Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-10

GOTHAM POLITICS ON
CASH BASIS.
Continued from Page ~
right now, in the rival organizations.
with the capitol at Albany and the
capitol at Washington as pawns in
the game. There is the New York
political situation in sentence.
The Hearst Scare.
The managers, on both sides of the
political fence, have their troubles
Tammany had fearful scare when
Hearst ran for mayor; so bad scare
that it went into cahoots with him
when he ran for governor. Murphy
concluded it was safer to go in with
Hearst than to risk the chance of a
Democratic ticket running third and
losing rank as first-class party. He
considered there was grave danger of
just that thing happening. He took a
long chance as a party leader; but
he was indicated, because Hearst
after achieving regularity and high
place, bolted it all and went off to
start party all his own. Murphy
was left off better than ever. He had
death with Connors, got close to the
upstate Democracy and now is
getting ready to toss Connors over
board and have a statewide Tammany
power.
New York is Cold Booded.
To this end the new Democratic
leadership has been giving much
~ tba prorriatr Of
an upstate man for governor, or else
city man who has not been too
much an organization man. w. Caryl
Ely of Buffalo SENS to have the call
among the upstate possibilities; but
Ridder las an independent of many
years good fighting and a power with
the big German vote, might do; so
might Gaynor whose record is good,
and who has been more than half a
McCarren man. 1t is counted that he
would help Murphy in the fight to
throw McCarren out of the party, by
weaving away part of the McCarren
following in Brooklyn, and by con-
vincing Brooklyn that it would get a
square deal at the paws Of the tiger.
Anyhow, Murphy is determined that
McCarrcn must go, and carrying the
Brooklyn primaries this week will not
be allowed TO save him. His people |
will probably be pitched unceremon-
iously out of the Rochester convention. |
How cold-blooded and commercial is
this New York game may be gathered |
from the fact that understanding all
these aspects of the situation, and !
knowing perfectly what is the stake,
people don't get particularly excited !
over the situation. Democrats are
confident and great proportion or
Republicans admit, that the state is
likely to go Democratic. The poll
ticians fear primary election re-
form, If Hughes should be elected,
which would put them out of circu-
lation; and the people, or large pro-
portion of them, fear excise legislation
which would restrict the liquor traffic.
New York and the National Ticket.
How will all this affect the national
ticket? There it is again Nobody
takes half SO much interest in the ma
tional outcome as in the state When
Mack was made Democratic chairman
1t was with the understanding that he
should keep hands off the state situa-
ton, and he is doing it. The Bryanites
are hoping and praying that Tammany
will conclude it is good business to be
square with Bryan. If Tammany so
decides, Bryan will have a chance to
carry the state. 1t is counted that he
will not run so well as will the Demo
cratic candidate for governor; but the
Democrats talk about carrying the
state by $4,000 and the Bryan people
figure that on any such figure the Ne
braskan will come in under the can
vas. They say there are 100000 men
out of work in the state, and that in
the manufacturing centers there is a
strong tendency to Bryan. Then all
the students of the situation agree
that the old-time Democrats who bolt
ed in 1896 and 1900, or remained at
home, are this time lined up for Bryan.
There are all kinds of reason for their
attitude, but the most important is
that, being conservatives, they consider
that the best way to block any more
program legislation" of either the
Bryan or the Roosevelt kind, is to
divide the administration and trust to |
partisan differences to paralyze the |
legislative arm. Judge Parker said he
found the old-time Democrats giving |
that same reason out west They GER
tainly are giving it here.
A man who recently made a tour
upstate for the express purpose of |
learning conditions, and who didn't |
have any party purpose in his work, |
went over long list of men who have
not been voting the Democratic ticket |
in recent years, but who avow that |
they will do it this time 1t is I'M
possible not to be impressed with the |
showing, which represented a dozen |
counties in various sections, and was
declared to be pretty typical Most !
of these men have been leaders; they
were leaders while they remained in
the party, they took considerable fol- |
lowings with them when they bolted,
and they are expected to bring back
a large proportion Of their retainers. 4
These are the men of substance, who