Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-12
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Late Lamented
Sketches of the Politically Dead,
but Little Bereaved, Usurpers Of
Cincinnati and Philadelphia, Cox
and Durham-Also Brief Refer
ences to odelI and Murphy. Prob
ably Mortally Wounded. -
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
From the chicago-Record-H Herald.


From the Chicago Record Herald.
That this is open season for political
bosses was quite we'll demonstrated by the
results of Tuesdays election Boss Cox
felt the keen edge of the ak welded by the
people in Ohio. Boss Durham saw his
machine shot to pieces I'm Pennsylvania
Boss Odell was joted as he has never been
jolted before in New York, and, despite
his combinations and trades. the cock-sure
position of Boss Murphy of Tammany has
been seriously impaired
Most severe of all rebukes to boss.sm 10
that administered in the Buckeye state.
George b. Cox the wicked partner or
Senator Foraker has suffered a singing
defeat. He has lost Cincinnati and Hamil-
ton county, and the state of Ohio has
found its way into the democratic column,
despite the protests of those orators who
declared that its failure to re-clect Gov
ernor Herr.ck would mean Reputation OF
| the Roosevelt administration.
For more than fifteen years Cox has
dominated the republican organization of
his city. county and state No boss has
been more absolute than he, none moro
imperious, none possessed of greater pow
er nor exercising it to greater personal
advantage.
Born I'm Cutter street. Cincinnati. in 1851.
Cox when mere child was a hootblack
| and newsboy. When old enough he be-
came butcher. then a saloon-keeper,
with strong side line of politics. This he
! made his ultimate business, and today 10
not only bank president. but ia heavily
interested IN many of the largest concerns
In the Queen City. He is the owner of a
mansion at Walnut Hills. an arlstocratic
suburb.
III You want n hurry-up story OF tho
rise OF Cox said politician who knows
HIM WE'LL here it is: Isootblack, rousta-
| bout saloonkecper. tough politician.
smooth politician, rich man, owner of a
palace. turned down by society. repudiated
at the polls 'oraker's frcnd'
Like ms democratic prototype Richard
Croker. the rise of Cox from obscurity to
omnipotent power within his state has
been by the force of inscriptions daring
| When just above his majority he wa,
| elected a member of the city council of
| Cincinnati. He resigned to become a mem
\ her OF the board of equalization. lie was
| defeated i'm 1850 for county clerk, and had
| that defeat emphasized when he tried for
| the office second time. Then Governor
FORAKER made him oil inspector OF Ohio,
| notwithstanding popular outcry. and
\ That gave the seal to his party bosslsm
| which has been practically unchecked UNI
l M now. He has been Il delegate to several
| republican national conventions and was
4 named as national committeeman 3, posi-
1 tlon which he resigned because of :. per-
s'iStfHl QUERY ana III which he waS sue
4 oecded by Governor Hcrrick.
The power of Cox was we'll evidenced Mt
the beginning of tho present wear Cow
ernor derrick wished to he a candidate to
1 succeed himself Instead of making a can
| vass. instead of advising his friends to
1 bring In their delegations, instead OF maxi
i ing ready to fight 1t out in the convention,
\ he waited for II word from Boss Cox No
| word came. and the governor packed his
\ suit case and went to Cincinnati He in
| tervicwed the boss, and when II was over
he announced that he would he n candi-
date to succeed himself as governor
| he was That Is all. He and the boss have
! met defeat together.
4 Israel w. Durham. the deposed boss, who
for ten years controlled Philadelphia, was
the right hand man of the late Senator
| Matthew Stanley Quay when that astute
statesman was In the plenttude OF his
power. He was insurance commissioner in
Governor Stones cabinet. and at that time
accepted the responsibility of blocking the
81 100000 loan bill to relieve Philadelphia
from the curse of foul water. In the filtra-
tion matter he has figured prominently and
was one Of those who attempted to en-
gineer the gas steal which aroused Phila-
dclphia stirred Mayor Weaver and has re-
suited in reviying decency In politics in the
Quaker city
by sending Boies Penrose to the United
States senate. Boss Durham extended his
power to tho state at large and only for
the misplay which brought about the ex-
posture in Philadelphia would be in posses-
sion of the republican machine today. HIS
run OF bad luck began with the gas scan
dal, 1t increased with the failure OF the
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny,
and then. bending every effort he endeav-
ored to rchabllitate his falling political
fortune by forcing the election of r. Lee
Flummer. former member OF the legisla-
ture and errnnd boy of the bosses, as state
treasurer.
But the people Of the keystone state
were awake and William III Berry, re-
| form mayor Of Chester, was elected This
action appears to have knocked the last
prop from under Boss Durham and the
man who once manacled a city. held 1t by
the throat and was leagued with death
against it when he prevented the purifica-
ton of it's water supply. Is now down and
out. His days of bossism are done
In New York the end of the boss is not
vet III is interesting to note, however
that Odcll has been considerably discred.
tied and that Murphy has not won VIC
tory that will especially rebound to hi.
credit. Recent charges before and during
the campaign have linked the names OF
odcll and Mccall and McCurdy and the
other graftcrs In the insurance field sc
closely that the hold of the man who
traded with Murphy and knitted Ivns will
her'ait'r De very shght upon tho party
mon who have bowed without ques ton to
his domination.
Charlie Murphy. chief of Tammany
owner OF Good Ground, CRATER extraor.
binary, friend of Odell nonpartisan IL
business" affairs, protector OF the faith
ful, hater in chief of Jerome. advocate OF
such high financing as may show him a
personal profit former saloon-keeper. con
jhrer, smooth worker. shrewd manipula
tor--chnrlie Murphy of all the biz, hossos
actively interested In Tuesdays election
managed to scrape through with Who'll,
/ skin. But Charlie Murphy has had &
scare. one that he will not forget In 6
hurry and ii IS just possible that the Tam
many tiger will growl less and that tn
graft VIII be less easy in New York fol
some .imc to come.
Romantic Necklace Story.
I From the Boston TRANSCRIPT