Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-31
NEW YORK.s SEN ATOpIAJ, FIGHT.

involves national politics as well as
state issues. At the time of the re-
publican national convention there was
general concensus of opiaion that
former Congressman william NJ. CAL
der or Brooklyn would receive the re-
publican nomination for the United
states Senate to succeed Senator O'Gor-
man a few days ago Theodore Roose-
welt gave his endorsement to the can
didacy of Robert Bacon. former United
states ambassador to France, and the
canvass of the latter has made marked
progress
| Calder has been something of a
champion Of preparedness. but Bacon,
whose petition bears more than 10, O0O
makes this issue somewhat paramount
In ways other than military. He says
there Is no more important need to-day
than to know our rights under inter
national law, rights we should have
the courage to enforce and duties we
should have the spirit to perform He
"ouiu nave puslness and industrial as
well as military preparedness. That
is the sort of Americanism for which
he would stand
Mr.. Bacon believes there should be an
international agreement to punish
violation of treaties and to enforce re-
spect for the rights Of smaller ma
tons Largo countries should treat
smaller neighbors as we treated Cuba.
He says II there have been violations
Of our trade rights as neutrals, It is our
duty as well as our right to protest
Mr.. Bacon criticises what he terms
the Wilson administrations lack OF a
Mexican policy. He has disagreed
ton Of life and property. the out
RACES and anarchy which have result
ed. were inevita BILE in the eyes Of every
student of Mexican conditions and his
tory"
One of the most striking planks OF
Mr.. Bacons platform. and one that APP
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that calling for re-enactment of the
principle written into the federal con-
stitution by the fathers. that Every
able bodied male citizen Of the respec-
tive States. resident therein, shall be
enrolled in the militia" He holds this
to be right as we'll as in accordance
with the true spirit Of democracy and
equality
1t Is not enough in the estimation of
Mr.. Bacon that we marshal men and
material. He says we must also mo-
billie industrially. Therefore the pro-
lection of tariff. just and efficient, is
imperative A policy which gave us
national impetus is best calculated to
rebuild and continue prosperity. The
world is rapidly becoming a protection
list world.
Mr.. Calder. the organization candi-
date. backed by Parsons and Whitman,
had already covered the State fairly
well. but Mr.. Bacon will enter at once
upon a spirited campaign to embrace the
entire commonwealth. He will appoint
campaign committee Of 100 to aid
him in his canvass. 1t Is Significant
that Mr.. Bacon will have the support
and Elihu Root. We thus have the
ultra conservatives and the ultra-p pro-
gressives uniting to oppose the middle
Of the road progressives In New York
Another queer development of the
situation in the Empire State is the an
nouncement Of Thomas f. Conway OF
reasons why he entered the primaries
against w. F. McCombs for the demo
cratic nomination for the United States
Senate. Conway says at the recen,
unofficial State convention at Saratoga
the delegates were jockeyed
Democrats strongly urged the Sc.
lection OF an upstate man for the sen
atorship in View of the selection OF a
candidate for governor from New York
city. The delegates were told the gov
ernorship alone would be considered
but the senatorship was elected into
the meeting in a confused way so that
not even a tally was kept OF the way
in which the different counties stood
on the senatorship.
Not only tho republicans and
democrats OF New York divided over
| the senatorship, but a new factor is
also injected into the situation by the
announcement that William r. Hearst
viii be a candidate Of the independence
League for the United States senator
ship.
The situation Is still further compli-
Gated by the fact that the Hearst pa
pers which have hitherto opposed Gov
ernor Whitman have now come out In
opposition to Seabury his former
choice. and In enthusiastic support OF
the progressive measures Governor
Whitman has pushed through the Leg
islature and embodied in his admins
tration. Just what this flop by Hearst
means Will remain to be demonstrated
by later developments
From what has been stated our read
ers can see that the Empire State is ir
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