The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-30
TAMMANY HALL
IS IN CONTROL
but PROBLEM OF SECURING
STRONG CANDIDATE FOR GOV
ERNoR is HARD ONE.
WHAT Will MURPHY D)?.
Is Question That Interests New York
Democratic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Chairman, Delivers Strong
Keynote Speech.

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New York. Sept. 29-The first
session of the Democratic conventions
TODAY was a brief intermisslon In the.
serious business that. has brought to.
gether here delegates of 81 counties
OF New York state. ~
The convention came to order at
1907 p. m. perfected temporary or.
ganization, listened to an arraignment
| by Chairman Alton b. Parker OK the
Republican administration in general.
and the political ascendency 0f
Roosevelt. at Saratoga. In PARTICULAR
and then adjourned to wait on the
judgment OF the leaders. Tomorrow
the convention will meet again In the
hope OF agreeing on the candidates for
state officers. Chas r, Murphy, lead.
er of Tammany Hall, controls the sit.
uation. Out of four hundred AMI fifty
delegates he controls more than 200.
The upstate leaders recognized te-
night the hopelessness OF any coali-
tion strong enough to oppose him
with any success.
Murphy must find a candidate who
will be strong enough to run at least
an even race with Henry l., Stimson,
| backed BY Roosevelt, who will com
mand the support OF all Democrats,
Land who can win .oyer the support Of
| William Randolph Hearst, whose dis.
4 favor may decide the day. The lead
ers feel that with Mayor Gaynor
| eliminated as candidate, Hearst be-
comes once more a factor with whom
\ to reckon. The candidates are puz
fzled anil tired. s sNf'
| Representative William Sulzer says
he is losing no strength. Rev James
II. Haven is sure he cannot lose, Edw.
NJ Sheppard says he is encouraged,
| but laying aside all speculation, the
situation comes back to this-what
will Murphy do?
| Except for the address OF Parker
the opening session was purely
rontine.
1t is stated the platform will pro.
vide for statewide primaries but with
no specific plan, direct nomination OF
| United tSates senator's: uniform taxa
ton; employers liability plank, and
an income tax
| The platform will contain an attack
upon Roosevelt for his arraignment
of the supreme court. <
1t Is reported that Alton b. Parker
is being considered as a candidate for
governor
| Under the wrongful combination
OF machine politics and trafflcfed
trrsts, corporations and Individuals.
the interests of the Republican po-
litical machine nave taken FIRST place
and those of the people the second
place. Hence the cost of government.
fe'eral and state, has grown with
startling rapidity It is but little
| while since the PEOPLE were startled
with a billion dollar Congress. Now
we have two billion dollar Con,
| gress. President Arthur vetoed a
river and narbor appropriation bill oil
about eighteen millions, President
Taft signed one of fifty.two millions.
1t is popularly known as the Pork
lRtll." The president hopes that Con,
gress will stop making 1t a pork bill,
| but his party In Congress fiout his
advice, and--well, he signs II under
protest But his signature answers
the purpose Of his porkstate. Hence
the annual cost Of operation increases
by leaps that nave no bounls.
"Withlth close OF Governor Fow
ler's administration, December 3lst
| 1894, the Democratic party passer
from power. Never since has II
elected either majority of the leg
islature or governor. Then the cen.
eral expenses OF the state we're $15,.
| l7l3,57S.2o. This year they were
l $39,l0l224.2G, after the governor nal
disapproved items aggregatng 81,
/ 13,74IG7.
I'VE see then that after IToie
q century of statehood the cost Of
administration was something over
fifteen millions, but fifteen years OF
/ exclusive Republican administration
nearly doubled the cost. 1t ls not
surprising that the governor In his
message to the special session of tne
legislature sharply pointed out lat
| the state is rapidly drifting upon Il.
naneial rocks from which II can be
rescued only by direct taxation. In
deed the situation on its face de-
mands retrenehment and reform OF
the Tilien variety.
| TThe millions wasted are heyond
recall bnt the feature Is within the
control of the people. They can com
mand. II thev will, halt place max
ing to machine construction; a re-
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