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Senator In March. iOii. on the ground that
Roosevelt might become Altogsthsr too
prominent In the United States Senate and
might feel it necessary 10 oppose come Of
President Taft's policies. Taft. whose
nomination hal been dcoreed by Roose-
welt 81 Chicago In io0s.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Francis Hendricks
have always bean the waFmest friends,
and Roosevelt a. President was inclined
at times % listen more 20 Hendricks than
10 any other member oI the Republican
State organisation Of New York When
Roosevelt was nominated by Plat for
Governor In lsas Roosevelt assured PlAtt
that he, Roosevelt. would not in any way
meidle with the patronage Of the State.
Platt. accepting ROOsevelt's word. recon-
mendei tO Roosevelt after hia election a.
Governor the appointment of Mr. Hen
bricks 20 10 Superintendent Of Public
Works. Roosevelt Couldn't ses Il that
way. replying 10 Platt: -NO. no. I must
begin my administi alton with an appeal 10
the independents. and he appointed John
y. Partridge of Brooklyn to the post.
greatly IN the chAgFin Of Plat and the
sileat surprise of Hendricks.
From the moment Roosevelt vas inangu-
rRiei ~ Governor he began aa attack On
Louis y Payn. the Superintendent Of
Insurance appointed 10y Rooseveli's prei-
eceSor. Gov. Frank \. Black There
had always been great bitterness between
Roosevelt and Payu. II dated away hack
70 the Blaine campaign II 1894. when
Roosevelt In the national cor orvention Of
that yss~ favore ~ chief deleEa'e At large
for New NorS State tho romiraiion "
senator George y. E1munds of Vermont.
Roosevelt souli take 10 part In the cam
paign bui rrtirel TO hrs rarch In the West
Pam always condemned Roosevelt for
his conduct in that campaign. and later
On when Roosevelt Was ore of Mayor
Sirong's Police Commissioners ~ the
city oi New YORK in 1904. he male war
on Pawn and Payn's frieads In the de-
partment
While Cot ROosevelt's regiment %
Rough Riders was AZ Montauk Point after
the spanish war in the autumn ~ 1858
senator Piatt commissioned Iemucl Wy
QuiEg. then Representative IN Congress
for the Fourteenth district. to visit Col.
Roosevelt and practically tender him the
nomination for Governor Roosevelt
was delighted and the first question he
asked was: IL am elected. can remove
Payn a. Superintendent n lnsurancei'
Ohgg ETitnly replied that he could ~
move Pawn. Gov Roosevelt made up 20
Plat for the appointment of Partridge
~ Superintendent 81 Public Works by
the appointment II Francis Hendricks
~ Superintendent ~ Insurance
Payn felt kesnly Rooseveits attitude
toward him and the selection ~ Hendricks
was no' 90 his LIKING. mainly because
ieut Gov Horane White o. Syracuse
when sanat 1r In Black administration
had refused 10 vote fol the confirmation Of
Payn a. Superintendent Of Insurance.
Rnnsevelt's relations with GeorEe "
AldridEe ~ Rochester have not been
close; n anything they have been lust the
other way Gov Hack turned over ~
Gov Roosevelt the iuyrs,igatiun 10 the
saW0OO canal scandal created by Mr.
Aldridge as Sup~rin'rndsni " Public
Works. and Gov Roosevelt ds~ xnated sS-
Judge Edwin Countryman u Albany -
make a r-f.Urt: and this -spori hare hsay yily
an Mr. Aidr.dge and Others IN 'hr D~par,-
uient but nothing came ~ H. and ialeT
an there seemed to 10. trIcr hot wrcn
Roosevelt and Aldr,dgr - much ~ hat
n January, 1910. Pre'd''Bt Ruos"y"li
was inclined 10 -'Aoci Alr Aidridgr to
II. chairman ~ iH- RsuJ'ii'51 SIa's
g ,mmiti.c. but r,~n,uiiIy be- switched
~ Mr. Woodruff
Roosevelt end Fas--tt have O. rlvavsb--l
On fairly EDUd terms, and Tor thT' m.ttrr
10 have ROossyelt AM Merritt slthough
there Was one liitl, brrak iu he r-lEtiuns
letween Merritt aud Roosevelt
Roosevelt and John = O'Brien have
latterly been in Cah0ut- a. politiCiE1-
call IL ~ Is in thr spring - lsls Ro0-e-
welt came a. an understanding with
Represeat.tvs Ge0rRe X Malby - the
Twenty sixth Congress district ~ New
York and Mr ORrien whereby II the
delegates ~ that Congress district made
up 81 the counties II Clinton. Essex.
Franklin aud ~ Lawrence. oould be 49,
cured for Tafts nomination As Presi-
dent O'Brien would be- made Collector
II the Port of Piatt~burg The Republi- .
can organization % Nsw York State
hU~ ever. had declared Tor Hughes a. ths
state choice Tor the Presidential nOminA-
iiOn. but tho sentiment at Chicago in i~R
was 10 oyerp helminEly for Taft that IL
wasn't necessary for the delegates from
this Congress district to vote for Taft;
they thsreupon voted for Hughes. IL IA
claimed though. that had their votes bean
necessary they would have bern for Taft.
and later on OBrien got the promised
job. !
state Committeeman John T Mott in 4
Ogwego county politics has always been I
the sturdy friend Of Nevada n StrAnahAn.
whom Roosevelt appointed Collector Of
the Port of New York Roosevelt snd
Mott have in many ways been politically
friendly
Something has been said concerning the
relations betWeen Roosevelt and Louis p
Payn Aftsr the bitterness Of years be-
tween thess two men President Roosevelt
shortly before the Chicago national con-
ventiOn Of 1914. where Roosevelt was
nominated. ssnt a very pleasant note 10
Payn. inviting the latter 20 visit him at
the White HOUSE after the convention
adjourned. Mr. Payn showed tho letter
20 several of his friends in Chicago az the
time. most of whom advised that ne
aocrpt the Presidents invitation. not 20
much for himself bat because Il would be
a good thing for him 20 b. friendly With