The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26

.omethinR akin to political idIocy, In the
storm emergency OF the present sltnatlon'
to stand by Justice 0AyDor. In addition
to the support Of MIR. sulHer by the up
country dele gates, guaranteed at the n
field roundup tonight, Mr.. Sulzer will have
the support Of Mayor MCClellan's delegates
In the convention.
Between now and convention time to-
morrow the friends OF Mr.. SulSer will at,
tempt to break into other delegations.
The Hearst people and the Murphy folks
are to present Mr.. Hearst's name In the
convention through ex-Assemblyman WILL
lam v. Cooke OF Albany. and Representative
Bourke Cochran Of Tammany Is to second
the nomination.
The anti-Murphy aud the anti-Hearst
people have an orator on the ground to-
night who Ia to put the name OF Representa-
tive Sulssr before the convention. he 10
Assistant Corporation Counsel Mahr OF
Brooklyn. II Ia promised that Mr.. Mahr's
speech will be the finest OF its Kind nat
friends Of Mr.. Hearst ever listened to,
and tho opinion was expressed that perhaps
Mr.. Mahr may indulge in q few personall-
ties. However that may be, the indica-
tions late tonight are that there will be a
hot time in this town tomorrow.
THE OTHER SIDE WORKING
The other side" az Mr.. Murphy desig-
mated the opponents Of Mr.. Hearst, have
been truly aghting hard every moment Of
the day. They have fought as they never
fought before. They have planned n
schemed and hustled as never before.
With but an hour or two to sleep last night
III .I.o.o and n RooufhfnI Ot COHee
they have worked with the rapIdity OF
animated piston rods to overthrow the
Hearst-Murphy combination. -,
The aother side" has been represented
here by Mayor Mcclellan, Senator Patrick
Henry McCarren, William F. Sheehan'
District Attorney jerome, ex-Mayor Thomas
NJ. Osborne Of Albany, Cord Meyer and
other valiant warriors. Mr.. Hearst mas
not had at any time in the preliminary
work Of the convention more than 100 dele
gates. Mr.. Murphy Of Tammany could
not delive a solid delegation to him. Sena-
tor McCarren's solid delegation OF sixty
delegates is for Justice Gaynor and
they 30 officially announced their verdict
to-day.
The Kings county Democrats under their
leader. Senator McCarren, were unatratd
and they held a caucus Of the delegation.
Mr.. Murphy did not dare to call his dele
CATION in caucus. The Erie county Demo-
Gratis, represented by twenty-seven dele
gates In this convention, are not Tor Mr..
Hearst, and so what must Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Hearst do when confronted with a
situation like THAR
Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Hearst knew that
II was necessary to have 22e votes in order
that Mr.. Hearst should be indOrsed by this
convention and In order that the rest OF
the Hearst-M Murphy ticket could be nomi-
mated. The Rensselaer, county Democrats
and the Democrats from other counties
in the State were. ~irrevocably opposed 10
Mr.. Hearst.
Confronted by this situation, knowing
that they could not get the necessary 22e
votes, Mr.. Murphy and his friends and Mr..
Hearst and his friends had no other course
but hrst to capture control OF the Demo-
cratic State committee, which they practl-
cally did at 1 o'clock this morning by a
vote Of "a to Is, which carried with 1t the
selection Of the temporary chairman OF the
committee. Lewis Nixon. an out and out
Hearst man, and then the next step was
TO capture control Of the committee on
contested seats. There are fifty members
OF this committee and the victory Of the
Hearst-Murphy people in the State COM
mittee even by 80 slender a majority as
that mentioned practically gave them a
ma iority in the committee on contested
seats.
The actual factionsl completion OF the
committee on contested seats was shown
this afternoon when Senator Thomas Fran
cIs Grady was elected its chairman by a
vote Of 20 to 20, the latter votes being for
John b. Stanchfeld Of Elmira. Senator
Grady il first Of all a loyal follower OF Mr..
Murphy, which at this time has carried
with IL support Of Mr.. Hearst, while Mr..
StanchHeld is positively ~antaRonistic to Mr..
Hearst a. the candidate for Governor,
CONTESTS COOKED UP.
Having captured control OF the committee
on contested seats, IL was necessary TO
put up all OF the paper contests that politi-
cal ingenuity could devise, for the reason
that il you own, body. boots and breeches.
the committee on contested seats, II Is only
necessary to get up a sufficient number OF
fake delegates to compel your COMMITTEES
on contested seats to seat them in the con-
yention and thus gain the number Of dele
gates which you lack, and which you could
not elect legitimstely, and which are neces-
sary to carry out your purpose.
Never in any Democratic State conven-
ton in twenty-five years have 40 mlny
contests been cooked up. All old the
results in twenty-three Assembly districts
in the State have been questioned. which
involves the seats Of sixty-nine delegates.
When you cannot get siKty-nine delegates
egitimately in order to make up the req
uisite number Of 22o. necessary TO nomi-
nate. why then you must go 20 work and rig
ND contests which will seat these siXty-nine
delegates. These sixty mine delegates,
please remember. can only he seated by
your own committee on contested seats.
At 1 o'clock thism morning there were con-
tests in only fifteen Assemblydistricts, which
involved the seats OF forty-five delegates.
but by noon to-day eight additional As
sembly districts had been contested by the
Hearst Murphy people and these involved
the seats Of t~wenty-fOur delegates. That
was about enough. sixty-nine delegates
all told. TO bring in the Hearst-Murphy
combination a winner in this convention,
but according to the very best testimony
here contests would W been fled In
almost all OF the 100 Assembly districts In