The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
WANT HELP OF HILL
New York Democrats Would
Hold Rump Meet.
MURPHY CAN RUN THE STATE
Boxe of Tammany Hall NOW Has
Power to Throw Ont Any Delegates
IL He Chooses-ActIOn of Conven-
tion In This Regard More Dis
cussed Than Defeat of MeCarren.

New York. April 1.-THE turning out
of McCarren's delegates In eleven assem-
bly, districts of Kings by Charles F. Muir
ply. didn't come In for so much talk to-
day as one would imagine.
The main point discussed to-day was as
to the so-called revolutionary proceeding
by which State committeeman. elected By
their senate districts. according to the
custom OF years. were thrown out. Even
Charles n. Bulger. Of Oswego. who was
chairman of the committee on credentials,
which flung out the McCaTen delegates.
said that he was not in accord with the
revolutionary step that the State eenven-
tion should determine the election of
State committeeman from the senate dis
tricts.
Then there was Edward f. Coatesworth,
chairman of the Erie County delegation,
who flung the twenty-seven delegates Of
the county against McCarren. and yet
Sheriff James Smith, of the Fiftieth SEN
ate district Coatesworth's friend. had
| been rightfully elected State committee
man for the Fiftieth district, but Smith
was thrown out and Burgard was substi-
tuted in his place
Coatesworth and other delegates from
Erie said that they were to return home
and make things hot for Chairman Con-
ners.
Murphy Can Rule Party.
Under this resolution. giving the State
| convention the authority to name the
State committeeman, Mr. Murphy can
fling out anybody on the State commit
/ tee, and there is no redress. so long as
he is the dominant factor in control OF
| the Democratic organization OF the state
of New York. OF course. there was a
/ general murmur against the unseating OF
McCarren delegates. and a positive obiec-
| lion all around 10 the stand that the
| State convention can name state commit
| teemen, But the thoughtful ones sneer-
/ ingly recalled that this brutal kind Of
politics had its start at Buffalo two
years ago. when the state committee was
/ thugged into the throwing out of right
| fully elected delegates, SO that Hearst
could be nominated for governor.
/ The talk Of a rump convention 10 pro-
/ test against the turning out OF McCaTren
and the upsetting of the State commit
| teemen BY the conventions attitude was
/ not seriously regarded. Those who spoke
/ of It said that a movement of this kind
| could not be successful without the help
Of David B. Hill, and Mr.. Hill declared
| in August 1904. that he was out of politics
| forever.
Writes TO Norman Mack
| Melvin Il. Haven. of Syracuse. has writ
ten to Norman f. Mack, Mr.. McCarren,
Mr. MeCabe, Charles F. Rattigan. and
| others suggesting an immediate call OF
| the Democratic State convention to send
contesting delegation from New York
State to Denver. ar. Haven has always
/ been the personal friend of Mr. Hill, and
yet the friends of Mr.. Hill and Mr.
| Haven said tonight that for the life of
them ttiey didn't see why Mr.. Hill at his
/ time of life should burst his suspenders
| in re-entering the political arena to rem
edy a situation for which he and his
| friends were not at all responsible
! So there was a good deal of rumbling
talk about a rump convention to-day No
body took Il seriously Senator McCarren
merely reiterated that he would take his
contesting delegates TO Denver. Then W
came a story to the effect that the Carne-
gle Hall convention made William ].
Bryan's nomination at Denver absolutely
| certain.
Think Bryan Winner.
Those who took this view of the case
explained it thus:
Murphy. by his dominance of the State
convention, holds within the hollow of his
hand the delegates from New York
Bryan is working night and day TO abro-
gate the two-thirds rule. which for nearly
8 hundred years has been in effect-that
! is, that Democratic candidate for The
Presidency must have two-thirds of tht
national delegates in order to be nomi
mated
The Southern Democrats are opposed t.
Bryans course in this matter. But tn,
various committees, including that on ere
dentiaIs Of the national convention. ar,
controlled by a majority vote. and it wa'
contended to-day that Bryan's friendi
would be in the majority on the nationa
| committee on credentials.
Bryan does not like McCarren a littl
bit. and Murphy. being in control of New
York State. could hand over those seven
| ey-eight delegates TO Bryan if Bryan
| committee on credentials in the nationa
convention refuse to recognize McCarren'
contestants.