The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-18
ROBINSON'S CONGRESS- FIGHT
ISTHE BIG STICk 10 me- TSED ~
THE ONEIDl DISTRICT?
Political Leaders There ThinL % u
state CommltIeeman sirOSei IN
presses surprise That eel. noese' eirs
'NepheM shsuld nee One . Candidate

, UREA. July Ifs the big Stick OF
eH- President Roosevelt to be swung
! IN the Twenty seventh Congress dis
trict. which - composed Of the counties
Of Oneida and Herkimer' IL the present
political situation IN these counties an
/ indication Of the attitude Of the eH-
! President toward the so-called Re
! publican machine in New York
Staie' These are the rumors. ac-
oordinE TO the political leaders and
those who have their ears close to the
ground. and they point 10 the candidacy
Of Theodore Douglas Robinson. nephew
! OF Col Roosevelt. for the Cor ErssssonAl
a. proof Of this theory.
II these reports are true the situation
IL Of more than ordinary interest. not
alone IN this Congress district hut
throughou the State. The Herkimer
county convention to select delegates
TO the Congressional. judicial aud State
| conventions will he held in Little Falls
one week from next Saturday. and then tho
machine men and the insurgents will
match their strength and Mr.. Robinson
will discover just what his chances are
for filling the seat in the House Of Repre-
sentatives 80 long occupied ny Vice
, Pr--ident Sherman.
State Committeeman Strobel. who IL
the acknowledged Republican boss in
Herklmer county and who 10 exerting
all his influence IN secure n denomination
for Con gresham Milhn gton in the Oneida
Herkimer district discussing to-day tho
unexpected entry into the race ~ Col.
Rooseveh's nephew. had this 20 say
I wasn't surprised that another cAndi-
date appeared. IN fact I maintained all
along that there would he one Ru, the
surprise 10 me IL that Mr.. Robinson should
he . candidate. am not aAying any hing
against Mr. Robinson personally but
thought Il strange that he. New Yorker
who passes practically no time IN Her
kimer county except during the vacation.
should come into Mr. Millington's home
town. where he has lived all his life and
where he il honored and re~p~cted. and
ASK for delegates. He's . shrewd. bright
MI. He IL known to but few parsons in
IN. county. owing TO the fact that he u IN
II IL announced with authority that
former Attorney General John e. Davies.
who Aspires TO leadership in Oneida
county has climbed aboard the Robinson
from his old time political foeman vic~-
President sherman. Mr. Davies In credited
with the statement that n the Robin
Hart faction can carry Herkimer
county Mr. Davies will carry the third
Oneida district and place Mr. Robinson
in nomination Herkimer county and any
ono Of the three Oneida county districts
could nominate a candidate. Herkimer
county has fourteen delegates in the Con-
gressional convention and zach Of the
three Oneida county districts has twelve.
the total number Of delegates in the
convention being fifty, with tventy-six
necessary for nomination.
Some OF the voters IN the village OF
Herkimer arr indignant One Of them
asked contemptuously why the son %
a New York millionaire should expect
TO receive political honors in Herkimer
county and why he had the preeump-
tion 70 seek delegates IN Mr. Millington's
home village
Why he continued. all that Douglas
Robinson established q voting residence
in Herkimer county for was TO avoid
paying taxes on about q 600. 100 worth
Of personal properly in New York He
isn't taxed for Il in New York, though
he lives there
One Of the village officials said that
last fall Douglas Robinson asked one
Of the assessors II Theodore Douglas
Robinson paid any taxes IN Herkimer
county When informed in the negative
the elder Mr. Robinson is said to have
ordered that his son be assessed on q ON
Certain II IN that II young Mr. Robin
son had not injected himself into the
COngressionsl n ght the coming convention
would have been a tame affair. but a. u
" some fireworks are looked for.