The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-14
ROOSEVELr AND GArNOR.

rtuKe nv Ilf fNNthN NobANNae NASNNAth 49,
il now the Successor Of the late James
Br,-ck Perkins, have been fairly canvassed'
~ far a. Rochester Is concerned Mr..
IIavenS will have the loyal support ot
the delegates 70 the Democratic conven-
ton Enough of the unrest that marked
his re,cnt campaign survives Co insure
large vote for him in the county. Against
any candidate outside of Monroe he might
easily carry hailiwick which has b"en
Republican in State elections for many
years.
On the Republican side tho Monroe
delegation will support for Governor the
present State Treasurer, Thomas y, Dunn
Outside of Monroe MIR Dunn's candidacy
has been accepted purely and simply a.
AN AFFAIR of George ". Aldridge. In
Rochester. however. Mr. Dunn's support
~ not confined Ia the Aldridge machine
nor are there lacking those who say that
all the political benefit in tine Dunn aHair
IL Aldridges. while Mr.. Dunn undeserv-
cdly suffers becauSa his candidacy seems
tn II. an Aklridgr rather than Rochester
matter. 81 far a. Monroe county IN con-
cerned MIR Dunn will have a support out
side of narrow machine lines, a support
founded upon respect for a SUCCESSFUL.
loyal and. 80 far as the world Of business
il concerned at least. able citizsn.
Having reviewed the local preferences.
however il must be said that here as
in Buffalo the real political talk IL not
Of Ravens or Dunn. not ~ the old guard
or direct primaries. but 81 Roosevelt and
Gaynor \ ~ the Republicans too who
are talking Gaynor most earnestly. In
/ fact the more you examine the situation
/ IN the State the more the belief grows
that tins Gaynor boom rests primarily
upon the Republican agitation. Thou
sands and thousands of Republicans. u
/ would seem. are considering the po~sl-
bility 1T leaving their party this fall and
ara deliberately suggesting in advance
the Democrat for whom they are most
anxious To vote. largely lecause they
think him the Democrat whose chances
Of election would IT, greatest.
Two considerable elements in the Re
publican party. IL il quite apparent. will
not support the candidates named by
Roosevelt controlled State convention
The first. the more important, ~ the
business element which in tho Democratic
party fought Bryan and rejected Hearst
AZ a menace to order Precisely the same
emotion that any one who went through
this State four wears ago in advance OF
the Hearst nomination could detect among
substantial aud respectable Democrats n
now visible among Republicans " the same
type and il directed against Roosevelt a.
the prophet of the new natinnalism.
With absolute frankneS- Republican
business men have asserted that for them
a Roosevelt victory AZ Saratoga will mean
a New York Endorsement of the radical
doctrines preached IA Kansas and Col
orado For them II means the beginnln <
~ a business I,auic This they will fight at
Saratoga and after Saratoga az the polls.
For them Roossvslt,sm vail - the issue 81
the campaign 4 MIR Roosevelt - named
temporary cha irmlu ~ Saratoga, aud all
through the state. u appears. the element
which ~ .ct-h Bryan and Hearst and uuit
~" Democratic party after that party
accepted them. j. preparing - leave this.
Roosevelt controlled party and uz- every
tnru.n,,. u has 10 defeat that party.
Not less definite IL the d.terIninat ton
81 the great mass of politicians II the
, Republican party IN this state. bag and
httl. to defeat Roosevelt at Saratoga Il
: possible To defeat all Republican state
candidates al the polls Il Roosevelt wins
AZ Saratoga. All through the state IN the
great Republican counties outside of Erie
and New York the Republican state ticket
, will l-. Deliberately slaughtered Il Mr.
Kup-., ~ rules tn. convention. Precisely
i-.,.au-.. they b~lsve Mayor Gaynor to IL
the most availa ss nsirImsnt. all Rspub-
hcnn politicians uf old guard -ympathie
talk TN. Mayors chances up AT every
opportunity
\ third dissat -ii.-d Republican element
deserves mention II - the so-callec
Hughes faction. To Use picturesque
local phra~. Governor Hrghs-- left hi,
3 followers sitting On a cak" Of ice IL
Q Rochester. FOR example the Hughes mer
1T Yesterday are not Roosevelt men to
b d,y Those who favored direct primarie-
. and the Hughes anti boss war are mo-
y now enlisted To- r-vitaliIs -fosslliIed
supreme. Court or impose the new nation
r., aIi-tn upon the stat. and nation The,
- favor'i iir-Ct primaries. they are indig
= uant At IN" fact that new s-ut- hav,
u. h.,u plichfork~d INTO the situation. OI
p ru,. Eoo@avelt issu" many 81 the mos
l> prominent will AZ least give their siIen
1 sympathy ~ the z ght " the old guard
J. nut Tor m. old guard they will neva
p, nav. any more votes, 80 they too tall
. Ciavnor "a th.. remedy A. the best cluI
" 90 break Republlcan bossi-m without
aiding Roosevelt radicalSm.
!, The moment you turn 70 recent Demo
p cratic history the parallel ~upplied hy IN
d Hearst ana Bryan epi-ode IL complete
The exact counterpart 81 the distTlIst q
BRYAN and tho horror " Hearst visibl
among Democrats in recent campa ign
j. apparent among Republicans in thei
D.. feeling toward Theodore Roosevelt. u
Thousands ~ them h. - the william X
n Hearst Of the hour and the Offer OF MI
: Hearst ard 70 Mr. Roosevelt was con
firmat.ou ConClusv. and not unnatural
n Gao where Won may IN this State. the cd
y circumstance - that three Republican
- ar. talking Gaynor to one Democrat
~ Not that IN" Democrats oppose Mayo
D. Gaynor. not ~ the least; but their sur
~ port ~ passive rather than persona
They are waiting for word froT
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