The Washington times., 1912-09-07
OLD PARTY MEN
SCENT TROUBLE
IN NEW YORK
Nomination of Straus Gives
Them Their Hardest
Battle.
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1TOHl fhBt'D
State situations In New York Republi-
canism that Murphy did in the Demo-
cratic camp. He was perfectly welcome
to take the whole State party under his
wing, to nominate whom he liked for
Congress. the legislature, the State Of
fees; to. run the campaign as he pleased.
That was the price paid to him for
loyalty to the national ticket.
30 It has been contest between
Barnes and Murphy, to see which of
this precious twain could more COM
pletelv -subvert his party to the pur-
poses Of the bosses ana the reactionary
order of things. Barnes is for Young
jim Wadsworth for governor, and
Wadsworth means machine rule, pure
and simple; elected. he would mean
| gang that Roosevelt turned out of party
control at the Saratoga convention of
1910, when he nominated Stimson for
| governor.
Murphy, on the other side of the po-
| litical fence, has been running Demo-
| cratic affairs with an equally high hand.
| A few illustrations will suffice to indi-
| cate what he has been doing.
The Election of George.
In the fall OF 1910 Henry George, jr.,
took the Democratic nomination in the
silk stocking Seventeenth district, then
| represented by William S. Bennett, Re-
publican. The district was overwhelm-
| ingly Republican. The Democratic
nomination had never been regarded as
| worth having. George made a great
| campaign. a lot of young men broke
into his fight. the general revolt against
! Republicanism helped. and he was elect
| ed. He has done some excellent work In
| Congress, and was always pointed to as
| one of the Congressman who proved
| that Tammany. which had allowed him
| to become a member. was not really so
bad.
But this year the hand of Murphy
| was shown early. The Seventeenth dis
trict could be turned over to a man OF
the Henry George stamp 80 long as the
fight was hopeless; but being turned
| into a Democratic district and this be-
| ing q year when, as Murphy calculated
any old sort Of a Democrat ought to wir
| almost anywhere, why, some of the
faithful must have that job. George
would not do; and word went forth thai
| local Tammany lieutenant was to b.
named in place OF George.
Another Similar Case.
Then there was the case of Congress
man Ayres, who broke into the Hous
two years ago from the Eighteenth
district, in exactly similar circum
stances. He proved an Independent sor
OF member: a progressive all along III
line, and incidentally one of the fe,
New York Congressman with the dis
position vigorously to look after loca
interests as affected by Congrcssions
affairs. Ayres. in short, made good 1
a big way with the very Independent
silE-stocktng class of people who ha
gone over from the Republicans an
made fis election possible.
, Murphy saw all this; he guessed on
term was enough for that sort of
Congressman. Ayres wasn't the Sol
of man who could be depended on. fc
instance, for such crises as that G
1909, when the Tammany Congressme
saved Cannon!. And that's the sort {
Democrats Tammany wants IN tn
. House
SO 1t went out from the Wlgwal
that Ayres had had all that was CON
ing to him: a particularly ohjectonab
, Democrat OF the purest TaInmany ra
was to be sent in his place.
Downing Good Material.
, Same with Congressional and legisla
tive nominations generally. Murph
and Barnes have ben deliberately turl
ing down everybody who looked to the
ike a possible progressive or ind
pendent. None but trusted machir
men must be put on any. job. The ne
legislature. II the Republicans or Il
Democrats should control, would he Il