New-York tribune., 1909-09-22
DEADLOCK ON FUSION
ITS EXTENSION TO ILL
BOROUGHS OPPOSED.
No Progress Made IN Selection
of Ticket by Conference
Committee.

DeadIocked on the question of effectlng
fusion in all the counties and boroughs the gen.
eraI conference committee of the antiTammany
organizat tions last night adjourned until TO-
night at = o'clock without making any appre-
cia bic progress toward naming city ticket
William A. Coakley the labor leader, offered a
resolution at the meeting of the conference
committee favoring fusion i'm all the boroughs
and counties on all offices. Mr.. Parsons moVed
that the resolution he tabled on the ground
that it was inexpedent because some OF the
members of the committee from Kings and
Queens not present The resolution was
tabled, IL to 10
The three candidates. one of whom is likely to
be struck by nomination lightning remain as
before-Stimson. Wins and Whitman. With the
question of complete fusion out of the way. there
is certainty that there will not be another
prolonged fight over the selection of one OF these
men for the head of the ticket.
The Republican city convention is set for to-
morrow noon in Carnegie Hall. and it is as
sumed by all the parties to the fusion movement
that the fusion city ticket will be complete by
that time. If it is a lot of hard work will be
necessary to-day.
Chairman Woodruff of the Republican State
Committee. acting the representative of the
Republican County Committee of Kings, stood
out yesterday against the proposition to fuse
all nominations in all the borOughs and
counties. The Kings Republicans are aggres-
siveIy opposed to the idea.
When Chairman Outerbridge asked last
night following the adjournment of the confer
ence committee. what the prospect was for a
fusion ticket. he said:
THE situation is aNitue foggy but l am sure
that there is a strong desire for fusion. think
the situation is clearing little. but we didn't
make any progress to-day toward the naming of
a city ticket We are certainly proceeding with
the idea of fusion all along the line, and cN-
pect to see an agreement on a complete ticket
for the Board of Estimate and ApportiOnment
| tomorrow night l have not officially heard OF
the attitude of the Brooklyn delegates, either
from Mr.. Woodruff Mr. Brenner
RESUME EFFORT TO CHOOSE TICKET.
/ Thereupon Mr. Outerbridge led the members
of the committee on candidates from the room
/ where the conference committee had met to his
private offices, at the headquarters OF the Com
mttee of One Hundred, in the Fifth Avenue
Building. and again took up the task of per-
suading conflicting interests to unite on ticket.
Are you still confident of fusion|' state
| Chairman Woodruff was asked
1--WE arr working in that direction, said Mr..
/ Woodruff. "Ey mutual consent Mr. Outerbridge
/ is the spokesman of this conference Ask him
Mr.. Woodruff said that he being guided
wholly by the expressed wishes of the Republi-
J cans of Brooklyn and not by his own inclina
/ tions
The lineup last night apparently was the
same as for the last three or four days. Mr..
Parsons is understood to be opposed to Henry
l.. Stimson and favorable either to Represen-
! tative Bennett or William NJ. WINS.
State Chairman Woodruff is opposed to Will
lam NJ. WINS and favorable toward Charles s.
| Whitman.
! Chairman Outerbridge and William Jay
SchieffelIn favor Henry l. Stimson. while the
Independence League people and Ernest Har-
vier are for Mr.. WINS
An odd thing. in view of Mr.. Parscns's re-
ported opposition to Mr.. Stimson. occurred yes
terday, when Mr.. Stimson's attitude toward Ia
/ Dor was under debate. Mr.. Parsons assured the
labor men that Mr.. Stimson's attitude toward
| organized labor was all that could be desired
4 thing that seemed to be perfectly plain TO
the conference was that Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.
Parsons appeared unable to agree on anything
except the weather and the time of day.
The committee on candidates. either in whole
! or in part, labored strenuously for the rest of
the day after IL o'clock I'm the morning. T. II.
! Outerbridge. chairman of the committee and
the head of the Committee of One Hundred. was
optimistic from the start that some agreement
would be reached before night But the news
that came altering out of the conference room
from time to time seemed to show that little
progress was being made. Apparently. however.
I the situation had no effect the optimism Of
/ Mr. Outerbridge To one .Scoffer on the outside
he declared that the committee would reach an
agreement if it had to stay in session for a
| week
COAKLEY WITH THE COMMITTEE.
William A Coakley representing the labor in
terests was with the committee most of the
time He understood at first that the resolu-
tion OF the committee Monday recognizing a
representative of the labor interests made him
a member Of the committee with the right 70
take a full part in all it's deliberations, He was
! told yesterday. however. that the committee had
no right to add to it's number. far as giving
any one voting power concerned. The
members said they would be glad however, TO
/ give Mr.. CoakIey the privilege of expressing the
views of laboring men represented by him.
When he came out of the committee room
late in the afternoon Mr.. Corkley said he had
been treated most courteOusly and had received
! every opportunity 10 express his views at length.
| He said that the position of the labor in
/ demanding a nomination for the Board Of Esti-
! mate and Apportionment had not changed. For
/ Mayor they preferred John A Bensel William
! e. Ellison, Jacob A. Cantor. Justice Gaynor.
/ he said When IL came 20 the five other men
/ who were seriously under consideration by the
committee on candidates Mr.. Coakley would not
commit himself. He thought possibly the labor
| interests might agree to one OF them. They are
Henry L. StimsOn, William NJ. WINS. William =
Bennett Charles S. Whitman and job Hedges.
! Charles E. Gehring. the Independence League
member of the committee. said John ]. Hopper
was their first choice and WINS their second for
the mayoralty nomination.
/ Il insisted said Mr.. Coakley. "that the labor
interests be consulted and considered in the