New-York tribune., 1908-04-17
THE TtlfN4NT STATE COHWTIEE.

Tammanv which used 10 h" confined below
The Bronx now spreads over the whole state
from Lake Erie to AIontduk Point. Nhat usea
10 he a strictly localized political vice. 1or
which II was possible for Democratic rospecta-
hIity 10 apologize the ground Of incYitahlilt!
has now broken bounds and become the preNall-
ing morality of tho party. 1t remains ohIE I"T
the Democrats to show how they like the dcFeI-
opment.
There is no MISLEADING the meaning OF III" ''h-
yention. The Democratic state Committee =
now lust as much TammanF organization rs
is the executive committee al Ialn'nanN han"
II was selected in the same WY and ny 'i'c
same man. Tammany districts used I" nave 'he
r.,v-e- to choose their own members of The Tam
many executive committee. hut Murphy IT,
Gently changed all that. reserving 10 himself tliH
approval or rejection of their selections. ~"
Democratic districts throughout the state used
10 have The power to choose their own repre-
sentatfves on the Democratic state Committee,
but Murphy has changed all that, only he did
nor tell the Democrats of the state about IT be-
forehand. IT little surprise that he Kept
in store for the men who voted with him -
eject Mc(arrcn and thus reduce themselves To Il
hopeless minority. Then with blank races theE
heard the list Of the state committee read off
in 4 iarre number of cases not the names Of the
men whom the districts had chosen 80 represent
many fashion had arbitrarily substituted for
them. With that act the Tammanyizing OF the
! former Democratic organization of the state was
complete. In the place of the Democratic state
Committee was he Tammany State Committee.
and Murphy. Of 18th street, became boss OF the
whole New York State Tammany organization.
/ Tammany invaded Brooklyn with the aid 1f
/ allies from up the state. Then with the aid OF
! the men who were put in place of McCarrens
/ il ai,, and ed home
1 of its upstate allies yery neat and admirable
/ piece of tactics. il the possession OF machinery
! is all there is 10 politics.
Probably that is all there is to il this year
/ Murphy as the chief reliance Of the better ee-
ment in their determination 10 save the party
/ from Bryan. has delivered master stroke. lie
! has made Il reasonably certain that no Demo
/ cratic President can he elected this year. and
| Mr.. Bryan viii probably be the party nominee
| he has wrought nightly L. save the party. All
! that would now seem To he necessary 10 com
/ plete his work is that he should acquesce in the
| results at Denver and support the nominee. II
was extraordinarily good year for The boss
/ 10 carry out his strong arm designs. To the
/ fate of the national Democratic ticket ne,
| representative of the better element indif-
| ferent. and SO though it the of a PreSi-
| Dental campaign, it WAS a favorable Opportu-
nifty 10 get through with such strife and hard
| Carren had 10 be got rid of; then why not now,
! SO that the sores would have chance to heal
| before the next Mayoralty campaign: The Tam
! manyiZing Of the state, begun at Buffalo in
( i@05 must be finished then why not this ycaI
! when. rs the representative Of all that was beSe
/ in the Democracy, he could have no heart an
! the coming contest:
| There is already talk Of a bolt by those gull
less upstate allies Of Murphy who first voted
over 10 him the absolute control of the organiza-
! ton and then resented the way lie used it
against them. But why should they form an
I other party: Mr. Hearst stands ready to re-
I Ceive all and sundry who leave the Democracy
voluntarily involUntarily, who could endure
! Il segregated Tamnlany. but not that spreads
out among respectable upstate people. lie
sternly rebukes such proceedings as those at the
convention. his American" saying:
/ The spectacle of strife and division presented
! by the Democratic state convention is complete
( ~ ecpsed bv the utterly shameless exposure Of
NrangIe Of its warning factions. Those who will
! oppose the Democratic party OF New York in the
coming campaign have had cut out and posted
the walls for them the material for with
| ering and blasting criticism.
| And NJ. Hearst surely must know whereof
/ he speaks. for he doubtless remembers what tie
J public thought of the of those same strong
| arm methods when first brought out at the Buff
/ falo convention