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SUPP RISES LIKELY AT ANY MO-
mENT TO BE SPRUNG PLOTS
AND couNTERPLoTs.
NEW YORK Jnig Tine politIcaf
ifafion III New cflt State for the.
fecmIns tau ca ign lis ftlIsof sisIias
NIT Bombs are icing pIanted an
over the State, some Of hem openly.
and some / OF them secretly TO be
touched OF at the proper time and
tear up things liam r. Hes Est's.
agents are pla ntlng heir bombs open
~ IN the upstate connttes to make an
InphaayaI In. the Democratic ranks.
They believe now that ahe VIII be
norpthatea for governor by the regts
lar Democratic convention as we'll as
by the Independence League which
rs the name Of his own organization
and which VIII nominate him any
way.
The Ind pende dents, sick Of both par
ties, are also planting bombs, the
chief one OF which Is contriEed here.
when the leading lawyers Of the town!
got together recently and named eight
lawyers for the greatest political
prizes to be fought for In this coun:
I,try-the new Supreme Court Judge
ships places worth S17s5Qo a year
for 4 a years.
The most important bomb that is
being put together, to be planted Sc
lcretly, is being manufactured right
here in, the borough of Manhattan,
land, If it is decided to set It OF, New
York city and State win see cam:
lpaign for governor the like Of which
lii has never Witnessed. II Charles
f. Murphy loses control of Tammany
HALL I'm the primaries, that bomb is
likely to be set OF, ard the purified
Tammany Hall will probably declare
| for District Attorney William TRAY;
Fers jerome for governor and will sue
ceed in nominating him, with the ex.
hpectation that he will be elected in a
jerome whirlwind campaign and that
| he viii be in direct line for the presi-
tdency. Mr.. Jerome is already ma
EttonaI figure, and his recent trip TO
the South has not diminished his i'm
Eportance in that respect.
Jerome for Governor.
The last legislature passed q reap
lportionment act which upset all the
existing political organizations in New
York. The Republicans and Hearst
linen who dominate the board of al
tdermen, in New York, laid out the
detection districts. New leaders must
lie chosen In both parties for these
districts. Murphy and Mayor McClel-
/ Ian have broken completely, and it is
Inc secret that the mayer, who has Sc
toured the active assistance of limo
thy d. Sullivan, really the most pow.
lerful man In Tammsny Hall, expects
Ito get control of Tammany absolutely
and to Dust Murphy and his set. If
4 Mcclellan succeeds look out for the
Nomination Of Jerom@ for governor.
Hearst is trying to get control. of
The Democratic party mp the state.
lie has already captured two or three
county conventions with instructions
Ito vote for him. If Murphy keeps con
troll of Tammany It is now on tlle
cards that he will support Hearst for
governor, no matter IL Hearst did call
him all. the name that politicians
tongue can use last fall. Then the
| game would be for Murphy to try to
lelect eight Tammany judges Tam
many has always played the political
game strongly in getting its friends
on the bench, because 1t has always
paid to have political judges sitting
here and let Hearst shift for himself.
There has really been no Democrat
ic organization up the State in New
York since Hill retired, There are
lot Of respectable gentlemen who have
been prominent but they do no work.
The Bryan campaigns ripped the par
ty organization to pieces. Judge Par
ker,s campaign brought out these re-
spectacle men, but they are not polit-
licaI workers Hearst has moved into
the state with his forces, and he seems
to be getting control Of the machin-
cry here and there but 1t is doubtful
II he succeeds entirely. If Mcclellan
wins his fight in New York against
Murphy-and they say he has already
won it, having ~ out of the 70 lead
ers with limit is safe to say that
Hearst will not get tue Democratic
nomination, but will run independent
ly.
In the Republican Ranks.
On the Republican side the renewal
of the Plat and odelI alliance fools
robodv platt's political strength is