Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
STRAUS LEAVES THE STATE
Asserted That Prospects Were Dis
couraging to Him.
VOTE OF HEBREWS IS DIVIDED
Politicians Waiting to See Whether
Roosevelt's Milwaukee Expert
ence Has Gained Him Help.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, October 22-In the opin-
ion Of oldtime politicians hereabou the
pending state campaign is one of the
closest in many years, and one of the
most difficult to gauge. Estimates of rival
leaders vary so remarkably that either
somebody is much mistaken or somebody
is lying. When Norman f. Mack claims
the state by 100000 for Sulzer, the demo-
cratic candidate for governor. and Boss
Barnes figures a republican majority for
Job Hedges of 11J,O00. they have the
plain man guessing. Then there is Oscar
Straus and the progressives, who insist
that they have "a look in
Ihe state campaign is going on all
tours with the presidential campaign, bu.
is tagging some distance behind The
fight in New York is between Wilson and
Taft. with Roosevelt expected to run
third. The same ratio is calculated for
the respective parties in the sovernorship
fight. AS a matter Of fact, prospects
were discouraging to the third term
partys candidate for governor that he
left the state and has gone out west to
try to boost the third term presidential
campaign.
Hedges Denouncing Tammany.
JOD T1euSeS, the TepuDllcan canOludte
for governor. is carrying the burden of
the governorship fight largely on his own
shoulders. Boss Barnes is managing the
campaign. but he is also deeply inter-
ested in President Taft's prospects.
It is essential to Mr.. Barnes that the
republicans should not run third in this
fight, for in that event. under the cleo
tion law, he would lose the party emblem,
and next year. with big mayoralty
campaign on, would be minus the party
machinery.
Mr.. Hedges, however, is not worrying.
He secured the nomination without the
aid of the party bosses, and he is content
to hoe his own road with the people.
Mr.. Hedges finds his main political as
set to be denunciation Of Tammany. and
the alleged extravaganza of the present
democratic administration of the state.
He is plain sort of citizen, and talks in
homely fashion to the plain people.
Sulzer Attacks the Tariff.
William Sulzer. democratic candidate
for governor. takes for his theme the
high cost of living. which he charges
against the repu ,lican party and the
protective tariff. He is something of a
plain man himself. when it comes to
that. and it is nip and tuck between
Hedges and SulZer for the honors in this
hOmeSpun campaign.
Oscar StrauS the progressive candidate
for governor, takes a whack at the tariff,
trails along after Hedges in decrying
democratic extravaganza and then leads
as his long suit Down with the boss.
That's where he goes after both Sulzer
and Hedges. He lambaSts Boss Muir
ply with his right and swings his left on
Boss Barnes. He has the best time OF
all of them.
Hebrew Vote Divided.
There has been much talk about the
probable drift of the Hebrew vote. The
big Hebrews are divided; there are
Schiff and Morganthau for Wilson and
Lewisohn for Tart. The East Side He
brews are for Straus and Roosevelt.
The third-term ticket will be strong on
the East Side, except in Suffers old con-
gresSional district, where he Will main-
tain his hold upon all classes.
Boss Murphy? Well he is lying low
for the present. He is not very much
enthused over the presidential campaign.
anyhow, after what Mr.. Wilson did to
him. He is watching his local ticket.
mainly. Mr.. Murphy finds it difficult this
year, on account of the new election law,
to pull off TammanyS favorite stunt OF
trading the presidency and the governor
ship for the local ticket The new form
of ballot and restrictions iii the e-ectlon
law will render it well nigh impossible
for Murphy to instruct his followers now
to make such shift.
Murphy and o'Gorman.
Mr. Murphy also finds himself likely to
be overshadowed by Senator y Gorman
If Wilson should carry the state OGor-
man would be the most prominent demo-
cratic figure on account OF his services
10 Wilson at the Baltimore convention.
and his alignment with the presidential
candidate AGAINST the reactionary element
i'm the democratic party ever since.
All of the politicians are waiting with
ca eerness and some of them with anxiety
the re-entrance OF Col Roosevelt into the
campaign. 1t is confidently expected that
he will soon be on the stump again and
thev are anxious to see whether his mis-
hap at Milwa ukee viii prove valuable
political asset.