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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Rureau.I

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Oct 3.--Mlss Mabel Boardnan was
hostess at dinner party tonight at the Country
eigu delegates the International Congress Tu-
bercuIosis Miss Boardn1an expects her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W !. Boardnan. to close their estate at
Manchester and come TO Washington on October 20.
Commander and Mrs Rush r. Wallace have re-
turned to their house Massachusetts after
spending the summer ar Nantucket. Miss Henrietta
Wallace accompanied them here
Rear Admiral Converse will be Joined here IN
about ten days by Mrs Converse and their daugh-
tiers. Miss Maud. Miss Shelby and Miss Olga Con
verse. who still at their summer home the
Naples, Norwich. Vt
DR.. and Mrs. Francis NJ Gunnel- who have
opened their Washington house for the season will
have their guest for part of the winter Mrs
Mark Brooke, wife of Lieutenant Brooke, Z. s. A
Mrs. Stanley Matthews has opened her house in
street for the season and win. usual entertain
a number of house parties
Mr. and Mrs WoIcott Tuckern1an are again II
town and have opened their house IN r street for
the winter.
Miss Margaretta P. syruons. daughter Of Lieu
tenant Colonel and Mrs. Thomas ". Sy1nons has
gone abroad under the chaperonage of Miss Bette
Poe. of Baltimore and viii spend the entire winter
in visiting different parts Of Europe. Mrs SvInons
is in town, but will go to Buffalo for visit before
opening her house Lafayette Square for the win
ter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau-I


Washington Oct. 3.-President Roosevelt aLtei
busy day in the executive offices. went for q lohs
horseback ride late this afternoon
Secretaries Wright and Cortelyou and Pos'"ia9
ter General Meyer I'm conference Win TIC
President early this afternoon.
The President left the White House orhces a.
noon and went over to the new National Museum
where he addressed the delegates at the CLOSING
session Of the International Congress on IuOsrCN-
iosis.
A committee from the Southern Commercial CON
gress. consisting OF John A Betjeman, OF Albany
Ga: Edwin I. QuarIes. OF Petersburg va anu
G. G. Daw of Montgomery. Ala, called on inc
President to invite him to attend the congress
which meets this winter. and ask MN -
have the departments aid some Of the work me
President will designate Secretary wright 70 at'e"
the congress as the official representative OK tHe
government.
Assistant Secretary Bacon. Of the State Depart
rnent: p H. Morrissey, of Cleveland; Daniel D.
Keefe Of Michigan; George N Wise. OF virginia
General Powell Clayton Of Alabama Mr. Lane
of the Interstate Commerce Commission Brlsa-
der General II. G. Sharpe, Colonel Joseph H. AcA-
len State Game Warden. of Tennessee. and ex-
Representative Bishop Of Michigan. were among
the days callers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
TAUNANY AT ALBANY.

