New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-04
EXTINCTION THREATENED
LTJIELIGHT ON McCARREN.
If He Thr05cs Committee to HW
His Fate McLaughliRs.


Senator p H. McCarren. the Democratic
leader Of Kings County. is threatened with po-
utical humiliation by Charles T Murphy the
Tammany leader who aspires to cohtFoi lNe
State machine. II he deserts the local machine
on the issue of holding the State convention IN
this city and sending the New-York delegation
20 81. Louis uninstructed.
Murphy demands both these things Ex-Sena-
tor Hill counting on McCarren's oft-protesteu
fealty to Judge Parker. demands that McCar-
rem stand with him IN insisting on having the
convention I'm Albany and instructng the
deltgatts for Parker.
Senator McCarren made hurried trip from
Albany last night to talk over the SITUATION
with his lieutenants before deciding TO hght II
out with Murphy Never has Mr.. McCarren
faced crisis more vital to his own future. MT
NcCarren met his friends at WaIlacks Theatre.
Present were Controller Grout, Magistrate Hlg-
ginbotham. Henry Yonge and Luke D. Staple
ton. McCarren has not seen Charles NJ. Muir
ply In the last seven weeks. They are some
what estranged on account of the Senator's
professed friendship for Judge Parker and his
insstence on having the State delegation at
St Louis instructed for the judge.
Senator NcCarren was informed by Messrs.
Yorge and Staplcton that il was true that four
of the members Of the State committee in Kings
DOYLE Shevlin Shea and the holder of Hugh
McLaughIin's proxy-had gone over to Murphy.
This leaves McCarren only with Glinnon ana
Weber. The question with him now IS VIII he
stand with Kings and New-York counties, or
win he so over to AIurphy's rival. David Il.
Hill? II he swings MS three votes to Hill, 1t
looked last night as il Hill would win by a ma
5ority Of one vote on the question of holding the
state convention in Albany. In fact. McCarren
holds the balance of power in the state COM
rnittee He looked last night as il he wished he
hadn't il.
HILL GETS McCABE AND BECKwITH
Hin and his ueuteuants "foreclosed" on some
Of their wavering state Committeeman yester-
day Patrick McCabe. of Albany. and Clinton
Beckwith. Of HerSimer. declared their allegiance
10 Hill These with NcCarren's three. would
give Hin control.
on the count last night Murphy had twelve
from New-Yorll County, four in Kings. and one
each i'm Suffolk Westminster. Richmond and
Queens a total Of twenty for these localities.
Added TO these were Kirk. Of Syracuse; Elan
nagan. OF Ontario, and three IN Erie or twenty
five in all This showing makes # perfectly
clear how much of a political star Senator Me
Carren Will De tomorrow noon, with his three
delegates. II takes twenty-siN votes TO control
McCarreu's three added to AIurphys twenty
The Murphy men say that they have the proxy
. o. Dunphy. OF Syracuse. eN-Nayor Kirk. but
the I'm men claim him too. a similar claim IL
made by the Murphy men 90 Messrs. Gerling and
Balkan. OF Monroe. but ex-senator Inn said
20 friends ia Albany yesterday that ne had the
proxies Of these two men in his pocket
Murphy spent yesterday afternoon with his
lieuteaauts. ii, had several talks with Senator
Bowling and other Tammauy men az Albany.
and last night seemed 'uHha-nt that b" would
defeat IIli AIr Murphy viii leave here early
to-day fur Albany. lie EXPERTS 60 set away uH
th. 80 train. n, expects 40 duplicate tl' per-
. furmauc, of Richard croker the last time trn-
ker contested with Hin for control Of the state
f Committee. one OF hi~ arguments against au
instructed delegation VIII Doe that HHl had 90
chance to elect Parker Governor two years ago
were uoTiuBtel for President DE ,tould go in as
HIN man. and that would bee enough TO XIII
him.
The Hm men yesterday started back fire
against Murphy by declaring that iu opposing
the Parker boom Do bad joined forces with
William u. Hearst. and that the two foloWings
. represented Democratic uaiealism and certain
defeat.
There is n story anoat that last fan when
Murphy needed help for Mcclellan. De told Will
lam T. Hearst that while p. would not promise
would promise to DO all DE could TO prevent the
New-York delegation from being instructed. II
any such promise was made. which is considered
doubtful by well Informed men. 10 does not bind
Murphy 10 Hearst iu an aggressive way. The
Murphy-McCleilau mon are hostile TO the Hearst
boom. and h is question u Hearst VIII Dee
allowed 10 20 10 the convention as "a delegate
from his own district As has already been
automatically pushing forward the Cleveland
boom. with the intention Of switching To Nc
Clean il the 81. Louis convention shows "a deep
rooted hostility 10 5Ir Cleveland.