The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23

iea formed. as in Orleans county; conVoh-
l--lions purchased, as in Wayne county; dele
gates openly bribed for Eut and disorder,
as in jefferson county; an attempt TO decenve
a whole community by a nnuzzled press as
in Erie county; newspapers o~lact1nailed' as
in Monroe and OnondaGa o ties; and
who can cstim ate the amount OF lying,
hlackmaiI. bribery and corrupt mises
necess nv 10 make such a nnd OF campalHn
even partially suCcosstllF
Tho two most important committees OF
the convention will be those OF oreden tials
ard platform. Should Hearst capture the
ppelimirary organi1ation' OF the conyen-
ton he would be in position TO seat all those
delegates who have been elected by the
merhuds described in Mr.. Osbornes speech
at Albany. and then, too, the Hearst people
would be in position TO ~enunoiate a plat
form stepped in socialism and anarchy.
In many conventions the committee on
credentials and the committee on resoiu-
tions are considered more than ordinarily
Important. but never before IN the history
Of the Democratic party OF the STATE OF
New York will these two committees be
called uron TO exercise a more potent M
fiaence for good or for lasting difaster.
The Hearst tactics in this convention
prornisa to he thoroughly HeaIstlan. In
a word they are the methods Oh a wild
cat! They claw here and claw there. caring
little for consequences except to their own
ekirs. One'of the methods OF the Hea rst
people will he to substitute Hea rstlteA OF
more than usual NlClOusneSs ioT ueieBac0o
controlled by Hearst who do not promise
an his way the Hearst people propose
70 substitute ex-ltepresentative Francis
z. Shober Of New York and William +.
Mnckcv of Buffalo, who have nothing TO
loge and everything to gain II Hearst should
become Governor Of the state, The Hearst
paople in a word want all the bitter speakers
they can rake ard scrape up TO go INTO tne
cony ention and make things how. Two can
play at that game, though, aud It wasfsad
/ tonight that Il may be necessary Tor Mayor
McCiel Ian ind District Attorney Jerome
Z DELEGATES for il is very generally remarked
that Mayor Mcclellan with his earnest
voicc and dominant intellect and District
Attorney Jerome, with his habit of speech
a terror to his enemies, would not hesitate
tosgs at the Hearst people in lively fashion.
All sorts Of claims have been put out by
the Hearst people as to their preliminary
I strength in the convention. They are
not bound nv the every day rule OF mathe-
matics. They believe in the Chandler cry;
sClaim everything ard thsy cry fraud. =
No matter what Mr.. Hearst says, no mat
ter what biz, m~andgers claim, no mates
what Fingy. Conner says, the following
is truthful schedule of the situation:
Anti-hearst and Nn~instTucted Delegation
Albany, o; Cayuga, 8; Clinton, 2; Erie, 81;
I Essex ~ Franklin. 3;Genesseet 81 Hsrkimer
8; Jc.orson, Q; Kings, 90; Livingston, 3
Madison, }; Monroe, 9; Nassau, 8; Oneida
py0nondaga, @; Ontario, 9;Oswego,.S 3; Put
aim, 3; Queens, IL; Rensselaer,, 6; Richmond
< 3; IiockIand, .; st. Lawrence, 3; Saratoga, 8
= Schenectady 3; ~Schoharie, ?; Schuyler, ;
Suffolk, 0: Sullivan, 3; Tompkins, 8; Ulster
Q; Washington, 3; WestchesteT, az. Total, 239
For Hearst-Allegany, 3; Broome, 8
Cattaraugus, 3; C~hautauqua. o; Shenango
J 3; Columbia. 3; Cortland. 3; Delaware, 3
Dutchess, o; Fulton and Hamilton, 8; Greene
8; Lewis, 3; Monroe, 8; Montgomery, 3
Niagara, 8; Onondaga,- 3; Orange, Q; Or
leans, 3; Otsego, 8; 81; Lawrence >; Scho-
4 are, 1; Seneca, 3; Steuben, Z: Lloga, )
WARREN, 3; Wayne, 8; Wyoming. 8; Yates, 8
New York county, with lOS delegates
undecided
1t is known that while the nine delegate:
from Oneida are uninstrdcted they are
rather partial TO Hearst, and that the three
delegates from Oswego are not altogether
unfriendly TO him and that eventually
4 he may get some support from Erie, but
the actual figures tonight are given ir
the foregoing schedule.
The fate OF this convention rests upor
I the verdict TO be given by the Democrat
of New York city, especially OF New Yorl
and. Kings counties. The responsibility
resting uron the shoulders OF Charles +
MNrphy Of Tammany Hall perhaps is no
readily understood by him. Mr.. Murphy
is not by any means in the same class as
Z Tammany leader with John Kelly or Rich
ard Croker. At no time in Mr.. Kelly
career did he refuse TO, take counsel will
friends who could have no other interes
save the Advancement Of Mr.. Kelly ant
Tnmmany Hall. Mr.. Kelly departed from
this rule once in 1879, bolted a Demo craft
< State cow enticn and turned the State owe
z 30 the Republicans. Tammany did no
! recover from that blow until two year
q later. Richard Croker never refused, saw
once, to heed the advice Of disintereste'
n friends.
That was in the campaign Of 1893, whei
X Mr.. Croker sacrificed a Demo cratic candI
4 date for Governor by refusing TO renomi
n nafa Surname Court JlgfiCQ DalV. All
gustus Van Wyck would urely have bee
4 elected Gov efnor that year in the estims
ton OF many Democrats, and it is not
" g secret that Theodore Roosev cit, the vic
torious candidate for Gov ernor in that yea
~ believed at one time that had the caInpaig
lasted ten days longer VanWyck would hav
y been elected, despite Mr.. Cookers condu'
. IN the DAILY affair.
There are no political rhapsodies her,
q No political sentiment finds q lodging sp'
Il In, the minds Of these practical Demo
n crats. T. Yet il must be said that there a.
i sentimentalists here who sp )ke with SOM
y thing akin to pathos tonight when the
"A remarked that they never thought to sc
the day when the party OF Martin Va
Buren,, Marcy, Seymour and Tilden wouI
have 10 FIGHT for It's very existence again
n candidate Of a guerilla convention, who
theories and sayings are without a sing
basic Democratic principle. To these o
line Democrats the situation here is pecu
iarly distressing. They speak of this de,
state OF ours" and want TO know IL II
to be turned over TO such a man as Hear'
To them the Heaist movement is incred
bic, and they could. not, they declar
understand anything about it until thu
read ex-Mayor Osborne's speech at Alban
Moreover, they say they cannot understaT
why Mr.. Murphy Of Tammany can for
minute hesitate in his course unless he
: utterly stupid and utterly without Dem
cratic conscience. These old line Dem
Gratis 20 on to say that Mr.. Murphy cam
iniure the upstate organization by cCm'i
out for Hearst half as much as he c.
smash Temmany HALF for fifty years TO cor
These Democrats who have been with Z
party since Tilden'E time say. tina M
y Murphy and Tampsny never had a Hn
"A opportunity to rehaNjlitate the estimation
u the State and nation than to come o.
fat footei for a sound Democratic canC
date in this convention.
The. prejudice or the Democrats again
Tsmmany in the minds Of those now ali
to-day began with the Tweed ring e
unsures, and was intensified by the at
thde Of John Kelly in 1879 and Richa
Croker in 1893. and now Mr.. Murphy. It
declared, il dribbling along, shufiiin
hesitating. thinking only Of himself Al
nothing whatever OF the future of TAI