The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-31
FROWNS on HENRICG
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e.I1t. hr Governor In lpi. and ~ -ttepre-
.c.,1,.so Francis Burton Harrison, an
dfa,r fur Lieutenant Governor IN tho
t.tr, tul their friends started y movement
. rc upper districts ~ the Stata looking
D.. a. rehabilitation ~ the democratic or.
,br.,afran with = view Ia brIng ready for
tho in. ,hi- iBll The idea ~ the time was
f.. rp.o Nr Harrison state chairman 70
,ugu.-l Nf Meyer. and this was favored
81. many upstate Democrats. Mr., Harrl-
..r ,is''cd many 81 the upper count Ies and
many of. the Democratic State committee
ron oommun icated personally with Mr..
urrrIrl. and later. when MIR Meyer re-
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ria, he could not he relieved from his duties
o. state cha, rman too quickly to suit him
eud expressed the opinion that Mr., HarTi-
.uu would I've an excellent successor,
About that time, II was learned yester-
dav, rx-A4+emblymsn Maurice Minton,
who in 1894 was the personal representa-
tive Of August Belmont in bringing Alton
h Parker to the front az the Democratic
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with very many upstate Democrats by
letter. and many Of the Democrats came
TO New York city to visit Mr., Minton. Az
a result Of those visits, as we'll as Of the
letters which Mr.. Minton sent out, 1t was
stated last night, the upstate Democrats
we're informed that MIR. Belmont. still a
powerful member of the Democratic ma
tional committee, did not look with favor
upon the idea that Mr.. Harrison should
be made chairman of the Democratic State
committee, mainly because of the belief
Of Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Belmont's friends
that Mr.. Harrison favored the nominal
ton this fall Of Mr.. Herrick for Governor.
These upstate Democrats, it was added
last night, were candidly told that Mr..
Belmont and Mr.. Belmont's friends, in
Guiding Charles F. Murphy of Tammany,
were decidedly opposed to the renomina-
ton OF Mr.. Herriok. Just why Mr.. Bel
mont is opposed to Mr.. Herrick was not
known to most Democrats who were seen
last night, but some said that serious per-
sonal differences existed between Mr..
Belmont and Mr.. Herrick which only they
themselves would speak about. Both
Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Herrick were out of
town.
Mr.. Murphy's objection to Mr.. Harrison
as State chairman Was said to be based on
his belief that the upstate Democrats
might not look with favor upon a New
York city man for the place. but 1t was
explained last night that it is two New York
city men, Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Murphy,
who, through Mr.. Minton's communications
with the upstate Democrats, have rejected
Mr.. Harrison and selected Mr.. McCabe Of
Albany to be State chairman to succeed
Mr.. Meyer in the fall. 1t was even said that
Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Murphy, through the
combination that they have organized in
the upstate districts, are powerful enough
even now to call a meeting of the State
committee and elect Mr.. McCabe in place Of
MIR. Meyer, but that various Democrats do
not believe suoh a step to be good policy.
i was also said that it is exceedingly doubt
full if Mr.. Meyer would retire in favor of Mr..
McCabe.
While this friction is going on In the
democratic State committee as to the sue
oessor of Mr.. Meyer, William R.. Hearst and
his agents are busy attempting to pick of
Democratic State committeemen ia vorable
TO Mr.. Hearst's gubernatorial aspirations.
While it was admitted that the combination
organized by Mr.. Belmont and Charles
+. Murphy is at the moment sufficiently
powerful to prevent the election Of Mr..
Harrison to be State chairman before The
Democratic State convention assemblies,
il remains to be seen if the combination is
powerful enough to induce Mr.. Meyer to
withdraw in favor of Mr.. MoCabe 30 that
the regular Democrats can begin al au-
thorized movement to protect the regular
Democracy of the State from inroads by
Mr.. Hearst and his friends.
If Mr.. Murphy is defeated for the control
Of Tammany at the September primaries
he will lose control Of the eleven Demo-
cratic State committeeman from New York
county who are now part OF the combina-
ton opposed to the selection Of Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Harrison is the twelfth committeeman
from the county, representing the Fifteenth
Senate district. Thomas j. Dunn, the
member for the Eighteenth district, is dead.
and there are four vacancies in the COM
mittee from above the Bronx line, three
by death-Elliot Danforth Of the Twenty
sixth, James H. Brown Of the Twenty
seventh and George r. Finch Of the Thirty
first-and the Thirty-fourth. Oneida county.
Is vacant.
Joseph Cassidy, the member for the
Second district, Long Island City, has
come out for Hearst, and the seven mem
bers for Kings county, 1t was stated, do
not believe it to be wise policy to make
O change IN the State craftsmanship before
the new committee Ia selected at the Demo-
cratic State convention In the fall.