New-York tribune., 1908-04-17

-a, y. . certain gentleman they've been talk
ing about"
Mr. Metz meant Borough President Coler
..wiu rou &c TO Denver and help Senator Nc
Car-eng
Il don't know
--whatTl happen in Brooklyn over this?
..McCarren wiz beat them at the September
primaries replied Mr.. Metz
.sBv gosh" added Mr. Metz, ''it's a pretty rot
ten game
TIE STRENGTH OF THE MAYOR
When the anti-McCarren men try TO get con-
.rol of the election inspectors in Kings County
they viii. ultimately against the Board Oh
Elections consisting Of John T Doonng' oi
Tar1ynany Hall; James Kane, Of Brookiyh' d
McCarren Democrat. and Charles B. Page anu
Fudolph c Fuller. Republicans Both name anu
r,ooi;nr are holding Office by grace OF me
Navor II is doubtful 4 Murphy can get inc
Board of Elections. as at present constituleo'
- stand for any reorganization in Kings
tha. Is inirnical 10 MCCarren- Nor rs II al aI
ukel1 that the Mayor Viii remove Kane 1of
refusing 10 DO what Murphy wants oolie al '-'e
way Of eliminating McCaTen from control
senator McCarren is believed by many poll
7icians TO be as strong in Kings County 'o-oaa
as eyer and perhaps stronger The seven ieau-
ers who deserted him on the Friday pe1o'e 'iie
primaries have not had their number lncreaseu'
in sp<e Of hopes and rurnors 20 the contrary
and the fights which have been started against
hem viii be pushed all the more vigorously
ThefdcCarren leaders who were not unses1eo al
The convention were unanimous yesterday IN
asserting their loyalty 70 Long Pat
The McCarrenites even expect Tha1 some OF
the -svolted leaders will return shortly 10 their
camp. Thomas T. ByTnes. Of the 11th Assembly
District was the one chiefly mentioned as likely
10 return
The invasion of Brooklyn by the Tanl1nany
Tiger. as the success Of the followers Of Borough
President 3. :. Coler is universally termed is
extremely unpopular IN Kings MI. Coler was
kep: busy yesterday denying that the autonomy
of Brooklyn" as he calls IT, had been sur
rendered.
The Delaney reorganization resolution may
under Interpretation Of the primary election
law. it is declared mean that Senator McCar-
rer's opponents will have entire control Of the
machinery Of the primaries hereafter. There
was also considerable debate among Brooklyn
Democrats yesterday TO the right Of the Will
iams organization to the possession Of the
Thomas Jefferson Building headquarters. Dem
ocrats Of many factions are stockholders in the
company which owns the building. but under
sts charter the regular organization holds a
block Of stock which is voted by the chairman
Of the executive committee This, Il is declared
viii Gust Senator McCarren from the rooms
which he has used his Office for several years
Patrick E McCabe. the Albany leader. who
kept his seat in the state committee and seated
ms delegation despite the hostility Of Chairman
Conners. was outspoken against the work Of
the convention
1t was the most highhanded thing I ever
heard OF" said he X makes the state com
lnittee self-perpetuating and leaves every one
else practically out % il. Albany would have
voted against II # il had had d chance In al
rhat uproar we expected there would be another
1olicaII but Il never came"
James Smith. former Sheriff OF Erie County,
who was displaced on the state committee by
Henry Burgard. was angry yesterday at the
Hoffman House when some one asked him how
le liked the work OF Tie convention.
Wen never have d respectable organization
in Ere" said he "untii We get rid of Conners
As for another convention 1 certainly think
mat il would be justihable--
J. Francis Condor. Of Utica, who took a
leading part in the auri-snap convention held in
Syracuse Il 1872 Il protest against the rule Of
David Bennett Hill said that the scenes at the
state conYeDtion on Wednesday night were
about the worst he ever saw.
WORSE THAN ANTI-HILL FIGHT
The scenes yesterday said he. were far
~rorse than those in Albany which provoked the
enti-snap convention in 1892. and one would not
want d better basis for ruInp convention than
what was done last night I predict that there
VII be q general uprising throughout the state
We are discussing the calling Of tire leaders 10
n meeting TO be reid IN Syracuse n about two
weeks for the purpose Of organizing a provis-
SonaI state committee. II this Is done there viii
De- new convention. which viii send a contest
Eng delegation 80 the Denver convention.
Frank H Mott Of Chautauqua- over whom the
wheels Of the Murphv-Conners machine ruth
3essly. rode said that the convention was an
internal outrage" and one that the rank and
s5le Of the party throughout the state would
resent at the first opportunity.
James @. Bennett. cf Chautauqua. who. much
20 mis- surprise. was disIodged from the state
committee said that he believed that the
B-van League would take charge Of the move
1nent for q new convention and that he would
10 ready at anv time 10 Join the movement
Borough President Cpler- who was revealed
st tie state convention as rhe active partner
rf Charles 2 Murphy and the receiver Of the
goods" taken from McCarTen, yesterday did
not seem 10 relish the partnership.
v,= he set rrrf %