The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-27
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~. Ses y II ESasst lsSSsS 81
), ,.: dtscussler &, stonlsed by the
increasing the peWers nd scope Of
Tamnlany authority aasgsnnder full
Roadway Wv hen stli time came for New
g ss3s laer@it would
the PRESIDENTIAL nomination. Murphy.
promptly background against indorse-
ment, and he, mat tained it to the last,
going down to defeat with colors fly
Ing IN the Albany convention last
spring. &McOarren, seeing where Muir.
ply stood, came out for Judge Park
er,, and his fight divided the vote Of
Greater New York in the convention
and made Parker's Endorsement posi-
bic. There is no question but i'm
dorsement would have been defeated
had McCarren joined hands with Muir
ply in opposing it. IS
The attempt Of Murphy to capture
the Brooklyn democracy and attach
it to Tammany stirred up "a great deal
of bad blood, and the two leaders for
months have been indulging in per-
Isonalities of the bitterest sort. i
Is EsBut-McCarren,, las will he SEEM had
much to do with the ultimate snomi-
nation of Parker for the presidency,
and so it was quite natural, when it
came time to name the state executive
committee that, McCarren, no doubt
at sParker's suggestion, should be
made its chairman. Murphy didn't
like this, and his friends tried to se-
cure McCarren's withdrawal, but
without success This appointment
has only added to the bitterness Of the
feud, and the plan to appeal the con-
test to the Aug. 80 primaries carries
mo certain promise of ultimate party
harmony. {ssifsfs
Parker would have been an migrate
not to recognize McCarren as he did,
a Nd hi = L. I, -
ably made choice Between two evils
THE ill-will Of Murphy or of McCar-
rem.
McCarren's success in blocking the
Murphy plan for enlarging the scope
! of Tammany's authority had a far
/ reaching effect SO far as Murphy is
concerned. 1t was the defeat which
4 decided that he was#not to Estepssout
\ from his position Of leader n5 New
York city onto the larger stage of
] state and national leadership. All
Murphy's defeats since coming to the
front in Tammany, therefore, have
been due to McCarren, and in this
/ thought there is ample explanation
1 for the rivalry existing between them.
That this trouble will affect the dem
ocratic vote Of the city is almost Ger
tain, and this, coupled with what I
| have said above about the drift Of
| the New York populist and Bryan
vote toward Roosevelt furnishes the
i principal reason why the republicans
4 of, the state are more hopeful than
they were a month ago.
/ Economical Campaign Necessary:
Democratic managers are talking
about not having a large Campaign
Il fund, and republican, managers are
1 talking about the same thing. It is
a bit too early for reliable guesswork
but the opinion is beginning to take
hold Of men in both parties that the
great financiers, satisfied that both
come down. as literally as they did
i in 1896 and in 1900. There will be
1 campaign contributions, Of course
! and they will be sufficient for all nee
essary purposes, but it begins to be
evident that there will be this. year
none. of the luxury and extravaganza
4 which characterized the last two re.
4 publican national campaigns