New-York tribune., 1908-04-14
" LONG PATS" COUP
STARTLES REGULARS
MURPHY-CONNERS FORCE
TIED Up By COURT.
Enioined from OastiHg Kings Men
Hill Seek to DisCrcdH MC-
C0rren IN COureRtiJH.


r Murphy and William J. Conners another
v~i1lable lesson in politics yesterday, at tbs
meeting Of the Democratic State Committee at
the Hotel Victoria when he tied them up hard
and fast with a Supreme Court order WHICH
will prevent them, temporarily at least. from
throwing out forty-eight state convention dele
gates from sixteen districts in Kings who Mr.
McCarren SAYS were honestly elected
Nessrs Murphy and COnners had things
pretty we'll fixed to name a credentials COM
mittee of TRUSTEES" decide the contests in Kings
against NicCarren. make the Senator look cheap.
and carry the war against him into the Septen-
Der primaries when they hope to kill him on.
Senator McCarren is willing 10 be the UNDER
taker at a respectable Democratic political fun
eral but never the corpse. His cbstnacy IN this
respect is becoming fixed habit. much 10 the
chagrin of Messrs Murphy and Conners-
Justice Crane, of Brooklyn, issued a blanket
Injunction yesterday morning against the Demo-
cratic State Committee and the committee on
credentials of the state convention, ordering
them TO show cause why the delegates from
Kings County, regularly elected at the primaries,
should not be placed the temporary roll
call of the convention and have their seats
The order was granted the application OF
Isaac NJ. Kapper. representing the Democratic
General Committee of Kings County II ID
returnable tomorrow morning when Mr. Me
Carren and his friends will be re dy for the legal
battle.
1t looks if McCarrens men would keep their
seats Charles F Murphy said last night that
the order Of the Supreme Court would be
spected and that the McCarren men would go
on the temporary roll of the convention
As soon as the injunction was served on Chair
man Conners a conference of the Murphy-COn-
ners men was summoned Daniel F Cohalan.
chairman OF the law committee Of Tammany
Hail. hurried downtown TO see some OF the Jus
tices about a vacation of the order. He proba-
bly, was told that justice would relish the job
of vacating Justice Cranes order before the hour
set for its return tomorrow
MURPHY -CONNERS COUNTER MOVE
Senator McCarren's injunction disconnected
the Murphy Corners men Daniel F. Cohalan.
chairman of the Tammany law committee vas
in conference last night with various members
Of the committee, and result of their con-
ference Chairman Corners late last night sent
out call for meeting oS the state COMMITTEES
at the Victoria at 10 O'Clock this forenoon
1t seems to be the intention of the Murphy
Conners men to put McCarren in the light OF a
disturber and make him irregular" that any
action taken by the state committee or the state
convention can be justified. II there is any way
to do it without getting tangled up in the courts
the Murphy Conners men will not only throw
the most of McCarren's delegates out of the
convention tomorrow, but afterward. if they
can do it, they will put him off the state COM
mittee and fill the places of the McCarren state
committeeman with his enemies. Borough
President Coler and his secretary, Mr.. Heher-
nan. were in conference at a late hour last night
al the Waldorf Astoria with Chairman Corners.
Il told Mr. Coler that McCarren's men were
likely to stay on the roll said Mr.. Conners.
Senator McCarren said that as soon as the
temporary organization of the convention was
effected to-day ne would serve the injunction on
the temporary officers The iMcCarreniteS
said last night that they did not wish TO throw
out all of the Senator's delegates. They said
that the district leaders. Regau. OF the 5th;
Hasenfug. of the 18th, and Butler of the I2th.
would be allowed to retain their seats in con-
vention as well as the seven leaders who Joined
the insurrection against McCarren the week be
fore the primaries They Melody. Gray.
Lynch Byrnes. Doyle. Farrell and Sinnott
TWO DAYS CONVENTION
All the indications point to a two days con-
vention The first session Will be called 10 or
der at II O'Clock to-day. when temporary or
ganization will be effected Thomas + car
mody of Penn Yan, will be the temporary and
permanent chairman He will appoint the vart-
Gus committees, the most important being the
committee on credentials
The secretaries will be John \. Mason.
r.
ter and John g Mcdonald
There are 50 many contests that it will he I'M
practicable TO get through with them to-day
Secretary Mason received notices OF contests as
follows:
Albany Couuty-lst, ID and Sd districts jacob
L. Ten Eyck contestant
Chautauqua County-1st District. Frank H
Mott contestant.
Herkimer County-Addison q. Gehman con-
testant.
Erie County-9th District Edward r. Coates
worth contestant.
jefferson COunty-1st District, Charles h
Jerome contestant; I'd. Andrew c Cornwall
Queens County-Jcseph BermeI contestant.
Little was talked bout at the meeting Of the
state committee at the Hotel Victoria yesterday
but the McCarren injunction. II was entirely
unexpected. McCarren did not believe William
J. Corners. state chairman. who kept assuring
the McCarren men that they would get a square
deal etc. McCarren saw the Bermel men
ply. Conners. Cochran and Grady. He was con-
scious Of the fact that contests had been brought
against him in sixteen districts In Kings. and
he believes that Murphy and Conners are firt-
ing with Borough President Coler. who hopes TO
run for Governor next fall That is why he got
the court order.
The order was served on a majority cf the
state committee The affidavit sets forth that
the contestants had had two weeks in which
to appeal TO the courts and set in motion a pro-
ceeding TO prove their rights to the seats held
p the McCarren men. and that they had made
no move.
SENATOR MCARRENS VIEW.