The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-13
THE ROOSETELT re TTION.

months ago VAS ail anams with antI-lsI-r
insurgency. Here - a city which shso
lutelV aud vita violence rrpud'at''d boss
lSm ana ~ bass. Grnrgr " Aldr'dge. 4
struggle ~ rrO-nt might H. eXIS-cte'i
Ia leave behind ~ tue elements Ut a
PERMANENT hight Tor political freedom
indeed. Rochester mi ght we'll he expected
tn he a headquarters VI insurgency
The astonishing fact IT, however that
IA the next State convention at Saratoga
ieorge " Aldridgc will rise aud cast the
thirty eight votes 1T Monroe county
against Theodore Roosevelt and for the
old guard. aud h,s action will have the
approval VI his constituents. Tor ia
Monroe county at least the advent ~
Theodore Roosevelt has sNtinRushei the
local night against boss-- uT a. least post
poned a indefinitely Tn" Republicans
Who fought aud defeated Mr.. aldrIdge
"A Few months ago are prepared Ia hight
hIn again, hut not On the issue 81 New
NatIOuaiISm and not to al vance ala al
tack upon the supreme court
Here then, ia Mouro,. county the reac-
ton against Roosevelt il the single potent
reInent ia the situation ~ recently a.
SIX weeks ago there survived enough ~
the resentment against Aldridge born ~
the recent Congress campaign To endanger
his political control On the ISSUES ralseci
by Governor Hughes. or rather ia a fight
Tor Governor Hughes against Boss Aid
ridge. the disSa distraction with the Rspub-
lican party as nov controlled would have
produced a contest scarcely equallrd in
local political history.
This was six weeks ago. To-day there ~
hardly u smolldering ember ~ insurgency
visible. To the men who fought the rc-
cent fight there il "A greater menace than
local passion 10 the newspapers. the
indep endent voters. the Republicans With
certain ideals above partisanship who
united to defeat the local boss the West
ern excursion ot MIR ROOSEVELT his
speeches. his declarations. have been
distinct revelation. Automatically these
speeches have operated 10 eliminate the
most influential. the most earnest 81 those
who fought the battle against the boss in
Rochester last spring
Wherever vou turn in this city the
same Testimony IL at hand The heart has
gone ont of the in-urgent movement. the
energy. the civic interest which chArac.
terized the campaign for James y IIavens
and against George " Aldridge IL lack
ing sympathy with the old guard does
not exist No one likes Barnes. relieves
in Ward or cares TO $50 Vice President
sherman win for his own sake The re
sentiment against George W Aldridge has
far from vanished; hut in this paTticu-
lar fight Rochester il satisfied 20 let its
Old hnss cast its votes b,ca Use II IL against
the Roosevelt agitation with an even more
emphatic unanimiiy
II Monroe county IL fair sample ~
the counties % the stat, this Roosevelt
reaction has already had prompt and seri-
ois effect upon the anti-busS sentiment
II Is not that the local politicians sav with
apparent frankness that what s..-med
hard "a month ago In easy now that "A sit
uation potentially dangerous has become
harmless Their testimony might be
preJudic-d hut up and down the bu-i-
ness str ,-t the testimony ~ all the various
Witness politically varying j. the am"
I'm against bn---- I'm against Rarn..
and the old qua ri. but I'm not for New
Nationali-m. | am not IN favor % the
Wild West show This comment IL
heard on every hand
In Rochester then. when fight against
bosses was half finished successfully the
sudden eruption Of Roosevelt has ended H.
In effect Th"odor" Roosevelt has saved
George " Aidrldga from fight that his
friends viewed with apprehension IT,"
Hughes element, the independent el'-
m"ut all those peculiar ,fn .inations
which elected James y; ella yeus. have de-
hh"rat"ly stopped hghtng They are
still against bosses hut IA the present
situation they 80" a danger far NOR" --ri-
ous than that Incident ~ bos-~s
On an rlde- there 10 Unanimous agree
ment that Mr. Roo~"veIIrs to ,iay weaker
a. a vol'tcal Ioad~r than he was when he
begau h,- Western 'rip. II h. has won m.
West there j. in Rochester and BuHaln IN
mlstakahl- ovrdenc,. that he has lost ,rr-
tam important elements of strength for
M alleged indeG"n fight IN New York
Tn" vocabulary IN which the Western ~
PLOTS are 4 '-crilrd ~ lnited. a DOZEN
men u--' the same 90 iectlon To d"zcril.
IN" words and IN" acts IT Mr. Ronsav"l'
AT Denver and m Kansas and ia" words
arr short and frankly ugly
l. - indeed not eNagg-rat,on 20 say
that very cons derahla faction 81 the
peupl" IN tins end ~ tho State are dis
mayed and frightened 10y the revelation
of purposes and character u has dwarfed
the tr-s issue. this revelation. ~ has Oh
scured Hughes and direct primaries. "
has leromc -'mething more 10 he Tea rel
ana fought than the old guard or the lo-
cally uupopular manipulator ~ PARTY MAJ
chinery - far a. Rochester IL concerned
u has absolutely crushed the most hone
ful attack IN ten years upon George W.
Aldriige
That N. members II the Old guard
hay. already felt this - Inmistakable
They have alWays expected 10 ain IN the
convention. they are now confident 81
winning safely In Tins reaction which
they hav" already felt they see the on
portunity 10 -tr"ngt hen themselves ~
home. aud IN Rochester today George
" AIdridg- IS stronger than before he
opposed Mr Roosevelt IN the State com
mitise meeting A. between Roos-N eli
and Aldridge 1t seems fairly clear that ~