The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-22
TAMMANY MAY
KNIFE HEARST
MyRRHY HEARs RRoTEss ON
EVERY AANp MA
HEED THEM

NEw YcR ssptmbsE 22 Pa
ranfaig spreading belief emsnating
rom the tnneI circls going the.
rounds here the aat instead.
Of the Htey pplttica plum which
chafles 4tnfph i been counted
ON q detfvef William Randolph
Heafst; d lemon tlI be sabstituted
it IS believed nsniaany quarters that
the plum @iilsgo 10 Congressman VIII
liam Sufgers Fhe upinfpny s voiced
by the} poifticatsedito of the New York
EVENING World late this afternoon:
pointed ont that Murphy and
fhe suilfsans each have good grounds
for hafingfH eaFs The sulliyans are
aiFeady onsFecord for sulzpr and many
beifese that az the critical moment
Murphy yin feed fat the ancient
ertidee he bears the independence
candidate. and at the same
lime swear Ills obligations to the Sui
lfrans5by swinging the votes which he
controls 10 their candidate
ANOTHER phase q the situation IS
contained ina report that the Sulh-
as and5Mayor Mcclellan have reach
ed an understanding with reference
t6 Jerome. II - said that Mayor Nc
sclaflansspo1iticM manager, Fire Chief
sotBden, hte this afternoon declared
himself Tor sulzer. This Is discred-
tel however by Jerome's prepara'
tom wifefeitis evident he intends to
fght ID the last ditch.
Party Regularity at Stake.
Thereason back Of Norman Mack's
sudden desertion OF the Hearst stand
ara IA said to have been found in
Mackss political sponsor William F.
sheehan, WHO'S against Hearst. Many
see in the desettton of Mack, on the
ground that he cannot support a cam
didate nominated by another party,
The opening shot of an anti.Hearst
fght which WILDE concluded on the
floor Of the convention.
With the primaries over and Muir
ply assvictor, the anti-Hearst people
and the Murphyites are now free to
cut loose and fight in the Open Muir
bins IS SAID, has just discovered the
snIzer boom. Mack. out in the west
ern part Of the State, where he could
nothing but Hearst sentiment
previous to the primaries, has sud
denly heard a strong call for Mayor
Adam Of Buffalo. In a like name
various other leaders are putting
forth candidates. Meanwhile, the
Hearst men have perfected 9 scheme
D winning owe the delegates pledg-
to vote for Hearst only in event Of
his going before the convention as the
nominee Of the Democrats alone.
They are prepared to show that
M Hearst Is; not at the present time
nominee inyiew of the fact that the
independence League meeting at Car
negte Hall was not a recognized con-
ventions and that he will not be legel-
nv ~ candidate of the Independence
League until he has been nominated
the manner prescribed by law.
sOns this technical point Hearst will
ask for the Democratic nomination
without meeting the demand that he
hrst repudtste the Independence
League nomination in Carnegie Hall.
Lively Convention Due.
The Democratic State convention at
Butfalo win be livellest and most in.
tefesting affair of its kind, according
ito predictions to-day, in many years.
Mayor Mcclellan will not go as a del
egafei but viii leave N Sunday in or
der tosconfer with old-line Democrats
3 the situation in the State.
District Attorney Jerome will leave
or ButfaIo saturday, and the heads
of the various Democratic organiza7
tons IA New York city will be on
hand late Sunday night or early Mon
day morning.
Meantime, Democrats In New York
dty in Erie county and elsewhere in
the State are to go carefully into the
sffuation which confronts the Demo
CRATIC party Of the State. Enough was
made Known today in Tammany Cir
gcies to warrant the reiteration OF the
statement that Charles F. Murphy Is
to he confronted with the severst op.
pnsitionSit heSendeayors TO clap on the
nnftsrule and turn over the LOS Tam.
many delegates to WilliamsR. Hearst.
More than that; it is positively known
that there is every warrant for rep
etition of the. assertion that Tammany
leaders friendly to Mr.. Murphy will
mo- 60 to Hearst, under any circumt
stances, for the reason that they have
beansaware all. along that MI. Hearst's
boom was merely a manufactured arti-
81 and that 1t had no lasting sub
stance. Still further, these Tammany
leaders can see nothing but disaster
To- the Tammany organization and to
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