New-York tribune., 1907-12-14
UNITE TO FIGHT BRYAN .
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Murphy, McCarren and COnners an
4greement

Murphy and McCarren shook hands and
Conners and Mack organized an Erie County
affinity association last night at the Hoffman
House. all because they against that man
Bryan and desire the nomination of some one
at the Denver convention who can carry New
York
To add spice to the goulash Henry P Burg
hard. of Erie member of the state commit
tee sprung Presidential boom for David
Bennett Hill. The boom stalled with loco
motor ataxia before II reached Madison Square
but II pleased Burghard to spring IT.
The spectre of Organism at Washington and
the prospective loss of the Democratic State
ticket next year have finally driven the warning
elements in the Democratic organization in this
state together Just how long they will stay
together is fine gambling proposition as
one of Senator l1cCarrens days off at Sara
toga.
But they were together for the time at the
Hoffman House last night. and William J.
Conners expressed 1t in waterfront English,
that's goin' some
Besides Messrs. Murphy and McCarren and
Norman E. Mack and State Chairman Corners,
there were Roger Sullivan. of Illinois, who is
doing the best ne to become reconcfed to
the Bryan idea: Eugene Woods, the legislative
"accelerator": Henry P. Burghard. John ]. Ken
nedy Sheriff James Smith and H M. Wall. OF
Erie: Thomas w. Finucane, of Rochester. and
others.
At first there we're two conferences at the
Hoffman House. Senator McCarren had select
one In a small dining room with old gold paper
on the wall. He was attended by Gene "oods'
Anthony n. Brady and "Matty" Corbetts the
turfman. After this dinner and conference nau
been going on a while Senator McCarren and Mr..
Woods joined the other one in another dining
room
Hrst ShnOtS hands
Sullivan. Then Mr.. Woods. who Is sort or
manual linguist when it comes to pumphand-
ling shook hands with Charles F. Murphy
When Senator McCarren discovered that ths
latest December style Of starting an anti-Bryan
movement was to shake hands with brother
goldbug he swallowed once or twice anu then
shook hands with Boss Murphy.
F3v this time every one feeling like a hot
apple dumping with the hard sauce running
down the sides Gene Woods got his hand into
the wrong pocket and proceeded TO wipe MS
perspfrfng brow with q thousand-share certih-
cate Of Consolidated Gas, and Henry 2. Burghard
rose.
Gentlemen" said Mr. Burgard. of Buffalo,
oJva got the winning candidate for President.
and I rise to propose him and drink his health
Name him." said Corners. thinking Burg
hard would say Chanler
."David B. HILL" said Burgard- We'll, every
ors ,oo.ed hard at Burgard after that, and he
didn't wait for any one 10 insult him.
.sr want YOU fellows understand that I've
got as much right to name candidate as any
other Buffalo man
-rhot seemed 70 strike Murphy and McCarren
as a pretty fair sort Of joke. and they didn't
forget to laugh
Judging from outside symptoms II was io'0
feast. sure enough
Mr. conners told Tribune reporter that IL
uas only the beginning of series Of confer
.nces He said he was going back to But1alo
TODAY. but would be in New York again on
Monday night. and that next week nearly al
the members of the state committee would De
here He said that meeting of the state COM
rnittee would be held in two or three weeks
presumably to fix the date for the spring con-
vention.
This looks like anti-Bryan conference.
was suggested
eff is inst a confab,' said conners- We're
lust talking things over I'm for Chanier sun
.rwben YOU were in Washington did you hear
auv talk about his boom2
They all asked me a lot OF auestions apouI
him. said Mr.. Conners
"Havs YOU any doubt about the nomination
of Bryan?''
"wel, 1t isn't all settled yet. Everything is
peacefuI in this state now Everything is har-
nonious between Mack and me-
How is it with you and McCarren?"
Were enjoined from scrapping from this
time on said Mr.. Corners
After the conference the New York men talked
things over with Urey woodson, of Kentucky.
and d. j. Campau. of Michigan. members Of the
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack was the happiest of all the
conferees. He has been for Bryan right along.
and he regards the effort OF the New York
democrats to prevent the nomination of Bryan
as a good deal of joke
The friends of Charles F. Murphy said last
night that it would be good deal easier to
raise campaign funds next year IL the state
organization maintained a stiff bluff Of opposi-
ton TO Organism.