The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-30
MACK A PACIFIcATOR i.
Reason for His selection Was Desire te Make Allies of Conservative
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 New York Evening Post
 Norman E. Mack, whom Bryan nas madA Chairman of the Democratic Na tional Committed. is expected here in a day or two to make arrangements for the opening of the campaign m t.e East. Mack, it Is believed by local DOT itscIans was chosen by the Peerless one" chiefly because of his friendly re- lations with the Cleveland Democrats and hls undoubtedly popularity WlIh the anti Murphy and Corners crowo.
 Although he has always been q bry- an Democrat, he has been able 70 keep the friendship of the independent Wlns ,s of the party and particularly the goid Democrats No one is better acqualnt- ed with the New York situation than Bryan, and no one realizes more fully the value of this State in the Bryan voIumn, To Mack he looks for the pa cincation of New York and the reunlI- ing of the factions now preparing 70 spring at each others thFoals III Sie coming primaries
 looks to ex-uJdge Alton B. Parker Tor assistance in the task Bryan has set for him; also to Sheehan and David b. Hill, How much help they will be Tn bringing the upstate County leaders into line is a matter of conjecture.
 Th0mAS already issued a statement that ne VIII support Bryan. This is significant In itself.
 osborne has always been considered as strong a conservative as Edward M. Shepard or any of the other oid-iine Democrats of Manhattan. It IS not known that MT. Mack had anything to do with Mir. Osborne's action but 1T ne did cause 1t, politicians see no reason why he cannot win over the rest of the men who have so far perslstently re- fused to stand for either Bryan or his principles.
 Mack's appointment also means. &C., , cordIng to the politicians here, that the upstate Democrats will be assured of fair play in the next State Convention, and that Murphy and Corners must keep their hands off. This alone will be a coup for Bryan, If it proves to be true; for while the State might gladly acclaim Bryan and the whole national ticket these dlscontented ones might easily turn on the State ticket and ef- fectlvely knife 1t. In fact, this is just what everybody expects them to do. The feeling against Murphy and Con- ners is running high, both in Brooklyn and up the State, and If Mack succeeds in notifying 1t, he will have displayed q master hand
 The Chairman Is comparatively un- known in this city. He halls from Buffalo. and his ancestry is of the stock that comes from the mountains of In- verness. Of the Gaelic type. he is rosy checked, strong-jawed, with deep-set eyes, a heavy sandy moustache, and hair that Is just beginning to turn gray. He was educated in the Buffalo public schools. and at an early age went West, to go into business for himself With his vigorous constitu- At fFar hAxR Na Buffalo. he started The Buffalo Times. In 1879.
 Mack has been a Cleveland Demo- crat, a Hill Democrat, a Hearst Demo- crat (for short time), and a Bryan Democrat No one can say that he has failed to be regular. if voting the party ticket constitutes regularity. He him. self once declared that parties changed with the times. and he saw no reason why he should not follow his party.
 But If Mack has followed the for tunes of variety of leaders. he has loyalty fought the battles of each. He is a veteran In political contests. and he got his training in Erie County, against none other than his colleague today-William J. (Fingy) Corners. As the owners and editors of rival news papers. Mack and Corners have waged factional war upon each other for years. Mack in 1904 had Corners ar- rested upon charge of criminal libel because Corners paper had printed a story to the effect that Mack misap- propriated s40.000.
 Tn September, 1908. after Hearst had been nominated for Governor by the Independence League, Mack. who had been elected a delegate to the Demo- cratic State Convention that was about to convene came out Tn letter repu- dlatIng Hearst. The Democrats met and nominated Hearst. Mack, to pre- serve his regularity. had the Mayor of Buffalo nominated for Governor on a straight Democratic ticket, in order that he and others, who would not sup port Hearst's Independence League, might cast their vote for a party can didate.
 This third ticket action of Mack, however, has been laid by his friends to his enmlty for Corners and Murphy and his desire to block any attempt on their part to get control of the up- State machinery, as in 1900 he was credited with stopping Croker and Van Wyck at Kansas City, when they att tempted to secure control of the Plat form Committee. Mack Is today no more of a friend to Corners or Mur- phy than he was in 1908. and If Bryan has succeeded in getting these old en- emies to bury the hatchet and work together for the whole ticket, 1t may augur well for the Democratic vote at the polls on the next election day