New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
MAYOR FEARS HEARST
ILL ANNEX" MURPHY.
conservative" Wall Street to Hid
in Reorganization of Party

CONGRESSMAN Hearst IS going to run for Gov
.rnor next 1al on independent ticket and he
IS Manning 10 kill him Off as Democratic
presidential candidate by splitting the Demo-
cratic vote OF the State and letting the Republic
cans nun away with the Governorship
MAYOR Mcclellan. his Fire Commissioner, John
n O'Brien; ex-Controller Edward NJ Grout.
,ao,ourh President Martin W. Idttleton Luke
n stapleton and others or less prominence have
started unosJentatously but energetically 20 re-
organize the Murphy-Cram Democracy in Man
hs,tan and the AIcCarren Democracy IN Kings.
They do not admit that they are warning
AGAINST the organization. The word "organiza-
,1or" has q sort OF sacred sound 20 a New-York
naroocrat and he does noS tight the machine
onenly But II is the machine in the two Dor
onshs. headed by Murphy and McCarren. that
Mcclellan and his side partners have started TO
"annex
The new Democratic campaigners Will have
,h. hacking oe the so-called conservative
r,smocrafio interests I'm Wall Street which con-
.-euted through Charles r Murphy TO the
rocess OF Mayor Mcclellan in his TWO mayor
atty campaigns. These interests have been ac-
.,ys IN the past IN shaping Democratic affairs In
,,,s state and city account OF franchise ana
oo,norate interests subject 10 attack These
..o,seryattves" nominated Judge HerTfck two
..ors ago. ana also controlled the Democratic
Ncclellan-Grout reorganization plan
Ia ou rbe moves on the chess board Hearst is
an ever present spectre II is because Hearst
a. a menace that Mcclellan and Grout and
o,hers are undertaking the task % retiring
Murphy and McCarren. Mcclellan has an abid-
sng respect for Hearst as political factor ana
q observation-disclosures dislike for him as a rival.
The bitterness between them was born in
washington. when Mcclellan snubbed Hearst
ana II has been growing nightly ever since.
Hearst IS Ear more likely 10 be nominated for
Governor next fall than he likely 10 be
nominated for Mayor a year ago, when he said
he never. never would accept such nomina-
ZION. In fact. there is tangible proof that he
Is out for the nomination. His Independence
League Is camped around the State Capitol.
with a LOT a fmpracticable demands. failure
10 grant which by the legislature viii result
IN a State ticket. Hearst viii be the logical
head OF the State ticket. Evidences multiply
that with the approach OF the conflict he will
be eager 10 jump into the fray.
HEARST FORCES AT WORK
The Independence League Is now organized"
IN twenty-five counties Of the State BY or
ganized" the Hearst men mean that there is
some one IN twenty-five counties actively
charged with distributing Hearst literature and
quietly working 10 swing the Democratic vote
to the new equal rights champion But the
propaganda IS not confined 10 Democratic chan
nels. The Hearst men are willing 10 accept
any ones vote Hearst is IN the position o,
the great American UndIscredited ProInser.
Not only are the Hearst men preparing for a
State fight but they are getting ready also for
nominating g county ticket IN all the counties
OF this city next fall The friends OF Mr.. Hearst
VII make G desperate attempt 10 elect twelve
or fourteen justices OF the Supreme Court IN the
greater New-york next fall Here is q propo-
siton which lies at the very root OF the Hearst
theory OF government The keynote OF the the
DRY is: Something a good deal better for the
under dog. no matter what kind Of an under dog
he is. The election OF a round dozen OF justices
Of the Supreme Court IS q golden opportunity
for the under dog from the point OF view of the
Hearst managers. Laws are capable or various
constructions. A construction OF the law by q
disciple or the new radical school might be
vastly different from a construction by The old
school The Hearst men demand construction
by the new radical school. Next fail is their
opportunity.
There is 70 be q readjustrnent OF the judiciary
OF the State, based on population. BY the re-
adjustment the % District. including Kings
Queens, Westchester and other smaller counties,
many obtain seventeen Justices New
York County. the LIST District, would obtain
seven
The amendment passed last fall provided that
The legislature might increase the number OF
justices allotted TO & district according TO the
Populauon's increase. In the LIST and Sd dis
t-icts the allotment is justice for each $4,000
OF population or fraction over 10000 In all tho
other districts the allotment is one justice for
each 10000 OF population fraction over e. 900.
II was provided that the legislature might d.
vice the % District, consisting OF Kings Queens.
Duchess. Nassau. Orange. Putnam. Richmond.
SUFFOLK. BockIand and Westchester counties,
into two districts alIotting justices TO the new
district under the amendment provisions.
The population OF the various districts fol-
4o"s list. 2.350.325: %. 2.293. PIP: 30. 514.9l9;
9Th. 62G6ll; 9th. GAS. $50; 9th. 401. COZ; 7th.
os.oIS; 9Th. Sc. S75. Under the scale the
LIST district would gain new judges; the I'd, u;
the 30. :; the 4th. 81 the 9th. 3; the 9th. i: the
'th 3; the sth 4 II Is believed that the legisat
SIe viii take up at once the creation OF new
elsulct from the I'd and the allotment OF the
new justices to the LIST and ID districts, They
would be elected next November.
The Tanmany machine is fully alive TO the
magnitude OF the Importance OF winning these
prizes McCarren is fully alive TO Il. So the
new carnpaigners Mcclellan. Grout. Lttleton
.no Stapleton- Here is a straw which Indicates
NE direction OF the political wind In TsInulany
BAL. Corporation Counsel Delany is the
Mayors legal adviser. He has stood sotidly back
:. the Mayor for the last two years He Is a
candidate for the bench, and would have been
nominated last fail but for the need OF recog-
MIXING Justice Newburger.
DELANY WITH THE rACHINE
Il we assumed by the MoClellan-Grout ooIn~
o.nx-ion that Mr.. Delany would be with them In
Tie new lineup. Mr. Delany after carefully
sizing I'D tho situstion. has LEFT Mcclellan and
now Is with tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES term
Tor Charles Il. Murphy. There sre plenty OF am