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effect would make Mr.. Murphy. through
his dummy, Democratic State leader.

All day Mr.. Murphy TO attain his ends has
resorted to tactics similar to those which
he has recently attempted In three districts
Of New York county. the Seventeenth.
Nineteenth and Thirtieth, where his men on
primary day were defeated. Mr.. Murphy
refused to accept defeat in these districts
and has brought contests before the State
committee to seat in his own interest the
MINI delegates to the State convention from
these districts. Mr.. Murphy was beaten
in the Seventeenth district by about a hun
dred votes, in the Nineteenth by over 900
votes and in the Thirtieth by $500 votes.
Proceeding on this plan Joseph Cassidy
Of Queens, who was beaten by President
Bermel of the Borough Of Queens by two
thousand votes. has, by direction OF Mr..
Murphy, brought a contest before the
State committee in an effort to turn the
twelve delegates To the convention from
Queens over to Mr.. Murphy. In addition
Mr.. Murphy. continuing in his effort to con-
troll the State committee and to strengthen
himself in his own organization and in
Queens and eventually to name either
Mr.. Corners or Mr.. McCabe as State chair
man, has brought similar paper" SON
hests in Nassau and in one Assembly dis
lAuCI o sluB COuIllhtb u NFtiSldn ChCh-
daga, Monroe and Chautauqua. There has
been no rhyme, right or reason why Mr..
Murphy should put up these contests ex-
cept those hatched in his own brain.
MURPHY SAYS HE'S NOT COMMITTED TO
HEARST.
Mr.. Murphy declares positively that he
has not brought these contests in the in
forest Of William r. Hearst. He has Heen
singing very low on Hearst all day. For
the first time in months he opened com
munication with Mayor Mcclellan by ssnd-
ing Senator McCarren to the Mayor with
the word that be was not committed in
any way TO Mr.. Hearst's Endorsement in
this convention, notwithstanding anything
that may have been said or will be said
to the contrary.
Men OF experience like William F. Shee-
han. Cord Meyer. senator McCArren. Mayor
Mcclellan, District Attorney Jerome and
John B. S~tanchfeld are not accustomed to
accepting offhand statements 81 the char
acter which Mr.. Murphy sent to Mayor
Mcclellan by Senator McCarren. On the
contrary. experience has taught them to
be rather on their guard against believing
unsouRht and unlimited statements OF
this import. So almost every moment OF
the day has been devoted by Mr.. Murphy's
opponents to besting Mr.. Murphy's efforts
20 capture control Of the State committee.
HEARsr's FRIENDS AIDING MUBPHH
That Mr.. Murphy. has been aided In his
efforts to secure control OF the State COM
mittee by the friende OF William r. Hearst
il unquestionably beyond dispute. Mr..
Hearst's friends in the different upstate
counties have been cheek by jowl all day
with Mr.. Murphy. and while Mr.. Murphy
has offered various considerations to swing
State committeeman into line for his pur-
poses, Mr. Hearst's friends have not hest
Caued to promise a hundred times over
: every Office within the gift Of the Govarnor
. of the State. ,r, -.
The struggle for control Of the ram
. shackIe Democratic State machine would
be perhaps ludicrous II it did not carry
with it consequences Of moment. The
fight to keep Mr.. Murphy from capturing
a machine which years ago should have
been sent to the political junk shop has
been made on the superstition that notwith-
standing anything Mr.. Murphy may say
he is at heart favorable to Mr.. Hearst's
idorsement for Governor in this con-
~vention.
A WILL RUN LOCAL TICKETS.
The burden Of Mr.. Murphy's song all day
has been that while he is not committed
3 to Mr.. Hearst he fears that II Tamrnany
as a delegation does not indorse Mr.. Hearst
in this convention Mr.. Hearst will run in
New York county this fall a local ticket
for Justices Of the Supreme Court, Con-
Rressmen, Senators and A~ssemblymen.
Smarting under the knowledge that II he
attempts to call a cauCus Of the Tammany
delegation with any idearof advocating Mr..
Hearst's Endorsement here he Ill ~bedrpbbed
In his own political household. Mr.. Murphy
has spoken of his fear of a Hearst local
. ticket in New York county to most Of his
visitors. Especially did he speak this way
10 Senator McCarren. and the Kings county
Democratic leader thereupon said to Mr..
Murphy:
IL don't fear any Of Hearst's local tickets
In Kings county, and there is no good reason
why you should. You ave exaggerated
the Hearst sentiment in New York county.
You are afraid Of a bugaboo. Mr.. Hearst
oan run any local ticket he chooses in Kings
county this fall ard the Democrats will
overthrow it.
METHoDs OF A POLITICAL HIGHBTNDER.
WouId-be candidates for local Offices In
upstate cities and in the larger towns have
taken their refrain from Mr.. Murphy, and
they all chant their fear that Mr.. Hearst
will run local tickets all over the State. 1t
Is by these methods. "a we'll "a by others,
that Mr.. Hearst and his lieutenants have
endeavored TO bludgeon this convention
: into indorsinR Mr.. Hearst for Governor.
In the estimation OF District Attorney
Jerome they ara the methods OF a political
highlander and marauder. Without doubt
they have had some effect upon the rabbit
like temperaments OF Democrats in certain
localit les, and without the slightest doubt
they have brou ght the goosefesh to Mr..
Murphy's not o~versensitive cuticle. But
MIR. Hearst's methods have not frightened
the few remaining militant Democrats OF
the party in different bailiwicks OF the
State a little bit. They have rather en-
couraged these fighting Democrats TO per-
sist in their opposition to Mr.. Hearst. and
have, moreover, sustained them in their
conclusions that Mr.. Murphy was perhaps
all right as the leader OF an Assembly dis
trict in New York city, but as leader OF
Tammany and as aspirant for the Demo-
cratic leadership OF the State he Is little
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