The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
NORMAN MACK SEES VICTORY.
ADMITS THAT THINGS LOOKED
BAD UNTIL LATELY.

COnners HObnObbInE With Railroad PreSi-
dents, hut DeVOtes enough Time 20
Headquarters 10 Read EN-MayOr Os-
borne or Nuburn out Of the Party.
While Chairman Corners only spent a few
moments at Democratic State headquarters
yesterday in the N!ctNia Hotel, Charles ~
Bulger, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Democratic state committee
Norman Z. Mack, Democratic national com
mitteeman for the State, and John j. hen-
nedy, one of Erie county's members OF the
State committee, had something like a con
ference, and later Mr.. Mack said:
IF conditions continue to change al they
have been changing in the last week |
think that Mr.. Hearst will be elected Gov
ernor. Up to the present week things
looked pretty bad, but there has been a
change, and if the change continues l think
thai Mr.. Hearst will be elected"
Mr.. Mack was asked why Mr.. Bryan was
not making speeches in New York State for
Mr.. Hearst, because Mr.. Bryan had o
speaking in indiana and other States for the
State tickets.
Il do not know that Mr.. Bryan has been
invited to make any speeches., replied Mr.
Mack.
Billy Watson, Sergeant-at-Arms OF Demo-
cratic State headquarters. in explaining
Mr.. Conners's absence from Headquarters
Yesterday, said that Mr.. Conners was at
Delmonico's until a late hour Thursday
night with Edward II. Hartman. Watson
added. They are old friends, you know."
1t was learned that MIR. Corners and Mr..
Hartman met quite casually in the Wal
dorf- storia two weeks ago; that Mr.. Harri-
man was accompanied by President Under
wood Of the Erie Railroad, and that MIR.
Underwood introduced Mr.. Corners to
Mr.. Hartman. The meeting took place
in the public cafe of the hotel, and no poltl-
cal significance has been given TO the meet
ing of the three men.
Mr.. Underwood, it was said, explained to
MIR. Hartman that Mr.. Corners had tormerly,
as a stevedore in Buffalo, handled freight
for the Eric Railroad Company, and Mr..
Corners returned the compliment by saying
that he was now a s~tockholder in MIR. Harrl-
mans Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Then all three had a bottle OF Poland water.
Chairman Corners last evening, after
comforting with MIR. Bulger, issued the FOL
low ing statement: ,
The Democratic State committee had
no headquarters in Albany to seize. In the
spring Of 1902 a house was leased in Albany
and maintained for a time "a a political
IltdNNudi ltlT ny ltA Una inv
prominent Democrats. The State COM
mittee had nothing to do with the lease
and had no official connection with the
headquarters. These headquarters, slch
as they were, were many
months ago.
MIR. Osborne has a perfect right to lease
any premises i'm Albany or elsewhere for
which he is willing TO pay the rent. Inc
fact that he has leased a house which was
once occupied as a Democratic eadqnarteT
- IL 80 -a-AN q NAAn ~ "A InNn INAEnn=
crat. MIR. Osborne is not a Democrat;
For one who claims to he the keeper ana
custodian Of the Democratic faith he mas
a unique political record. In twelve years
he has bOlted five State ana national tickets,
besides being once a candidate for l%leuten-
ant-(;oyernor on a boilers ticket, when
he polled something like $50 votes M the
State.
when asked 10 contribute to the Bryan
campaign fund Of 1900 Mr.. Orborne sent a
reply by letter over his W signature whIch
| have seen, saying he could not contribute
in any way to the success OF the Democratic
party, because he had parted from IT.; Inc
claim made for him and by him that Mayor
Osborne is a Democrat and IL In possession
of State committee headquarters in Albany
is a false p%retence by which ne 10 seeking 10
deceive the Credulous. .
Chairman Corners was asked II he cared
TO say anything about Mr.. Hearst boltlng
in the present campaign through his news
paper, the San Francisco ErdWiHcT' Iheo-
dore Bell the candidate of the regular Dem
ocrats of California for Governor, or Mr..
Hearst bolting. through his Chicago news
papers the regular Democratic state ticket
Of Illinois and the regular Democratic ticket
in Chicago. MIR. Corners said hat he had
nothing 70 say about such matters.
One Of Mr.. Osborne'S friends was at the
University Club and when he W H. asked
about Chairman Conners's statement re-
piled. What monkeys see, monkeys do.
Mr.. Corners will not be permitted TO define
Mr.. Osborue's Democracy any more than
Senator McCarren will permit Mr.. Hearst
TO define his Democracy