The sun., 1910-11-01

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tProhlbirion, Z.
The Dix Republican Club has ncen
organized and has opened rolls AZ tho
Hotel Hermitage More than o. 900 Repub-
licans who have already written thar they
can't support MIR. Ssimson because of
{ heir dislike for Col. Roosevelt have
sent in their names. Frank r. Crumbis.
rho hAs been a member OF the Republican
Club since lsss. who lives in Nyack and
who Was one of the six delegates To the
Republican state convention from Rock
organization. The Dix Republican Club
advocates the election Of Mr. DIX and
the Republican candidates for the other
State Offices pix's election will protect
the business interests Of the State from
irresponsible political theorists. IL is
argued, and the success OF the Republican
candidates for the other Offices will pre-
vent Tammany from feeding on the
spoils Of six great State departments
Betting commissioners who are hand LIN q
money for the big spscularors ara otfsrin G
Q 60 q: thA, Dix will not gs. 800 900 plu-
rslity. Z to I that he Won't have Is. 600
plurality and to 70 that hs wont bs
elected. A commissioner at the Holman
House. while willing TO bst to on the
LOG. 900 plurality propoaition. would offer
only 10 to that Dix would be elected.
Downtown the betting ~as not lively
Brokers ~ho had commissions TO place
on Dix could land only ss.0O0 of the
SO. 900 thu o6srsa at to I. Brokers
with Stimson money held back. trying
to get to ,. In one instance . compro-
N so was made. The Dix man gave odfls
Of 70 to and booked Q wager OF q 600
to 500, But the Dix brokers didn't caro-
about lengthenng the ODDS to to and
whsu operations closed One bet Of 500
WINS made that DIX would DO elected by
IS 900. but an offer Of 500 to $500 that
Dix would have more than 100 600 plurality
found no takers. There were . few smal II
bets that the Democrats would carry
New York. New Jersey and Come. icut
Corporation Counsel Archibald n. Wat
son. who has been stimping up State.
has been tellin9 the voters how ono Of
the early day RooseveIts. Nicholas J
inventor Of the side paddle wheel for
steamboats,. flimfammed Robert Fulton
by selling him an imaginary coal mine.
Capt. Nicholas persuod d Fulton that he
had found on the bank nf III" Ohio River
a deposit OF coal 30 rich and ~ easily
accessible that all he had to do was run
his boat up 20 the coal bank ard there
with tn" aid of a hatchet and "A few
wooden ". dgss' split Oh enough coal To
keep a constant fire under his boilers all
the way down the Ohio and Mississippi
to Natchez and that when tho boat got
To Nstchez he sold the thirty or forty BUSH
els that remained 10 a blacksmith Rob-
srt Fulton believed the yarn. paid "A sim
down and contracted to pay an annuity
TO Capt. Roosevelt for twenty years. But
Filton's heirs refused TO pay the annuity
buncoed their forebeer. Chancellor Kent
took that view OF the case and enjoined
Capt. Roosevelt from suing Fultons
heirs. Mr.. Watson found the case re-
ported IN Johnson's Chancery Reports.
i7s. and told the story because he thought
that the old court record was not with
out interest at time when Col Theodore 8
personality has been 50 strikingly i'm
pressed that the most trivial incident
connected with him or his family has
some interest.
The campaign in westchester county |
has been livened up by the activities OF
the volunteer Democratic committee
Of that county. The committee is send |
ing out circulars to the voters. getting
Up mass meetings and trying its level |
the Republican independents. Active in
the work are Robert b. Van Cortlandt |
of Bedford. Clarence s. McClellan OF
Mount Vernon. Col. Frank j. Hoyle OF
Pelham. Thomas Ewing. Jr.. Of Yonkers,
Arthur Z. Gwyune Of Rye. Edward p.
Hill Of Peekskill. Judge y. p Mcconnell
of Oscawana. Oswald Garrison Willard
II Dobbs Ferry and Frederick r. Wal
u
he vo ters the committee says of Col
Roosev cit.
-Unsatistied by seven years in tn.
hi CHEST Office IN the land he has degraded
hat Office when sx-Prssldent by base
Iaith lsasiIsss to the friend whose rule
he imposed upon the American people
Dy cirruslike tours through the country
At the expense Of q money seeking maga-
,ine. by voicing Wild political theories
and by assailing the very bulwark Of
American liberties. the courts As such
40 is now regarded by thoughtful Ameri-
ans as a menace to our institutions:
. public enemy in the just words of
John A. Dix. all the more dangerous
because he aims to subverr our Institu-
ions not by open attacks but insidi-
Dnsly by substituting passion for reason.
~ exalsing his undigested and over
hanging policies and those Of his adu-
ators above tho aws and the courts
superintendent OF Elections William
.eary is meeting with very little opposi-
ion from the proprisiors of lodging
louses. Mr. Leary has been training
he lodging house keepers for several
s.ars and they have come 20 understand
hat harboring tin soldiers 10 bad busi-
less
Henry L. Stimson was vexsd ye-ter-
Law when he was asked IL he would accept
ieorge II Earies challenge to stand
,cforr a crowd and defend his conduct
N the sugar trust prosecution. Mr..
;arie said he would meet Mr.. Stimson
n any hall and take just thirty minutes
o show what Stimson didn't do 20 punish
he sugar trust for i,s frauds Mr.. Stim-
on had an offer Of Carnegie Hall or Mad.-
ON square Garden free Of charge. But
le says he's 100 busy. While ] am dis
',I-sing vital state issues he told in
luirrrs. and arm pressing Mr. Dix so
lard that ne cannot answer me I do not