The sun., 1910-01-30
POLIrICAL NOTES.


Edward Murphy Of Troy. formerly Mayor
OF that city and later United States Senator.
gave an illustration the other day Of Demo-
cratic organization politics.
| When ! was Mayor OF Troy" said Mr..
Murphy, a furious struggle broke out
in the Board OF Aldermen over an election
Tor overseer OF the poor. For q week IL
was tie between MOlloy and Garvin.
~MollOy was the father Of Francis J.
Molloy. who was later Mayor OF Troy
and was an Alderman at the time Old
man Mol Oy wanted the place very much.
and SO did Garvin. and Francis }. naturally
wanted to vote for his father l forgot
TO say that both old man MOlloy and Darwin
were Democrats
1t struck me after week OF futile ballot
ing that the Goniest was getting ridicu-
lous and so sent for Francis =. and told
him that the exigencies OF the situation
required him to vote for Garvin He hesi-
lated but II moment, returned to the Board
OF Aldermen and by his vote elected Garvin
over his father
subsequently at my request old man
Molloy called on me and told him that IL
was at my request that his son had voted
against him and that IL anybody was TO
shoulder the blame | was the man. The
old gentleman replied: So long as you
asked NY son to vote against me for the
ORGANIZATION sake " - " N.
Dav i'd b. Hill and Garrett j. Benson OF
Albany have the two most nearly complete
sets OF Legislative Manuals in the State OF
New York. As matter OF fact there
are one or two lapses in Mr. Hills collec-
ton. while only one volume from 1923
to the present year Is missing from Mr.
Benson's collection This volume is that
of the year 1916 A single copy OF this
volume exists. and the owner asked t2S
for it,
That's too much" said Benson the
other day in discussing the matter. The |
chap who owns that volume cant sell 1t |
to anybody but Mr. Hill and myself and
| do not believe Mr. Hill would outbd me !
III get that volume for SO IL l wait long |
enough.
or the forty-eight cities OF New York |
State at the present time twenty nine |
have Democratic Mayors, as follows: Bng- |
hamton. John J Irving: Buffalo. Louis |
p Fuhrmann; Corning, Frederick A. Ellison; |
Elmira. Daniel Sheehan: Fulton. Joseph |
II, Connors: Geneva. Patrick OMalley: |
Glove ersville. Wesley NJ. Borst; Hornell. |
Frank J, Nelson: Hudson. James c. Arm
strong Ithaca. Randolph Horton: Johns
town, AbTam Harrison: Kingston. Roscoe |
Irwin: Little Falls. Timothy Dasey: Lock- |
port. George II. MinArd: Mount Vernon. |
Edwin W. Fiske; Newburgh. BENJAMIN |
McClung; New York. William J. Gaynor !
Niagara Falls, Anthony c. Douglass; North |
Tonawsnds. Louis T. Flick Olean. Peter
G. Foley; Oneida. Otto Pfan: Oswego.
John Ht=gibboAs; Pattsburg. Andrew /
J. SENEGAL; Poughkeepsie. John K SaEue:
Rome. A. r. Kessinger: Schen ectady.
{. n. Duryea: Utica. Frederick Gilmore:
WRterV liet. Eugene J Hanratta: Yonkers,
James T. Lennon.
Batavia, the largest village in the State.
calls it's chief oficer by the title Of Mayor.
Democrat. who was nominated to MI a
vacancy and overcan1e the large Republi-
can majority.
The term OF Senator Thomas Henry
Carter, Republican, of Montana will expire
March 3. 1911. Already there is a battle
royal going on in the State for and eainst
Senator Csrters reelection. The old line
r republicans are said to be solidly arrayed
n favor of Senator Carter. and among these
ncn are some who have fought side by
tide with Carter ever since he became a
power in the councils OF the Republican
national party. The opposition TO Carter
Dmes from insurgents,
n Is more or less interesting to listen to
he predictions or Democrats connected
Nith the Democratic Congress campaign
'ommittee. headed by Representa- tive James
righlmAn Lloyd OF Missouri. that they
IRE to e!ec; a Democratic House of Rep
eseptatives next fall. They have al.
eadv selected Champ Clark OF the Ninth
district OF Missouri to be Speaker. Rep
esentative Clark's district in recent wears
ss been rather close, Clark only receiving
,Jss ma iOrity in 1905 Missouri. according
D the political experts. since 1896 hss been
ather drifting towsrd the Republican
arty, The immigration FROM Iowa has
cen largely Republican. while the emigra-
ion from Missouri to Oklahoma has been
,rgely Democratic. and then. too. IL is said I
hat the Repu blican tariff has helped the Re
a, hlfra In ha