The sun., 1909-02-14
POLITICAL NOTES.

elonefs IN Lunaoy, expired on JANUARY ].
Senator Raines, President pro tenn. OF the
State Senate and leader Of the Republican
majority. is very earnest In his advocacy
OF Mr.. Parkhurst's reappointment. Mr..
Parkhurst's appointment is made by the
Governor by and with The consent OF the
Senate.
It 10 not likely that the litigation begun
to test the validity of Borough President
John r. hhearn's reappointment by the
Board Of Aldermen after he had been re-
moved by Gov. Hughes will be ended
before the close Of the year. when Mr..
entered by Mr.. Ahesrns counsel to the
complaint Of tie Attorney General has only
just been argued In the Appellate Division,
and In any event Mr.. Ahearn's counsel could
prevent final decision In the matter until
next January,
Senator Root was requested several
days ago TO prepare speech for certain
occasion, The Senator replied:
1T 10 tho bane OF American dinners, this
idea that every. one who speaks is to get
up a formal. set speech beforehand. II
takes all the life out OF q dinner.
How can fellow sit down In cold blood
and in the same atmosphere and with the
Same surroundings get up at the same
time q speech appropriate to Barnes o organ
ization dinner at Albany on February IS. q
Peace Society dinner In New York on
February 20 and an Amen Corner dinner
on February ar I cannot; tho product
would be the worst kind OF cold storage.
am glad to go to all these dinners. but
positively decline to make the greatest
effort Of my life at any Of them"
A New York county Republican organl-
zstion member said yesterday:
while regaling myself with Epictetus
during the midnight hour. with a view to
imbibing philosophy and q little Of the
spirit Of tolerance, fell upon the following:
Nothing is moro becoming to him who
governs than to despise no man and not
show arrogance. but to preside over all
with equal care So. there is hope for
this benighted State when you hnd Gov.
Hughes and me devouring Epictetus In the
midnight hour. when the profane are
asleep"
what Q ridiculous campaign We con-
Quoted last year!' exclaimed q member OF
the Democratic national committee last
night. we msde every play for labor.
told the labor men what we would do for
them, tried to array labor men against
their employers. and 1t wouldn't do.
Il protested against such q campaign.
I told Bryan and Mack and Sullivan and
all hands that the labor men would stick
to their employers In the v ast majority Of
and that tho labor men didn't
thank US for trying to cause trouble between
them and their employers. The employers
merely sat back and grinned at our efforts
to turn their men against them. well kno wing
I hat the men relied upon them, the en-
ployers, for livelihood.
I'VE can never win a national election
until we have the employers of labor with
us. and then the employees will come over
TO our side Of the political fence.
Charles r. Murphy. leader Of Tammany.
Is. so his friends say, looking for a conser-
vative and high minded candidate for
Mayor, believing that such a candidate
would go a long way toward electing
Borough Presidents to succeed Mr.. Ahearn
and Mr.. HafIen. with the Borough Presl-
dents OF Manhattan and The Bronx friendly
to Mr.. Murphy he could easily maintain his
supremacy as head OF the organization,
and it Is the judgment OF his friends that
it is very essential for him to be instru-
mental in nominating candidate for Mayor
W no could gain at the polls support other
than from Tsmmany Hall. Should the
Legislature wipe out the present Charter
new problems would have to
be confronted not only by Mr. Murphy but
by Mr.. McCarren and the Democratic
leaders OF Queens and Richmond. But
I hen, II Is said, influential Republicans are
opposed TO any proposed new charter which
W ould do away with the Borough President
system.
Judges, lawyers and those interested
aH hau lab sl..n
usual interest In the proposition to advance
the pay OF United States Circuit and Dis
trict Judges. All agree that the salary
Of these United states Judges should be
advanced. but considerable dffculty Is
to be experienced. It Is said, In arriving
at just solution OF the problem.
For instance, remarked q well informed
Supreme Court Justice Of New York city
the other night. some Of these United
States circuit and District Judges in
spsrsely settled territories 10 the different
States are not called upon TO decide more
than one or two cases q month. In other
States they are kept constantly At work.
II it were left TO me to decide should advo-
cate that United states Circuit and Dis
trict Judges should receive the same
salaries that Supreme Court Justices re-
ceive In the different States. In other
words the salary OF a Supreme Court Justice |
comes about as near as possible 10 repre-
sentinR the amount OF work he does, aud |
the plan suggest would perhaps end the
opposition OF certain people in Washing |
ton who are Justly opposed to q uniform
advance In the salaries Of all United States
Circuit and District Judges
A statement has been made to the effect
hat President Roosevelt after accompany
ns his successor. Judge Taft, to the Senate !
Chamber and later on to the east portico |
of the Capitol, where the new President |
takes the oath Of oifice and delivers his |
inaugural, is not TO return TO the White |
House with President Taft but 10 to take |
he train Immediately for New York city. |
Rarely II ever. IL 10 declared. has the out
zoins President since war days returned |
% the White House on such an occasion
With his successor. The custom has been
hat when the President and the President
,lect leave the White House for the Senate
roing President has not returned to the
he OUTGOING President has done %. merely
o touch his hps to glass Of wine and wish
,is successor good luck and . prosperous
but 1t has not been the
,ustom.
william NJ. WINS said the other night:
am not Q candidate for Mayor next fall,
viii not be q candidate. and Of my state T.
pept there cannot be tho slightest doubt.
had plenty OF fun In running In 1905. but
hat was my last effort TO be Mayor Of New
'ork city. The next Mayor OF the city.
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