The Washington herald., 1908-04-13
TAMMANY In SADDLE
Murphy and Corners to Run
New York Convention.
NO PLEDGES FOR W. ]. BRYAN
Friends of Nebraskan, However, At
tempt to Get Resolutions Through.
Mayor Mcclellan 10 Be DeIegate-at-
Iarge-NOrman Mack Certain OF
Peerless Ones Nomination.

New York, April 12.-Delegates to the
Democratic State convention, which is
to meet at Carnegie Hall Tuesday morn
ing, began 10 arrive in town to-day, and
from the talk heard around the Hoffman
House, the Victoria. and the Waldorf
tonight, an interesting time is expected.
Chairman Corners and Charles r Muir
ply are TO control the convention, name
the four delegates-at-large and four alter
mates to be selected and put through
programme under which these delegates
will go to the national convention with
out instructions.
But although Mr.. Corners and Mr..
Murphy hold the upper hand. the Bryan
men do not intend to be suppressed with
out making themselves heard. Augustus
Thomas, the playwright. has been dele
gated by the Bryan men to do the talk
ing. according to the announcement made
tonight by Harry Walker. Mr.. Bryan's
representative. Mr.. Thomas has not been
elected as a delegate. but a proxy has
been obtained for him, which VIII enable
him to sit.
Mr.. Thomas is to present resolution
eulogiZlng the Nebraskan and instructing
the delegates to vote for him. The amount
OF talking that Mr.. Thomas will be able
to do would seem TO be precious little
His resolution viii go 10 the committee
on resolutions, where it viii be promptly
squelched. although IL may get one or
two votes in the committee, depending
on the nerve OF the Bryan men.
No Dissenters Have Chance.
Only one Bryan man showed MS head
at the recent meeting Of the State com
mittee. when a resolution was passed
advising no instructions. and with Con-
ners and Murphy in supreme control Of
the convention. it does not seem likely
that the committee on resolutions will
include any dissenters. Nevertheless, the
Bryan men were predicting tonight that
the fight would be taken in some way
on the floor OF the convention.
Chairman Corners, who was at the
Waldorf Astoria to-day. made the inter
esting announcement that the convention
would not go TO the labor Of drawing up
a platform. AT least that was the way
Mr.. Corners felt tonight.
81 don't see any reason why there
should be any platform. The national
Corners. 7 expect the convention TO
be harmonious, and while there will be
some contests, every man will get a fair
show There will be no Endorsement Of
any one. The delegates will not be in
structed."
All that Mr.. Corners would say about
the ticket TO be named was that Mayor
Mcclellan had been asked TO be one OF
the four delegates-at-large. If Mr.. Con-
ners had received any word as TO what
the mayors answer TO this invitation
| had been. he was not letting it out for
publication tonight.
Mcclellan Not Anxious.
Recent reports have been that the may
or was not particularly anxious to go,
although deeply approaching the honor.
At the same time his friends have be-
/ lieYed that he would accept
Mr. Corners intimated rather strongly
that he believed the convention would
select himself and Mr.. Murphy for two
/ of the other places. Norman z. Mack.
who was at the Hoffman House, said
that the other man would be Lieut. Gov.
Chanler, whom Mr.. Corners is said to be
| grooming for the goyernorship.
There are 40 delegates to the conven-
ton, and only IS of these are under in
structions. Those instructed are for
Bryan.
Besides the contests in Albany and
/ Brooklyn. there will also be contests in
| WatertOwn, Oswego, and in two of the
districts in Erie.
Contests Important.
| These are regarded as the most irnpor-
tant. although there are others caused by
Bryan men boiling conventions Nobody
suspects Mr.. Corners Of having been
behind the Bryan contests. but there were
those tonight who thought they saw his
/ fine hand in some Of the others, par
ticularly those in Albany. Brooklyn, and
| Oswego.
| The State committee has been called
to meet at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the Victoria Hotel to arrange for
the convention. Thomas F. Carmody, Of
Penn Yam, is 10 be the temporary and
permanent chairman. new State COM
mittee will be named at the convention.
| Norman E. Mack. who is the national
committeeman from this State, declared
tonight that no matter what was done
| here IN New York, Bryan would be nomi-
mated on the first ballot at Denver.
It's absurd TO think Of trying to beat
man who, without patronage, has
rounded up nearly two-thirds of the dele
gates. The campaigning he has done
himself would have cost 100000 It
would be foolish to think of anybody
else"