Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-04
new YORK RESULT
J0LTS ROOSEVELT
His Determined Opposition to
Whitman Fails to InfIu-
ence the People.
SULZER is PLEASED OVER
DEFEAT OF GOV. GLYNN
Murphy's Serenity Unruf1ed by the
neutrality-suspicious. Are Dis
cussing Presidential Timber.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

| NEW YORK, November 4.-The nap
piest man in town is Bill Sulzer. He
knew he. couldn't win the governorshlp,
| but he succeeded in the enterprise upon
which he set out. To use his own IAN
| guage: II have defeated Glynn. elect
ed Whitman and made Roosevelt look
like 30 cents.
| His greatest satisfaction is that he
COMPOUNDED Glynn. But next to that Is
! his pride over beating Roosevelt, VINO
refused to give him the bull moose
| nomination. BY the way. they are call
ing it the bull mouse party today.
! Former President Taft. commenting
on the election, said:
THE result seems to have RELOCATED
the progressive party and its leaders
to innocuous desuetude. ! am recon
ciled to this result
Col Roosevelt started out TO do one
thing and failed through all the stages
of effort He attempted to reunite the
republican party, but refused to choose
W hitman as the means. preferrlng Tin
man. 1t was said at the time lnat ne
was Jealous of Whitman. lest nltman
would be u formidable candidate Tor
the presidential nomination. The re-
pu blicans have reunited without Roose-
velt's aid and have elevated the man OF
whom the colonel was afraid
Whitman Presidential Timber.
Naturally, from this time on. Whitman
will be measured as presidential tim
ber Prominent republicans here say
that three men who will be most dis
cussed as possible presidential candi-
dates are James r. Mann of Illinois.
Mr. Whitman and Senator Borah.
nhSOlutelE conf
dent of coming back" in 1916. Some OF
the leaders realize. however, that the
success will depend upon the standard
bearer and his affiliations. He must De
of a type not repugnant to the progress
sives Either of the three named would
meet that requirement.
1t is said here that Whitman will have
the lead from the prestige of his SPLEEN
did victory in this state. swinging 1t
back into the republican column as he
has done. New Yorks electoral vote is
essential. and the man who shows pos
sible ability to command it is in great
demand in both parties.
Roosevelt foresaw the commanding
position Whitman would occupy If
elected governor and tried to defeat
him for the nomination, first by fore
Stalling him with the Human propo-
sition and then in the primaries. But
Whitman was good enough progressive
for the majority of the progressives
and eminently satisfactory to the rank
and file of the old guard republicans.
OF course his future will hinge upon
the success of his administration as
governor, but his friends are willing
to take a chance on that.
Murphy's Serenity Undisturbed.
There is another man in this town
who is feeling pretty comfortable to-
day, and he is Charles f. Murphy, boss
of Tammany. He is not worrying at
all over the defeat of the democratic
state ticket. 1t is notorious that Tam
many would rather do business with
repu blican administration at Albany
as long as Tammany holds it's own in
New York city.
In this case, with the national House
of Representatives SO close. the Tam
many representatives may be expected
to drive some bargains with the ma
tionaI administration and secure some
favOrs.
They have been putting Murphy
out" for several years now, and he
isn't out" yet.