Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-07
PARSONS ATTACK ON SPEAKER
CANNON MAKING POLITICAL
y HISTORY.
PATRON SYSTEM RULED
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Parsons Revelations Threaten Dis
ruption Of Present System of Con.
trolling Conventions and Dividing the
spoiIs-Parsons Power Tho Not
Always Regular"
Especial correspondence.1

Washington, Oct 7.-Something not
unlike revolution in New York politics
is very likely to be the final result of
Herbert Parsons attack on the up
state leaders, for the deal with Tam
many Hall to save the Cannon control
of the national house 1t is perfectly
understood among politicians that Par
sons gave out his deliberate and care
fully considered statement with the
fullest understanding of its significance
and its probable effects. He is chair
man of the New York county commits
tee. He was put into that place by
Theodore Roosevelt. Last year he was
Hughes man at the Saratoga con-
vention, when every upstate leader
in sight was out with a knife for
Hughes. Hughes was nominated and
elected. and he is once more on the
track of the upstate organization
men,
For many years the upstate politics
of New York has been controlled by
one of the ablest and shrewdest groups
of local manipulators Nvho can be found
in the country. Barnes at Albany, J..
Sloat Fasset at Elmira, former Com
gresham Littauer at Gloversville,
George Aldridge of Syracuse, George
II. Malby now a member of congress
for before that for very long time
one of the bosses of the state senate
Albany: John Raines and a number of
others have been supreme in their re-
spective bailiwicks. Vice President
Sherman was a potent member of the
group in the days when he was a
member of the lower house. but it is
to be set down, in connection with the
Parsons revelations of the Tammany
deal, that the vice president not only
was not a party to it. but decidedly dis
approved of it. He declared to some of
his friends in the senate that the boys
in the house" We're going altogether too
far, and that it would react against
| them.
Political Ba-ons Ruled.
But it is of the commonest knowl-
edge that rural New York has thus
been ruled by the PATRON system for
many years; divided into a great group
of political baronies. as it were and
| the baronS were wont to come with
their retainers to the state convention,
| the retainers being the delegates. The
retainers obeyed orders. That was their
entire business, and they were always
reliable.
The barons saw their rule shaken
| and their dominion threatened when
| Hughes became candidate for a sec
ond nomination. They went to the state
convention prepared and with plenty
! of votes to defeat him. But Roose-
welt stayed their hand. His orders
We're that Hughes should be renom-
j mated.
The PATRONS might have defied
| Roosevelt, even-for they had the dele
gates-if young Mr.. Parsons would
have gone along with them He was
chairman of the great delegation from
New York county. and he stood like q
rock They lAbored with him, but he
declined to see it. He was for what
Roosevelt wanted. and anyhow, he
thought. as did Roosevelt that the only
sane politics was to renominate the
governor. His delegation stood Loyalty
by him, and the grand dukes of the