The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-27

What * your politics now
In response to similar question from
a man In the audience. | said In my re-
cent speech. in lndepcndcut Hail in
Brooklyn: When they ask YOU about my
politics, you tell them that | am a Thomas
Jefferson Democrat, but not Charles +.
Murphy Democrat that am an Abraham
Lincoln Republican. hut not William
Barnes Republican that | am p Pioneer
Progressive. but not an Invisible Govern
mcnt Progressive but above all and he
yond all, ! am an American. and am
doing my best. day IN and day out. 70
pcrpetuate our free institutions. and hand
them down un.mpared to future genera
tons"
After breathing spell tho interviewer
asked "po YOU expect to win the Pro-
GreSsive prmary"'
"Y,s, why? The answer is: Whore
is there a man with a better Progressive
record Besides tho rank and file Of FRO
grcssivc voters are for M. even II some
Of the agents 81 Invisible government
In the Progressive party are against me,
I shall say more about this later on. and
there is much to tell. am too old a
fox hunter 10 he deceived by drawing n
herring across the trail"
He repeated his recent prediction that
~ | am not tn" next Governor the can
didate Of tho Republican party will be"
He said that the bosses who talk about
SEEMING me hdCk 10 congress make tho
wish father to tho Thought" and that II
lie wanted his old scat IN tho House no
boss could stop him from getting it.
What is your opinion NJ the present
Congress-
The members are afraid to go home"
harked Mr., Sulzer. The next House viii
b. Republican by how large a majority
II would be a shame to tell"
He spoke thus Of Mr. Murphy: "iIe Is
n menace to decent citizenship and to
honest government No Democrat in New
York can look an honf 1t man in the face
while Murphy controls the Democratic
party. Murphy is tho same stripe Of
Democrat that Capt. Is dd was sailor"
How will your campaign be tinanccdH'
Mr.. Suffers reply was not wholly
specific. lie said
by the men who believe In me. and
who know | sacrificed the Governorship
rather than betray the people. said
last year, and | say this year. | would
rather be right than he Governor My
removal was a blessing in disguise he
cause | have accomplished more for the
people out % office than | could have
accomplished in office with Murphy con-
trolling the state Departments and the
Legislature. broke Murphy's grip on
! the state last year This election will
| DESTROY his power forever
what are your personal campaign
/ plarsc
40 tell tho people tho truth"
81, you DO not win IN the Progressive
/ primaries viii sou run on an independ-
| INT ticHet"'
Yves shall be the only genuine Anti
! Boss candidate i'm the race"
Not Bosstins-Just Working.
! How many votes do YOU expect to get
/ on the Independent ticket
The voters will answer the question on
] 1
/ great many tlmes--si times for the Leg
/ stature. nine times for Congress, once for
/ Governor sometimes az an Independent
and / ALWAYS got votes enough But I
am not boastng-l am working. Work
, tells"
MIR Sulzcr WAS not ready to Indicate
Z whom ne would choose as his associates
. on "A Progressive or an Independent
ticket. but the question seemed To inter
est him and he made this general reply /:
THE best men We can find In the
/ State-h0nest men, fearless men, indie
pendent men. our friends will hold a
statewide conference at Syracuse on
! august II. We will issue an address to
the voters OF the state and make prepa-
ra'ious for complete ticket
Here and there We will be glad to
indorse independent Republicans whose
| qualifications for the office cannot he
| questioned Here and there we will in
dorse auti-hoss Democrats. Here and
there we Will Indorse real progressves
and here and there we viii nominate
candidates of our own We want n
state ticket and legislative ticket and
/ ~ constitutional Convention ticket that
viii be composed of the best and Of the
ahlest men In tho Statc-mrn who are
peculiarly qualified by experience for the
offices they geek. who viii serve the pco-
ME instead Of the bosses aud the invis-
ihle government That rs our aim That
If what We have been irving 10 accom-
spring.