The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-25
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POLITICS Il 5 IN IN NEW YORK.
War Being Wasged on Tin sulli-i
3; "a van Higgins 81sSa Candi-
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.l P,oLlrlcs in NEW !, !, YoRK.
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S5Ita9 N 1s Fl DIRK IS August 24.--.Harry
\ Walker, who has had al I, active part In
81 arranging the reception to q bc given 10
s William u Bryan Il BY the Commercial
4 Travellers. Antl-Trust League on August
Il Soth,s to-day gave out d stat inoi1t to the
B effect that politicians, headed by Alex
!, ander Troup, Of Connecticut, and N or
III man II. Mack, OF Buffalo. are trying to
control the movement, ana that the.
4 league Will control the arrangements for,
" the reception, even II IT has to- tell tho
politicians to retire IL Is s5S 81
Mr.. Bryan accept ed the invitation from
y the Commercial Travellers Anti Trust
& League, said Mr. lker, y nd we think
VI that he will appeared there, as stated.''.si
.$53 Mr.. 4 Mack, " no IL tho Democratic ma
1 tonal committeeman from this State. said
y In replys8to the statement there is O
pop,inr3impression that the Bryan recep-
I ton us political AFFAIR, and that Mr.
1 Bryan regards II that way sst Fl
why should mot the politicians 4 take g,
Il part in 1t r. he asked. Il, @ &
Mr. Mack said he Is not making trouble
N inS the committee, and that there Is n q
talk OF Hearst In the arrnn gements.
War on Sullivan. s'53
Timothy D. Sullivan, who lis one of the
z most popular men in Tamnany Hall and
Al who Is the best Judge OF election reault1
III in the organization, Is now being VIC
lently attacked by the alliance formed
& to defeat Mayor Met elan and District
Z Attorney Jerome at the primaries. RI 85S
is5a Mr.. IIea rHt. who Is silent about Mr..
Murphy, except to say he Is opposed to
& bosses like the I" Murphylt es. 10 has begun
Y series OF assaults on his former fellow
!. RepresentativefinC ongrs7s =, 81 ing him
t.1t,tf UNA
ss35SS This Is regarded L az IN effort on he
# part OF MIR. s$ Hearst and N his friends "a n
IL Tammanyi to club Sullivan into deserting
y tho Mayor and Joining han1s wlt tho
Il Independence League In compelling the
5a Buffalo convention to- take the candidate
Of the leag rue. "a 40 M;
ggSStss Mr. Sullivan Is q game fighter, and he
80. above all things loyal. NE His friends
II say thntSin this con test he believes loyal
NJ tys to the Mayor Is Loyalty 70 4 he Demo
cratic party VI and that he has told the
& Mayor he will be Of assistance to him In
II case an effort Is male by Mr.. Murphy TO
use the TIea rst mo gement ns d means
4 OF destroying him. II Is becoming clear
y that. whether Mr.. Murphy supports A1r.
I Hearst In Buffalo, te 4 IS going II 10 81 Sc
VI the Hearst sentiment to % defeat the
II Mr.. Sullivan Is expected \ TO line Up all
& his friends and carry the Borough OF
II Manhattan, II hi ca Il x 8
Z Big Tim. sullivansis tho only man In
y the city who can turn tile tlde for Il.
Jerome and 81 the fayor. IL and both II.
Il Hearst and Mr. afurp ny knoi It That IL
Y why Mr.. Sullivan Is oecupylng 50 much
Il attention. ~ ~ AZ S3 @&i
Blow at Hearst.
That the sentiment In favor II OF IN the
u nomination Of District Attorney Jerome
S as the Democratic candidate for Gov
s ernor has Y spread In all directions was
N again demonstrated yesterday BY, the
action OF the Democrats OF the Second
e Assembly District In Westchester county.
Il which refused u to instruct It's delegates
q to tho State convention In favor OF
William r. Hearst, VI n
II Before the declaration by: Mr.. Jerome
& that he would consent to become can
4 didate 1t was conceded without dispute
4 chester county would be Instructed for
5 Mr.. Hearst. VI 81 ~ III "A
or the six elected thus far, however,
Z Mr.. Hearst's agents have failed to OBJ
h tain instructed Delegates Mr.. Hearst's
N Representative mad 9 q desperate but
vain effort to obtain an Instructed dele
cation h In the convention OF the Second
n District. In Mount Vernon, yesterday al
ternoon. and for more than an hour there
was danger that the fight would be car
n ried to the floor OF tho convention. Friends
II OF Mr.. erome were on hand in sufficient
Il numbers, however, to subdue the agents
Of the Independe nce League.
Higgins a Candidate.
8 William Barnes. ] r.,% chairman Of the
b Republican State Executive Committee,
4 after a conference with Governor Higgins
on Wednesday, came to town yesterday
H and announced that the Governor was a
fdnf "a n amt af Ton, md hots
r. dicted that the Governor would soon have
something to say In reply to the various
statements OF State Chairman Odell about
his candidacy. e 3.i3 34g Il &. az Be- 4 III
Governor Higg ms, said Mr.. Barnes.
LIS a candidate for renomlnat ton. He
never chased after a nomination, and he
y Is not chasing after o. denomination. Fl @
4 Isl a candidate for denomination. but.he
does not demand the honor from the state
convention. He did not expect to max 0
any announcement with reference to- his
Intentions prior to the meeting Of the
4 State convention. ] apprehend. however.
that tho talka tiveness OF tho State chair
n man viii at nm early date prompt the
Governor to make g statement outlining
s'The friends OF Governor Higgins Will
control the state convention and nomi-
nate him. There Is not the slightest
doubt ofsthat On the showing made
atin1tthe state Committee last week the
III Governor Will have sixty per cent of the
delegates, and this percentage will be
Increased when the roll-call for New
81 York and Kings counties Is had s
Confers With Mr., Parsons.
Mr.. Barnes was In conference yester-
day with Herbert Parsons. The Parsons
81 men are preparing to conduct an aggres-
siye campaign In every election district,
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