New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-25

the candidate of the Murphy Hearst forces but
he said he cid not know anything about fight
for the control OF the state committee.
KEY TO CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.
The control OF the state committee on tenn
porsrY organization was desired by the rival
factions. because party tradition makes it the
key 20 the control OF everything that comes
afterward. In this 1t was true ever.
Control OF the committee meant that the win
ming faction would name the temporary chair
man and. following that. the committees on
credentials and platform. The credentials COM
mittee. IN close fight like the present one.
is the most important committee OF all.
There are a dozen contests. Tt is a rule In the
Democratic State Committee that the state COM
mitteernan of any district shall be permitted
10 name the delegates whose names shall go on
the roll pending a contest. II is hard after
names are once the roll TO get them off
Under this rule for instance Joseph Cassidy,
member OF the committee for the Cd District,
If Murphy controls the committee viii be able
TO place on the ron OF the convention the names
Of the twelve delegates who were defeated for
election by Borough President Bernel at the
primaries Under the rule Borough Presi-
dent Heffen. Of The Bronx. member of the state
COMMITTEES from the 21st Distric. will be able
10 place on the roll the names OF the delegates
defeated in the GowRn-Nagle fight. Neither the
Cassidy nor the Cowan delegates have a legal
standing the roll in the absence OF a court
decision, but If Murphy wins control of the
state committee he viii be able to shut out the
legally elected delegates and seat his friends
In these FIVE districts alone there is a block Of
fifteen delegates. sufficient to turn the scales in
a close battle like the one now under way.
Joe Cassidy hung around the Murphy head
quarters ali day long. He made no secret of
r-p~4 hat hSe ali 1-oFTlH FQ
seated
1t is all a question Of the control Of the state
committee and the temporary organization" said
Mr. Cassidy 10 a Tribune correspondent. "If we
control the COMMITTEES al my men will be
seated"
Did not BermeI beat you at the prrnaries?"
That ts another matter said Mr. Cassidy.
What I said goes. II We control the state
committee my delegates will be seated"
BOTH SIDES CLAIM CONTROL.
When the state committee assembled last night
both sides claimed control. The anti Hearst
men claimed thirty OF the forty-seven members
They asserted that II q question involv-
ing the ultimate nomination Of Hearst. and that
the Sullivan members Of the committee-Sulli-
van, Oakley and Ryder-were against Murphy
They conceded all the other New York County
members 10 Murphy and Hearst, not because all
OF them are for Hearst but because they usually
stand by the leader OF Tammany Hall F Bur
ton Harrison and Maurice Festherson are
known TO be hostile 10 Hearst. but in the guesses
last night all but the Sullivan men were cred
tied to Murphy. The vacancies in the 26th,
9th and 3lst districts are likely TO be filed with
Hearst men, but the vacancies may not be filled
until after the state convention. The lineup in
the committee is generally put down follows
Anti Hearst.