Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-10-09
POLITICAL GOSSIP
OF THE Me TROPOilS
The Effect of a Tammany Victory in
the Democratic Control of the State.

The Effect of a Tammany Victory in
the Democratic Control of the State.
New York. Oct. Especial corre-
spondence of The Republican, = The
result of the Democratic primaries
here will be more far reaching than
appears on the surface Of things The
defeat of Mayor Mcclellan and the vic
tory of Charles F. Murphy as leader
Of Tammany hall means that Murphy
and his upstate friends will be able
to control the vote of New York state
in the next Democratic National con-
vcntion- That means that Murphy and
his combination viii be in a position
To demand some recognition when the
nominations are made and that these
leaders will demand something sub
stantial IS certain. They will probably
continue to boom Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler of New York, who was the
first democrat to carry the state of
New York in years. as a candidate for
President. Their real purpose. how
ever. is to secure the second place for
their candidate They believe that
with Chanler as Vice-President they
can carr the state of New York again
for their candidate for governor and
perhaps secure democratic legisla-
ture. The latter is the objective point,
for with state government in their
hands the democratic political leaders
who have been out of office for many
years will be able to reha5ilitate their
machine The latter is still sadly in
need of repairs especially as the last
campaign with its schism over Will
liam Randolph Hearst proved too much
of Il strain on the ancient concern.
What Hearst expects to do and what
attitude he win assume towards one
or the other of the two national par
ties is not yet quite clear. The an
nounced intention Of the Independence
league to go il alone in tie next cam
paign on the-heels of the published
statement from NJ. Hearst that under
no circumstances would he be again a
candidate for President has confound- /
ed the politicians in both parties. AS
General Crosvenor of Ohio has cor
rectly estimated. Hearst still holds the
balance of power in the Empire state
and therefore as well as because Of his !
influence in other localities. he must
be reckoned with.
Mr.. Hearsts admirers have been
pointing with some pride to the SINH |
larity between the methods which he |
has advocated for many years for the |
control of corporations and the legis- |
lation enacted by n Republican con-
gress and by legislatures OF both par
ties in various states during the past |
legislative session. But even though |
this be admitted to be true the result |
is merely this that Mr. Hearst has |
been deprived OF one Of his best cam /
paign arguments. Nor has the admin |
istration Of Governor Hughes whom |
Hearst 50 bitterly opposed served TO |
help the Hearst propaganda. He must |
therefore look for some new point of 1
attack, something that the other par
ties have not yet taken up, and he has
lit upon the judiciary as needing Of re-
form. The attack made upon the /
bench at the state convention of the 4
independence league which was called 1
to nominate candidates for the Court /
Of Appeals has never been cqualled /
for violence Of expression and denunci-
alton. II is possible that the scheme I
was suggested to Mr.. Hearst indirectly |
by District Attorney William Travers
Jerome who made a similarly violent
attack on the judges Of the criminal /
courts in New York city. True il is
that the eXpOunding of the laws by I
some Of the judges has been curiously /
in favor Of the corporate interests. In
one instance the son of a supreme court
judge Dragged that his father had been
placed on the bench at the instance Of
the Metropolitan Street railway of
New York, by which corporation the
son was employed at a big salary in a
minor capacity as one of their legal /
force.
Il seems therefore likely that the In
dependence leaguers will take up the l
government by injunction issue again.
II is doubtful however, if that will by
itself prove sufficiently strong to at
tract the voters. In connection with
the states rights question, however,
the argument might prove attractive.
50 it is thought. if it were directed
against the federal judiciary. Prom
inent Democrats here believe that Will
liam Jennings Bryan has at last struck
q great political keynote in his ar
raignment Of the Roosevelt admins
tration.
The opinion is being very generally
expressed that Bryan as the logical
candidate of the Democrats only Roose- 4
Welt stands between them and victory. !
Should Roosevelt adhere to his an
po,.,cad decision NOT IN rim again fha