The tender care with which the Democratic
organization in this city fosters the welfare of
It's citizens and co-operates in making living
conditions here more tOlerable and agreeable
is shown ia the Democratic nominations just
announced for seats in the State Senate. Pub
lie spirited legislators at Albany can do an i'm
mense service to this community both in plan
ming laws for local betterment and in opposing
laws intended TO despoiI the municipality Of
rights and franchises. Honest efficient govern
ment is nowhere more needed than here, where
corruption has SO long stalked abroad, and the
heterogeneity Of the clty's population makes 1t
an easy prey 10 selfish political promoters and
exploiters But what sign of even the most
belated appreciation Of the crying need for polit
teal regeneration is given in the selection of
Democratic candidates for the upper branch Of
the legislature
II is only necessary 10 read the list Of nom'na-
items TO see that Tammany Hall is still enlisted
In the fight TO defy progress and TO continue the
unhappy conditions which make for local mis-
government, graft inefficiency Of administration
end excessive cost of living for all those who
cannot throw the burdens of taxation on some
body else's shoulders. Tammany Hall proposes
10 send 10 Albany as Senators c. d. Sullivan,
Timothy D. Sullivan. Thomas +. Grady, Thomas
! McIanus ard James J. Frawley, all init
msteIy associated with the operations Of the
Tammany machine-which works this city as it
would an asphalt, rubber or mining concession
and 10 give them as associates a few obscure
and presumably plant satellites. What genuine
.srvice can the city expect from Legislators OF
lis type All their interests and inclinations
are bound up with the perpetuation of the old,
costly. Incompetent order, in which the political
class finds fits opportunity for profit. They can
be depended upon to resist all rational. progress
sire legislation making for bettermenf here. and
10 fhHart the purpose Of Governor Hughes, if
he is reelected, to raise the general standards
of political administration. They are negative
forces. struggling 10 prolong the life Of cher
fshed abuses and 10 delay the approach of
more enlightened era in state and municipal af-
fairs
There are many benichted New Workers who
iook complacently on the activities az Tammany
Hall snd imagine that it leyies tribute only on
the richer classes IN the community. But this
Is an egregious blUbder. Tammany rule and
Tanmany ideas bear hardest on the poor, for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Belmont Park figures largely on the programme
of the fashionable world for the next fortnight
The autumn racing season begins there tomorrow
and many weekend parties are taking place to-day
at country houses on Long Island in connection
with the opening. Excellent sport is promised
despite tho restrictions placed upon betting and
the attendance of society bids fair to be quite as
large as in previous years IS usual the Turf and
Field Club, which occupies the old Manice home
stead in the park will be the scene Of many lunch
cons tomorrow prior to the races and providing
the weather is favorable, the lawn VIII present a
picturesque spectacle, dotted in every direction
with beautifully dressed women. Belmont Park
with its greensward and its grand old trees decked
just in the mult-hueL array of their autumn
foliage is probably the most popular racecourse in
the country with the smart set, and It never aD-
pears to greater advantage than on the opening
day Of the fall season. when the cliques and the
clans into which New York society is now divided
have their first general gathering after the sum
mer holidays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
MORE INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

Seven years have elapsed since DR.. Koch ut
not transmissible to man, and that pulmonary
consumption in the human subjecc resulted only
from the inhalation Of air contaminated with
germs from the sputum Of human victims of the
disease The declaration took his hearers, the
members of the International tuberculosis Con
gress of 1901. by surprise. Yet it elected
prompt and energetic protests Even before the
body to whom DR.. Koch addressed himself ad-
iourned so distinguished an authority as Lord
Lister raised his voice III dissent. Since then
many other men who have made a special study
of the matter have disagreed with him. Some
of them-Dr. Calmettr of Lille, is one-have
made tests which indicate that disease germs
can reach the lungs by way of the intestines,
and are inclined to suspect that food may be
the principle vehicle of infection. While not
going quite so far DR. Calmette, the special
commission appointed by King Edward TO in
vestigate the subject is fully committed to the
doctrine that contaminated food Is a source of
danger.
The frankness with which DR.. Koch reiterated
his views in Washington last week shows that
his position is unchanged. it also appears. how
ever that the majority of the Investigators who
we're present are arrayed against him. Absolute
unanimity was not TO be expected perhaps for
in the end it may prove that both infected air
and infected food are portions. It may be that
the chief question yet to be answered IL what
proportion the risk from one bears TO the risk
from the other If the task of affording protec-
ton through municipal, state and national regu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

