New-York tribune., 1908-08-21
brethren of the cloth from chautauqua TO mon
tauk Point
CAUSE OF OPPOSITION

tauk Point.
CAUSE OF OPPOSITION
DR.. Zimmerman is just back from Lake Mo-
honk where he swapped stories with rear Ao-
rlraI Robley D. Evans. AT his nome 'o-oAs ~
south avenue he said to the Tribune corre-
spon!ent:
have communicated with every Protestant
cIare,-1roan @ in the state emphasizing the i'm
portance of renominattng Governor 61usnes' i,s a
suggesting that they use their lniiuehee @ nee rot
tbe peonie The results up to date nave noe
been especially gratifying, because many OF the
clergy are on vacations We nave not uohT
much work yet. All classes OF persons .hat l
bava come into contact with are for Hughes
He has been a magnificent Governor, VINO iaools
all the while for Righteousness ana the oes. ~. -.
terests OF the people at large. he Is opposeus -
racatracs< gambling and machine politics OF
certain class. Francis Hendricks mas oeeH tIis
Republican boss here for numper Oh yea % g. aru
he is opDosed TO Governor Hughes Many PEI
sons feel that they cannot stand his oossisih
any longer The people understand why Heh-
dricks is against Hughes. It is because Husnes,
IN hts Insurance investigation, revealed the 1act
that Mr. Hendricks fell far short or oeins an
efficient State Superintendent or insurance Inc
1oceI organization has declared for Senator
white for Governor. l would be glad to vote Tor
Horace white as / regard him as very apie
man but this year am for Hughes. and think m
tba+ A. is nitv that Senator White Is in the
race when the people generally want a man iiot
identified with any machine. IL VIII give .Ie
great pleasure to vote for Senator White I0r
Coyarnor at some time, but / am especially
anxious that he should not be used against Gov
ernGr Hughes
The regular organization plans this fall. In
addition to supporting Senator White Tor Gov
ernor in the state convention. to renominate
Representative Driscoll. IL Senator White
sboud fail of the nomination for Governor. he
can return to the Senate If he wants to- All OF
the onondaga Assemblymen are on the slate
for denomination.
Frederick w Hammond is chairman OF the
cities Committee ]. H. Walters and John Nc
I.aughlin were not especially prominent In the
Legislature, as last year was their first year
there.
A VOTE GETTING MACHINE
The Onondaga Republican organization is one
of the most efficient vote getting machines in
the state OF New York. When James J. Belden
was the leader of this county, twenty years ago,
there was so much factional strife that the Dem
ocrats succeeded in eIecting city ticket about
half the time James X Mcclure, for instance,
served three terms as a Democratic Mayor, prior
to 1901 Mr. Hendricks and his friends in that
year obtained control of the organization, re-
tired Belden from the leadership. and elected
J. B. Kline Mayor by plurality Of $500. Kline
was Mt a prime favorite with the organization
men, who shelved him two years later. when
thew elected Alan c. Fobes. giving Fobes a
pIuralfty of about 2O0e. In 1905 Mr.. Fobes, run
ming as the regular organization candidate was
re- elected by 5000, and in 1907 was again re-
elected.
The Republicans fill all the local offices and
have a large majority Of the Common Council
Rolling up Republican pluralities has become a
fixed habit with them. There are nineteen towns
and nineteen wards in the political sub-divis-
| ions in the county, and Mr.. Hendricks and his
| colleagues in control of the organization have
! maaged to keep things fairly harmonious. The
| town and ward leaders are sturdy lot Of high
| class business and professional men and farmers
who get little reward for the hard work they
! devote to politics. Mr.. Hendricks is the ac-
| knowIedged leader of the county, but he does
not interfere with the districts TO any extent
There is not a great deal of active Hughes sem
! timent outside Of the 18th and 18th wards In
| those wards there are Hughes clubs which hold
! meetings, and pass resolutions denouncing the
Hendricks machine, and call on all good citizens
| to rally TO the support of Governor Hughes.
Judging from the history and accomplish
! ments of the Onondaga Republican organization
! in the last few years, It is safe to say that II
| the state convention sees fit to renominate Gov
| ernor Hughes against the opposition of leaders
| like Mr.. Hendricks the organization here will.
after the natural soreness has worn off, fall into
line and give a good account OF itself The SEN
tirnent for Taft and Sherman is strong and the
opposition within the organization to Governor
| Hughes is not likely to affect the vote for the
| national ticket to any great extent.