The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-10
Sensation at Committee
 Meeting. SENATOR KNIFED HEARST Declares That He Would Do So
 Again. Believes That Hearst BeIfea and wm Good Party Man Would Support the Yeriew Eaitor---seImont
 Resiens.

New York. Nov s.--The Demecratfo State Committee met here today and, by a vote of SC to 1s adopted res- oiution providing for an fnvestigations of the conduct of the Kings County Democratic organization headed by State Senator Patrick IT. Mccarren. du~, ring the campaign just closed. A delegation of Brooklyn Democrats, headed by Patrick Hays. Warden of the Kings County penftentiary and a former leader of one of the AssemblY Districts, included in senator McCar-< rsn's Senatorial District. preferred charges against the Senator and tha Kings County Committee. It was af-l legged that McCarren had "knifed" the head of the ticket and urged his fol~ lowers to do the same.
 The State Committee also took stepHi 70 defend any action that may be ta-i ken by the Republicans to overthrow the pluralities which seem to exist iM favor of the Democratic candidates onf the State ticket from Lieuteuant Cove ernor down. Warden Hays and his associates res mained with the Committee for forty minutes and during that time ther@f were frequent outbursts of applausas The delegation asked that Senator Mo< Carren be relieved from further ser~ vice on the Committee. It was Go( 
 CarFen's place Is with the Republi~ cans" 7 It was asserted that the action of, Senator McCarren and the Kings Coun~ ty Committee destroyed the Demos cratic organization of tho County and made that organization simply an ans mex or ally of the Republican organi< zatIan."
 ASeCarren WIn Repeat.
 Senator McCarren 0ecIared in reply that at meeting of tns Kings County Committee he had saia somo things about Mr. Hearst.
 And, if the opportunity presents" he declared, q shair repeat them. i When fellow hits you on the jaw I | do not believe in turning the other | cheek I believe in striking back afrhigha from the shoulder. If on another occaslon I could make my statements regarding Mir. EiearsS any more emphatic I should certainly do SO. Mir. Hays. who is here oppos- ing me, never voted a Democratic tick et in his life. have never voted a | Republican ticket deny that I ' knifed the ticket of the Buffalo con- | vention. As to Mir. Hearst, l regard him as the bolter. not myself And the l Kings County organization regarded him as a potter"
 ] Mir. McCarren concluded by offering a resolution providing that the inves- tigation be extended to all the counties of the State where Mir. Hearst ran be- hind his ticket. The amendment was lost, and then the motion to investi- gate the Kings County organization | was carried. The Investigating com-' mittee will be named later.
 The committee discussed the situa- tion regarding the belated returns from some counties upstate and Q number of speakers pointed out what | fn Ina ha OE extreme vigilance to see that correct and regular returns are made In this connection. W. Bourke Cochran offered a resolution which was adopted, des claring that each member of this committee be instructed to place him- self in commounchtion with all local representatives of the party organiza- ton in his district for the purpose of verifying the results of the late oleo4 tion.''
 Perry Belmont Out.
 Subsequent to tho meeting 1t was announced that Perry Belmont. repre- sentative for the Senatorial District included in Nassau County. had re- signed Mir Belmont had been serv- [ ing on the committee temporarily since the Buffalo Convention. Mr. Belmont voluntarily retired.
 Prior to the meeting of the commit tee there was conference of some of l the neHlbHEs ol bhN Soul- mittee in which William S. Jackson, he Democratic candidate for Attorney General and Lewis S. Chanler, candi- date for Lieutenant Governor. took part.
 Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam many Hall; State Senator Patrick II. McCarren of Brooklyn, and Norman H. Mack of Buffalo, member of the Dem- ocratic National Committee. also were present. Chairman Connors presided
 Senator McCarren was asked by a reporter before the meeting began it he cared to say anything concerning report that the committee would dis- cipIine him for his attitude against Hearst.
 why should be disciplined for e falling off in the voter he asked Tn my own Senate district I expected a plurality of 10000, but I only got 900. Who Is responsible for thatT'