SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Special Correspondence Allds Resigns New York, April 1, 1910. BY a vote of 40 to 9, the Senate of the State of New York sustained the charge against Senator Jotham P. Allds the leader of the...
...The average Republican seems to have forgotten that Mr...
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...Throughout the entire trial of Allds, his chief champion was Senator Thomas P. Grady, the leader of the Democratic minority...
...While the overwhelming Republican sentiment of the State was being expressed against Allds, the Democratic organization allowed itself to be put in the attitude of champit ning him...
...The masses of progressive Democratic voters seem to be disappointed at the failure of the Democratic party leaders to take advantage of the situation...
...The Senate is composed of thirty-four Republicans and sixteen Democrats...
...The McClellan administration could have done this and gained the gratitude of the overwhelming majority of the voters...
...BY a vote of 40 to 9, the Senate of the State of New York sustained the charge against Senator Jotham P. Allds the leader of the Republican side, that on April 23, 1901, he had demanded and accepted a bribe of $1,000 while a member of the Assembly, to influence legislation...
...The League has remained silent...
...It was expected that the Democratic League of which Thomas M. Osborne of a ringing declaration upon the issue, for the League has claimed to be an organization intending to reform the Democratic party of the State...
...It seems as if the whole population of the city watches him with amazement and extraordinary liking, to see what he will do next...
...Meanwhile Mayor Gaynor keeps on minding his own business, apparently treating national and state political questions as if they were no concern of his, and giving his whole time to the city of New York...
...Thus the Democrats are in a majority in this vote cast for Allds, and many sarcastic allusions are being made to this sinister majority...
...Gaynor is a Democrat...
...Twenty-nine Republicans voted against Allds and four voted for him...
...It was a great event...
...No Democratic leader connected with the Democratic organization in any part of the State openly protested against the attitude of Grady...
...So the Republicans, who were mightily depressed, are again cheerful over the outlook for the fall campaign...
...But the Big Interests here opposed it, so it was left for Gaynor and his Republican allies now in office and they have done it so quickly and surely that even the interests stand by helpless.—p...
...Of the Democrats, eleven were against Allds and five for him...
...The Board of Estimate and Apportionment this week voted $60,000,000 for new subways...
...Never in the history of the city has any mayor so nearly gained the unanimous confidence of the citizens...
Vol. 2 • April 1910 • No. 15
