Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-04
POLITICAL HOT SHOT
BIG Guns Roar All Over New
York State.
PARKER'S REPLY TO ROOT
Call Him Nachiavelli Of American
Statesmansh1p.
NAGEL SPEAKS AT ALBANY
Denies Antagonism Between Roose-
Welt and Taft-Stimson and Dix
at Each Other.

| Both political parties unlimbered their
heavy oratorical guns yesterday and last
| night. New York state and city re-
sounded with their booming.
| John A. Dix. democratic candidate for
| governor. was in the greater city, speak
ing mainly on the East Side. Henry L.
Stimson. his republican opponent. was up
state, addressing meetings at Albany.
Schenectady and elsewhere.
| Two cabinet officers were on the stump
speaking for the republican cause. Sec
| rotary Nagel at Albany. and Secretary
| Wilson at Rome. Judge Alton B. Parker,
| former democratic candidate for Pres
| ident, was at Cortland last night, and
made Theodore Roosevelt the theme Of
his address. Other spellbinders held forth
| in all parts Of the state.
Gaynor Rebukes Prentice.
Mayor Gaynor came forth In a letter to
Ezra Prentice, chairman Of the republic
can state committee, in which he advised
Mr.. Prentice to pray every morning
for awhile to God to direct you to tell
the truth, and see what fruits 1t will
bear" The mayors letter was provoked
by a recent statement by Prentice, in
| which the chairman declared he had re-
liable information that Gaynor had not
| ed Supreme Court Justice Martin keogh
placed at the head of the democratic
! ticket.
Betting odds on the New York result
| continue to be quoted at to 1 on Dix.
| with the prediction that they will go to
| 3 to 1 before the weeks end. Most Of
| the money wagered yesterday was at 3
| to /. Considerable sums were placed in
1k1r ~I> thN 1of fNss
odds.
| One even money bet was recorded that
Dix would have a plurality Of 100000 in
the state. 1t was reported In Wall street
made that II Dix is elected Steel COM
mon will go to par by January 10.
Parker Answers Root.
Judge Parker didn't restrain himself in
| discussing Roosevelt. His speech at
Cortland was easily the feature Of the
days campaigning.
| 1t was announced as an answer to
Senator Roots Carnegie Hall speech Of
last week. The tenor OF his discourse
was: Let US cut out the cancer of
| Rooseveltism."
| THAT was a most astounding address
| which Mr.. Root delivered" said Judge
Parker. Dare not revolt, or worse shall
| befall you; accept your chains. or feel
/
your right to name your executives and
that right shall be definitely taken from
/ you-that in all fairness is the sense Of
his speech SO far as it relates to the
issue Of Rooseveltism which confronts
| US.
But who IS the special pleader who
| speaks? And who IL the client whose
cause he advances? A master OF SUCCESS
ton. an adept at innuendo, an adroit in
tellect. clever politician, such is the
1 special pleader. His client we know bet
| ter than before.
| "And when we consider the past rela-
tions between them. the hollowness and
lack Of sincerity In the suggestion that
Mr.. Taft's denomination by the republi-
| cans in 1912 is in any wise involved in q
/ rejection Of Mr.. Roosevelt in the state Of
New York today is clear.
Root Present Day Machiaveln.
'Mr. Root urges his republican associ-
ates to disregard their duty as citizens.
lest something which he conveniently
imagines as an evil shall befall the COM
munity at large. In other words. Mr..
Root poses as the supporter of Mr.. Taft.
| but is in fact the secret advocate Of Mr..
Roosevelt. Nor is this the first time
when Mr.. ROOsevelts political fortunes
trembled in the balance that Mr.. Root.
the Machiavelli Of many situation, has
arisen to his aid.
But let not any adherent of Mr. Taft
delude himself with the belief that q vote
for Mr.. Stimson Is q vote for Mr.. Taft's
| renomination It is vote for Root and
Roosevelt, pure and simple. Nothing can
impair Mr.. Taft's personal prestige in his
own party 30 greatly as a vote for the
personal nominee Of his private defamer
And who is this personal nominee Of
our Warwick. the new king maker? Who
but the close associate. the partner, the
locum tenens of the senior counsel for the
defense?
| And that same senior counsel for this
defendant now at the bar of the people
OF the state. this same junior senator of
ours, Mr.. Root, grayely assures us that
his junior associate, If only we will elect
him governor, will dominate not alone his
senior. the artful advocate himself, but
even their joint client who turks in the
rear OF their ambition
Nagel Denies Discord.