly districts
IN the county, the officers being about equally
divided between Republicans and Democrats
The Democrats OF Chautauqua County have
such uniformly hard time of il in electing
candidates for Office that they are more than
willing TO climb onto the Hearst band wagon if
there is any probability OF defeating the Repub-
lican ticket by so doing.
Frank II. Mott, who ran for Secretary OF
State on the Democratic ticket two years ago is
willing to sacrifice large part of a lucrative
law practice in order TO give his time to the
duties OF state Office. if the convention sees
ut again 70 honor him.
Frank w Stevens. president OF the BAR AS
sociation OF Chautauqua County-he being about
all there is Of the Bar Association in this county
is likely to be an independent candidate, with
Democratic and Hearst Endorsements for JUS
uce OF the Supreme Court in the sth Judicial
District. Mr.. Stevens is the Republican LAWYER
VINO LED the fight in Chautauqua County against
Justice Warren B. Hooker In order to make
trouble for the Republicans the local Demo-
Gratis. the Hearst people, are willing to support
Mr.. Stevens as an Independent candidate for the
bench.
( The eth Judicial District is composed of the
counties of Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus
Allegany, Orleans Niagara, Wyoming and
Genesee Four new Supreme Court justices are
to be elected this fail in this district Governor
Higgins has filled two vacancies in the district
by appointing ex-Civil Service Commissioner
Cuthbert B, Pound and Judge Marcus Of Buff
falo. 1t is expected that Justices Pound and
MARCUS will be on the Republican ticket for two
OF the places to be filled this fall. There does
not seem TO be any opposition to Mr. Pound but
the anti-Hooker men in Chautauqua say that
they will oppose Judge Marcus because he was
warm defender of Justice Hooker.
WADE AND WILLIAMS NOT TO RUN.
Assemblyman Arthur c. Wade and Assem-
blyman Williams, who represented Chautauqua
IN the lower house at Albany last winter, are
not candidates this year. The younger Repub-
llcans Of the county nominated Augustus F.
Allen in the 1st District and Charles NJ Hamil-
ton, of Ripley in the I'd District The I'd is the
late Speaker Nixon's Old district. Senator
Fancher has been renonlinated. This will be his
third term. He lives in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County.
Jay A Butler, Of Jamestown, a real estate
dealer and Democrat, is chairman of the execu-
tive committee OF the newly organized Inde-
pendence League. The secretary is John E. Carl
son, former Republican Assembly clerk.
James A Hughes. of this city, has been chosen
as state committeeman for the 1st District, and
Timothy C. Driscoll, Of Dunkirk, an iron
moulder, state committeeman for the I'd District
Various Republicans seen by The Tribune re-
porter to-day admitted that the Republicans in
this city were not in particularly good shape for
the fall campaign. jamestown has a consider
able number of voters prone to follow off any
new political wagon. especially when it is red
and they regard the Hearst wagon as partcu-
larly red In 1896 Bryan orators held mass
meetings day by day on the street corners Of
jamestown, and they were the most disappointed
men on earth on election night when they found
he was not elected.
jamestown is one of the most prosperous man
ufacturing towns in the United States The
merchants here boast that they never have hard
times. This immunity from industrial depres-
sion makes a considerable percentage of voters
here eager to try political experiments. They
welcome the advent of Hearst with an ardor
comparable to the joy of a small boy watching
a circus coming to town. This proneness to po-
litical melOdrama fortunately for the Republi-
can party. does not To any extent prevail among
the sturdy agriculturists of Western New York.
PROUD OF REPUBLICAN RECORD.
Generally speaking. the farmers of Chautau-
qua County this year, as in years gone by. are
brirnful Of pride on account OF the records made
by the Republicans at Washington and Albany.
Their mail boxes are burdened with Indepen-
dence League literature, but the Chautauqua
County farmers have q keen recollection of the
last Democratic national administration and the
poor market prices for farm products during
Cleveland's second term. They are not being
stampeded by Mr. Hearst.
Charles N. Dow. president OF the Chautauqua
Is no 6OJ1hf
at all that Hearst will get a large vote in
jamestown as candidate for Governor this fall.
Il am not at all active in politics. said Mr..
Dow to-day to The Tribune correspondent but
/ know from daily contact with the people who
come and go from this bank that there is de-
cfdedly Independent feeling among the voters
in jamestown this year / don't know that this
independent feeling extends far into the agr-
cultural districts Chautauqua County is one of
the banner Republican counties of the state, and
Portable margin on the Republican side. have
been surprised this year 10 hear from a good
many Republicans favorable comment on the
candidacy of Mr.. Hearst"
will old line Democrats vote for him II he is
first nominated by the Independence Lacquer"
was asked.
~ don't think that will make much. If any,
difference with the independent voters" said Mr..
Dow. Il think the feeling is quite general
among the independents that IL Hearst is elected
Governor this fall he never will be a candidate
independent voters in this county will vote for
him for Governor in the belief that this year
is a fitting time 20 rebuke machine politicians,
and in the further belief that Hearst would not
do any particular harm if elected"
What about the Governorship?'
GOV HIGGINS POPULAR IN COUNTY.
Governor Higgins on account of being a near
neighbor, naturally is strong with the Repub-
licans of chautauqua. wouldn't undertake to