The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
POLITICAL LEADERS
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New York Will Play Big Part
in Conventions of
Both Parties.
SOLID VOTE FOR TAFT
Republicans of Empire State
Will Be Unanimous for
His Nomination.
SOLID VOTE FOR TAFT
BY RALPH JOHNSTON.
10 The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2j.-It ia still
some distance to the nominating con
ycntious but already political leaders
in New York are beginning TO tlgure
quietly on the men who are to lead the
respective parties TO victory or defeat
next year.
New York will play big part IN
both conventions and may he a deter
mining factor in the Democratic. SO
far as / have been able to discover
there is no opposition to amount TO
anything to President Taft in tho Re
publican party. 1t is as safe as any
thing can be in politics eight months
ahead that the president will get the
solid vote of The Empire state.
On the Democratic side the situation
is bv no means so simple. Previous to
this months election it looked as
though Charles T.. Murphy would be
the New York delegation Just as hc
WAS at Denver in 1908.
But things have changed. While
rammany will be powerful factor In
the representation Of New York at The
next Democratic convention there will
be other influences which must be
reckoncd with. Tammany will hold
Manhattan bub Tho balance of the
greater city is in doubt and IL is more
than doubtful IL the balance OF the
OF the leading candidates now he
fore the public Harmon seems 10 have
the best chance Of carrying tho New
York delegation Champ Clark, how
ever, has strong and influential friends
and so has Woodrow Wilson.
II may be that the name Of Mayor
tfavuor or Governor Dix will be pre-
seuted 10 the convention. but no one
takes the candidacy of either of them
seriously. \ complimentary vote is
all they can get in any event.
" is not at all IN improbablllty that
the vote of the state will be. split
among several Of the candidates.
Ito Was Great Statesman.
"Thc late Marquis Ito, the grand
old man of Japan, was the most re
markable Japanese 7 ever saw" says
Horace 6. Dunbar of Alabama, for
many years proprietor Of the Gibson
house in Cincinnati and later of d hotel
in Seattle.
"Whcu 7 was in Seattle Ito was 2
guest al my hotel 1t was in 1902, if
! am not wrong in my memory He
had come from Japan as the special en-
voy of the Japanese government and
the japanese residents Of the Pacific
coast outdid themselves in an effort
TO pay homage TO their nations rep
reseDtative. When Ito arrived at the
hotel. the Japanese had strewn flow
crs from the entrance up TO his room, |
and he literally walked on bed of
roses. But Ito did not pay much at
tentior to the homage Of his country
men. lie stopped to order from me a
ease of wine and box OF the best
cigars, aud hardly had he arrived in
his room when he requested that the
order he duplicated He did not want
them for himself. for Ito did not drink |
He was preparing for his visitors.
"irhe act of Ito's proved TO ME what
| had often heard before, that the
Japanese abroad are the most hospit |
able people in the world. Ito was
a wonderful man. He reminded me in
the face and figure of the virtuoso, Du
Pachmau. who was celebrated some
wears ago. lie was slight Of figure,
but his face was grave and strong. J.
spent number of years in Japan, and
knew something Of the great men Of
that country, but i'll my opinion Ito
was the most remarkable statesman
the Flowerv kingdom had produced in
many years. 1t was a severe loss to
Japan when Ito was assassinated III
Korea
'EThe Japanese are wonderfully
shrewd people, but 7 prefer tho Chi
nese. \ Chinaman would 90 broke be-
fore he would tell lie or avoid an
obligation -
Bridegrooms Are Stingy.
What is n fair price OF Duptiai
knot? Mayor Gaynor put himself on
record with IL young bridegroom who
protested against 50 marriage fee the
other day in letter, in which he said
that if he could have his way he
would marry all applicants for nothing,
though he thought ninety nine men out