The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30
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Senator Plat nor Senator Depew nor former
Governor odell will be a delegate at large.
and the drift, II was said yesterday. Is now
toward making up the four as follows: Gov.
Hughes. Nicholas Murray Butler. Timothy
l.. Woodruff and Herbert Parsons. II Gov.
Hughes does not care to 20 as one OF the
four delegates at large, the place, II was said.
may be given to Seth Low. II the Republican
State convention next spring indorses Gov.
Hughes for the Presidency 1t is not likely.
II was added. that the Governor would care TO
go as one OF the delegates at large for the
State.
Yet as a matter OF fact Theodore Roose-
welt. Governor OF the State in 1900. was a dele
gate at large to the Republican national con-
vention held in Philadelphia which nominated
Roosevelt for Vice-President. This suggests
a saying once uttered by David Bennett Hill:
If had gone to Chicago in 1892 ] should have
been nominated for the Presidency"
At that time, though. Gov. Hills friends
urged him not to appear upon the scene OF
battle.
Already there are a dozen Tammany can
didates for the nomination for Supreme
Court Justice In the First Judicial district to
succeed Justice Matthew Linn Bruce, who
was appointed by the late Gov. Higgins In
place OF Morgan j. o'Brien. resigned. Inoi-
dentally there 10 interest In ascertaining II the
Hearst people are to nominate a candidate for
this place. The Republicans are to nominate
o candidate, OF course: and 1t Is urged that
with three candidates in the field. Tammany.
the Hearst man and the Republican candidate.
the last would be the presumptive winner.
One OF the lawyers who argued the appeal
OF the Democratic State committee before
the Justices OF the Second Judicial district
and urged that Senator MoCarren should be
turned adrift as a member of the committee
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lawyers. that II the ma jority of the COMMITTEES
objected TO the color OF Senator McCarren's
eyes or they didn't like the cut Of his coat or
the size OF his ears or his feet. or IL for any
reason, personal or otherwise. the majority
Of the committee objected to Senator MoCar-
rens remaining on the committee the courts
had no other course but to decide against
Senator McCarren. Yet. on the other hand,
a few days ago Jacob A. Newstead, who had
been fired out as a member OF the New York
county Republican committee. was reinstated
by the court. The common sense view OF the
MoCarren situation. 1t Is commended by other
lawyers. is that he was elected by his con-
stituents as a member Of the Democratic
State committee, and that only his consti-
tuents can turn him out.
Speaking OF the laws delay. there are those
interested in public affairs who declare tina
the New York State constitutional convention
of 1894 was as shortsighted concerning the
future press Of litigation as we're the de-
signers Of the Brooklyn Bridge concerning the
passenger trafio business. Supreme Court
Justices Of New York and Kings counties 1t
10 kno wn. are among the hardest worked men
In the country. Many Of them have been COM
PEELED for months past to work In their libraries
at home nearly all night IN order not to be
swamped. With this kno Wedge OF the stu
alton perhaps the members of the next con-
| atitlttional OOnvantinn which IN nn0t ha hold
until 1914. will provide the great cities OF the
State with a sufficient number of Judges to
keep pace with the growing demands Of liti-
gants.
One Supreme Court Justice heard a few
days ago 100 motions. On an average about
80 per cent. Of the mot ons are decided on
hand, while the others have TO be carefully
considered. the papers submitted gone over
and the cases cited by both sides looked UP
and weighed with reference to their bearing
on the subject matter Of the controversy.
The Congressional Library at washin gton
will install a department where Photographic
records OF speeches OF statesmen and dis
tin guished persons will be preserved for the
benefit Of future generations. The Govern
ment recently received a record containing
an address made by the German Emperor.
and this led to the suggestion that the utter
ances OF other statesmen might be preserved
Ill ~ ooihc "og'
When the Maryland Ia g~islature in 1908 asked
Thomas Jefferson to accept a third term JEFF
ferson replied: If some termination to the
services OF the Chief Ma ~eistrate be not fixed
by the Constitution or supplied by practice
his office. normally four years. will. In fact.
become for life, and history shows how easily
that degenerates into an inheritance.
Il feel It a duty to do no act which shall
essentially impair that principle. and | should
unwillin gly be the person who. disre garding
the sound precedent set by an illustrious
predecessor. should furnish the first attempt
Of prolon cation beyond the second term Of
office"
As a matter OF fact, Washin gton. jefferson
and jackson could easily nave mad third terms.
The first United States census report filled
hfty-six pa ges: the twelfth fills 10. 400 pages.
each as large as several pa ges Of the first re-
port.
Gov. Cummins OF Iowa Is a former Pennsyl-
vanian. a native Of Greene county.
President Roosevelt is reported to be worth
$500 go and William j. Bryan $500 900.
Henry NJ. Whitney. whom the Democrats
Of Massachusetts talk Of nominating for
Governor this fall. is looked upon as a re-
markable mar in many respects. He is 20
and up 90 three years ago had not been known
as a public speaker. In 1905 Gov. Guild,
Republican. won by 20, 1000. while Whitney.
Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Gov-
crnor, was defeated by only about 1000.
Whitney got right down to the people in
his advocacy Of reciprocity and tariff re-
vision. He visited all the business. labor
and manufacturing districts and in direct,
homely phrases explained his views to the
audiences. There we're no rhetorical -four
ishes, no efforts at oratorioal display, just
plain. simple sentences In Whitney's speeches.
As a business man with a lifetime OF practical
experience behind him he believed he could
tell the voters the truth as he understood IL.
william j. Bryan receives. II is said by those
who pretend they know. from SIS, 900 to sto.-
600 a year as a lecturer and this income would
be materially c~urtalled II there we're a diminu-
ton OF MIR. Bryan's star In the Democratic
armament. This recalls a recent pleasant
little conversation between MIR. Bryan and
James NJ. Guffey. Democratic national COM
mltteeman for Pennsylvania.
"You couldn't be elected II nominated in