The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-16

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mayor Indicate III q small degree ne
bitterness 81 the row. When Mccari
fen found out that apparently the em.
lployes Of that department In Brook.
flynwere for Hearst he demanded that
superintendent Clarke. who had
charge Of the work Of the department
lin Kings. should be transferred and
1.-THE department recognized in such
manner that it would be against
Hearst. McCarren's idea was to put
one of his own men in Clarke's place
and make political machine of the
street cleaning department in Brook
Tn, which he could use against
Hearst. Woodbury.. however, baked
and now he 4 no longer street clean.
ling commissioner
Apparently no effort is being made
here by the regulars to boost along
his cause. The Tammany leaders
SHOW no desire to get out and hustle
for him. They are sitting back waiting
for the last day on which Independent
nominations may be filed to pass.
There is trouble, too, in the indie
pendence League since the rank and
i file OF the organization has found OUT
that 1t is corporation and that no
independent nominations can be made
without the consent of the executive
commltee, which is controlled abso
lutely by Mr.. Hearst. Many Of these
rrembers, relying on what Mr.. Hearst
said last fall about Tammny Hall and
frs leader, wish to cut loose. entirely
from Charles F. Murphy and run in
dependent tickets ii every district.
che committee that was sent to wait
on Mr.. Hearst about this phase of the
campaign got but scant courtesy from
him. From the way he treated them
1T is judged that there will be mighty
fed Independent candidates in the
field this fall in Manhattan and the
Bronx.
Not only is not the local organiza-
ton putting forth any efforts to liven
the campaign, but the State committee
OF which William J. Connors, Of Buf.
falo, Is the chairman, shows absolute.
ly no signs of life and the handsome
ly furnished headquarters in the Vic
toria have come to be looked upon as
joke. No Democrats call and no
Information about the campaign car
be obtained there.
Murphy to Save Himself.
At this early stage Of the campaign
estimates Of the probable vote arc
necessarily far from accurate, yet the
reports which State Chairman Wood
ruff has received from all quarters
Of the state Enthusiastically indicate n
and the auti!Hearst Democrats III
combination. According to these re-
ports, Hughes will carry the Borough
of Brooklyn Ey 10000 or $4,000, will
reduce the Tammany plurality in this
Borough TO a comparatively few thous
amds and, with the possible exception
Ct Erie county and making allowance
Tor the decrease in registration, will
almost poll the Roosevelt vote in the
counties OF the State outside OF New
York and Erie
Boss Murphy, of Tammany Hall, Is
bent upon saving his local ticket first
of all, but because of his refusal to
tlhdorse The judiciary nominations OF
The Bar Association Hearst may also
weigh down the Tammany local tick
Jet, thus succeeding in electing Repub.
lican judges, membesr of congress anil
many candidates for the legislature
from the city districts.
Murphy's failure at this poin.
would surely point to his retirement
from the leadership of Tammany Hall
1t the next primaries held in this city.
Without patronage, and with tile pre-.
vailing disgust in Tammauy with Muir.
phys course at Buffalo, it will be i'm.
possible for him to retain his hold
pom the leadership for another year.
His favorites among the Tammany
wheel horses will, undoubtedI:!, use
the defeat of Hearst as sufficient eX.
cuse for turning against Murphy after
tie November election.
The chairman Of the State commit
tee, w. ]. Connors, Of Buffalo, will
Likewise confront a serious break ir
the party organization after the cleo
Ton, for it was through the efforts
Of Corners that The nomination OF
Hearst ct Buffalo was made possible.
The future of Corners in Democratic
polite politics is bound up with the
Hearst movement, and when Corners
lack of wisdom is shown in the cleo
ton returns his future as a Democrat
fc State boss will be brief, indeed 1;
Ig Hearst however who will be