The Washington times., 1909-10-05
Letter of New York County
Republican Bound to
Raise Row.
POLITICIANS THINK
HE HAS THE GOODS
Scandal of Tammany Trade" to
Hurt Cannon-History to
Be Made.
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town. He was absolutely frank in his
spheres Of influence.
It's more than the party can carry
sately,' he used to say. The safe WAY
IS to KEEP control at Albany, and let the
Democrats run the city, keeping EN-
within reasonable bounds" And that
was his theory. He ruled at Albany: the
chief Of Tarnmany ruled at the New
YORK city hall When Platt's leadership
weakened and broke down. as the
kooseVelt power grew, the upstate
local bosses like Odell. Raines. Barnes.
FdsSett. and the rest, who had ALWAYS
served willingly enough as lieutenants
under Platt, tried TO get on by CO.
operation among themselves. They ran
MP against the Hughes and the Roose-
Welt troubles, and they have not notably
succeeded.
Get the Stated House.
But It has been the cardinal PROPOSE
ton in their faith, that III we get the
State-house, don't worry about the
city" That suits Tamanany And out
of this established system OF under-the-
rose cooperation grew the pleasant little
dicker by which Tammany is alleged to
have delivered its congressional votes
at Washington to Cannon, when Can
mons good friends in upstate New York
sorely needed them.
Anybody VINO is familiar with New
York politics, and particular anybody
who attended the Saratoga convention
OF last year. viii understand Just what
the influences were, and how they work
ed The details are unnecessary, though
they Will doubtless come out later, now
that young Mr.. Parsons has started 70
untangle the skein II isn't easy to see
just where the stop OF II all will be
Parsons held his nose and remained
regular during all the Congressional dis
L.
came down % the adoption or the House
rule Of closure. for the vote on the
adoption Of the conference report on the
measure. He couldn't stand il any long
eT. and ne voted against Il. The vote
caused great excitement The Cannon
people we're sadly disturbed by Il. From
the day il was cast, there has never
been an~hO1lr when they would have
been startled by Parsons springing
something on them. II has come at last
History to Be Made.
This Parsons-up-State row will be one
OF the things about which political his
tory will be written years hence. II is
a beginning from which important
things Will grow; but just how the de-
velopments will trend, cannot be fore
cested. The effects in the national
House Will be more immediately appac-
cnt.
The scandal of a trade with Tammauy
will iniure the Cannon organization as
nothing else coulG do, In the eyes OF the
country. Parsons undoubtedly has the
goods or ne would never have thus de-
liberatelv made the charge. He viii IN
ouestiOnahlV get the chance to take out
his samples and show them. And that
will be the signal for an uprising of dis
GuSted Republicans all over the country
to make an end OF Cannon and the Can
non machine. at the Congressional cleo
ton next year.
New York State may or may not get
some reform in its own politics, as
result. Mr.. Parsons is being violently
denounced By the provincial bosses as
\ pipe-dreamer. There is plainly going
20 be war II looks Ike Parsons, Hughes
and a good deal OF the old Roosevelt
force in the State. against the tradi-
tional bossism Of the PATRONS.