Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-07
TAMMANY PLANNING
Prepares to Ignore Mr.. Hearst
in Future.
CONSIDERS TOM JOHNSON
Needs Man to Beat Bryan for the
Nomination.
REAPPEARANCE OF MR.. NIXON
Said That he Has Been Picked by
Murphy as Candidate for
Mayor in 1909.
REAPPEARANCE OF MR.. NIXON

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, November 7.-Tammany
politicians have already turned their at
tention to the election of delegates to the
next democratic national convention.
Thomas F. McAvoy, chairman Of the
executive committee of the organization,
said today:
The Independence League may not be
dead as a political party, but Tammany
Hall and the democratic party of this
state will never again deal with William
r. Hearst on any proposition. We shall
start in right now to go it alone next
year, from delegates to the national con-
vention to candidates for governor and
state officers. l do not doubt that Mr.
Hearst will keep his organization alive
and try to make trouble for the demo
Gratis next year, but he cannot do it. He
is a dead one politically so far as We are
concerned
Leader Charles F. Murphy will start to-
night or tomorrow for Mount Clements,
Mich to remap three four weeks.
That resort has in recent years beco1e a
favorte rendezvous for the democratic
politicians of national prominence. MI
Murphy does not admit that he has ap-
pointments to meet any of the party
leaders of the west while he is there, but
1t is expected that he will see a number of
them and that the national outlook for
1908 will be their chief topic of conycrsa-
ton.
Tammany politicians are already begin
ming to ask questions about Mayo Tom
Johnson of Cleveland. They are on the
lookout for a man to beat Bryan in the
next democratic natioral convention.
Cold Toward Chanler.
According to present plans, the demo-
cratic state convention to elect four dele
gates at large to the national convention
will be held in this city Albany about
the end of April or early in May. That
convention VIII be controlled by Stat
Chairman Conners and Mr.. Murphy. 1t Is
accepted as matter of course that they
will be two of the fou~ delegates at large.
The other two have not been selected.
In spite of the Industrious work of
score of press agents, Messrs. Conners
and Murphy have SO far refused to com
NIT themselves to an Endorsement of
date for the nomination for President. Ii
is admitted by the friends of Mr.. Chan
ler that unless he can get the Endorsement
of his own state ne will not be an i'm
portant factoc in the national convention.
Recrudesence of Nixon
\ Tammany office holder who is usually
very much in the confidence of Leader
Murphy said today: Mr. Murphy has
already picked out the Tammany candi-
dates for mayor in 1869. His man for the
place is Lewis .>iXon, the ship builder
You may have noticed that Mr.. Nixon
was kept in tie background during the
last campaign. 1 know that he is Murphy's
choice for mayor in 1903
When Richard Croker retired from the
Tammany leadership after the election of
Mayor Low in 1901, he designated Lewis
Nixon as his successor Mr.. Nixon at
once proposed to retire number OF old
time district leaders and put control of
all the committees in the hands of young
men. The result was a sharp clash with
the old lea.ers, and in few months Mr..
Nixon resigned. His last public appear
ance in politics was chairman of the
democratic state convention in Buffalo
last year. He was selected for that place
at the request of Mr.. Murphy.