The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-02
OPINION GROWS
THAT MURPHY WILL
Be SECOND CHOICE
Washington Leaders Believe Chi
cago Convention Will Nominate
New Jersey Candidate.
HAS ENOUGH DELEGATES
TO MAKE GOOD FIGHT
New York Aspirants May With
draw Because of Fear of
Disrupting Party.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Well-in-
formed men in the Republican party
here seem to think that the Republican
national convention will pick out for
mer Governor Franklin Murphy to be
the party candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent. The only opponent the New Jer-
sey man will have will be possibly one
bility may be eliminated before the
convention assemblies.
Mr.. Murphy is regarded as a STRONG
candidate in view of the position he
occupies in the business world and his
association with New York interests.
Personally he is well liked all over
the country, having made friends dur
ing his years on the national commit
mittee and as a member of the ma
tional executive committee
1t is known here that he is perfectly
agreeable to President Roosevelt, who
has kept his hands off the contest so
far. and is expected to do so to the
end, unless some radical move should
be contemplated. Mr.. Murphy, on the
other hand, is very well liked by the
conservative element of the Republi-
can party. Outside of New York, no
candidates have been mentioned FOR
the nomination in any of the States
east of the Alleghenies, where the sec
ond man on the ticket will be picked
from, if the head of the ticket comes
from a city west of the mountains.
Mr.. Murphy, besides having the
t~wenty-four delegates from his W
State, has been assured of the thirty
six from Missouri, the sixteen from
Nebraska, the ffty-four from Illinois,
and the twenty-six from Iowa, a total
of 1856, as a foundation for a fight.
of course, his is only a fraction of
the number required, but it is a better
start thar any other candidate has. 1t
is not unlikely that Pennsylvania, with
it's sixty-eight delegates, will join the
other Murphy men soon.
New York May Drop Out.
There is a contest between New York
men for the honor, and it is growing
more bitter every day. To avoid a dan
gerous disruption in the party in the
state, it is probable that both candi-
dates whose names have been present.
ed will be withdrawn. The men seek
1nE Tie DidCC -
the Treasury Cortelyou and Represent
alive James S. Sherman, OF the Twen-
~ty-seventh congressional district. Cor
telyou Is solicitous to procure the honor,
but the fact that he accepted money
from the big insurance companies and
from other corporations four years ago
when Roosevelt was the party cand1-
date for President, has worked against
tsa o~H tha n..aCantofinn nf his name
in the rural sections is reported to have
brought out resentment that might
threaten the safety of the party ticket
at the polls in November.
The existence of this sentiment be-
came SO strongly apparent to the lead
ers, and especially to the members OF
from places outside New York
City, that ii was determined by some of
them that Cortelyou should not be set
tied on as the choice of the State. Some
of the New York members of Congress
and New York leaders got together and
after considering various availabilities,
settled on MI. Sherman.
NV friends took off my hat and shied
II into the ring without consulting me-
is the way Mr.. Sherman has described
the manner in which he became a pos
sIbility. MI. Sherman Is not making a
very active for the honor. HIS
position in the Hous of Representa-
tives is more to his liking. with its ac-
~tivities, than would be the job OF act
ing as presiding officer of the Senate.
In the House he occupies a prominent
place, being chairman of the committee
on Indian affairs and a member OF the
Interstate and foreign and
the rules committees