Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-27
That's How Old Timer De-
sCribeS New York Contest.
ISSUES LITTLE DISCUSSED
Knives of CONSERVATIVES" Reported
Whetted for Stimson.
HIS HOPE UPSTATE VOTE
Conceded He Will Have to Come
Down to Harlem With Something
Big to Overcome Tammany.
specisl From a Stan Correspondent

specis From q Stan Correspondent.
NEW YORK. October 27.-"This is the
era of swat in politics in this state"
remarked an old-line politician at the Re
publican Club The people are mad,
and they are determined to swat some
body-mainly the republican party. ap-
parently-whiIe candidates are busily en-
gagged in 'swatting' each other.
If lose in this state we will be
beaten by fellow-republicans, not alone
by democrats"
The speaker was moved to these OBJ
servations by his knowledge of what is
going on upstate among republicans de-
termined to knife the ticket. He knew.
as an instance, of the refusal of promi-
nent republicans in Utica. the home of
Vice President Sherman, to act as hon.
orary vice presidents at the Roosevelt
meeting to be held in Utica tonight.
In that connection il is stated that
State Senator Davenport, who has been
lighting Sherman and has won thus far.
with the aid of Col. Roosevelt, has threat
ened to expose what he calls the treach-
cry OF the old guard organization toward
the ticket
Bring Disquieting Reports.
The situation in Utica finds duplica-
tion in many sections upstate. District
leaders who drSp into New York from
time to time bring disquieting reports
of threats Of republicans to kI.ife the
head OF the ticket. Most of them, If
they carry out their threat, will. ii is said.
vote the rest of the republican ticket, SO
as To accentuate the difference between
the vote Roosevelts candidate receives
and the vote for the other candidates on
the ticket.
1T seems to be very much of a tom
tom campaign upstate" was the COM
nent of another oid-line politician. There
Is lot of beating Of drums. tearing the
air to ShredS, personal recrimination and
mighty little discussion of real political
differences between the two parties
That comment Is heard frequently in
this town. 1t is observed that there's
much fuss and feathers over whether
Candidate Dix did or did not own shares
in wall paper company that was one
time controlled by q trust. and the city
Viewpoint leads to failure to understand
how that can be much of vital issue.
Neither can the politicians here figure
out how 1t will make much difference
with the voters whether Candidate Sttm-
fon. while district attorney, did or did
hot GET too big fee.
Humiliation Of Aldridge.
rhs politicians can see. however. the
possible practical result OF Candidate
stimsou going out Of his way last night
10 publicly humiliate George w. Aid
ridge the boss Of Rochester. the man
bvho was defeated for Congress by Ha-
fenA They fear that Stinson's attack
means tho deeper knitting OF the republi-
fan ticket UP Rochester way NOvem-
bee q
The leaders Of republican state head
quarters are very much gratiied with
Tue reception Col. Roosevelt Is receiving
on his upstate tour. Big crowds are
turning out to greet him wherever he
But-the leaders would be mighty glad
IL they could tell just how much Of the
outpourin3 Is actuated by curiosity and
how many prospective republican votes
are represented. They realize the distinc-
tion and the difference In these two
propositions.
They claim. however. that Candidate
Stimson's meetings represent probably a
truer percentage OF republican enthusiasm
al --ce= who will vote the straight ticket
on election day. The Stimson audiences,
they say, represent the dyed in-the-woo
republican vote upstate. the men whose
Iepublicanism is next TO their religion
and In these parlous times it is a com
fort TO the leaders here to know that
there are at least few Of them extant
Needs Big Upstate Vote.
Il IS perfectly evident that the repub-
bridge with a tremendous vote to over
come the smashing big democratic ma
tn-.:S which Manhattan Is preparing 10
turn out. The actuaries and mathematical
sharps in both headquarters are hard al
work these days trying to figure out the
proportion. and the republican wiseacres
are somewhat at sea
Inquiries On the East Side bring the
response that the HungarianS are for
Roosevelt's candidate. almost to d man
They ask no questions, but will take Stim-
son because the colonel wants it. The
Poles and Russians are breaking the
solid formation which they have hitherto
presented for Roosevelt
TWO reasons are assigned for this de-
fecsion, first the high price of living, that
bears heavily down upon these classes.
Increased by the loss Of employment in
recent strikes. and the prosecuting of
Tarnmany, taking advantage of these con-
dtions
Tammany has peea busily at work for
month among these peoples charging
The high cost Of living 10 the repubIica r,
party. and extending Tammany aid TO the
distressed.
Charity as an Asset
:. II is we'll known that one of Tammany's
chief political assets is its charitable
work Tammany extends aid to the dis
tressed in time OF stress. but demands
votes for its ticket ON election day Tam
many never gives something for nothing.
7 quote verbatim from a big Tammany
East Side leader. follows: Roosevelt
viii not get tie vote he has received I'm
this section heretofore. nor the vote he
expects to receive" This man knows
what he is talking about, because he