New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
NAY MAKE MURPHY TURN
PARKER MEN At WORK.
FMEd-ad Murphy Jr. Trnoc
Takes Figkt Dat Of Tdmman1-

The EEl-Ps-ker men are working almost risht
srs d7v 70 compel Charles r. Murphy 20 CLIMB
onto the Parker Presidential nomination band
wagon Last night it looked az II they would
accomplish It before thu meeting " the state
convention on April is
n is understood that ar Murphy and Ser
stor McCaren are 20 confer as soon as NJ
Murphy gets hack srom Atlantic city. where
re is spending r. few days. At The breaking I'D
Of the State committee meeting, a week ago.
there was q great deal &C bitterness. and The
Tammsry men made dire threats. The Murphy
men are becoming reconciled 20 the view that
Hi has control. and that Il they stand Up and
arht IN tho State convention they WIN make II
oil the worse Tor themselves.
On The counting % noses Il begins 70 lcoK
ur the Murphy men VIII have The 1OJ delegates
from Manhattan ana The Bronx. and about q
more from seven other districts outside OF Man
haitian ana The Bronx. Hil and McCarren
VIII have about all the remaining 32A The
truce made between Hi and Edward Murphy
r. has taken all TIE fight out OF the Tammany
rnen. II the Troy man had remained steadfast
against Eli there would have been a chance
Of holding the Erie delegates IN line against
Parker, but the tumble has begun, and now
It looks Is n Murphy and his Tammany men
and a handful Of anti-HiE men from around
the State VIII he n & pitiful minority against
the Hill McCarrsn-Parker combination There
viii be twenty-fou delegates from Ere and
tiEty-three from Kings. and practically all of
these VIII be in the Parker column on roll call.
Reports from the extreme northern part OF
The State say tha. Smith u Weed IS satisfied
with having punished HiI two wears ago. AID
viii b glad 10 support Parker. This is net
gain for the Hill men.
II IS pretty certain that TIE Big For. 70
he named h. the state Convention viii be OK
Senator HI. Edward Murphy. ir. Senator Nc
CarreE ana some ore 70 be named by Charles
r Marphy. II lIr. Murphy decides within
The next week or two 70 fan into line for Parker,
then he VIII be one % the four delegates-at-
large. II he does not. then Norman +. Mack.
the New-Tora c1ational Committeeman. is likely
70 be chosen
frieL5 o. Charles r Murphy, IN commenting
On the situation last nigh. said: Mr. Murphy's
nsistence on an uniustrlcted delegation is the
wisest move he eve- made, and II Hul had the
wisdom thar some % his friends credit him
With he would Sc. g.. too. The trouble with
Ell s thet he is going 70 risk everything on
single throw n the dice. lie Is going 10
make the issue HGl issue and il he wins hs
VII grab .rerEthlrg in sight When he gets
% s. Louis with the Parker boom he viii run
against the Bryan-I5earst combination. and then
here WI be trouble. n the delegation were
uninst-1c.e5 there would be q chance for the
sonve-tlon 20 get together or p compromise can
aitSce without unusual raGco-. With TIu IS
The sole proprietor Of the Parker boom, how
s-er. the Brven men viii 60 the limit. They
VII make the issue straight and clean. and there
~ll either be p conservative platform that TIE
uoicals VIII kick 10 pieces. or there viii be a
ncical platform and ticket that viii send the