The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-24

| Another name to go before the Dem
acratic convention is that OF the pres
emit district attorney Of New York
County, William Travers Jerome. Mr..
Jerome lent UNNECESSARILY to fhe In
| terest of the situation a few weeks ago
| by the brief announcement of his can
didacy which read;
TN the present shameful condition of
, our political life in this State I am
willing to run for the office of Cover
nor of the state II the Democratic
Convention shall nominate me with
implied, other than that, IL elected. l
kshall obey my oath of Office as / un-
derstand it In letter and spirit"
Mr.. Jerome made an independent
! campaign for reelection as District
Attorney last fall and was successful
over the regular nominees of the
Democratic, Republican and municipal
ownership parties. He has always
been a Democrat but has on every
occasion expressed his adherence of
so-called political bosses" Mayor
George B. Mcclellan of New York
city. has expressed his preference for
Mr.. Jerome for Governor and has
announced his intention of voting for
him at the convention Mr.. Jerome is
without political machinery and came
into the race too late to have his
name go before many of the county
conventions called to name delegates
to Buffalo.
If the so-called regular" Demo-
Gratis prove unwilling to accept either
Mr.. Hearst or Mr.. Jerome. because of
their independent attitudes in the
just whom they will bring before the
convention. There has been talk of
Mayor ]. N. Adam of Buffalo; of John
M. Carlisle of Watertown; of John
Herrick, who was the Democratic gu
bernatorial candidate two years ago;
of Justice William ]. Gaynor OF
Brooklyn and Edward M, Shepard
because of his independence. He and
Mr.. Hearst have long been regarded
as political friends and last fall it
was said Mr.. Hearst ran for Mayor
only because he had been unable to
induce Justice Gaynor to take up
the tight.
The famous Tammany Hall organi-
cation of the Democratic party In New
York city has felt the dissensions that
have affected the party in general and
there are evidences of greater fac
tional troubles inside the Wigwam
than ever before in its history. Charles
+. Murphy, the present leader of Tam
many Hall. and Mayor Mcclellan have
generally been regarded as heading
the opposing FORCES Ia tHe oTBdnlzd-
ton. Mr.. Murphy was said to favor
the nomination OF Hearst but the
latter in a public statement declared
he did not want Mr.. Murphy's support.
The Republican factional fight APP
pears TO be as bitter as that among
the Democrats. but the adherents of
the Republican faith are not hampered
by an independent movement. al
though it is admitted the Independence
League may poll some Republican
votes It's principal influence. If the
full State ticket goes on the official
ballot. will be felt, however. by the
Democrats.
Popular opinion arrays State Chair
man Odell agains: Governor Frank w.
Higgins in the struggle for control of
the Saratoga convention and of the
Republican party in this State. Two
years ago Mr.. Odetl and Mr.. Higgins
were quite intimate, II was not long
after Governor Higgins was inaugu-
rated that there came rumors of diff
ferences existing between the Cover
nor and the State chairman. There
was no open breach. however. until
the fight last winter for the Assembly
speakership. Chairsan Odell let II
be known that his candidate for the
office was Assemblyman Merritt. of
St Lawrence county. Governor Hig-
gins openly advocated the election OF
Assemblyman James w. Wordsworth,
Jr a son OF Congressman Wadsworth.
who as chairman of the House Com
mittee on Agriculture came into prom
inence this spring during the meat
investigation at Washington.
During the speakership tight a
number of the legislative leaders were
summoned to Washington and were in
conference with President Roosevelt.