The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-02

Supreme Court of New York and later
a member of the Court of Appeals of
New York. In 1916 he left the bench
and ran for Governor on the Demo-
cratic ticket. In that year New York
went for Charles Evans Hughes for
President and Seabury went down to
defeat before his Republican oppon-
ent. Judge Seabury is no longer a
young man, but he is vigorous and
highly regarded in New York City
and throughout the State. Whether
he will loom up as a national figure as
result of the coming investigation
remains to be seen. Other investiga-
tors in New York, among them Chief
Justice Hughes, have gone far in their
public careers.
The Tammany investigation not on
ly presents problem for the Demo-
cratic national organization, but it
gives the Democrats of the South,
who are dry and intent upon keeping
the party dry, a weapon which they
! are not likely to be slow to use
against the control of the party by
the wet Democrats of the North and
East. Senator Robinson of Arkansas
led the attack on the Raskob organi,
| cation in the recent meeting of the
Democratic National Committee. Mr..
Raskob appeared to come out of the
situation. But while the Democrats
nationally may swallow wet candi-
date and might even make a moist
gesture in their party platform,
though that is a more remote pros
pect, they are not likely to take can
didate who is mixed up in Tammany
scandals.
The Republicans see a chance to
hammer their Democratic opponents
in this New York situation now de-
veloping. 1t offers them a chance to
drive home wedge between the
Democrats of the North and East and
those of the South and West. Nor
are the Republicans likely to be slow
in this matter, as indicated by the
offensive now opened by Senator
Jones of Washington. The Demo-
Gratis have sought to reply by pictur-
ing the conditions in Chicago, where
"Big Bill" Thompson, Republican, is
mayor. But the trouble about that
as a reply to the Republicans lies in
the fact that Chicago plays no part
in Republican national politics COM
parably to the part played by New
York in the politics of the national
Democratic party.
There have been four deaths among
the members elected to the House for
the Seventy-second Congress. Two of
them were Tammany Democrats in
New York, and their places have been
filled by other Democrats. Another
Democrat, the late Representative As
we'll of Louisiana, recently died and
his place eventually will be filled by
Democrat. The one Republican
death so far was that of Representa-
tive Henry Allen Cooper, veteran Pro-
gressive Republican from the first
Wisconsin district. Mr.. Cooper had
been elected and reelected for so
many years in his district, where he
was highly regarded, that it was re-
garded as the Cooper district. Now
however, the regular" Republicans
there are likely to make hard fight
to nominate one of their kind for
Representative. The La Toilette Re-
publicans, on the other hand, will
make an effort to hang on to this
district. So far Gov. La Toilette has
not done anything about calling a
special election to fill the vacancy, and
| it may be he will not act until after
the Legislature, now in session, adj
journs.
With the vote in the House in the
new Congress so closely divided be-
tween Republicans and Democrats,
every little change in the personnel is
watched and weighed with interest
The Republicans still have the lead,
with PIT to 215 for the Democrats
and Farm-Labor member, with two
vacancies, one on the Republican and
one on the Democratic side, still to be
fillad