Evening journal., 1906-09-18
CANNOT STEM
THE HEARST TIDE
Democracy Of the Empire is
in a Hopeless Tan
JEROME BOOM IN THE AIR

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and left the party ship without rudder
sail or even masts, the New York
state Democracy has never been in
quite so pitiahle a plight as It is in
now upon the very eve OF a most inn
portant contest. Without respectable
leadership beyond that of McCarren.
the agent of the Sugar Trust and
Standard oil, and without a candidate
for the governorship nomination who
appeals to the mass of Democratic
voters, the ship is heralded for the
rocks and disaster seems its unshun-
able fate.
The governorship boom of jerome
which was largely of artificial origin
has collapsed so that the District At
torney is likely not even to be men
/ toned IN the Democratic state Con-
vention. The feeble attempt of Mayor
Mcclellan to wrest control of Tam
many Hall from Boss Murphy through
the use Of the city's payroll seems des-
tined TO as complete failure as the at
tempt to induce Democrats to shout
/ for Jerome The party convention is
now little more than a week off, and
/ the only Democrat spoken of TO lead
the fight against the Endorsement Of
Hearst for the governorship Of the
State is Representative William Sui
zer, Bryan radical who has leaned
to Hearst and to Hearst's radical the
ories of government. AS between the
nomination by the convention of Sui
zer and the conventions endorsement
OF Hearst the conservatives have little
choice Sulzer Is regarded by many
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the reason that the latter being a can
didate for the presidential nomination,
would necessarily be steadied in Of
flee by his higher aim. Besides, the
hackers Of Sulzer are the Sullivans.
who represent the lowest there is in
the Democratic politics of the Bowery.
In this city.
The Democratic party, in trying to
save itself from Hearst is driven into
the position Of taking as its possible
leader the candidate of Tim Sullivan
and his Tammany followers of the
Bowery. The volunteer party savers
have been as unsuccessful in their
search for a competent leader as they
have been in finding a candidate to
stem the rising Hearst tide In the ap-
preaching convention. Meanwhile
Hearst, as the boss Of the Independ-
ence League, is playing politics I'm a
style that negatives Jerome's descrfp-
ton Of him as intellectually sterile.
Looks Easy for Hearst
He has now pledged to him nearly
100 regularly elected delegates to the
Democratic state convention, not
counting the los delegates from Tam
many Hall. who win probably be con-
trolled by Murphy. With these votes
Hearst will lack only p votes imgthe
convention to insure him the nominal
tion for governor, and these can cas-
lily be obtained from the unpledged
and uninstructed delegations. Besides,
there are the delegates from Erie
county which are said to be in control
OF Editor Corners. a Hearst boomer.
II was Corners who appealed to the
Independence League not to nominate
a full ticket, so that the league would
he free to dicker with the Democrats
for their Endorsement of Hearst BY
many It is believed that the Hearst
ticket already selected though not yet
officially placed In nomination. was
; not put up to stand. Withdrawals will
be forced, to make trading with the
Democrats possible, though a revision
of the Independence League ticket is
! certain 10 weaken Hearst with inde-
pendent voters. Boss Murphy's course
i'm the convention win probably be
determined by the results OF the loca
primaries Tuesday. Murphy will prob
ably win In the primaries, and this
Hearst vote viii be thrown to his can.
didates. Since Jerome called upon the
Tammany district leaders to declare
themselves as for or against Murphy
two of the 35 have responded. Leader
Rush. who was the law partner OF
Mayor Mcclellan, has declared for Je.
rome Leader keenan,. who has a S12,
800 job as city chamberlain, to which
he was appointed by Mayor McClel
Ian. has come out against Hearst. an,
by inference. against Murphy. Kee
nan is a close friend Of Sulzer, anC
hopes to see the Sulzer boom grow
! Murphys success in the primaries wal
e pretty nearly clinched by Tim Sulli
. vans, announcement that he was will
the organization-the organization il
this case being Murphy. Boss Murph.
win, however, have trouble voting hi
delegation as a unit, and it is assertel
! ln4l .lilt lult III AAAA llNAibA VI AaoL
, ing Tammany's vote applies only to
4 national convention. But majorit!
, of the delegates to the Buffalo conven
ton viii undoubtedly favor Hearst
+ some Of them on. the very practica
I ground that while Hearst might win
, il nominated. no other Democratic
candidate could possibly do so witt
Hearst in the field.
Tho Republican Primaries
Except the usual interest excited b,
primary election in New York city
the chief interest to those outside tn
city in the Republican primaries o
next week viii be in the bearing whicl
the result viii have upon the COVER
norship campaign and in the future il
politics of state Chairman Oden
There are IS assembly districts in tn
borough Of Manhattan and in IS o
these there are contests between tn
Parsons faction and the Quigg o
Odell faction. Parsons is the counti
chairman Of the Republicans. whil
Quigg. backed by Odell. is seeking 4
oust him and get In himself Parson
is supposed TO have the backing o
President Roosevelt. and freluentl.
visits oyster Bay TO consult with IN
President. He is in favor of the re
nomination of Governor Higgins. al
though the President is generally be