New-York tribune., 1908-04-23
MURPHY BACKS BRYAN
DELEGATES RECOGNIZED.
Boss and Peerless Leader 10 FOrk
for Unanimous Nomination.

charles 2 Murphy has received what re con
s5s-s 70 r. trustworthy assurances from WILL
-e-7 i Bryan that the New York State dele
gates. selected arbitrarily a. the state conven-
r-e- n Carnegie Hall last week. viii be -ecog-
med as the regular delegates from this
stz-a
n return fo- this favor -he New York dele
Ez-es viii vote for Bryan on the frst ballot,
sr5 the utmost pressure will be used on scatter
ing delegations - make the nomination OF
BRYAN unanimous
Another feature OF the understanding between
r. Bryan and -he Tau-1anv men is that Lewis
Nixon MS personal friend. Is II he the Candi-
dare for Mayor next yes~. with Bird :
C1le- as the candidate for Controller Daniel
: Cohalan Is likely 10 be the candidate for
President q tia Board Of Aldermen. 10 be later
r-o-1ored 70 the Supreme Court bench 50 a. ID
&c Little Tim Sullivan the presidency #
--a board and q scar IN the Board Of Estimate
a1d Appo--iorrrenr with three votes
Another interesting feature Of Mr.. Bryan $
Iss- visit East Is that ne IS deeply impressed
Win the availability Of Frank hatzenhach' Of
N-7 Je-sev. as q running mate on the Presl-
Dental ticket. N- Bryan told friends Eester-
ca that Mr.. Ka-zenbach seemed 70 h. i'm
rrersely popular with the people in Trenton
NJ B-.-an denied that he had talked
politics with Lewis Nixon. who called on
hs-- eere-5az but T. vas significant that Tam
many men who saw Mt. Nixon atter0-ara were
POSITIVE that Bryan and Murphy were working
IN harmony. and that the slate next year would
Re as already stated
BRIAN GETS UPPER HAND.
P-to- 70 the state convention the Democratic
organization in this state was in position to
demand and Obtain things at the hands of the
Bran men IN the Denver convention Murphy
could have delivered large block of votes 10
johnson The throwing our Of honestly elecied
de.egs.es and the grab Of the state committee
PIT the Nurphy-Conners machine II olsrei'lle'
sr5 Bran took advantage Of Il as soon ar ne
came 70 town ~ making II clear 70 Lewis Nixon
iaa- New York was not IN position L. demand
s-v-htng The only thing that Mr. Nixon feels
sure q is that the Nurphy-Conne-s delegates
~ - recognized as the ''reEu-ar' delegates,
s-5 --at the protest Of the Aic''aTren men ana
the conference which VIII take action on 9atlr-
dsv v!u have 10 weight with the Bryan man
ayers - Denver.
T--dou 5re7Iv NJ Bran, before leaving -o"h
t-.s forenoon for Harrisburg. viii vehenently
DENY r-z- there is any secret understanding be
tween himself and the Tammany men, but the
*ac- r--zi-S that the Tar-rlany people are Ger
tan that they are in right with the Peerless
Leade- Mr.. BRAN Is not above pTlae,lc<4-
politics" He was accidentally discoNerea III
William r FEearst's house n Lexington ave
rue last faI. and never has eflllSllleile1 '--0
public : bout the nature Of this conference Win
NJ Hearst
Lewis Nixon has been IN high favor Win
Charles 2 Nu-rhv ever since the Buffalo state
convention TWO years ago when Nj Nixon ma
ter1aIlv assisted Murphy. Conners and crazy
II throwing out the Berrnel delegates and Dr'ils-
ing ABOUT the nomination Of William 4 Hearst
Coler is regarded as available" by Murphy
because the SulIivans want him for Controller
and because he has built up a following IN
Brooklyn. Mr Cohalan has been the leader
strong right hand man for the last two years.
As chairman Of the TaInmany law committee ne
'el-s the boss how far he 60 without run
nlEE fgul o. the Law.
PEERLESS LEADER HAPPY
8lr- Bran was III high good humor yesterday
sfter1oOn & the Hoffman House on account OF
Tie news from Pennsylvania and Illinois
The Delegates from Illinois are practically
unanimous for me- said he and ex-CongresS-
man James Kerr Of Pennsylvania. who has ths
latest from MS state, says that tENo-thlrds
- the delegates from the Keystone State are
Pledged for ne Mr. Guffey. who has been op-
posed 70 me right along. lost his district. and
Joseph Hovley and George A Gray. the t~o
men chosen from the :p'th District fGuffey'sD
are instructed for me d"
i is safe 10 say that Bryan viii be nom
mated the first ballot" said NJ Kerr air
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