New-York tribune., 1908-08-18
re Is intoIerant in spirit and brooks little inter
ference with his plans
Till, ROSS


10 the banks Of the Limpopo River. in the heaft
,f Africa by Saturday night he would have the
head of the old king spearhead OUTSIDE
hts tent and things would be well organized
that the nati-,s. the elephants and the rock
pvthons would be filling his campaign cheSt
with cocoanuts and bananas Throw him on a
f7ool- Island EXPRESS train in the middle OF the
Arapahoe Indian reservation in Oklahoma, ana
before the next fun he would be the grahd
sachem at the green corn dance, gnawing the
succulent kernels off the largest ear. Candor
compeis the statement that sort Of merit has
raised Mr.. Barnes to this eTninence in Albany
County His methods sometimes are question
able but on election night the RepuoIlcahs
throughout the Empire State eXult with him
over the announcement that David B. Hflls old
political reservation has gone Republican by
5000 plurality. That also suits the home crowd
as we'll as IL does the friends of Mr.. Barnes
around the state and the Albany machine re
toices in victory and prepares for the next
battle
studv Of the figures in Albany County are
interesting and suggestive. Roswell p. Flower
in 1891 carried the county 10y 400. In 1894 the
reform wave swept over the State of New York
and hit Albany County, it did other Demo
cratic strongholds. The Republicans here en-
tered upon the 1894 campaign when Levi P.
Morton was candidate for Governor with Un-
usual enthusiasm. and great their joy
election night when the returns showed that
Morton had carried the county by SCI This
was the first time it Is alleged. that the county
ever went Republican for Governor In 1898 Il
went Democratic for Van Wyck. when Roose-
velt was elected by the slim plurality Of $4,000
in the entire state. Albany County that year
was carried by the Democrats by the liberal
use Of money furnished by Anthony n Brady
and Edward Murphy, jr, afterward United
States Senator.
ALBANY COUNTY FIGURES.
The Republicans in 1899 elected their county
ticket by a safe plurality. and they have carried
the county at every succeeding election. In 1900
il gave Mckinley !. 700 and OdeIl 1000. In 1901
the Republicans elected their county ticket by
pluralIties ranging from $500 TO 5000 In 1902
Governor Oden carried it by 5000, while his
plurality in the entire state less than 9,eEi-
In 1903 the Republicans again won, elecring
their county ticket by about 5000 In 1904
Roosevelt carried il by 5000 and Higgins by
1000. In 1903 the Republicans elected their
county ticket with smashing plurality Of IL
500 A year later Governor Hughes carried 1t
by $500 while the county ticket received plu-
rality of 200. Last year there uprising
against Barnes. who denounced by the in
dependents as brutal. arbitrary and unscrupu-
lous boss. The independent clans were all mar
shalled TO overthrow him. There fusiCl
OF independent Republicans, regular Democrats
and Independence Leaguers. Against this fusion
the Republicans won with a plurality of about
5000 in the county and 5000 in the city.
Mayor Gaus is serving his fourth term. In
1901 he had a plurality of 200; IN 1903 4. 100;
in 1865 $500; in 1907 when the fusionists were
defeated. he won by 5000 IT Barnes proposes
TO reward Gsus by running him as State Con-
troller this fail, in order II beat Martin ".
Glynn. a brother newspaper publisher in this
city, who was elected State Controller two years
ago.
WORKS LIKE BIG TIM" SULLIVAN.
How does ne do il? IS a natural question when
the success of Mr.. Barnes is studied purely as
a political problem. The answer is that he does
il very much as Big Tim Sullivan does il In
New York. by doing a prodigious amount Of
hard work and apportioning due reward for ser
vice. one instance viii illustrate the Barnes
code. About fifteen years ago Mr.. Barnes made
friends with John Franey. who was then an
ordinary Iaborer along the waterfront Barnes
got him appointed Watchman at S400
year At that time there were eighty Repub-
Icans in Franeys ward along the waterfront.
Barnes and Franey have stuck together all these
years, and for several years Franey has been
County Clerk with an income of about $4,000 a
year, while down in the Sd Ward on the
waterfront. where Franey is the leader there
are six hundred enrolled Republicans every one
IL
friends that he is utterly unlettered. and that
when he became County Clerk he was barely
able 10 write his name legibly. Franey's case
is illustrative Of the Barnes idea in politics. He
has half a dozen similar men in his organization
Mr. Barnes is Collector for the Port of Albany
a federal position. yielding an income of about
5000 and requiring only little of Mr.. Barnes's
time. He is the publisher of The Albany Even
ing Journal and is supposed TO have a financial
ID
ers. All of the municipal and county offices
practically are filled by Barnes organization
men. Mr.. Barnes is always hunting for places
for his men He has not Jared badly at the
hands Of Governor Hughes. The Governor ap-
pointed for Mr.. Barnes Charles II. Bissell, as
State Fiscal Supervisor, 10 succeed Harry H.
Bender Bender was treasurer of the Albany
County Republican organization, He was
charged with violation of the Civil Service rules
while Governor Higgins was in office but the
charges were dismissed by Governor Higgins
Governor Hughes also appointed Miller Hay as
trustee of public buildings. He also appointed
John Weber as foreman of laborers. The strong
men around Mr. Barnes in control Of the Albany
County organization are William P Hoyland
County Treasurer: John Franey. already re-
ferred TO; Postmaster James B. McEwan. for
mer State Senator; Isaac La Grange president
Of the COMMON Council; County Judge George
Addngton and Sheriff Joseph Besch. Another
loyal organization man is Justice Fits. of the
Supreme Court. whose political activities have
lessened since he went the bench.
HAS 50 MEN HOLDING STATE JOBS.
L is said that Mr.. Barnes has about seventy
five or eighty men holding state jobs 1t is
planned this fail renominate Representative
George II. Southwick. Senator William Grattan
and Assemblymen Nolan. Staley and Waters.