The evening world., 1920-02-19
FEAR OF DRYBOSS
At ALBANY FADES
IN c. 0. P. VERDICT
Anderson No Longer a Power,
as Interviews With AS
Senblymen Show.
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ALBANY, Beb. 19.-The activities
Of William II. Anderson ~ the un-
dertaiter in the closing obsequies Of
John Barleycorn have ceased 80 far
~ Albany is concerned. He couldn't
got enough paEbearcrs 70 mako a re-
spoctsble funeral, unless he went out
into the highways and byways and
hired them. He can't get them from
the Republican ranks of the As5cm-
bly,.
Tho interviews In Tue Evening
World put the finishing touches on
the once famous rinRInaster OF the
Demon Rum three-ringed circus, for
they showed that those behind him
had been laboring under a delusion
when they thought that Mr.. Anderson
was ettlI power in the majority pol
ttics in the Capitol. The interviews
with the Republican Assemblymen
showed that 90 far from being a
power the majority regarded him as
joke.
Twenty-six Republicans came back
TO their intervieweTB like the crack of
Whip-of that whip which the back
er9 OF Anderson used 70 boast that heI
welded. A whole lot of things they
said about Mr.. Anderson couldn't be-
printed. The Aasemblymen didn't in
tend that they should bo printed
what they said for publication was
enough. Some Of them said that the
suggestion was a kid" Others that
Anderson was being 'lSidded," but not
a single member would stand for a.
minute for q candidate for Governor
by the narne Of William H. Anderson.
The interviews have afforded great
delectalon for the Albanians, ire
Bpective of party. Mr.. Anderson
wasn't hero 20 hear the "big laugh"
but the echoes OF u must have fol-
lowed him to New York, and will
probably rumble at the convention in
Carnegie Hall II the Anti-Saloon Su-
perlntendent shows up there.
The most destructive thought that
accompanies the demonstration in
Albany is that Anderson has been all
along a mental acrobat who never
could deliver the goods, who never
had any goods TO deliver.
The rldicule that the Republican
members heaped upon him in their
interviews comes on top of a series
Of failures. His was the duty of de-
hvering the state into the ranks of
states ratifying the Eighteenth
out for the onoe distinguished Pro-
hihitlon propagandist. He "deliv-
cred" the State when II was too late
to do any good. Enough States had
already ratified the amendment to
make II the law before New York
made its peep for Prohibition.
\ Then Reuben l. Haskell Of Brook
lyn announced his candidacy for
County Judge on a purely wet"
firhaf Ait that guaa TInnat and Ar{ nj
for BOSS" Anderson. Joy! Joy! for
him. He just laid for Haskell and
shelled Brooklyn. He'd show Has
kell! He'd show hlml Bury him so
deep that hot drinks would never
thaw him out. Well, the hackers of
Mr.. Anderson don't have to be told
what happened. They're still sing
ing "Reuben, Reuben, I've been think
All Mr.. Anderson did for Judge
Haskell was to help elect him by
rs, 900 more votes than any candidate
in Brooklyn got on any ticket, and
the "defi" Of Brooklyn Is that the
name Of Anderson against any candi-
date Is an insurance of at least $4,000
votes in favor OF the candidate.
Mr.. Anderson has assumed to be
the only agent OF Prohibition in this
State, He is the only visible one,
anyhow, the only target AT which It
was possible to take shot, and he
has been riddled with ballots.
As a Crowning stroke of his ability
To deliver the goods" any old goods,
came the patching of the Republican
slate for the Big Four delegates at
{ large for the Chicago Convention
Mr. Anderson had made target OF
! Senator James Wadsworth jr. as a
comeback against the Senator's posi-
p ! tion against Prohibition. He de.
! nounced him as unfit to represent the
Empire State in Washington, and waS
out TO destroy his leadership in the
) party. The answer came with th'
: placing on the Big -Four slate OF the
name OF Mrs. Florence T.. c. KNAPP
0 as opposed 70 that OF Miss Mary Gar
rett Hay or any OF her followers. Mrs
4 | Knapp is and has always been tn
ardent supporter OF Senator Wads
worth. The Senator is In the saddle
and Mr.. Anderson hasn't got horse
incidentally the Anti-SaloOn Leagu
hasn't got a man for the horse. MI
n Anderson's lack of ability To ''pu
!, over something was shown on Mon
n day night, when the Cuvillier resOlu
' ton 10 the effect that the defining o
! what shall constitute intohcatinI
liquors be determined by the Stat
J, Board OF Health escaped passage b
! the narrow margin Of 4S votes agains
u and 40 in favor. The resolution wa
referred 70 the Judiciary COMMITTEES
10 of which Mr.. CuVillier Is "A mOmbei
;. II looks like the tall timbers tor sup
"A Anderson, so far as usefulness TO tn
enemies OF John Barleycorn Is con
l. cernod.