Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-07

in the race-they admit that he will
be second and some of them are com.
PEELED to confront the awful possibility
of his winning over Tammany hall.
So it is with especial anxiety that
the Democratic campaign managers
are watching the progress of this
Hearst movement. Based on the vote
cast for Henry George, figures have
been carefully prepared showing just
what the Hearst vote will be this
fall if public sentiment toward mu-
nicipal ownership is at the same ebb
as it was in the time of Mr.. George.
The result of the later calculations
are said to be far from encouraging.
The figures compiled by political ex-
perts are in the hands of Mayor Nc
Clellan himself Tammany leaders
al least 100000 votes. but they do not
concede that 100000 votes will be
enough to elect.
Wins Brilliant Campaigner.
The nomination of Mr.. wins at the
hands of the Republicans was not al
together a pleasant surprise to the
Democratic leaders. They say that
he will probably make a brilliant cam
paign They recognize in him bit
ter fighter and brilliant campaigner.
With jerome and Hearst and WINS all
fighting against the Tammany ticket,
though of course along different lines,
1ammany leaders admit that they can
not possibly roll up a tremendous plu-
ralty
Mayor Mcclellan is practically in
charge of his own campaign. His pri-
vate secretary has been placed in
charge of the campaign headquarters,
and he planned for whirlwind finish.
or course, leader Murphy is in gen.
eral charge of everything, but he has
had thousand and one things to do
in connection with the nomination of
the county tickets and with registra-
ton. and he is glad to have Mayor
Mcclellan look after matters in de-
tailed sort of way a bit.
Already there is vast deal of COM
plant in political circles so far as
Tammany is concerned to the effect
that the Hearst situation ought never
Murphy is Blamed.
In the first place Leader Murphy
is blamed for ever giving his consent
To the nomination of w. r. Hearst
for congress in a west side district.
thereby giving him a political start
Whici threatens to split the Democrat
ic party in this city in two. The state
ment of Richard Croker when he was
leader to the effect that after he had
sent Joseph Pulitzer to congress, and
after he had had great deal of trou-
bic with the editor of the World. he
emphatically stated that never again
to his dying day would he send an
other proprietor of a newspaper to
congress. is recalled. Then there are
those on the other hand who are tell
ing Mr.. Murphy that he has made
a mistake in handling Mr.. Hearst.
They say that the proprietor of the
Journal and the American would new
er have made the fight at this time
and place if it had not been forced
upon him. They asesrt that Mr.. Hearst
was really interested in national pol
tics, not in local politics, while Tam
many hall is interested in local politics
and not national politics. The charge
Is made that the present trouble has
come upon the organization because
Mayor McClellan's ambition has DER
l4aped itself, that the mayor is anx-
! ious not only to be governor, but pres
ident of the United States as well.
This is contrary to the traditional pol
icy of Tammany hall.
The Tammany argument has always
been that if the organization could
have New York city they would not
mind the Republicans carrying the
state and nation.