no mans income however small, is exempt from
a tax of from 10 to 20 per cent levied TO support
the luxury of Tamlnany's standing army Oh
political mercenaries. Practically every Voter
who votes to send Tammany Senator 10 Al
bany or otherwise TO sustain Tammany sen
fences himself TO q fine equivalent TO from one
tenth to one-ffth of his income
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Hunting has now begun on Long Island in New
Jersey and in Westchester County. The Meadow
Brook Hounds have already had a number of runs
under the mastership OF Samuel Willets runs
which have been slgnslized by a considerable num-
Der of mshaps, among them falls sustained by
Miss Cornelia Bryce. whose injuries, though pain
full are not serious. and by Henry Fletcher God
frey who rolled upon by his horse in such 4
manner that some time will elepse before he will
be again in the saddle Hunting indeed Will
during the next two weeks. in the Meadow Brook
district at any rate, divide with the racing at
Belmont Park the attention and interest OF the
New York colony on Long Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Another centre of much social life just at present
Is Tuxedo. where the cottages are all occupied and
the clubhouse is crow led especially at the week
ends. The trotting races organized by Pierre
Lorillard, jr- and his fellow members OF the Tux
edo Horse Show Association the horse show
track are proving great success and a very pop
ular feature Among those who are spending the
autumn there Mr.. and Mrs Henry s. Redmond
Mr. and Mrs. j. Frederic Tams. Mr.. and Mrs
Archibald Rogers Mr.. and Mrs. Austen GRAY Mr.
and Mrs Edison Bradley. Mr.. and Mrs Paul Tuck
ermal Mr. and Mrs. Henry g. Fmmet. Senator
and Mrs Chauncey NJ. Depew. NJ and Mrs
Charles B. Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Rives. Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Isen and Miss
lsehn. Mr.. ana Mrs. Lucius WIlmerdng Mr. and
Mrs George +. Baker. Mr.. and Mrs +. Fulton
Cutting. who have just returned from abroad and
the Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Shipman besides ulany
others The season at Tuxedo will continue In full
swing until after tho Halloween ball when people
viii begin TO drift back into town from the suburbs
for the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mr.. Lawson gets a whole huckleberry ahead
of another distinguished humorist, who pro
nounced report of his own death to be greatly
exaggerated" He personally confirms the re-
port of his own death. and demands that for the
sake of convenience he shall be permitted to re-
main dead. But he gives no intimation that he
would be willing to accept requiescdt in pace as
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Many marriages are scheduled tor the month Of
october Among them Is that OF Miss Caroline
McCook 10 John Junius Morgan on Tuesday next
at the house of her parents Colonel and Mrs John
J. McCook. in West 54th street Miss McCook Will
nave as her bridesmaids her cousins. Miss Har-
riet and Miss Janetta Alexander. daughters OF Mr.
and Charles r. Alexander; her sisters. Miss Martha
and Miss Harriet McCook. Miss Helen Hamilton
daughter of Mrs. W. Fierson Hamilton: Miss
Eleanor Alexander daughter Of Mrs Henry Add
son Alexsnder, Miss Edith Ellis and Miss Dorothy
Smith W Pierson Hamilton will be the best man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Tammany state Senator was turned down
for denomination because he unaccountab bly, sup
ported a bill in the Legislature making fraudu-
lent registration and voting more difficult, He
should have known that he was striking fatal
blow at an important Tsmmany industry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

only profitable but necessary to make. For
there will be pretty general agreement win
the frank declaration of this address that II
a saloon is not run in a law-abiding and decent
manner it must lose its legal right TO do bus'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

II the Annoy plan Of fosging all who have
circulated false reports concerning the voyage OF
our fleet were generally practised, how uncom-
monty busy the cato -nine-tails would be!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Two years ago Mr.. Chanler was an emanci-
pate6 modernist in politics preaching Hearst
ism. Now he seems to have backslid q century
to primitive Jeffersonianism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Governor Hughes's physical voice may fall,
but the purport of what he has already said viii
not be lost to the public mind of the nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
2sssp7lork Dsailp Gibmass
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1908,

