Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-21

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away, letharsy still prevails in New
| York. All the candidates for governor
are on the stump, but Theodore Roosevelt
continues to bulk largest in the public
eye. AS was predicted weeks ago, Roose-
Welt is the issue upon which the cam
paign is being fought.
The sporting fraternity continues to Of
fer odds on Dix's Chances of winning.
Charley Mahoney. foremost of election
betting commissioners, has been display
ling at Martins and the Hoffman House
a roll of $4,000. offering to bet all or
any part of it on Dix at to 5. There is
more in abundance, he declares. seeking
| to be placed at the same odds. Up to
date Stimson money has been chiefly no.
| table for it's shyness. One of the bets
Mahoney placed yesterday was $1,000 to
$4,000 that Dix will win by plurality of
not less than 100000.
| Every night representatives of the OPP
posing political factions gather at Mar
| tins to discuss possibilities of the COM
| ing election. and then it Is that Charley
Mahoney, with tire long bank roll, cl1nches
many an argument by his willingness to
back the opinions of the supporters Of
Dix for governor with the real money he
| has been commissioned to offer. Occa-
| sionally he visits the Hoffman House
while political arguments are in progress.
and the offer to place any part Of $4,000
at to on Dix usually has the effect of
putting a temporary Quietus on the en-
thusiastic supporters of Stimson.
Calls Roosevelt Liar.
| Speaking at Ithaca last night, Prof. E.
H. Woodruff Of Cornell University. twice
called Col Roosevelt har. That senti-
ment was mixed was shown by the cat
hi Oh
which greeted his use of the short and
ugly" word Judge Alton B. Parker had
| to make a plea for silence before Prof.
Woodruff could proceed.
| AS soon as Prof Woodruff opened his
| speech he began to review the Bellamy
Storer episode, which Col. Roosevelt only
recently declared was closed. He charg-
ed that when the colonel denied sending
Bellamy Storer to the Vatican he was
| IAN unmitigated liar" and there were
| letters in his ONCE, said the professor, to
bear him out.
The uproar over this attack had barely
| subsidized when the professor took up the
| cudgels again. Roosevelt was twice
E. H. Hartman had subscribed to a cor
ruption fund to be used for Roosevelt's
election to the presidency He closed
| with quotation from the Italian histo-
| rian of Rome. Ferrero. transferred from
Claudius, to whom it was originally ap-
piled by the writer. to Roosevelt. The
speaker was careful to specify that he
meant to imply no comparison between
the private lives Of Claudius and Roose-
welt.
Judge Parker. who followed Prof.
| Woodruff. confined himself to criticism OF
Candidate Stimson.
Roosevelt on East Side.
| Col. Roosevelt addressed two meetings
last night on New York's East Side. and
the woolly insurgents of Kansas never
surpassed the East Siders in noise and
enthusiasm of greeting. Boss" Murphy
announced some time ago that the East
Side was honeycombed with Roosevelt
sentiment, and last nights meetings have
not served to allay the apprehension OF
Tammany leaders as to the situation In
| that democratic bailiwick. A third Roose-
| Welt meeting was In Brooklyn.
The East Side meetings gave New
Workers. their first opportunity OF hear
ing Roosevelt in the present campaisn.
and the halls in which they were held
| were packed. Bedlam broke loose when
the former President shouted that he
| was not a menace to business, and that
the republicans were going to win in
| November.
Mr.. Roosevelt accused John A Dix. the
democratic candidate for governor, OF
being one of the directors in company
which aided In forming a complete
| scheme to accomplish the sitting of COM
merce-a trust against which he quoted
| the structures of. a justice of the United
his business record with the public rec
| ord of Henry L. StimsOn, the republican
candidate for governor.
A feature of the Roosevelt meetings
| was that Bourke Cochran, former demo-
cratic member Of Congress and former
! sachem Of Tammany Hall. spoke from
/ the same platform. He announced that
| this fall he intended to vote the repub-
| lican ticket.
Plea for Campaign Funds.
That the managers OF the New York
republican campaign are desperately hard
pressed for funds is evidenced by the
touching appeals they are making to for
mer contributors to republican campaign
| funds to "come across" Here is a copy
OF a letter which Chairman Prentice yes
terday sent by mail and special messen-
ger to a large number Of bankers and
| other prominent men in the financial dis
| trict
| Republican State Committee,
43 West 39th Street,
| New York, October II. 1910.
| Dear Sir: The election Of Mr.. Stimson is
| essential in the cause Of efficient and non
| Tamrnany government in this state. 1t
has nothing to do with the national cam
paign of 1912, except that the success Of
the democratic ticket al this eiectlon VIII
be regarded as foreshadowing a demo-
| cratic national victory in 1912 Such are
| the views of President Taft. who most
earnestly desires Mr.. Stimson's election.
democratic national administration
would mean an immediate general revision
OF the tariff. with the inevitable unsettie-
ment Of business conditions and the bust
ness depression always attendant upon
| a general tariff revision. Revision by
| items, or schedules. In accordance with
| the republican program. where a report
| of the tariff board shows 1t to be neces-