The evening world., 1914-03-03
OSBORN HAILED
AS NEWlEADER0F
STATE DEMOCRACY
Congratulations Pour in Upon
Him Over His Election
to Chairmanskip.
OUTLINES HIS PLANS.
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VIII Build UP Party With the
County Chairmen as Chief
Factor of Strength.
OUTLINES HIS PLANS.

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There are two telephones In this
city which have been called twice
every I'VE minutes all day. One Of
them 10 in the home OF william
Church Osborn, the newly chosen
Chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee. In Fast Fortteth street.
and the other 10 In his once at No.
II Broadway. The first one began its
ringing at breakfast time and con.
tinued till ALMOST . o'clock. when Mr..
Osborn left for . visit to Democratic
state headquarters Mt No. West
Thirty fourth street. He remained
there for an hour or more, but no one
knew. he was there. 90 the telephone
had a respite. But A. soon as he
reached his once the calls began
anew. and every one Of them was
prcfaced with:
Good morning. Mr.. Chairman"
Every friend. political and personal.
in Mr.. Osborn's long iist called him
up to-day TO congratulate him upon
his achievement Of an once which.
for the new powers with which It 1.
supplied. Is without precedent in the
politics OF the state.
| william F. McCombs. the National
Democratic Chairman was one OF the
nrst to call Mr.. Osborn when he
! reached his once and for ten rnln-
utes they talked Of the Affairs OF the
State and tho work which now con-
fronts the new chairman.
SAYS HE 10 JUST A COUNTRY
POLITICIAN.
When q reporter for The Evening
World went TO Mr.. Osborn's once he
vas. telephone 10 hand. smiling into
the transmittsr and striving to lot
the person at the other end knov
how much he realized the compliment
Of the call. And when the telephone
vas st down for y mtnuts NJ.
Osborn said:
First Of all I'm country poll.
tic.an. Ny views sre the views Of .
country politician and I got them
by thirty years experience In , ics
In Putnam County. II 10 my belief
that the county organizations
Throughout the state should b built
up - the basis Of the strongest party
Organization. The party intends to
look to the county chairman for party
strength, and nay f;rss ork ~ chair.
imam win b. to formulate . state or
ganisation.
The County Chairman 10 the chief
factor IN the State strength. He ID
whore he can influence the people and
whore the people can inauence him.
They can throw him out II they don't
like him. Heretofore thsy could not
throw out . state Chairman nor
State Committeeman. but never 10
nftssn years has the Democratic
pArty bsen In such . position that It
could not chuck out Ne county chair.
men. And that's why We intend Ia
ret the very bsst men Tor the ONCE
l 000n
That Ii 10 be the nrst work.
COUNTY 70 % the RGPResgN
TA1ivg UNIT.
we intend to keep our Counts
Chairman a. the real factor Of Tx
political life Of the otats. The sr0aA'
nation WORK I have In ninA win leoi
"a nskins the county the reprsssltA.
tive party unit
1T 10 too early In the day for mi
To say much more Of what have II
, mind to do, because the WORK mug
I bs approachsd With care and caution
? realise that ths canpaigu cem
. mittse. the appeintnsat Of whie'
. rests with me. u ths stronseS
q YEA NON / havs--i mean II can D
J made . powerful weapon for good
d Az to the personnel OF this oah -
:. nothing now. but 1t 10 net unlike!
I that this committee viii be compose
y Of nine members. say 1t 10 oni
4 likely"
n II am looking for committs
which shall b the largest small coz
mittss possible, and tor this rsaao
! had In mind the pine judicial iii
tricts OF the state as the areas fro'
I which TO choose these commlttseme'
hut It 10 not vet settled In my MIN
=. Whom ! say that am . c"unt'
r poiitician "a like to say too th'
h certain sxpsr,s,css have hal
70 Treasurer OF the Association for II
In Prevention OF Corrupt Practices
p elections have made me familiar VII
"a many Of the ways Of the city pol
.: tictans.
X ~ was glad 10 md that all II
II records 1T the STATE headquarte'
u had been kept In such good order. II
a records Of the voters and the nam'
!: OF all tho committeeman. Hsrsan'
I shslI be at the state hsadauarte,
y by appointment, At In the mornin
" A. 1 and Of 4. l shall b glad to ~
any ons there who desires to IA
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