The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-16
'CONSTE|:RNATY \
IN M'C[E[ E[LAN
RANKS
Action of New York's Attorney
General in Hearst's Elec-
tion Contest
CREATED NO SMALL
GNSAllUN IN .lHAl .CllI
Jackson Apparently Believes McClel.
Ian is wrongfully Holding Office and
His Act in Making Contest Peo.
ples' Case Was Caused by Obstruc.
ZIONIST Tactics.

ples' Case Was Caused by Obstruc.
ZIONIST Tactics.
New York, Jan. 16.-The remarkable
action of Attorney General jackson
in making the case of William R.
Hearst, the claimant of the New York
City mayoralty the cause of the peo-
pie, brought CONSERVATION into the
Mcclellan camp and establishment in
to the city in general. That Mr.. Jack
son would go to this extent in forcing
recount of the votes cast in the cleo
tion of one year ago last November
was entirely unforeseen. 1t Is believed,
however, that the Attorney General
acted upon the presumtion that in
view of the obstructionist tactics he
gun by Mcclellan, heroic measures
were the only ones which would be
successful in forcing the issue. In
view of his latest action, there can be
no doubt that Mr.. Jackson sincerely
believes that Mcclellan holds his Office
wrongfully and that the election laws
have been prevented in his cause.
If this Is SO, there seems no doubt that
every resource of the states legal de-
partment will be exercised in right
ing the alleged wrong. Jackson has
a we'll established record as fighter.
1t was that record more than anything
else that made him the chief law
officer of the state, and 1t is fair to
assume that he will not permit his
record to suffer where only a little
strenuous application of power, of
which he now has much, would en-
hance it. He is young man and an
ambitions man and he may have an
eye on something far above the Office
he now holds. 1t is fair cry from
assistant district attorney of Erie
county to attorney general Of the big
gest state in the Union. Ambition
and the record built upon his fighting
qualities applied in the cause of right
bridged the breach for Jackson. Pos
sibly he may hope that the greater
chasm which now separates him from
some exalted Office may be spanned
by similar means. 1t is written in
history somewhere that an attorney
general has succeeded to the Governor
ship, and history also tells of jack
son who once held an Office than
which there is no more exalted in all
the world. It is not impossible that
the youthful attorney general hopes
But be that as it may, Mayor McClel-
land and his followers seem to be as
sured of a most lively and entertain
ing season in their effort to retain the
power which now, rightfully or wrong
fully, is theirs.
Hearst has made another surpris-
ing move in the political game he is
playing. In taking over the chair
manship of the Independence Leagues
state committee from Max Ihmsen,
politicians see evidence of decision
on Hearst's part to keep the control
of the machinery of his party abso-
lutely in his own hands. 1t is no
secret that the young millionaire was
not pleased with some of the things
done by Ihmsen during the campaign
for governor, and especially did he
feel aggrieved at the fact that right
up to election day he was made to be-
lieve that his success at the polls was
a certainty. No doubt it was severe
blow to Hearst's pride to find himself
beaten after he had given out state
ment as late as the closing of the polls
that he had been chosen by 100000
plurality. His acceptance of the state
committee craftsmanship demonstrates
conclusively one thing and that is that
he proposes to remain factor in
politics and that whether the recount
of the New York mayoralty vote places
him in control at City Hall or not.
II fact, the belief still prevails that
Hearst does not care much about be-
ing Mayor but would like to have it
demonstrated that he was the real
choice of the people for the Office.
Unusual interest was taken in the
recent bank elections here bcause Of
the disclosure of new figure in the
financial world. F. Augustus Heinze,
the former Montana Copper King
who has obtained control of the Mer-
camille National bank, one of the large
downtown institutions. Mr.. Heinze
has had meteoric career ever since
he went to Montana and began to
fight the Standard Oil copper inter-
ests. This fight dragged on for years
and was one of the bitterest in the
history of American finance. 1t was
compromised several months ago by
the payment to Heinse of a large sum
of money, said to have been we'll up
in the millions. 1t was the Heinze-
Standard oil fight which gave Thomas
w. Lawson material for several of the
most sensational chapters In his ar
ticles on "The System" Associated