Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-07

provinces had to give way and allow
Huges to be named.
All that didn't make the upstate
luminaries feel any more kindly to
young Mr.. Parsons, who anyhow was
suspected of a somewhat silk-stock-
inged tendency about his politics, with
squeams about doing some. things that
the provincial politicians had always
regarded as strictly within the pro-
prieties of the game. Well, Parsons
wanted a piece of legislation passed, to
strengthen the New York City regis
tration laws and stop fraudulent regis
tration and voting. 1t has long been
maintained that from 10000 to $4,000
fraudulent votes are cast in New York
elections whenever they are needed.
Parsons drafted a bill he thought
would stop it-and the bill was killed
at Albany by dint of the general OPP
position of the PATRONS.
Parsons Not Always "ReguIar"
Mr.. Parsons was back in Washing
ton, attending to his duties as a poll
tician and also as one of the social
favorites of official circles; for few
people from the house circle are so
much in demand as the Herbert Par
senses. Mrs. Parsons being the clever
and literary daughter of Henry Clews.
With just coolies of money on both
sides of the house. with brains, social
opportunity and ambitions, there isn't
any conceivable reason why Herbert
shouldn't be sane and regular in his
politics. But at times he undeniably
isn't. Tho young. he inclines to doing
his own thinking. He is vastly better
at bossing than at being bossed. He
never talks much, but he has known
for years that New York City politics
is always played off by the upstate
leaders. in Tammany's interest, when
the up-staters can get something out
of it for themselves. Parsons mani
testify has started war against this
practice.
Plat was sort of amphibious boss;
he lived nominally upstate, actually
in town. He was absolutely frank In
his notion about the division of the
state in spheres of influence
Its more than the party can carry
safely" he used to say 1.-THE safe way
is to keep control at Albany, and let
the democrats run the city, keeping
EN- within reasonable bonds" And that
was his theory. He ruled at Albany;
the chief of Tammany ruled at the city
hall. When Platt's leadership weakened
and broke down, as the Roosevelt DOW
er grew. the upstate local bosses like
Odell, Raines, Barnes, Fassett and the
rest. who had always served willingly
enough as lieutenants under Platt,
| tried 10 get on by co-opera ton among
themselves. They ran up against the
! Hughes and the Roosevelt troubles.
and they have not notably succeeded.
But it has been the cardinal PROPOSE
ton in their faith, that IF we get the
state house, don't worry about the
city" That suits Tammany. And out
of this established system of UNDER
the rose CO. operation, grew the pleas
ant little dicker by which Tammany
delivered its congressional votes al
Washington to Cannon,-When Cannon's
good friends in upstate New York
sorely needed them
Anybody who is familiar with New
York politics, and particularly anybody
who attended the Saratoga convention
of last year, will understand just what
the influences were, and how they
worked. The details are unnecessary
tho they will doubtless come out later
now that young Mr.. Parsons has start
ed to untangle the skein. 1t isn't easy
to see just where the stop of 1t all will
be.
Making Political History
Parsons held his nose and remained
regular during all the congressional
disturbances of the tariff session, til
it came down to the adoption of the
house rule of closure, for the vote or
the adoption of the conference repor
on the measure. He couldn't stand i
any longer, and he voted against it
The vote caused great excitement. The
Cannon people were sadly disturbed b,