New-York tribune., 1907-10-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

Political affairs in Albany County co"lp'i'"'eu
hy municipal election in the cap.'8' 'l,S, az
causing William Barnes the Repuph3ah ci''el
| that bailiwick some perturbation lie has 0" 'iS
| 1o,ds disaffectIon among his followers as the re-
sult of county nominations, couple OF ASSe"i"''
places 10 fll-one that OF the veteran '''u nv
tho prospect Of a combination Democra'Ic-o''iN'l
| ticket against his own municipal ticket. 'Teore
! AddinCton now District ATTORNEY has heeh NOM
led as the Republican candidate TOR county judge
q place which Charles W. Mead desired s''s''S go
for which all his friends thought hin s',eu i'''
| los la IN his announcement that he Will not go
! hack n the Assembly He had served seven years
had become head of the Judiciary Coni'il,,s' ~
second COMMITTEES in importance and was MI
! Barnes's chief reliance In the lower house
Many of the Albany country towns nave snow -
dissatisfaction because John Franey was feho""-
! mated as County Clerk instead of some man iro"
the rural part Of the county. But muC" u -
prayer perplexity OF the Republican leader c"'".'
from the fact that. while he intends TO
| Mavor Charles II. Gaus of Albany for I"u''"
torn, and most of the other municipal oHlCeiS
! there is on foot a strong citizens movement 'oi
| fusion ticket, 10 be headed by EdwaFu ~
! a business man of Albany The haFHet he' i
| claim this deal" arranged by 'Packy Me' ahe
! H. rap,ocrs,ic county leader. Controller Martin
H. Glynn and the Independence League ana uis
gr7Intled Republicans" Durant Is susnlauzed AZ
seceder from the Republican ranks. and II Is WINS
narod that his election would mean the establish
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tho wishes Of OdeI Nevertheless. the citizens
movement which has behind It many OF the people
who have been conducting campaign against wee
and gambling in the lower part OF the city seems
altogether likely to he taken up by the Democrats
and perhaps by the Independence League MI
Durant has not yet consented 20 run
pobart p Waters of Green Island. has been re-
noninated by te Republicans OF the Sd District OF
Albany County.
John R Vale has been named by the RePuhii-
can. OF Putnam County as their choice for the AS
sembly This would be Mr.. Yale's seventh terR
In a reorganization of the Republican General
Committee Of Onondaga County Ray b. smith as
sistant clerk of the Assembly has been made clar-
man Mr.. Smith an active candidate last ses-
sion for the clerkship of the Assembly following
services as assistant secretary OF the Repuohcah
State Committee, but finally withdrew ms canal
dacv II is expected that he will be a candidate
again this winter. He is recognized in Syracuse as
one Of the most active of Francis Hendricks lieu
tenants Probably there will be two new Assembly
men from Onondaga County this coming session.
as the slate scheduled for the conventions on Oc-
tober is Supervisor ]. c. Mclaughlin, of FL
bridge lst District. which last year was repre-
sented by Edward Schoeneck Fred w. Hammond.
at present AssembIyman from the I'd District. and
Henry Walters. Sd District. &c succeed George L.
Baldwin.
Vigorous efforts making in the western part
of the state to produce political capital out of
the break in the canal at Syracuse several weeks
ago The newspaper owned by Mr.. Conners the
Democratic state chairman is conducting cam
paign against Superintendent Stevens OF the De-
partment Of Public Works in which the canal men
being exploited in way which must strike
wonder TO the hearts Of those who remember
''Fingey" as a captain Of stevedores. Among the
criticisms evelled against Superintendent Stevens
,ic On q
that his interest is with the railroads; that
therefore he doesn't how long the boatmcn
compelled TO lie idle, and that he Is using his
office to promote his own political welfare and In
cidentay that OF Governor Hughes by the distribu-
ton of patronage
Democrats in the ist Assembly District OF St
Lawrence County have nominated G. f Wilson
their Assembly candidate.
Henry Seacord of Hamptonburg has been
named the Assembly candidate OF the Repub-
licans in the 1st District Of Ulster County. sue
ceed Assemblyman Fowler. Mr.. Seacord who Is
seventy-three years old has taken an active part
in Republican politics since the organization OF
that party in his county In the I'd District Solo
mon p. Thorne, OF Clintondale. has been nominated
TO take the place of Assemblyman Cunningham
Assemblyman Orlando Hubbs has been renonot
mated by the Republicans in the % District OF sur
folk County.
Moved out the Sd Assembly District of Monroa
County, which he represented last year into the
2d by Assembly district reapportionment As
semblyman Henry r. Glynn has played a Joke ON
most Of Rochester by agreeing move again into
the 4th District to become candidate against Ber-
nard j. Haggerty. the Republican candidate there
Several nights Mr.. Glynn, in a spirit OF fun
remarked TO acquaintance who found him walk
ing around the 4th District. that he had moved
there that lie could against his friend Hag-
gerty. The story found its way into the newspapers
finally. although Glynn protested that II was all =
joke Nevertheless. he attended the Democratic As.
sembly convention in the 4th District. the
BOSSES who had been finding some difficulty in
choosing available candidate, suddenly became
possessed of an inspiration.
Why there's Henry who's been talking about
moving here. Wen make him do II in earnest
and take the nomination. they said And they did
Glynn took the nomination, and Is transferring
his household goods. The district normally is slight
Is Republican, SO AIR. Haggerty may win anyway.
John =. Nickel, whom the Democrats of the Sd
Assembly District OF Monroe named their candt-
date for the lower house OF the Legislature has
declined make the run. that he may accept a
prior nomination for alderman from the Indepen-
dence League
The Democratic primaries In Cobleskill Schoheris
County. resulted In overwhelming victory for