ThIs ,le,0sp0per is ofCned and published on
Tb8 Tribune association, Ne10 orr c0po'o-
tim: Office end principal place OF BUSINESS
Tribune Building. No. T54 Nassau SrTeet' NIo
I,o.-I.. oo6er ut1Is nrcsident james NJ Barrett,
,,o.,,o-,, and treasurer. The address OF the
oesocrs Sc the office of this newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Invitations have been issued for the wedding
week from Tomorrow q Miss MarZusrlte Wake
TO Rae Rogers. son of Hr and Mrs Archibald
Rogers in the Collegiate church. Fifth aTenus ard
oath street The bridesmaids will consist q Mss
Carol Hartman Miss Jeanette kisseI. Miss Hs-sa
Coster. Miss Areen Osborn. daughter Of Mrs Frsd.
erfck Osborn. Miss Eleanor Greea- and Miss EEaa
Rogers sister OF the bridegroom Another OF hs
sisters. Miss Anne Rogers, a. well aS Miss KAN
crime Parsons daughter o. Mt and Ms n Ds
F2erkeIev Parsons and Miss Katherine Cslt.
cousin Of the bride are 70 sCt IS flower girls p.
nuud r Rogers viii be the best man. and -
usners will consist 81 Hamilton Fish. ir. Aynar
Johnson William Watson " Coleman Rogers.
Gordon AuchincIoss- Joseph Walker 3D. and T.
FairfeId-Osborn il The ceremony viii Be followed
bv a reception given b. Mr. and Mrs. JossPh
walker IT, the parents Of the bride al their ho7ss
in East 9Th street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Tropical storms are said to be approaching
It felt more like Arctic storms early yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Grace Church will be the scene % the veddtHE y
Miss Mathide Van Rensselaer, 70 Georss q White
fr on October % Miss Beatrice and Miss GeFr-uss
De Coppet will be the bridesmaids. and Cagrsi7
AveriU. Of the 7th Cavalry, T. : 4, vii 5s rs
best man. Howard Hadden. George Hewlett Roh-
er+ Bovd Willis Wood, Samuel STREET and T. Assas
Ellsworth viii be the ushers- The bride VII b
given away by her brother. Charles A Van Rsusss-
Iaer She Is now staying with her mother. Mrs
Stephen Van Rensselaer, at West Orange 0ut VI
come 10 town with her and viii he 81 No = East
s2d street after October Is The reception ar ths
Colony Club which was 70 have followed the we'd
ding has been abandoned. owing 70 tHe recent asaA
of Mrs Van Rensselaer's brother. John g. Hscs-
scher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Courtenay Waller Bennett. G. / =. British Cor
sui General at New York. and Mrs. Bennett 90
arrived from England. after spending the So
abroad. and the Hon. Reginald Walsh NJ ' :,
British Consul here, sails next week for HONS
leave OF absence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ledyar6 Blair are at their cos
try place, Blairsden. near Peapeck. y J. TOT
fall They will return TO town the latter par = :
next month and make their headquarters at Ire .
Regis until Lent. when they expect 10 - aor'4-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. S. OsgOOd Pei arrived n t0N-
couple Of days ago from their place al Nes'0-'
Long Island. and are at the Plaza
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Among those sailing yesterday were the %
OF WintertOn. the only Irish peer OF his ralA =
cupyine a seat IN the House OF Commons y
has been spending week here making Ms -
quarters at the Yale Club. When last IN New =.
prior TO his accession to his fathers eareoA'
bore the title Of Lord Turnour. and was nv
ject OF much attention the parc OF mterNls~ -
Another Well known Englishman sailing SeS' -
Esne Howard. c. v O.. who has been -
as British Charge dAnaires IN the United So =
during the absence o. Ambassador Bryce ]" -.
rope, and who after spending two years =
country. has Just been transferred % the pos a,
councillor Of the British Embassy at Vienna -
Isabella Howard and her CHILDREN are aIreS"s
Europe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mrs William Person Hamilton. Mrs J. 80 80
Hartman. Mrs James Speyers. Mrs J. ISL
Morgan. Mrs. Fl. Fairfield Osborn Mrs Aoram
Hewitt. Mrs. Charles 3 Alexander. Mrs -
Clews. Mrs Richard Irwin and Mrs. Ds-- -.
Prince are among the patronessss for the Deo..l
Annex day on October at the New Yssk sieS'N
show at Madison Square Garden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Miss Juliette Hu0belIs marriage to Mason yer
s1sr1s = son Of Charles Dickinson Adams, follows
on October 81 at the Brick Presbyterian Chlrca
Fifth avenue and S7th street Miss Margaret ard
Miss Ruth Hubbeu will Re in attendance en rasf
sister as bridesmaids. The bridegroom. Who Is an
engineer. has been living for some tins paSt I"
Vancouver b Q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Miss Dorothy Quincy Grlnnell was married
Charles RefnoId Noyes. OF ST Paul. At noon yests
day in the home Of her parents Mr- and MS Z
Morgan GrinneI No IS East 18th street Il was
very small affair and only a few relatives Esfs
present at the ceremony, which was p7-torrns1 p
the Rev. John Haynes Holmes Inc drawing 9o'H
where the ceremony took place was decarsls-
with white roses and Chrvsanr heuur1s, and
bower Of palms was arranged at one end OF II
room. and in front Of it was placed a WINE sam
prie-dieu, on which the young couple Hner dlrll-
the service. The bride wore gown OF Fnirs SAN
trimmed with lace and carried a bou7ust OK ha7s-
Of-the-valley-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Miss Marguerite Chaplin has taken aPartrnsA-' -
the ST. Regis for the winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04
Aboxf People and SOc'os incidents

