The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
Political NOTES.


and their friends in Tammany Hall speaE-
ing NOW OF thr work OF the carnegie Nnll
convention of April, i'Ds, at which siNte"n
Democratic State committeeman were isn-
seated and the convention was rmpCN-
cred 20 I'll the vacancies and 10y the wa.
the resolution adopted AZ Carnegie Hal!
giving the convention that power h'S
never been rpSCindrd tell you THAT u
Was absolutely necessary for the purposes
OF discipline and the Urhuildinv 81 the
state organI5ation tor them To take the
action they did ~ that time.
The theory on which they acted. N Wa
explained was that a number of upstate
Democratic committeeman had become
either indoent or inefiicien and that the
drastic action OF supplantinG these state
committeeman was all thought out long
before the Carnegie Hall convention was
held. and was taken in order to create a
rivalry III the various Up-Stat" districts
which would lead TO the hetternent OF
the state organization as whole. ~ IL
known. though. thar William \ 'unners
has greatly regretted his part In the Car
neIic Hall prOgramme and that the Home
Rule Democracy movement at ltica.
the declaration Of the Democratic state
League against the Carnegie Hall PER
Torrance and the Rochester stat. ConvcD-
,ion's plans Of 1910 for home rule have had
beneficial results.
The Democrats hereabout have n theory
concerning col Roosevelt future In the
Republican party q 10 this The olonei
has a following which Will have 20 be reck-
oned with IN the Republican national CON
v.ntion Of laI, Before that time rolls
around the Colonel will essay 0vertures
to the Taft Administration or will endeGvor
10 become hand in glove with the win. OF
the Republican party led by In Toilette.
Cummin-. Bristow and Stuhbs. In other
words according to the Democratic theory.
col Roosevelt and his followers will 20
to the highest bidder
In to the present time there are ninety
candidates for the new Federal .iudge-hip
for the southern District OF New York
Attorney General WiCkersham. in the alb
-enGe Of President Taft at Panama. has
sified the list until the choice. II was stated
by Mr.. wickershsms friends. now rests
between six candidates
Governor John A. Dix in resign
ing from all business concerns with which
he j. connected before Ia takes the oath
Of Office a. Governor l. following in the
footsteps of the late Roswell 7. Flower.
who was Gh. last Democratic Governor.
elected IN 1891 several 81 tn. late Gov
Flowers old friends remember his sur
Executive Mansion ehen a hra-h young
Democrat from Buffalo. one OF the Gov
ernor : guests spok. up amid lul IN the
conversation and asked
Governor. What Il" you think Of the
marker
What market replied the Governor
The sto"s market. replied III" unr'pe
The Governor as host smiled hem gnly
"A
stock marke, MP here ia the Ni'i- Of Al
banyY"
The incident left an unpleasant last"
with all present. aud tho fresh "o'ing
Democrat was never again invited to the
tiovrrnor'S table In the ENsyu'IN" Mansion
GOV Flower. II - recalled 10y MS oH
friends. had no connection during his term
OF oilic,. directly or remotely with any h'ls'-
ness venture witch might possibly come
IN contact with the state or any Of tn"
S'ais departments.
Democratic national cOnuIit -"n.n lie.
ii.Vc that the results On last election daN
will IN the national convention OF 1917 bring
back tn. Old alignment or tn. state, east
of IN. Missouri River. including the New
England aud the middle aud the southern
Srat..- which brought about the nomina-
ton for President ot Georg- n. Mcclellan
in 1885, IIoratlo Seymour IN 1858. samuel y
Tili-n ia $50 ten inil.ld Scott Hancock
IN IssD and Grover cleveland III ls$t, i~~~
and lsec
For tho first time IN many wears he
Republican legislators az Albany are to
select leaders for the minority in h" senate
and III. Assembly. and the sal usiion seems
rath queer to them. Probably one Of
the Gurere-t features OF the situation Is
thar thas. leaders OF the III nori'y are TO be
tn al. layal lafH.
themselves and without receiv ins sugses-
ton. from ,h- chai rman 81 he State COIN
mite, or the president II the New York
Republican county committee. Mr.. Prentice
and Mr. Griscom respectively.
Then too for he first time in many wears
there are to he Democratic STATS OF clerks
and minor employees in the senate and
Assembly headed by Democratic clerks
Of IN. senate and Assembly and all the Sen
ate and Assembly committees are TO he
headed by Democrats The patronage of
the senate besides a clerk consists Of ninety
five places. including assistant clerks.
st.uographers. -uperinien Of tocu-
nenis and 40 on selected from all the colin
Ties IN the state In addition there is 20 be
u Democratic sergeant -s' arms In he
Sannte for the first time in many years.
ll-., there IL To he n Democratic sergeant
az arms In the Assembly. and besides tho
clerk of the Assembly there are III minor
places to he filed by Democrats from all
count ss In the state.
William y chandler OF New Hampshire
has n pct saying tn the effect that the l"n-t
important man on top Of Earth - the man
" no has voted on election lay.
william &. Warren Of Buffalo. formerly
Rs pubiican national Commit ts~mnn for
the state was AZ fh" Waldorf Astoria
several evenings ago and II was his opinion
that Postmaster Gr''iner. Republican leader
Of Eric county. will retire after the recent
disaster 90 the Republicans IN the county
n number Of Republicans up sur way
friendly to Mr. Greiner. said Mr. Warren.
believe that his usefulness ~ at an end.
that the last remaining ycstig~ Of " YES
destroyed on election day. when he lost
his candidate for Supreme Court Justice
and a Congressman and fwo Senators.
Mr. Greiner can retire voluntarily or he
can he beaten at the primaries next Srp-
rember but that he - tn retire or bs re-
leader Of the county there can hN