The sun., 1906-12-28
A new DEMOCRATIC COMBINE?
ONE STORY rs THAT 1T rs TO
"ELIMIN4TE HEARST"
Another Version Is That the Election Did
That and That n HIll. McCarren and
Others Are Getting Busy Together the
Object Is Not Vet 10 Be Disclosed.

UOJec' u NOt he' W br DtsciOseu
The Brooklyn Citizen printed in its news
columns last night an article to the effect
that David Bennett Hill and Senator Patrick
Henry McCarren were practically the heads
Of a new Democratic combination Just
formed "to eliminate William r. Hearst
and that Mr.. Hill is to be the chief political
adviser of the combination, Patrick T..
McCabe of Albany 10 be the chief leader
above The Bronx line and Senator McCarren
TO be the big Democratic bug below The
Bronx line
II was furthermore stated in the article
that Chairman William J. Conners of the
Democratic State Committee has regretted
his alliance with Mr.. Hearst, that the oom-
mittee appointed to try Senator McCarren
on the charge OF knitting Hearst. will at
its meeting on January 8. or later, whitewash
Senator McCarren, that Charles F. Murphy
of Tammany can come into tho combination
II he wants to, and finally that the appoint
ment by Comptroller-el Martin H. Glynn
of Thomas F. Wogan of Brooklyn to he
Transfer Tax Appraiser indicated the friend
illness Of Mr.. Glynn and Of Mr.. McCabe to
Senator McCarren. II was also stated that
Senator McCarren had had long talk with
binaton. The Brooklyn Cuixen for many
years has enjoyed the confidence Of Senator
McCarren and Mr.. Hill For that reason
the story kicked up fuss among the Demo-
Gratis in New York county, notwithstanding
the fact that Senator McCarren, while stat
ing his pleasure over the appointment of
Mr.. WOgan, was quoted in the same paper
as saying that there was no truth whatever
in hn Dc a o,
ton.
One little statement in the article will
without doubt nettle Mr.. Hill. 1t was
that MIR. Hill is not enjoying very good
health" Mr.. Hill was in the Hotel Ten
Eyck grill room, Albany, the other day
and talking with a representative of THE
SUN, took some Of the newspapers TO task
for trying to kill me physically" He
said that a false report had been sent out
from Albany by press aSsocia ton that
he was within an ace Of dissolution. Mr..
Hill said that he never felt better in his
life and that he could not understand how
any newspaper man or newspaper as
sociation with an ounce OF care could have
sent out the erroneous statement. Mr..
Hills is>erest in the political situation,
State and national, seemed to he as keen
as ever.
II is known that Mr.. Hill on several occa-
sions of late has talked down this way
Wltil important lJPnOCTdUS concerning the
situation in the State. From all that could
be learned last night nothing was said
about eliminating William r. Hearst"
for the reason that most Democrats believe
that Mr.. Hearst's defeat on election day,
coupled "a il was with the election of the
entire Democratic State ticket. il a blow
from which il will be difficul. for him to
recover in this state. Yet the dispatches
from Indiana announce that Charles A.
Walsh, formerly secretary of the Demo-
IN uh,
several months ago 10 enter Mr.. Hearst's
employ. was actively at work in that State
in an efort 10 secure the delegates for
Mr.. Hearst in the Democratic national con-
vention Of 1908.
Mr. Hearst has not Jared very well in the
disposition of the patronage by the Demo-
Gratis elected TO the State offices. As far
as can be traced the sole appointment se-
cured in his interests was that Of William
A. DE Ford. who has been made a Deputy
Attoney-General. Immediately after cleo
tion day there were complaints from
Mr. Hea arst's people to the effect that Mr.
Conners, Mr., Murphy and the Democratic
State officers-elect were not inclined TO
recognize Mr.. Hearst in handing out the
plums. stating IL 20 be their reason for 40
doing that Mr.. Hearst had made his cam
paign a personal one and at no meeting
and in no speech had even mentioned the
names Of his colleagues on the Democratic
State ticket, except Mr.. Chanler a heritage
from the Independence League convention.
Mr.. Hearst was in California during the
time OF uncertainty as 20 the election of the
Democratic State ticket other than Mr.
Hearst. Democratic critics recalled that
IN the MayOralty campaign Of 1876, when
the vote between himself and Mayor McCle
Ian was close, he in person engineered ali
of the legal proceedings
II was during his absence IN California
that Mr.. Hearst made the formal announce
ment that h. would never again he "A candi-
date In this statement Mr. Hearst did not
mention the offioe for which h. would MOI
he d candidate, and n good many pOlit clans
acc-ptsd the Statement IN "A PlokWlckian
sense. MaN lhnl-en chairman Of The STATE
c lmmittsa ~ the lndepr ldenoe league,
did not leave for Eur1Is until he had sent
word to all II the state committeeman of
Z he lnd~Jendeno" league tn all of the Coun-
lies uf tll. state a. keep up thrir OrgAniza-
tlunz and under no circumstance TO allow
Z he iu,ie -sndsnoe l~agtIs /, work lo suhsida
Democrats Who had talksd ~ith MI hIl
and Nj Ma aTT-n said last nlsht that with
oui doubt nmsthing In Eoins On ~ mom-nt
hut that u Mas nOt yet time "a sI-ak, And
thsy sad Furthermore that tl.ny would not
have admitted even that anything Was
guing un n tls NaY ~ sfss'ilng any sori ~
b iAnuorntl, OofnliAailon hAd o. not lss.u
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