The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-09-27
independence League Nomi-
nee Wins at Buffalo.
CHOSEN ON FIRST BALLOT
Congressman Sulzer Gets Second
Highest Number Of Votes.
cHANLER AND WHALEN ALSO SELECTED

Convention Takes Two Names From
League Siate-Hearst's Success As
sured by Support of Tammany Dele
cation, Delivered by Leader Murphy.
Manhattan Men Refuse to Abide by
Decision of Caucus = Cochran De-
clares That He Favors Hearst Be-
cause as Democrat He Cannot Help
lt-Jerome Will Take Stump to Plead
For Election of Hughes.
Buffalo, Sept 27.-After an afternoon
and night of the most intense political
excitement in session that lasted in
to the morning the Democratic conven-
ton named the following ticket:
For Governor - William Randolph
Hearst of New York
For Lieutenant Governor Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler of Dutchess.
For Secretary of State John S.
Whalen of Monroe.
For Comptroller Martin r Glynn
of Albany
For Attorney General William S.
Jackson of Erie.
For Treasurer Julius Hauser of Suf-
folk.
For Engineer and Freder-
ick W. Skene of Queens.
The Democrats took from the Inde-
pendence league ticket Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler Of Dutchess for lieu
tenant governor and John S. Whalen
of Monroe for secretary of state. The
other nominees have no place on the
Independence league ballot
Hearst Named on First Ballot.
Mr.. Hearst was nominated for gov
ernor by the Democratic state conyen-
ton on the first ballot having 800
votes to 124 for William Sulzer, rep
resentative in congress from New
York. John A. Dix of Washington
county received II votes.
Tammany cast 06 votes for Hearst
and 8 for Sulzer. Kings cast SO votes
for Sulzer.
The success of the Independence
league nominee was made certain
when Tammany Leader Murphy deliv-
cred to him PA out of the 1856 dele
gates entitled to vote ON the eligibility
of the sixty-four men contesting seats
in the convention.
The report of the credentials commit
tee was adopted after a bitter protest
by John B. Stanehfield and after a
brilliant and witty plea by Tammany's S
orator, State Senator Thomas e.
Grady
Murphy In Control.
Murphy was the complete master of
the situation. His lieutenant. Con
gressman Bourke Cochran, wrote the
platform. His man Grady ran the con-
tests.
The convention held a nine minute
morning session and adjourned until
the afternoon. The committees were
not ready to report Murphy could
not hold his Tammany caucus until
he was sure the committee on cre-
dentials had voted against all the
anti-Hearst delegates A few dele
gates struggled up to the hall at 2:30,
and the convention was adjourned
until $50 o'clock in the evening.
1t was announced by Murphy that
he would demand an all night session
If necessary to complete the work of
the convention. Meantime the anti
Hearst men had been perfecting their
programme of obstruction. They had
arranged for speeches, for minority re-
ports and to make all the trouble pos
sible for Murphy and Hearst.
Tammany Supports Hearst.
By a bare majority of the Tammany
delegation Charles F. Murphy jammed
through an Endorsement of William r.
Hearst in the Tammany caucus.
The vote stood: Hearst, 56; Sulzer, SO.
Thirteen delegates were absent, includ-
ing three delegates from the Twenty
ninth district, led by Thomas B. Rush,
who refused to attend. There are 105
Tammany delegates, and thus Murphy
had exactly a majority. Had it not
delegates of the Seventeenth, Nine
teenth and Thirtieth districts Murphy
would not have had majority unless
he had been able to induce the Sulli-
vans to change from Sulzer to Hearst.
1t was nearly o'clock when the eau
Gus was finally convened Three times
1t had been postponed.
Thomas d. Rush, who was for Je-
rome, announced before the caucus
that he would not attend "This man
Hearst is party wrecker, and I will
not be party to any plan to nominate
him" he said.
suizer Quits Caucus.
Peter A. Hendrick, Murphy's lawyer
was elected chairman of the caucus
Representative William Sulzer was
present to plead his own cause, but hi
was cut off summarily By the previous
question on motion to adopt the unit
! rl7lp In casting the votes Of the dnlega.