The sun., 1912-08-04

cantcd and his friends now say that at
the Roosevelt state convention OF New
York to bc held IN September spcc'a'
plank will be introduced In tho plutforu
dcnouncing the proposed reciprocity meas
TIRE with Canada. The Roosevelt people
are well aware that the Republican farm.
ers of the State arc antagOudstic TO this
measure, and they propoVe to take sdvan-
tagc Of the feeling Of ailtAgonlsln 70 p.ssi.
dent Taft which stil rankles tn the minds
OF the farmers because OF its pasesgc.
even though tho measure was passed by
an Overwhelming majority In Congress.
, The Roosevelt folk say that this feeling
Of opposition can only be removed by the
repeal Of the measure.
Many Democrats who were IN the now
practically defunct Democratic state
| League Of New York do not believe that
the Empire state Democracy can gaia
| much headvay as long rs Thomas Mott
| Osborne is one Of It's preemincnt com.
nalders. They assert that tho leaaUc.
which started with great promise, was
completely wrecked because Of Mr. o.
4 borne's constant desire to 10 nominated
! for Governor.
The Democratic state League, In tho
estimation Of many Of its influential mem.
| bers was not organized TO foster the
| political aspirations OF any man. but
slowly II became apparent that Mr.. Os.
horne. who did much 60 finance the
league. was attempting to dominate I,
because OF his personal ambitions. From
that time tho league. which WAS organ
ICED ostensibly to unite the Democratic
party In the State. WAS n failure. And
the same fate is predicted for the En,-
pire state Democracy should Mr.. Osboins
persist in precipitaNng his political am.
| billions on that organization.
! There have been negotiations to merge
the Democratic State League with the
| Empire state Democracy. but to this
proposition Mr.. Osborne has objected, be-
iieving that the league should maintain
its original alleged purpose to strengthen
the Democratic party OF the state BY
working within the lines Of the regular
| organization. while the Empire State
Democracy should he a sort OF guerriila
organization TO fight on the outside anl
to oppose the candidates Of the regular
Democracy. In other words. II 10 as.
serted to be Mr.. Osborne's purpoee 10
retain control OF both the Democratic
State League and the Empire State De-
mocracy in an effort to attain his personal
ends.
While the Roosevelt organization IN
New York State greatly desires. insiders
assert. to nominate Comptroller William,
\. Prendergast OF New York city for
Governor. il fears TO do so. on the theory
that should Mr.. PrenderGast be elected
Governor his successor In one cf the
most powerful city offices. second only
to that of the Mayor. would be appointed
10y Mayor Caynor and would serve for
; one year. 1913. TIE Comptrollcr's office
I ut the moment is understood to be ono
OF the nanstays In the patronage lire
OF the Roosevelt organization. Those
In the Roosevelt camp who combat thie
tiridity concerning the Comptroller's nom.
ination for Governor point out that Mr..
; prandergast's nomination Is worth the
} risk. as in the event OF his election a.
: Governor there would be all sorts Of pie,
and plenty of II. far more than there is
in the Comptroller's office.
Still, many OF the Roosevelt adherents
In the State believe that the nomination
will go TO William II. Hotchkiss. State
chairman for the Roosevelt organisation,
, and Superintendent of Insurance unde. :
Gov. Hughes
The managers OF the Roosevelt State
organization are row discussing the e. =
; pense Of nominating State officers at their
convention 10 be held in September Thess
! nominations. as well as the nomination
= for State Senators, .Assamblymen mad
. ConsressIner. must be made by petition
4 the same Is true OF nominations for su-
8 preme Court Justices and Associate
= Judges Of the Court Of Appeals.
. 1t will require 5000 signatures. with a,
= least NIFTY from each county tFul;on and
= Hamilton being considered as one county,
i TO nominate State ticket. comprising
i Governor: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sscre
e tary Of State, Comptroller. State Treas.
n lrer. Attorncy-Gencral. State Ensince,
2 and Surveyor. and Associate LJudees oi
y the Court Of Appeals The Roosevelt,
folks estimate that theac 6,0o0 signature.
can be secured at cost Of twenty-five
$ cents rane. or $1,000 in all. Cor.
>, Sressncn and State Setators can We nom
:. mated on the petition OF 1000 voters n
u each Senate or Congress district. and
% Assemhyncn can inc nominated on ths
y petition Of 500 voters In each Asse emti,
A district II !s pointed ont b. thc Roosc
:, veit chieftsins that tho $50 Assemble yrne,
!. tney propose to nominate would require
=, the securing of 5000 signatures. ana n
II twenty-five cents a name they would COS
', slS.i5o. To nominate nfty.ore St,.
u Senators. $1,000 signatures woul6 be nee
. essary. and at twenty-five cents A nar-
!, they would entail an expense Of $ts.i5a
" TO nominate rorty-thrsc ConS rossme,
u would require $4,000 signatures. uhic,
- ~ Twenty-Five cents a name would AL,
!. sI0.75o to the expense.
~ In the case OF supreme Court Justice
- II would he necessary tn secure H.
>. signatures OF 1000 petitioners IN Ne,
:" York county. the sarne number In Sina
's county and 1000 petitioners In C!str
e county I" name successors to Justice
i James Fitzgerald Of New York, Aimc
r. jerks and Josiah r. Niarcan Of N.rg
and James \. Belts of Kingston. Til
al would involve an expense ~ Siaa0 A
I'D twenty-five cents a name
I'd Thus IL will be observed that unde
IA the election la~ providing for indepe nder
nominations by petition the RoosNv at o'
- ganization would he compelled to meet a
d, expense Of s+S,0h0 merely for the OF
TO tanning OF the signatures to make 1,
,il nominations. with incidental expenss
X. tho total cost misht reach $4,000.
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