New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-21

s6cf1Tists- and TIE FronioHfonists ran can
dldates was almost forgotten Inc vo'es OF
these candidates were counted to-oay' alU
n was found that Herbert r. steiner. inc
Socialist candidate. had polled LIB votes
and Charles II. Osborne. the Prohioitionist
candidate, CD about the normal proportion
tn each case.
SAYS He Has Done Enough for Party.
Mr. Havens. IN reminding his friends that
he had accepted the Democratic nomina-
ton AZ this special election much against
his inclination, said:
i feel that 7 have done enough for the
party in ovcrturuing the political machine
that has ruled Monroe County for the last
twenty years. IL Is now somebody else's
turn"
He went on 20 say that Tor personal and
professional reasons II would be impossible
for MIN to serve IN Congress after the ex-
plratiOn OF his present term.
REGARDING d boom for Governor launched
to-day by one ~ the newspapers that sup
ported him Mr.. IfayeEs was silent. HIS
friends however, gay that he Is not dazzlsd
by his widely heTalded victory and has no
desire for public Office. The Democrats as
sert that the man who turned Republican
plurality OF more than 1900 votes into a
tJGuAptA STU ptAA any VI AC~AAf ntp-t AIaA W
feated one OF the most strongly intrenched
political leaders in the country IS too valu-
able to be spared.
The next fight here Will come when tho
Republicans elect delegates % the state con-
veutlon. At that time viii come the first
real test OF whether George W. Aldridse
has lost his hold on the organization. The
younger element In the party Is already
talking OF an effort 10 depose Aldridgs as
state committeeman. but not until be loses
this post can 10 be said that his leadership
inside the party is wholly discredited.
Comment iron, Newspapers.
IN commenting on the results Of the cleo
ton to-day one Republican paper which
SUPPORTED Ravens insists that il was the
personal" and moral issue alone that
defeated Mr.. Aldridge. and that n the Re
publican leader had permitted the nomina-
ton Of a more worthy candidate he wot.II
have been elected The Democratic papers.
declare that AIdridge lost because
he represented the old order OF things. be-
cause he was an opponent Of Governor
HuRhess policies and because the people
felt tina. II elected he would stard with the
Republican administration feeders Ia the
House.
Tue Hughes ENepuDilcdnS To-Day declare
that. although Havens's election shows that
the people OF this district are dissatisfied
with the political control Of AIdridge, q
entrenches Governor Hughes and hts poli-
eies more strongly than ever. And express
sions BY various Hughes legislators In Al
bany, telegraphed here. confirm this idea.
With William Barnes. jr., OF Albany. Mr.
Aldridge remained one OF the few Repub-
lican leaders OF the old regime who opposed
Governor Hughes. While Aldridge may be
able to retain his control OF local affairs.
Hughes Republicans here declare that he
will no longer be dangerous obstacle 20
Governor HugheS'- policies IN the state
They can't take the local organization
away from me" said Aldridge TO one OF his
friends to-day. II have been twenty years
building IL u2. and the next local election
will show that II is SIN mine"