New-York tribune., 1906-06-07
HEARST NAN TO MURPHY
T4lflf-4NY AID GROWS.
Kings end Queens Counties Likely
10 Fall in Line.

Indications are multiplying that Tammany
val under The leadership of Charles F Murphy
~, ,o.s IN thc next State Convention for William
p Hearst fo- Governor So far as can be
,earrel there is no hard and fast deal between
H,r7l.v and Hearst. 1t is a fact. however, that
q trusted messenger from Mr.. Hearst went to
,ooa Ground On Monday night remained over
,irl,t il &c village and came tc town with Mr.
Nurphy or Tuesday forenoon. On that night
Ar Murphy and his friends put through the
sensational deal which strengthened his hold on
she Tanlmany executive and general committees.
Il Tammany is for Hearst in the State Con-
,,er,ion il is more than likely that Kings County
,.u he for him also. Cassidy in Queens already
has declared for him. Hearst has a number Of
.,,r-ies I'D the state All the Buffalo Demo-
--s.ic papers are out for him, and probably the
r--se delegation would be for him
The strongest reason for the theory that Muir
~, viii be for Hearst is the fact that the pat
-,-are Of the Mayors Office is being used against
.fnrrHv rs leader. II Mayor Mcclellan were
- he al the City Hall for only one year or two
,.,~s longer. the leader Of Tammany Hall might
,rnore his opposition and put in different sort
~ Navo- al the end OF the term. But Mayor
Mcclellan is in for four years. and in that time
ha will be able 10 dispense an enormous amount
of patronage With a skilful lieutenant ike
Fire Commissioner O'Brien at his elbow. the
5av3r is making great inroads on Murphy. The
coun on Tuesday night. when the sullivans were
found asleep and Murphy drove in the pins for
sn increase in the executive committee Of mem
hers of his own choosing. has temporarily en-
ha--assed the Mcclellan men. While it was
hard blow il was not deadly as the steady
boring in that the Mayor is doing with pat
ronage Murphy is fully aware OF this. and is
ratrtuc into condition 10 10 something that Will
rour the Mayor BY swinging Tammany to
Hearst in the state convention the chances are
that he can force the nomination, or rather in
dorsement. Of the Congressman. and after|ard
rake all the credit for naming him. The Hearst
convention is TO be held either late in July or
early in August so as TO make it easy for any
organization TO indorse the radical champion.
Il is easier for the rank and file Of Tammany
Hal 10 indorse q Hearst platform than it is 10
tie UP with the Wall Street Democrats who have
don mated the state for the last twenty years.
The Murphy district leaders have reported 10 the
boss" that Hearst viii run away with their or
Eanzations unless Tammany indorses him
Murphy figures that Hearst viii not worse
than second in the race for Governor. If he
does he viii take over the Democratic end Of
the election machinery of the state after next
fall That would mean that Tammany might be
deprived of the use Of The star a political
emblem. and that means lot in New York
County. Tammany has got used 10 the star
on the other hand, II Murphy forces the noml-
nation Of Hearst in the state convention the
Democratic election machinery in this county
VIII remain in Tammany Hail.
deep seated personal grudge against Mayor
Mcclellan is the tie that temporarily binds Muir
piy and Hearst The gTudge between the Mayor
and rhe CONGRESSMAN dates from Washington
daVs when Hearst was spurned by the Mayor
That animosiIy has had longer growth than
the one between the Mayor and Murphy, but IN
The latter case intensity is lent TO the grudse
ly Murphy's feeling ;hat the Mayor is an in
crate
The serious thing to Murphy in the present
situation is that II he swings TO Hearst the Tam
many campaign treasury will be practically
empty Hearst viii not give 10 il 10 any eX-
Ieur, and neither viii the Wall Street Demo
crats That would have been a crushing calam-
Itl q year ago but il is mitigated this year to
some extent by The fact that the new Corrupt
Practices act viii not allow the free use OF
money as formerly.
One Of the difficulties Of the new alignment
VIII be the impossbty Of satisfying all the
as1irarts for The judEeship vacancies There are
elehr new SI1.JoO places to be filed, besides
some smaller ones. There Will have 10 be dt
vision pf these If Tammany indorses Hearst i
tn Hearst men should name a full set al al
early convention Tammany might be shut out
i ug glt not be feasible 10 indorse Hearst FOL
Governor and not support his candidates FOL
th@ bench we'll
One Of tbs anomalous features Of the situa'
tlou is The fast that the Hearst men would pre-
'zr 10 have no alliance Of any sort with Tam
Hny Hall while Murphy is leader The Hears