The sun., 1910-09-12
THE BIFFtLO PRISIHa.-

ness and election returns seem Ia have
h'rn brought into admirably cnIDciient
lines For example. here il the local pro
f"-Sional diagnosis uf the purpuS.' and
rh" result uf the present uprising IN the
Republican ranks in this state. Not IN
naturally It is put IN m" snap" of an
Interrogation
III not the Republican party when II
- through with this quarrel come OUT
purified and Cloa +sd. or at least wont II
/ ss'em To- ho So. and won't "" "" ahl" To-
1 point - th" Democratic party as silll
! unpurincd'-
Now. precisely ~ the moment whom th"
Gr"incr machine IN Eris has committed
itself to an encnura ging effort to purify
IN" Republican party out-id" "t Eri"
county. or 20 give the PARTY IN" advantage
NJ ~ purihrd appearance. u i undert1k-
ing an interesting local experiment with
the Judiciary Apparently we'll satisfied
with hi- State reputation Tor insurgency
and -anti-hoSs" ttriotism. Mr. Grrlner
has Thought II slf" and wis" to promote
- the Suprem" Court t~nch one of the
local politicians whose activity and use-
tulne-s 'o the machine have been cnnsid-
cradle. n sometimes criticised
wv i'FiilfhfdNlF flFtF<N aI NV Wv iAAll'NT
| that Clark ~ Zimmerman. whom Mr..
6rein"r - about To place on tn" bench. ~
wofuly unfit; less preIudiCed witnesses
testify that he IL merely unfit Perhaps
ia" fairest statement WAS supplied by
an utterly unpreiudlcad observer who
! remarked
If you say Mr. Grsiner ia appointing
man guilty of things charged by the
Democratic press you will he doing
great injustice. II you saw Mr. Grein"r
lsu=lng the courts 20 pay personal pollu-
cal debt you will be quite accurate
Az the moment, then. when Mr. Greiner
IS setting out TO uphold the hands Of Mr..
Roosevelt in driving bosses ont of the
party leadership IN the state at large he
IL quite "a frankly employing the moral
enthusiasm thereby excited 10 float
politician IN the Supreme Court bench
He would hardly have undertaken So dar-
ing an experiment had he been less sure of
the support of the independents enlisted
on his side to purify the Republican party
outside ~ Erie. II IL worth while 10 dwell
upon such details. that n may be quite
clear precisely what the inside and the
outside ~ triumphant insurgency m
Erie mean
Then the Federal quality of the Buffalo
insurgency is worthy II mention. Every
ia,~tmlu ~ not merely a receptiv" but
u 'HnsmlttinR vessel of light The post
oHiC' itself with the postmaster in it -
the busy cDntrp from which fpw uut IN
Al directions the healthy and cleansing
principles & the new movement -
reuiake the Republican parry outsId" uf
Erie NIrt':9 j. nO' only rampant In Erie.
% j. uficIal. and when MIR Grriner lines
Ip - interesting AMI earnest rrtormers
- Saratoga the very hackhan. uf the
army viii - found To- - -rippls.t bV those
Fsin-al pfiorhulders who like Postmaster
Gr'Iu"r himself live by faithful service
r.ri"r,i tu hu sNactIng Government
Itrr" r- perhaI~ nothing ahp't th"
u.fHr.u r.uvrfuvn' ia FrIs county uI,ra
..n' I.r.uE uur- appealing than rh" f,r'
'utf .4 influence - f"i equally among
vnri p.li'icmus strict lrad,rs and wtri
rrrIIu~ The whole Republican organ.
,i''nn has '-,~u converted Their. has
N..cu no hanging blr, anywhere No ma
chin" politician llbr Blrnes has blIukal
bra 2euly At the iIEht \u ca rnrs' band q
ref -msr- nu- '-rrorI7..d an insolau' but
roWarilv mtchina into advocating re-
form \D' iu the least tn" machine j.
ahead ~ ne rrformer- ~ was against the
bosses Ia counties oIfSId' Ir." long n".
fore the people ~ Erie recognized th4tt'I
was IN" paramount issue - N" hour
There - then. - 'he simple wayfar"r
something utterly confusing about fuI-
RE situation ordinarily IT cour-.
great reform movements find themselves
llwav- ~ Odds with little politicians
Dav uv day they uv. 10y ,rruggl" alone.
and not Infrequ.n'ly find the hu llnt huN
stuffed after they have CoUnf.~i wa Iur.
'y uf honest votes On tu.t- Id" tYi
here - greir epoch making battle tor
political lib~r-v which has found - fr~'
i'- bes' support from the pullJlrians H.
fore an impatient people wa- even ru.is-d
20 the neC-ssitv - fighting tor - ub-
-rty the political Organization wa- pub.
licly culisrei for ~" war IA this "a -"
Everybody particularly the profcs~ipual
politician. - So eager 10 figh' for ht..r'y
that the very unanimi'y disCourag"- an
hope Il an Interesting conflict
II takes tim" even Tor ~" most cred
uloHs ~ accept with good faith and com
ulc'" conviction m" spsCr1cle Il every
warl hecler. every professional purv"yor
- political cr"rn goods every place F,
gorl h"nn,ior. every organization tool
who's" kind - bought m oI"n market t
~ iuounsIdrrthl" expense. lining up -. .
snare ia ~" crusade 20 free this state
from the domination of whIf Governor
Hughes mas calle'l the -I"t'v s1trtu~
Tuc cynical might even l." tempted t. I
Ipuhf the ultimate srnctiiy # the caus"
Il might - ui'ura! 80 susp"ct that the
A. IA A .fEg.
Ba that as II may. 'horr ~ not political
sinner IN Buffalo on the Republican sido
'hu j. NOT for Roosevelt. reform and the
rrIuyenltion e she Republican parrv. or
for an external change that shall appear
80 H.. r"iuv"nat!nn. II the soldiers look
like pirates. the fact j. that they are all
preachers
This Buffalo situation apparently merits
ClOs.' examination bes'atlsa In" ~ the only
county outside u New York IN which th.
movement Tor party redemption ~ actu-