The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-16
Friction in Convention
 Swept Away.
SEATS MecARREN DELEGATES
Question of Nomination for Govet-
 nor Still Unsettled.
surface indications Continue To Point To Lieutenant Governor chanIer. Murphy says Tammany Is
 Committed To No one.

Rochester, N. Y., Sept. lo.--At Ah early hour this morning. as the result of an extended conference participated in by Charles F. Murphy ana Dan.el Y coholan of Tammany Hall. State Chalr- man William J. Corners and Natlonai Chairman Mack, there seemed ample a,,thority for the statement that the slate as prepared rat ratification Dy the Democratic State Convention at us session today was as follows:
 naverrar Lewis Steuyvesant Chanler of Dt s.hess: Lieutenant-Governor' Francis Burton Harrison of New 1ork. Rochester, N Y.. Sept. 15--Subordin- : ating all personal animosities ana haeding the earnest plea of the Na : fional Chairman for harmony Tn the Interest of success for the Presidentiai ticket at the polls in November. me warning factions of the New fork state Democracy tonight agreed to pun together. and all chance or tricuon '. the State Convention has been swept away. r,
 Charles E. Murphy. leader of Tam many Hall when told that w. S.. bfyH" himself was anxious that peace pc es tablished, agreed to withdraw all op- position to Senator McCarren ue.o rates In contested Brooklyn diserices' I.he uu- State leaders in their ea9te' ing contested districts. also agreed " eompromise matters. pending the NO vember election. and the threatenAna clouds of discord gave way to a pros gram of harmony which VIII pave ..s Svav for what is planned to De hoSs bta welcome to the Presidential cauu' date who will address the convention tomorrow night. xs,. The ouegtion of the nomination Tor covernor is still unsettled. The ieaa- ars devoted ali of the oay ~ .2 G straightening out. of the contest .auo 7 eve little or no heed to the propanie Sssd of inc ticket. There still remains th. in,nressfon that the candidate ull ngsteIv decided upon may De T nAp whose name has not yet been menIlo,s N ed. but surface indications consanry ssn. sV roint st to Lieutenant Governor Ga.u Gnau- fer He Is the. man who has dennitc c q stranrth which the leaders cannot ahe annof desire to ignore. while the deis- rates at large really do ot know ps- , tween whom the issue nes. Y tns Tsnmslny deleEation is committed te ,o one although several names have hsen suggested in the hope Of testing the true sentiment of the great body o' delegates.
 rha ever-changing tide of gossip set toward D. cady Herrick aga-n tonight hut there was no greater impetus to inc movement than was Tn eVloencr tsyo days ago. Mir. Murphy mas Deeh anxious to get the opinion or the up state leaders as to the strengtn q 1ia,,tananf Governor Chanler as cam. nalrner against Governor Hughes ha can he convinced on this point, the friends of Mir. Chanler believe that tnr latter's nomination will be beyond The question of doubt. ,A state Chairman Corners tonight saio there had been no change from this mornInR when he predicted MT. Chan ier's nomination on the first ballot. The opposition to the Lieutenant GOV ern, ,I is still casting about Tor "a can didate. The governorship propso,s will be decided upon some time tomor- row morning.
 settlement of the threatening con dittons was effected at a harmony conference" participated In by National Chairman Mack, State Chairman Con ners and Tammany Leader Murphy when the Committee on Contested Seats met tonight in adjourned session there was little to do but to ratify the decisions greed upon earlier in thS day. S5 which lasted less than an hour today # gave no hint of the friction which hac been so freely predicted. Leader Charles E. Murphy. of Tammany Hall and Senator McCaI zen, Of Brooklyn sat directly across the aisle from eac' other. and there were opposing demon
 
 entered the hall.
 A confidence of the leaders tht morning delayed the convention unti long past the hour set for assembling
 A satisfactory adjustment Of the dif ference between the factions in tn four counties in which contests wer entered in the convention. hung on dead center of uncertainty to-day unti State Chairman Connors, Charles F Murphy. leader of Tammany Hall an' National Chairman Mack, acting as committee of harmony. took the con tested cases under advisement ant after hearing from the representative from both sides brought harmony ou of what had been regarded as an un receivable discord.
 Murphy Won't Interfere.
 Immediately after the convention adjourned. the committee Of three me- me, The greatest pressure had beei brought to bear upon all factions t sink personal differences in their fight and try to agree. and even MT. Mur phy himself was asked by his friend and advisers not to press his hgh against Senator McCarren. MT. Mur phy indicated that he felt the fore of the contentious and that he woul In no way interfere with what h deemed fair and proper eonsidera ton of the Kingts county cases.
 When 1t became known to the anti McCarren leaders who hdd entere eight other contests on the conventio floor in addition to the original two that MT. Murphy would not interfer' it did not take long for MT Connor and MT. Mack to bring about a prom ise of withdrawal of tn eanti-McCar ren candidates. The solution of tn Kings county situation was halle with delight by the other State lead CTS who were apprehensive that in tn Anal moment. Senator Mccarren woul walk out of the convention with hl entire delegation If the convention Ii self supported credential committe report seating any of the anti-McCa1 rem delegates.
 Ii was regarded at headquarters tr night that the settlement of the Mo Carren cases means that pending tn election in November. neither Mfr. Mul ,s, asphy nor Senator McCarren will see to pursue their warfare and that eac