The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-21
SAY MCARREN GROWS STRONGER,
BrOokI)n Politicians mink His Opponents
viii Lose In Every District.


The general opinion in all the political
camps in Brooklyn is that senator p. h
McCarren's leadership over The Democracy
Of Kings county has been more firmly es-
tublished than weakened by the outcome
Of the State convention. II was conf
IDENTIFY predicted yesterday Nv veteran
campaigners in Brooklyn that no matter
what disposition might be made Of the
election patronage the foes Of the Senator
would not I've able 10 curry a single Assem-
bly district against him al the September
primaries, Senator MC(arren made a brief
call at the Thomas Jefferson headquarters
Yesterday before going to Albany and had
a conference with some of htS lleutenants,
lie had this to say;
do not know anything abOut the plans or
the so-Called reorganization committee, Tie
members Of that committee will make them
selves the laughing stock Of Brooklyn. They
have no pow rr and can 10 nOthing imagine
that nobody will pay any attention TO them.
The primary election law controls HE uues-
tons which they expect TO lake ~ aud The
State convention cannot run counter 10 that
law. Corners and Murphy cannot make
themselves a law unto themselves IN oppOsl-
ton 10 thp written statues Of the state.
The primary election law controls he situation
The only Wav 10 rrOrganiIe IL TO 20 ~ tue
prtmariez aud vote TO put new men in charge
NJ he ipartN The people eau do that neIt
September II they wish, but the committee
can DO nothing
Isaac VI, Kapper. chairman Of the law
committee Of the Democratic general cont
iniitee. who appeared for McCarren dur
ing the fierce fight before the committee on
credentials in Carnegie Hall. said yester-
day:
Neither he STALE convent lOu nor HE STATE
committee can make or unnlake members
Of The Democratic county committee or
their chosen representatives In the executive
committee OF the county Whether upon
the appearance Of the sO.callvd reorgsni1a.
lion committee Of the State committee The
Democrats Of Kings comfy will tolerate
their presence with kindly Indifference or
pitch them into the East River. as was sug-
estrd by an esteemed Brooklyu ne Wspuper
is a matter for the individual approached
TO determine for himself But 40 Tar as
invading or impairing The legal status OF The
Democratic county committee elected al
the primary election Of 1877 il concerned
Ibis subcommittee Of the State committee
is ~ p0weriess and impotent in the matter
as 4 resident Of another country. The
primary election lat ia not a dead letter,
even though ruthlessly swept aside by the
state committee.
4 great deal OF what seems 10 me 0 b.
loose talk Ia INDUCED 10 regarding what
il knoWn as the election patronage or the
appointment 81 The election officials. do
not regard The action Of he state convention
or OF the State committee in attempting
to breathe political power into an association
Of individuals who do not govern the party
county committee as ehectlsl to bring about
the appointment Of The election Ontcials
against the protest aud objection Of The
duly elected party representatives IN The
county.
Patrick j. Mara. the Democratic leader
in The Second Assembly district Of Queens,
has announced that his forces will Join
MlcCarren or any other combination which
will wipe out the indignity heaped upon the
Democratic delegation from that section
OF Queens. who after honestly winning
their primary fight were compelled TO give
way to a scrub delegation vouChed for by
Joe Cassidy. former President Of that Dor
ough. This vas the second time Cassidy
had run his scrub delegates into q Demo-
cratic convention over the heads OF the
regularly elected delegates.
Mara said he would join with McCarren
and upstate Democrats in sending a con-
testing delegation to the national convention
at nanNar