OF his cousin. who is a son OF shs Rev Dr. =.
3. Morgan. OF Paris. and a nephew OF Mr. and ~
J. Pierpont Morgan re ceremony will IA ..
lowed by a small N
Another wedding the same afternoon Win -
that OF John Du FATS Mrs Charles Acton -.
in the Berkeley Chapel Of st. Colombo AZ ~
port General J. Fred Pierson WIN bs ~,
cousins best man The bride. who VIII b ~
away By her cousin Hugh VilIoughby Is a dsr1s
ter Of the late John Daggett Hunt and the uiso
Of Charles Acton Ives. who died in 1890. The "a.
ding viii be very quiet one. indeed as the bra.
groom is in deep mourning for his mother NJ,
Ferdinand Du Fais, and his sister. Mss Ezizata,.
Du Fails. After brief wedding trip the Re.s-
married couple will take up their residences In Es.
York. at No. 2 Washington Square, for the wiatsr
Miss ouise Kobbe's marriage 20 william Al
ander Manning takes place Thursday at sho-,
Hills. N J. where her parents. Mr.. and Mr,
George G. Kobbe have a country place Miss AHs.
and Miss Martha Kobe. Miss Elise Lazarus ana
Miss Elsa Burgess. as well Mrs J. Victor 0na
tivia tr and Mrs. Robert F. Manning will h =
attendance on the bride. while the Two ltsls sous
Of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur little viii of7ciats a.
pages Robert +. Manning will be the best nan
The wedding OF Mss Alice KObbe, a sister Of n.
bride 10 Curtis Gordon Rand is SET for becsmbe-a
BENJAMIN Happen Fairchiid's marriage n Ms,
Julia Freeman is set for Saturday al lIreenvieh
Conn. where her mother. Mrs. Frank Morgan Frss-
man has her summer home Miss Egeaaor Ha-,
Miss Constance Fairchild and Miss Louise Free
man are among the bridal attendants The usher,
will include William : F-airchiId and Douzlaz Glib
bons and Ralph Carroll will be the best man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Peter GOeIet Gerry viii spend the winter N "a
land. and has taken house at Melton NoToTA
in Leicestershire. for the hunting season. ne VI
take eight or ten horses with him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt. who has been N co. co..
for the last three days, departed for newport p
terday, with her mother. Mrs Francs O'1-'-
French who arrived from Europe on Fridas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mr. and Mrs William Church Osborn vii ~
return to town from their country place 81 GsIiF
son. N Y, until the middle of next month
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mrs. Charles T. Barney who spent the sJnlns :
Europe at LangenschwaIbach. has returned 70 W.
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Phoenix Ingraham sailed for Europe yes's'aa'
on board the Campania. He is going over 10 Fa'
10 attend the wedding there Of his SISTER Ns'
Nathalie Inzraham. daughter Of Justice ana Nls
George Ingraham. TO Claude b DerreL- or Fsi'4
which will probably take place on OCTOBER "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Mr. and Mrs MarcelIus Hartley Dodge sr' y
MOrristOwn, y. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

Another wedding yesterday was that O. Ais
Caroline r. Wilson TO Henri F BoiSseyaih 4
took place in old Trinity Church, ar O'CLOCK p
the afternoon. The bride. who was given away a
Augustus Van CortIandt wore a travelling gown
and had no attendants Edmund BoisseValn ~
his cousins best man There were no Ushs-s-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-04

OF his cousin. who is a OF shs Rev Dr. Ii
B. Morgan. OF Paris. and a nephew OF Mr.. and ~
j. Pierpont Morgan. re- ceremony will IA =,
lowed by a small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-17
REPUBLICANS TO
 MEET TONIGHT
Davidson Calls Meeting At Magnolia Hall Where Municipal Politics
 Will Be Discussed

The republicans will hold a mass meet ing in Magnolia hall on Third avenue. between Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets, tonight at 7:S0 o'clock. for the purpose of placing a municipal ticket in the field. The meeting has been called by Julius w. Davidson, chairman of the republican state committee of the Davidson faction.
 The following notice has been issued to the voters of Greater Birmingham:
 You are invited to attend a mass meet ing at Magnolia hall 7:3O p. m., Friday, January 17. Many fhatters of vital i'm portance to all the people of Greater Br- mingham will be discussed by prominent citizens who believe that something should be done to change the unfortunate political conditions existing in this city and district.
 JULIUS w. DAVIDSON, Chairman Republican State Commit
 tee
 The announcement that the republicans would endeavor to take a hand in city politics has aroused quite a good deal of interest here. There are a number of republicans in the city who believe that now is the accepted time for them to step in and pluck some of the plums.