Evening journal., 1906-09-20
MURPHY HOLDS
THE WHIP HAND
Now FavOrS Hearst For Gov
ernOr of New York
State

PROBABILITIES arc thdt Hearst VIII eltncf
be nominated or indorsed by the DEM
ocratic state Convention at Buffalo
next week the boom Of Representative
William Sulzer was greatly advanced
by the developments Of yesterday. Sui
zer is an. old fellow Bryanite with
Norman T.. Mack. the New York meme
Der Of the Democratic National COM
mittee. The action Of Mack In throw
ing Hearst over means that the Erie
delegation may support Sulzcr. II there
is TO be any formidable opposition TO
Hearst in the convention. Hearst
now controls 1876 delegates 60 the Dem.
ocratic convention. He Is assured OF
the support OF 6 more With the vote
of Tammany Hail. which VIII be cast
as a unit. consisting of l05 votes.
Hearst win have enough delegates to
win. which means 226
All that he really needs is the sup
port Of Murphy. the Tammany boss
A story Is current here that Murphy
is willing to throw Heart, as Mack did,
in exchange for certain concessions
from Mayor Mcclellan, who seems now
to stand a show of losing his Office in|
the event Of Hearsts election. This
concession Is said to be the retirement
OF Fire Commissioner O'Brien, who led
the movement against Murphy in the
primaries. Murphy IS 40 quit with
Hearst II the mayor VIII cut OF
OBrien's head and promise 90 appoint
a Murphy man n his place. The onls
power known 70 politics which can pre-
vent the nomination or Endorsement
on Hearst by the state convention Is
Murphy He holds within his grasp
the power OF defeating or nominating
Hearst at Buffalo.
Tammany for the Editor.
When asked about casting tho votes
of the delegation to the State conven-
tion for Hearst Mr. Murphy said Il
have no candidate for governor. bat
the Tammany delegation VIII go TO
Buffalo ln a body and act under the
unit rule. You cannot tell until they
get there which way they win vote
do YOU find the sentiment for /
Hearst growing?'
''Yes the sentiment for Mr.. Hearst /
De strong IN the city and an over the |
state"
The result Of the primaries maakes /
almost certain the denomination OF /
Governor Higgins and the retirement |
FROM politics of state Chairman Odeu' /
The astonishing revelatldn=ef Mayor /
McClellans weakness with Democrats |
WA one Of the results OF the Demo- |
cratic primaries. Leaving ont the men
who hold office by his appointment, the
mayor succeeded Ia wrestling no more
than three districts out Of thirtyfve
from Murphy The mayors nppointees
were forced TO declare themselves
against Murphy The candidate for a
district leadership whom he appointed
TO q $4,000 job to help him win was
overwhelmed, while the men who had
no patronage ana stood up for Murphy
and Hearst won easily. The defeat of
Mcclellan was decisive. emphatic and
instructive. considering he had the Of
fcehoidcrs TO help him in his fight.
Sulivans the Balance Of Power.
II IS estimated that in the executive
committee Murphy will have fifteen
and a half votes the Sulivans eight
and a half and Mayor Mcclellan eight
and a half In addition, Frank J.
Goodwin. James G.. Martin and John V.
Coggey whose allegiance is doubtful,
together will control two and a half
votes
In the matter Of Democratic control
most everything win depend upon the
attitude Of the sulliVans. Mcclellan
partlsans claim that they will be nde-
pendent and use their influence for
Sulzer for governor. Murphy. on the
other hand, claims that the Suilivans
are with him and that together they
viii control the delegations to Buffalo
and enforce the unit rule
Hearst leaders are banking on the
unit rule going through and on MUIR
phys swinging the Manhattan delega-
tion to Hearst. 1t is stated on the
other hand, that there is a resolution
of recent state convention on file TO
the effect that the unit rule applies 20
assembly districts. and not TO counties.
II the assembly district rule holds the
Manhattan delegation viii be divided
Hearst Sentiment Widespread.
ANTE Hearst Democrats took a new
tack They say that Hearsrs speech
At Cooper Union repudiated the DEM
ocratc party. Further they declare
the Independence League seems dis
posed 20 nominate and keep IN nomi-
nation not only the entire State ticket
but many local tickets The machine
Democrats who have up to this time
been for Hearst. Il is declared. win in.
sist that the Democrat convention shall
ignore the Independence League alto.
gethcr and nominate their ticket dl
novo. They believe that Hearst can.
not stand for this. and that on tn,
rock Of party regularity the Hears
ship is likely 70 go to smash.
In general the primaries instead O
allaying the political excitement ap
pear 10 have added fuel TO the ilames
Higgins Star is Rising.
The overwhelming defeat Of Odel
and Quigg in the Republican primaries
has made Roosevelts friend. Herber
+. Parsons the undisputed Republican
leader south Of Westchester Quigg
who has managed things in Manhattan
pretty much his own way for ten years
is left IN a hopeless minority. Parsons
was IN communication with Governor
Higgins. and received the governors
congratulations He heard from the
President IN the same vein last night.
Quiggs last move I'm his endeayor Ia
gain the support Of wavering Republic
cans was 10 come out strongly for
Charles +. Hughes FOR governor. This.
Il rs stated. was without the wish or
consent Of Hughes; but. nevertheless.
Quigg's defeat has TO a large extent
punctured the Hughes boom. II Is
also stated in the Higgins camp that
While Hughes record IS unassailable.