The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-28
MURPHY RULES The UOOST
EITRI ONE TEOCkS 10 MN
HHEN mr. GETS To ROO HESTER.
tonners, Dr-pIir Nttracthe Rsimeni.
Doesn't Get Attention. BEING an Nv
crowd TRIES to Get TammanJ
Leader to ENpTess SSuae PrefeTeoee.

dates headUiarters Folk who wan
Gaynur folk who hurTah for HaVens
folk who demand Sulyer OF Osborne III
Glyuu all are members of this club
Tor Mr. Murphy u boss and everybody
admits ~ and ~ hu-tlng to win advan'
tag" from IT,
TIA" club made ~ way through de-
ceitfu weather 10 meet the Empire Stat
FNpr,-S- when II came in at aA O'Clock
this ait.rn"np with the Tammany chief
tain and his advisers Daniel Y. Cnhalar
and J Sergeant Cram. along with State
Chairman Dix. There were a lot Of other
people on the Empire. hut they didn't
count The rush was toward the httls
knot Il men e-cortiug Mr.. Murphy
through the depot. Anxious inquiries
spurtcd out % the crowd. What was he
saying Was he for Gaynor' Would
he saw h. wasn't committed TO anybody
Mr. Murphy wasn't saying anything
worth repetition. He ducked his head
IN short mods To politicians who raised
themselves from the tangle or whose
appealing gestures caught his eye. Coha
Ian and cram. keeping close at his elbows
guided him 70 an automobile which was
fairly painting with it, own importance.
Chairman Dix. delayed a few moments
by ClIngrrs, climbed into the car and
away il spseSied for the Hotel Seneca.
where the leader had engaged rooms.
His headquarters y At the Hotel Whit.
comb. across the street. rooms ?l3 and 2i5.
engaged for him by Norman T.. Mack
but MIR Murphy il paying for privacy
az the seneca. as a good many persons
found this evening who wanted To grab
the top button of his Waistcnat and hold
Il firmly
A large section ~ the Make Friends
With Murphy Club was In ambush in the
hotel lobby when AR Murphy sprang
nimbly from his auto and walked in
In something less than half minute no
was the centre " n whirlpool. Boomers
boosters, candidates for every place on
the state ticket, reporters and plain
rtIhberneoks revolved around him twenty
deep. sometines cast Of tho periphery Of
the wheel by the VIOLENCE ~ it, spinning
but returning with greater zeal
They battered questions at him. every
body fishing FOR one answer. Whom was
be for Mr. Murphy was willing -"
answer almost anything el>a Minor
candidates purred in his ear. He smiled
on all with equal amiabiltv. He SAID
softly that Tamm1ny was for the hest
man. the man the party most wanted.
the man tho upstate folk agreed on
II was hot and S;uffy tonight in the lobby
and Mr. Murphy beclme uncomfortable
Dan hs shouted Where's DAM
And Mr. Cohllan emerged like n GENT
az call shaking N a score ~ que-tioners
The crowd around Murphy fell back At his
coming. retiring before his cold smile
He Withdrew into the elevator With the
leader and from then on none aaw Murphy
without the word or the knock
Chairman Dix and Sergeant Cram re-
NAMED below for time, submitting 20
persistent questioning with great bland.
ness over near the door vas a lonely
figure Tn. fckle Gun played tricks with
a great diamond and amethyst pm In the
shirt hosom OF this person ~ be turned
around and around seeking conversat ion
II was the Hon. william J Connars -
Buffalo ex-State chairman and deposed
boss Of Erie.
Mr.. Conners was eayiy arrayed in top
hat. frock coat. striped trousers. fancy
waistcoat and cleaning patent feathers.
hut people were slow in viewing his splen-
dor. Leader Murphy, cohalAn. Cram and
nix had brushed by HIM With only a how
dye do. The minor candidates. giAncing
toward him. changed their minds and
went to tho bar.
The reporters leisurely approached him.
drifting up by ones and twos There vas
more curiosity ~ TO Whistler MIR Connsrs
bad brought a new story TO town than a.
to his views on nominations Finally
somebody asked what he thought about
the situation.
If anybody says he knows Who the
he's blunlng." said Counsrs. we are
ironing out the situation Waiting on
Saratoga. you know
From then on until Congressman Sulzer
came banging In with his troupe Of
shouters and an eager hand most ~ the !
politicians early on the ground passed |
through the lobby hunting for scraps 81 |
news. Thomas W. Finucane. Louis ". |
Antisdale and John 2. Daley. captains Of !
Congressman James q HAvens's boom. |
had talks with Mr.. Murphy and with |
John II. McCooey. McCarren's Successor |
in tho leadership Of Kings. and the |
burden oi their message was that Havens's |
strength Is not confined 10 Monroe county |
or 20 this particular section Of the State
ana tDab tus utl-Statt bentlfnent Tor MN 4
N stronger than for any other candidate. |
Over in the whitcomb House. whsre |
the State committee has headquarters, |
the Havens people wore swarrning. They |
have tack ID up ~ many plAcards announc- |
ing that Ravens ~ the one and only man |
and that delegates will be welcomed AZ
rooms iO2 and 100 that ths STATE COM
mit'ees placards are lost. Up stairs
Louis VI. Antisdale and County Chair
man John r. Daley were getting the |
rooms fixed mp 20 welcome all hands. |
Across the hall - Monroe county's head |
quarters. where another st Of Havsns |
supporters are camped with ready argu-
ments and a cigar or two-Finunane, |
the State committeeman. Howard T. |
Mosh-r, John =. Fitzgerald. Joseph Tobin |
and othars. Nothing 20 IL but Havsns,
they insist. Havens buttons and badges |
ure eyerywhsre.
There are - fsw delegates on hand |
tp-nIght that the glad handlers didn't /
have much 70 do but circulate through |
the hotel lobbiss and feel for the winds
diff. Congressman SIlzer's train over |
tia Erie arrived at J 30 =. ". and ROch-
ester knew about II worry presently. Sulzer
lst iuos. ths. first band Of th. convention