Evening star., 1914-07-22
Campaign There Is Really
Opening of Presidential
Fight of 1916.
HINMAN HAS BACKING
OF SOME "STALW WARTS"
Sulzer May Turn In and Help John
A. Hennessey to Get Demo-
cratic Nomination.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK. July 22-Once more tha
Empire state sets the stage for political
comedy-drana to add to the gayety and
interest of politics.
National in its after effect the cam
paign now on concerns the country. for
in actuality it is the opening of the pres
idential fight for 1916
In the limelight are characters well
known to all, to command attention and
attract interest. Whether one likes them
or not they must be reclloned with and
are at least picturesque.
There is Roosevelt redivivus for the
second time emerging from the jungle
on the eve of a vital campaign to I'm
press his virile personality upon the poll
tics OF the country
There is Sulzer-"same old Bill" ach-
ing to get his finger in the pie. but just
at present being rudely elbowed away.
There is Hearst, without whom no New
York campaign could be complete for the
moment a man of mystery.
There is Tammany. after tie wampum.
as usual, somewhat bruised from the
all the keener and every rapacious in
SliuCe dietts lylii5 HI wall pics
as may come its way.
There is Gov. Glynn. with a splendid
record. sitting tight on the lid, and as
yet undetermined, not willing to SET
boldly forth If there is prospect OF re-
publican orwester.
And besides the picturesque person.
alittes. there are more political angles
to this campaign than any in twenty
years.
First Direct Primaries.
The determining and dominating ele-
ment is the fact that for the first time
in history aspirants for nomination are
to submit their claims to direct
primaries; for governor and other state
Offices. for United States senator, and
SO all down the line
Gone forever are the days when two
or three overbearing men in each party
met in secret conclaye and sent out
be ratified by conventions. No more
Will there be Platt or an Odell to
meet in the old cottage No g." at
Saratoga. to pick candidate for gov
ernor while the henchmen pace up and
down the long. galleries awaiting the
dictum.
Why. If a dozen years ago You had
prophesied this condition at a state con-
vention dominated by the bosses people,
would have tapped their foreheads sig;
nificantly, shrugged their shoulders
pityfngly. and sent the house detective
to keep watch on you. lest you should
become suddenly violent and do some
one harm.
Roosevelt Now a Boss.
1t is true that for the moment Col
Roosevelt is practically in the attitude
of boss. expressing his favor or dis.
favor of candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination. but a moments reflection
will disclose the differentiation TO wit:
He is trying to suggest a man who.
VIII draw votes at the primaries from
both bull mooSerS and republicans, ssnd
his suggestion will i'll the last analysis
be submitted to the voters Of the stat.
at large. so he is not such a whale
Of boss after all.
Would Harmonic Factions.
Competent politicians here analyze Col.
Roosevelt's motives thus. and in repeat
Ing them 1 am expressing their own.
opinion and not mine: they say that the
colonel is seeking a man who can har-
noniZe the warning republican factors
so as to defeat the democratic candidate:
that he wants man who, if successful.
will not Immediately loom large as !.
possibility in 1916 ohence his
rejection of District Attorney Whitman.
they explain).
They go on to say that the colonel real
ICES that If he should run for governo,
and. By keeping open the breach, let the
democrat slip in, he could not expect to
receive New Yorks support in his gener-
ally expected candidacy for the press-
iential nomination in 1916. 7t
Harvey d. Hinman. the man whom
the colonel now regards favorably as
candidate for the guberna-
.orial nomination, is generally conceded to
be in good position to heal. the republican
breach While in the state senate he was
a strong supporter of Gov. Hughes in all
his reforms.
Has Backing of "Stalwarts."'
Today Mr.. Hintiian has the backing or
such "stalwarts.' State Senator Brack-
EFT. the boss of Saratoga county, reeu-
lar old hard-shell from away up. at the,
head OF the creek; Of Seth Heacoeks Of
lion. another old guard veteran who., be-
sides. has bari" with a number of
other county leaders, Of like caliber and
record ;,
Mr.. Hinman. who lives at :Binshamp-.
ton, in the southern tier" has a good
machine OF his own and is a political
of parts. -
The fact that Col. Roosevelt demands
that Hinman repudiate Barnes and the
present machine doesn't count for much.
Barnes. he wouldn't care" they say.
If Hinman could win the state back
rom the democrats"
Bill Sulzer is left high and dry for the,
by the coloners ignoring of his
existence, but he is still in the ring and i.
s seeking support from bun moosers.
democrats and Independents on a kind of
general. friend of the, people" platform.
sulzer May Aid Hennessy.
If he sees he cannot get it. he will prob
IDLY turn in and help young John \.
Iennessey get the democratic .nomina-
ion at the primaries So We come to,
You remember him, the bombshellt
hat exploded in the mayoralty cam-t
,aign last fall and helped clean out
rammany He is on the war path
the sbiue-eyed lad
Who.. would rather, get something by
lighting fort it than get it peaceabiy,
md who, tos quote. has an unerringf
instinct for the jugular VEIN"
And Mr Hearst. keeping in the back.
round for the present. biding his time.
yould like to be United States senator.
+ senator Root insists upon not run.
ling. and; in the meantime he is tying
,n close with Gov. Glynn.
Gov: Glynn's friends are trying to
lfssuade him from seeking the nQHins-
ion. Some of his closest advisers tell