The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
OWNERSHIP PARTY
F0RsAKES HEARST.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK, Sept. c2.-At meeting
tonight of the Municipal Ownership
League, the organization that nom-
mated w. n. Hearst for Mayor of New
York last year, 1t was announced that
the Organization had repudfated Hearst
and would nominate a complete State
ticket to be voted on at the coming
election.
Charles F. Murphy left for Buffalo
tonight without disclosing any of his
plans. Al the Fourteenth Street Wig
wan 1T was predicted tonight that
Murphy's choice for Governor would be
announced at the caucus in Buffalo to-
morrow and would be n surprise.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Sept. 22.-With the
organization of the Democratic State
convention only two days off, 1t is i'm
possible tonight to predict who will be
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
District Attorney Jerome and J. N.
Adam, whose names seem to be re-
ceived with the most favor by the
Democratic leaders, are here Charles
F. Murphy, upon whose action much
depends, will arrive some time after
midnight tonight.
PEACE DEPENDS ON MURPHY.
Nearly all the leaders who control
votes in the convention will be on the
ground by tomorrow night, and Sc
ries OF conferences will then begin
which will either solidify the party or
ganization or split 1t into warning fac
tions.
What the outcome of the conferences
is TO be depends almost wholly upon
Murphy. II he should attempt to force
Hearst upon the convention he will
preciptate the bittetest fight that the
party has seen in years. Nobody, how
ever, with the possible exception of W.
j. Connors of this city, really believes
that Murphy will attempt to deliver the
convention 10 Hearst.
What may happen in the State or
ganizaticr if Murphy should furnish
movement important in the convention
is indicated by the extremely bitter
fight in the regular organization of
Ellie County.
HEARsTLINGs ABUSE ADAM.
The Hearst supporters here are max
ing Mayor Adam the target for the
most virulent abuse. They have at
tackled him as the tool of the cor
porations for having consented to per-
NIT his name to go before the convefi+
tion at ALI The greatest obstacle that
the Hearst boomers have to encounter
is the fact that Hearst has permitted
his name to be placed at the head of
State ticket opposed to the regular
Democratic ticket. On this point. de-
spite the fact that Hearst is making
trips to county fairs and other places
where he hopes to pick up votes, Con-
nors insists that the Independence
League ticket was really made up of
dummy candidates, who will retire
whenever Hearst gives the word.
Norman E. Mack is throwing the
Hearst men into spasms of rage by
insisting that Hearst is not a Demo-
crat and by calling on all Democrats
who hold positions of trust in the
party organization to rally to the
defense of their party.
While the controversy between the
Hearst and anti-Hearst Democrats is
raging, the machinery of the conyen-
tion is being prepared in such a man.
ner that 1t can be used effectively If
Murphy should try to make Hearst
the nominee of the convention,
The Democratic State committee is
controlled by the anti-Hearst men.
The committee will meet on Monday
night to make up the temporary roll
of the convention