The Washington times., 1908-08-15
VIII Bolt Party to Elect Any
Republican Except
Hughes.
PROMISES VOTES
FROM DEMOCRATS
Hurls Defiance at Monopoly, as He
Declines to Support Tam
many's Candidates.

NEW YORK. Aug. 15.-Fifty thousand
Democratic votes for any Republican
candidate for governor except Hughes
that is the promise that State Chair
man Timothy l. Woodruff has received
from his friend, Senator Patrick II. Nc
Carren of Brooklyn.
When the politicians in both parties
learned Of the suggested deal they said
they no longer wondered at Woodruif's
aggressive and persistent opposition 10
The governors denomination and his re-
luctance even on the orders OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt 10 bring 10 an end the
anti-Hughes war waged by the State
machine.
President Roosevelt and others may
doubt McCarren's ability 10 make good,
but Woodruff does not He and Nc
Carren have been in deals before, and
they mutually esteem each other Wood
run would be willing 10 take McCar-
ren's word for great deal in politics,
but aside from his faith in the Sen
atoT's ability he has figured it out that
conditions this fall would make 1t easy
Tor McCarren TO deliver the goods.
Planning To Bolt.
Marked Tor the political death chair
be absolutely unfOrgiving and impla-
cable in his hatred Of the Brooklyn
leader, McCarren is planning 10 lead
a bolt from the Democratic ticket that
will assure the defeat OF Murphy's
candidate for governor and of any
other candidates on the Democratic
ticket who may owe their nominations
10 Murphy or 10 his State chairman.
William J. ConneTs, of Buffalo.
II is so well assured now that Muir
ply viii control the Democratic nom
nations this fall that when Senator
McCarren predicts the defeat OF candi-
dates wearing the Murphy tag IL is
equivalent TO predicting the defeat Of
the Democratic State ticket, because
there will not be any other kind of
candidates on it.
That was what MCCarren did with
only the slightest qualification andt|
none that counted for anything. To give
emphasis 10 his Utterance the senator
waited until he was in the Victoria Ho-
tel, attending the meeting of the Demo-
cratic State committee, to forecast the
doom OF his party ticket
He HuTls Defiance.
WIN only a few feet separating him
from the Tammany leader. who was
'conferTing with his lieutenant, Daniel
F. Cohalan. and State Chairman Con
ners, McCarren hurled this defiance at
his factional foes:
ANY man that Murphy and Corners
nominate for governor viii be beaten
before the State campaign begins. A
Murphy-Conners State ticket will LsI
driven from the field, horse, foot. and
Dragons"
Then you believe the Republicans are
assured of victory in the state this
falI?" was asked
oh that depends" replied NcCarren.
elect any man. I don't care what his
name is, if he is dressed in the livery
or Murphy and Corners. Any candidate
wearing their livery will be beaLen out
cf his boots. Even Hughes could beat
such a candidate-smash him 10 pieces
aEt Hughes is the weakest man the
Republicans could nominate for gov
en0r."
What McCarten said for publication
he has been saving privately for weeks
Ju Woodruff and other Republican anti
Hughes leaders. Ills cry TO these men
has been TO turn Down Hughes aud
rame as the Republican candidate for
governor man OF the straieht-out -pa-
chine type. With such a Republican
candidate I'm the field he has assured
them there viii be no difficulty in swing
ing from $1,000 to 6O.09O votes away from
the Murphy Corners ticket and TO the
Republican ticket