Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-18
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sFrom the Kanaas City start
And now shall william sulzer--
honest man. rogue or blundercr. Il
matter nol--auifer Impeachment and
possible disgrace. not for his crimes.
if he mas committed any. but for the
enc commcndabio thing In a servlle
political lifc3 A Tammany governor
of New York. he dcfied Tnmmany
therefore Tammany decreed his po-
litical death.
sulzeT, a picturesque politician. who
had served his organization unhrok.
emily Tor twenty years became the
governor 81 New York, January
this year. Fortune had smiled on his
candidacy. The Progressive move
ment had split his opposition. and
Charles y Murphy. grand sachem 81
Tammany hall, had pasted his seal
~ approval upon him. Perhaps
Boss Barnes. leader OF tho lsepub-
lican machine, had even given a lit
tie aid. so Sulxer was elected ana
Tammany began is favorise amuso-
ment Of parcellng out the pie.
PLAYED % the Gallery.
But the organisation had reckoncd
without Ia tool. Sulzer. always an
egotist and gallery performer, Dr.
clarcd war on tho power that had
elected him in the first speech NJ
governor.
~ am free. without entanglemenla."
bombasticaIly he declared from the
steps Of his capitol in his inaueuraf
ton address 'and shall remain 80. No
Influence controls me except the die
tateE Of my own conscience, and my
/ determination TO do my duty. day In
and day out. az I see sne right. re-
gardless OF consequences"
The people checred: the bosses In
New York smiled. and wrote down a
few moro names OF the faithful for
state Jobs. But sulxer continued
talking about the infqnliy Of bosses
and boss rule. In his ogotiem he de-
clded a wave of popular demand for
Sulzer. instead " Tammany aid, had
made him governor SO he declared
war on silent Charles r. Murphy;
End Tammany prepared 10 chasiizc
.its recaicitrant sou.
However commendable any effort
60 eliminate machines from politics
may be. Suffers revolt from Tam
many IL deserving OF little popular
praise. II was not backed by high
ideals. II was a plan not 20 much "a
cripple Tammany as 10 make VIII
liam Sulzor superior 70 Tammany
sulzer was ambitious. Tie would be
vice president. even president In the
1900 convention In KANSAS city ~
succeeded so far toward this ambl-
tion az 20 be a leading candidate foI
second place on the Democratic ticket
An Estimate of suiscr.
Az governor Of New York. Sul2ei
hoped to grand stand" his way intf
greater national prominence. So hs
attacked Tammany Golfers Week
llv prints an editorial estimation ol
sulxer's character based on close oh
servatlOn nj Albany and IN Washing
ton whom sitixer was n member 81
congress. n SAYS;
Tho best 10 be said about Sui
yer h that he might have heen
worse Tie might have kent peace
with Tammany Tammeny could
have gone IN with les graft and
Snlzer could have avoided the ex-
posuroE that have followed his
| break with Murphy But let no
ono hone that New York will ever
be delivered from Tammany by
anybody with Suffers fiber. be
tween the two Murphy has much
more character than sulzer-
character IN the sense Of stability
and Substance.
How weak and impossible "a
creature suiger IL the public VIII
never know. for his flahhiRess s.
so ariitss and uncencCaled That
newspaper men have "a weakness
Tor him. and aside from toc-
caslonnliyl subtle verbal wink
30 to speak never speak ~ %
. him. A. artlessly aH child hc
+ win ask newspaper men 10 print
81 something nice about him, 10 cir
/ rnlate a rumor that Suizer r.
\ spoken Of for vice president.
Moreover. ne h far from
, wickod man. Hts weaknesses DO
not flow from love of money %
love Of the approval OF those who
have money which Is the prevail
r ing type Of understandable among
4 pubnc men lie ~ vain, a rant-
4 or and pOseur. quite without pow
. cr Ot thought. tie doesn't know
! that such thing as a political
r principle exists.
h Politics. according 90 his per-
4 feotly sincere and candid concop-
4 tlon, IL an occupation IN which
YOU make decent living and
sulxer doesn't care for more~~by
. doing savors Tor people. by pia-
4 eating this group and that group
D. and the next group and never
q offending any group, unless 90
4 curry favor with mathematical
Is larger group. Ia make a grand
stand play. as IN the case Of the
II present Tartarln assault on Tam
=. many. Politics Is better way oi
p making "a living than most be-
q cause n carrl,lA with Il p0np aud
n pose. strutlins and OK talk and
Ia these Sulzer likes better Than
a money New York will never
/. get direct primaries nor any 9TH