The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-30

Rochester, n. Y, Sept. 2e.-An attempt
was made this evening to get the up
State leaders to agree on a man 10 pre-
sent 10 Charles f. Murphy and Tammany
Hall as the one and only upstate candi-
date.
Fifteen leaders got together at the Ho-
tel Seneca. Shepard, Havens, sulzer, os-
borne and Glynn We're represented at the
meeting.
After a long powwow, Osborne's men
! agreed to favor Shepard if the other up
State delegates would get In line. and
1 Shepard's representatives, said that IL
there was a chance 70 combine on os-
borne Mr.. Shepard would be willing to
/ back up>the Auburn man.
Any movement toward harmony was
/ baked by the insistence OF the Havens
people that their candidate has winning
chance. and the more the thing was talk
ed over the farther away from an agree
ment the leaders got.
Murphy In Control.
| The conference ended with no progress
made. Mr. Murphy, who has insisted all
along that ne will let upstate name the
+ candidate If they viii unite on first
class man. was waiting at the Seneca.
/ After he was told that there was nothing
doing. the ruTnors came thick and fast
/ that he would take the situation out OF
| the hands OF the upstate folk and pick
| the candidate himself
Two names began 10 be buZzed about
| then Justice James w Gerard and John
/ a. Bensel Both were said 10 be salts
factory TO Murphy. but only one was
known 10 be satisfactory 10 Hearst, and
that Gerard.
Murphy, who has behind him enough
votes TO control the conventios. told the
upstate leaders that he had no candf-
date OF his own, but that it was their
duty If they wished for the nomination
of one Of their men to get together and
I determine upon a candidate. They prom
| ised to do so but failed Murphy, as he
| threatened, viii make up a ticket OF his
own and present it to the convention TO-
morrow afternoon.
May Last Week.
| Each one OF the nearly twenty candi-
/ dates is holding fast and insisting on the
| presentation OF his name to the conven-
/ tion. and if the situation existing here to-
/ night continues until the resumption OF
I the convention tomorrow II looks as II
| the convention would last for a week.
| More talk was heard to-day to the ef-
| feet that unless the warTing delegates
I -, a
| put an end TO the trouble by insisting on
the nomination OF Mayor Gaynor, despite
/ the letter written by the mayor declaring
/ that he would not take the nomination
/ even il Il should be offered to him. There
are many delegates here who are Of the
! opinion that the mayor would take the
nomination II il should be offered 10 him
/ and that the convention would finally re-
/ solve TO give the nomination 10 Mr.. Gay
nor.
But so far as Mr. Murphy is concerned
It was said for him by friends who under
stand his attitude. that he has accepted
the mayors letters Of Tuesday as final
and that he would take no part in any
plan TO force the nomination on Mr.. Gay
nor.
RumOrs Are PIentifuI.
In the corridors of the hotels there are
rumors floating around by the bushel. One
to which a great deal of heed is given is
that Justice James W Gerard win be sug-
gested by Mr. Murphy as a compromise
candidate for the reason that he would
have the support of William r. Hearst
| Mr.. Murphy refused to commit him.
self tonight to any reply 10 questions
bearing on the possibility OF Judge
/ Gerards nomination. Another rumoI
was that Mr.. Murphy favored the nomi-
nation of Martin w. Littleton. who ar
rived in town to-day. and who told his
friends that if the party called upon him
he would respond to the demand. But
! NtF. Murphy would not talk about this
possibility. either.
PIRnks in Platform.
The committee on resolutions held ses-
| sions from midafternoon until II O'Clock
and then adjourned until noon to-mor-
row. A subcommittee was still at work
at a late hour.
The rough draft has been finished. and
the following are its principal planks;
/ Statewide direct primaries. but with No
particular plan indorsed
Constitutional amendment providing
for direct nominations OF United State:
Senators.
| Employers liability law.
Equal and uniform taxation.
Dequneiation of Roosevelt for attack or
Supreme Court bench
Attack or Gov. Hughes administration
for extravaganza.
Income tax and tariff reform.