The sun., 1908-01-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

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Kentucky. which was carried fox Judge
Parker In the Presidential election ofA00t by
n .sD9. was carried by Augustus X. Wilson.
the Republican candidate for Governor last
fall, by is.Os3 plurality The turnover in
the State was caused principally by the
temperance question and the CulminRtiOn Of
a series OF Democratic factiOnal auarrelS.
The recent visits Of Louis F. Payn. known
for many years as the Field Marshal OF Re-
publican Politics Of Columbia county. to
President Roosevelt at the White House
recall the Interesting fact that in the sum-
mer OF 1905, when former Representative
Lemusl Ely Quigg was sent by Senator Platt
to MoRtAuk Point to tender Col. Roosevelt
the nomination for Governor. the FIRST utter
anoe Of Col. Roosevelt In reply was: IF
should be nominated and elected Governor
how soon afterward could remove Payn az
Superintendent OF Insurancsg"
That was an eye opener for Mr.. Quigg. for
the reason that Mr.. Payn and Senator Platt
had always been the warmest friends. Mr..
Payn protested to Senator Platt against
the nomination OF Col. Roosevelt for Gov
ernOr. lie desired the denomination Of
Coy. Black. Senator Plat insisted on the
nOrhinatiOn Of Col Roosevelt, and Mr.. Payn
after ROOsevelt's election as Governor started
In to prevent the confirmation OF any can
didate for State Superintendent Of Insurance
whom Roosevelt might name. That was q
very bitter struggle. but Gov. Roosevelt
won. principally because OF the attitude Of
the late Gov. Higgins. then a State Senator.
and Francis Hendricks was made Superinten-
dent Of Insurance.
Senator Platt had differences with Gov
Roosevelt almost from the start. Imme-
diately after Col Roosevelt's election as
faOvarNnF GRnafnr M Oanfv IN
the home Of Douglas Robinson. where Col
Roosevelt was putting up. with a request
that Francis Hendricks be made Superin-
tendent Of Public Works.
mo, cannot do that, Mr.. QuieR. replied
the Governor-elect. because l am 20 start
my administration with q nomination which
will not be Of the machine order. lam going
to appoint Col John n. Partridge Of Brooklyn
to be Superintendent Of Public Works and
will take care Of MIR. Hendricks later"
Thomas K Niedringhaus. chairman Of the
Republican State committee OF Missouri. Ia
an old friend OF Gov. Hughes. He recalled
the other night the time years ago. before
the Governors marriage. when they would
all assemble at an uptown hotel in the eve
ming and chat about law and business.
None Of us chaps. though. could ever
get under the Governors belt." added Mr..
Niedringhaus, and while | haven't seen
him in years I imagine he is the same to-day
from what hear. lie does not give his con-
1dence to everybody. Those were very in
tsresting occasions-I mean the days when
we were youngsters"
Bryan is to speak in Philadelphia. lie IL.
his friends said yesterday. to devote a good
deal Of his trip to the East this time to his
efforts to force the Democratic organiza-
tion Of the Keystone State to disregard the
- Fn-g n..ar
national committeeman FOR the State. Bryan
has always been nettled. it was added. since
Col. Gurey told him in the Duquesne Club
at Pittsburg a number OF months ago that
even il he were renominated he would be
defeated.
Bryan. after his Pennsylvania efforts, II
was furthermore related. is to take up New
Jersey and New York with view to having
the Democratic organizations Of those two
States ultimately favorable to his renomina-
tion.
william Barnes. Jr.. Of Albany has been
practically Nat on his back confined to his
room for the last three weeks. He met with
Q slight accident. paid no attention to II and
was finally compelled to obey the orders OF
his physician. Still. with more or less pa
thence he has directed his end OF the Roose-
game from his home. r
national convention ts good deal ike
q horse race All the candidates are first
paraded on their way to the post. They
line up for the start There is a jockeying
for position and an anxiety to get on frst.
After the start the game is to get the inside
position.
In order to do this the Jockeys crowd head
long across the track. surreptitiOusly thump
one another attempt to pocket the most
likely candidate and still surreptitiOusly
lunge into one another. and IL by any possi-
bility any Of the naRs can be lamed or kicked
in a vital part. why. so much more 10 the
credit Of the jockey accomplishing the feat.
In a national convention. in other words.
a candidate receives about the usual scant
courtesy that a Jockey gives to an associate
on the racetrack. 1t is bite. kick, hammer,
In any old way. and the chap who is beaten is
expected to applaud the winner.
The closer to the throne the nearer to thu
street. is a maxim which has been frequently
quoted in Washington during the Roosevelt
administrations.