The sun., 1908-11-15
'DVPEV BELIEVES IN MACHINE
MAKES 4 LITTLE FUN OF THE
"REW IDEA" Politics.
Also suggests That Albany 10 the Place
to Elect q. 8. senator-No Justih-
cation, He Says, for the Current
Abuse Of Our legislative Bodies.

cauon, He Says, for the Current
Abuse Of Our legislative Bodies
The Republican leader and captains
OF the Twenty-seventh Assembly district
got together last night at Burns's and pat
ted themselves and each other on the backs
and told how 1t all happened in a little
post-election jublatlon. Senator Depew,
who lives in the district. divided the big
noise OF the evening with County Chair
man Herbert Parsons.
Things were pretty informal. Tom
Burns. president Of the club, intro
duced the speakers, among whom. out
side side o. o. Sem Senator Degew and Congress &
senator George B. Agnew. Job Hedges
(who at late hour was expected In from
the Yale-Princeton game), Alderman
Is. w. b. Brown. leader of the district,
Assistant District Attorney Charles A..
Davis, Gherardi Davis, Assemblymap
Beverley r Robinson and John d. Ford.
Others there were 3 AyInar Sands,
Philip j. McCook, Albert F. Hagar. j..
Bayard Backus. Henry B. Barnes and
John Washington
Leader Brown declared himself in favor
OF Elihu Root for the Senate
Senator Depew had some fun with the
New. Idea" in politics we can be
UouIy uS VI lOnI Vi
Pres dents. Governors and legislators
who have been the product Of the machine,
There nev or has been a bad Gov ernor of
New York and seN eral of them have been
great. Now we are told, howev er. that the
organizations must go. The New Idea,
whatever that may be. is to govern us
in the fu ture.'
Citing Oregon, which he said the New
Idea had captured. he related the present
plight OF the Republican LEGISLATURE.
which is compelled to elect Democratic
Senator TO oppose the administration of
Republican President for whom the
state gave an enormous majority, and
be declared that the predicament was
tne result OF Democratic votes in the
Republican primaries AGAINST Senator
Fulton, whom he described as one Of the
strongest and ablest men in the Senate.
Then he recalled that Gov Hughes,
Congressman Parsons and Others We're
chosen under the old s, stem and
added that it would be impossible to
good results as these
The ga ety of nations, Senator
Depew said, is promoted BY the election
which is now going on for United States
Senator. Every morning the newspapers
announce that g successor To Senator
Hot Springs or New York city"
Then coming down to what sounded
like self f-dcferce as well as defence of
his colleague in the Senate. the Senator
continued:
There Is no justification for the current
abuse of legislative bodies 4 man must
have risen in some meritorious way so that
his fellow citizens could see him above the
crowd in order to become a member of a
legislative body. national or State. be-
lieve that the members OF the Legislature
know best whom the people want and that
they will so record by their votes The
confidence with which half dozen states
men perform in advance the functions Of
the Legislature is JOY for reporters and
amusement for the people
OF the recent election Senator Depew
declared that we have rescued business
from peril and placed prosperity uron
solid foundations. President RooseS elt
he characterized as "a great President,
who will be a large figure in American
history and Judge Taft as the best
Execu tive who has ever entered
upon the duties Of the Presidency"