New-York tribune., 1906-08-19
MURPHY FOR HEARST.
MUST CONTROL MACHINE
SscoLto7cs Municipal O7cnership as a
Necessary EUH.

There is no longer any reasonable doubt that
Charles E. Murphy and all the district leaders
IN Tammany Hall tied up with Murphy are for
hearst and that in all the districts which Muir
ply controls delegates will be sent to the state
convention who will, unless the present plan is
changed favor the nomination of Hearst for
Governor
In about dozen districts there will be primary
contests, and i'm each instance the so-called
Murphy man is strong for municipal ownership
and he is saying that Mcclellan is opposed TO It,
Mayor McClellans Berlin interview, in which
he said that municipal ownership was not
shining success in European cities. is being used
all over the city by the Murphy men as an
argument against the district leadership candi-
dates supposed TO represent the Mayor
Murphy is keeping his counsel. One Of
his friends. in talking with a Tribune reporter,
said:
Murphy is for Hearst. not because he likes
Hearst. but because the Democratic masses have
ana Murphy has got TO fall in line in order to
hold his organization together. He will swallow
the Hearst state ticket whole. no matter what
sort of ticket IT is. and the strong probab bilty
is that the state convention will be captured alb
solutely by Hearst. That is what Murphy wants
as il will enable the regular Democratic organ
ization, whose emblem is the star, 10 appropriate
all the credit for the Democratic vote. Hearst
will run column of his own. but as the Hearst
will be nearly alike. the ticket headed by the
star will get the bulk of the Democratic votes.
believes that ii will be the end of him. and that
the Hearst machine will then disintegsate and
Tammany Will retain control of the election ma
chineFy in this county Murphy can name his
own men for local candidates taking a chance
the ticket made up by the regulars being as
popular with the Tarnnnany masses as the one
nominated by the Hearst men. He will get the
Hearst men 10 go into deal. IL he can. and IL
he cannot accomplish that. he will surrender to
A11o Gle
chinery out Of the wreck and he cannot do it
unless the regular Democratic ticket receives
more votes than the one run by Hearst
Murphy has succeeded in staving off fights in
some Of the assembly districts where the new
apportionment put two strong men in one dis
trict. In the old Sd District Patrick ]. Ryder
and Charles w Cukn candidates for the
leadership. Murphy put Ryder on the state
ticket and Culkn is the new leader
Murphy could not satisfy County Clerk DoOiing
and William Dalton, two veterans. with half
vote each in the 9th District Dalton and
DOoling will fight II out
In the new 25th District Joseph F. Prender-
CAST former leader OF the 9th. and George F.
Scannel will fight it out for supremacy. Barney
Martin is backing Prendergast and ex-Ffre
Commissioner scanner is quietly assisting his
brother George.
In the new 18th District Mayor Mcclellan is
trying to retire Matt Donohue, the old leader
Of the DIST Donohue says that he is for mu-
nicipal ownership and has told the radicals that
he is for Hearst for Governor. The Mcclellan
man in this district is Ross Williams. saloon
keeper.
In the 10Th District just above the 18th Fire
Commissioner O'Brien is taking hand In the
battle. Charles Hahn was named by Murphy
as The executive member when the new district
was formed Hahn has rallied the municipal
ownership men, The McClellan-O'Brien men are
supporting James Ahearn contractor.
Joe Savage secretary OF the Dock Board has
taken the Mcclellan end Of the fight in the 21st
against Police Magistrate ]. J. Walsh The
Hearst men are rallying behind Walsh. Mr..
Savage and his friends have organized the JO-
seph W. Savage Club. at No. 2311 Eighth ave
nue. where meetings held every night Its
president is Fred B, House Some Of the vice
presidents are James w. Carroll BennO Levin
son. John l. Florence, Eugene j. Mccarthy.
David Goodman and DIR. J. r. Campbell. The
following organizations are for Savage: John J.
Mooney Association Eugene J. Mccarthy Asso-
eiation Cornelius Devan Association John Mus
tard Association, QundarO Club bricklayers'
lInion and plasterers union
Ex-Alderman Dietz and John Burke are rival
candidates for the leadership of the oath.
TDietz is a friend of Senator James J. Frawley,
and he is being supported by the Murphy men.
AS in other districts. the Dietz men say that
they are for municipal ownership. and that Nc
C,lellan and Burke are against 81
ExAlderman Thomas F. McCaul is going to
give Sheriff Hayes a tussle for honOrs in the
new 2sth McCaul is a plumber and says he will
win He is working the Hearst end OF the propO-
In the 3Oth District Aqueduct Commissioner
Tohn r Cowan is a candidate for the leader
shin. with the backing OF Charles F. Murphy
and the Hearst His opponent is Percy
NagIe. former Street Cleaning Commissioner.
C,owan's club has indorsed Hearst for Governor.
In fhe 3lst District Peter A. Hendrick Charles
z AEnrphy's personal counsel. is candidate for
leader his opponent is Assemblyman Lewis
Abrams. 80. - . =, a.,
thing af a time" and the one thing that he
seems 70 be aiming at beyond every thing else is
confrol az the districts. He has found strong
Hearst sentiment in all the districts and is
ffiIizing H. After he wins at the primaries if
he docs he will he confronted with the Hearst
problem in another form. If he indorses the
Hearst ticket he will save his election machin-
ery hut he will have sacrificed his county ticket
which this year WIFI include eight candidates
Gor the Supreme Court bench. Hearst's present
intention Is 10 name full set of candidates for
the bench He has told his friends that this is
more important than hts own election as Cow
sernor.