The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
Is this couplet Of T~hackeray's timely;
How very weak the very wise.
How very small the very great arei

y o. Messenger OF washington ndu u
dream the other night about the Republican
| national convention OF 1908. He dreamed
that il is to be a dandy; that there is to be
| balloting day and night for Taft, Fair
| hanks. Knox, Cannon. Cummins. LaFollette
and Hughes. Finally" said MIR. Messenger.
! Il dreameit that in the cold gray dawn of the
| second morning. when the convention hall
| was a sight. with overturned chairs, torn
banners. Uttered floors. and everybody was
| tired. sleepy. red eyed and cross, a big Ne
| hraskan got up on the sta We. and In n voice
! like that OF the celebrated quadruped of
| Bashan cried: What's the matter with
Roosevelt?' 'Whoop-ee,' yelled the conven-
! ton. and away II went. Somebody flashed
| n lot Of Roosevelt banners and they started
in a procession around the hall that made
| Bryans famous cross OF gold and crown OF
! thorns walkaround look like a funeral march.
Rooseve cit got the unanimous vote
well. what happened next? What did
! the President say about his repeated decli-
nntions2"
"oh, then | woke up"
The officers 10 be voted In New York county
next election day are as follows;
One Supreme Court Justice 20 succeed
Justice Bruce.
Three Judges Of the Court of General Ses-
sion.. two OF them new Judges under the
new law and the third to take the place OF
Recorder McAvoy. that once having been
abolished
six city Court Judges. four new ones and
two expirations.
six Municipal Court Judges. I'VE new
ones and one expiration
A sheriff.
Aldermen and Assemblymen.
For Senators. II a new apportionment Is
pass ed at Albany. and barring that an cleo
ton under the 1894 apportionment.
Possibly a President OF the Board Of Alder
men. according to a future Interpretation
| Of the charter by Attorney-General Jackson
| and Secretary OF state Whalen.
In an adv ertisement Of a mortgage COM
many IL is stated that the total shrinkage in
| the value Of listed stocks ~ the past six
months exceeds 1000 900. 1000.
lame. J. Martin, New York's City Chamber
lain TO succeed the late Patrick Keenan,. IL a
veteran In Democratic local, State and ma
tional politics. In 1879. with o Kelly as
leader OF Tammany. Mr., Martin was assigned
10 Vermont TO ransack the State for votes for
Tilden. Tilden lost the state by 24.07s votes.
a very creditable performance when ~ is re-
called that Grant carried the state In 1872 by
50, A57. and IN 1858 by 56.2l2.
For many wears Mr.. Martin has been a dele
gate to the state and national conventions Of
his party. When Mr.. Hearst was nominated
for Governor last fall Mr.. Martin resigned the
Tammany leadership OF the Twenty-seventh
district. saying: Il am a Democrat and have
always been and alw ays viii be q Democrat,
but | cannot support Hearst. There are too
many reasons why I cannot support Hearst
for me to enumerate them now. l will NOT
support or work for Hughes"
one Of the matters complained Of was that
Mr.. Hearst IN 1905. while a Tammnny Congress
man. ran ns an independent candidate fol
Mayor against Mayor Mcclellan. the re gularly
nominated candidate OF Tammsny. Another
was that Mr.. Hearst s organization threatened
last year thAs unless he was nominated b.