New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-23
CONNERS HAS HOPES


William ]. Corners may he deposed from
tie Craftsmanship Of the Democratic
STATE Committee at the special meeting
"a no held in Albany at noon tomorrow
h.; he expects 10 fight to the last lie
does not intend that his enemies snail
.h-n,,- him cut OF the leadership without
. r,,otesf thst will be more than a gentle
remon=trance.
vic friends said last night he had pre-
,,5red a speech that would make tha!ies
r Nurnay's hair curl The state chairman
viii r,oinf l., the work lie has done Tor the
orcar1;zs4iicn. and charge that lamiia"S
Hall wants TO gel rid Of him simply DC
cause lie refuses 10 let mat oFSahi@d'ioH
run the state machine
Mr. Corners 81 his headquarters at the
Waldorf. last night repeated his declara-
So. ,r,t his enemies did not have the
votes 10 defeat him. But when It came 10
ecurcs he refused to paruculariEe'
charles I. Murphy cafe in from GOOD
e;-o,,r5 Yesterday and had q conference
with Daniel r Cohalan and several other
7ie,I-enauts last night Although 1t was
said that some Of the upstate members
~ Tho State Committee who have peeh
rlassed as anti-Connevs men have ufseo
NJ N,lr;,llv 10 go slowly in attacking
tho state chairman he apparently remains
hrm IN his intention to shove t"hhers ''t'
the WAY down the toboggan- ne anu
Corners men said last night they had ar
least forty out OF the dfty-one members
Of the committee
MIR Murphy and ms colleagues VIII go
ia Albany on the Wolverine this afternoon
Tho Kings County members OF the COM
rnitteo viii probably go on an Garlic tram
Mr. Cenners said he was not SIRE when
h. would go. He was waiting "a see how
large marry he would have
Thomas w Finucane. OF Rochester. who
has been attending to the Corners fences
upstate in The absence OF the chairman in
Florida. was at the Waldorf Yesterday
Nj Corners said ne had brought nothing
tpi good news.
Ia spite Of their cheerful words il is APP
parent that the Corners men feel that the
cards are stacked against them and that
their enemies have the upper hand
Bur Mr.. Corners would not achnow edge
il. Why. i you're going 10 talk about
cards said the chairman with . cheerfv,
smile Il want to say that / viii shuttle
The deck and deal the hands. You will see
They can't beat me-
The state chairman seems fully convinced
that the upstate Democrats viii not stand
for the domination OF Tammany Hall. He
has had his lieutenants throughout the
state drumming this phase of the fight into
The local organizations for several days
He viii follow this up with a speech. which
he hopes may turn the tide in his favor.
Murphy and his friends say they want
10 get rid OF me-" said the state chairman,
--Dut what they really want to do is to
control the state organization for their own
purposes.
Il know Murphy has been told he is
Going the worst possible thing for the
Democratic parry in this state. | cannot
remember that an attempt was ever made
before TO depose q, Democratic state chair
man in this state. Now that We have got
the first real good chance TO win we have
had in years they want TO put cobble
stones and other obstacles in the way The
party has always been run in this state
ia the interests OF the people, and now
Murphy wants TO make it an appendaGe Of
T4mmany Hail.
When it came TO giving The names OF
those who were standing by him MIR Con-
rfcI-s halked How many Of the boys have
,ge got in town. Steve" he said. turning to
stephen Ryan, of Norwich, his faithful
friend
-,oh. guess there must ne twenty or
more was Nh Ryan's reply
There Is one Thing that the state CHAIR
man VAS positive OF. That was that the
meeting in Albany would he an open one
You can bank on that" he declared
crir?lv. Everything there viii he open
aud abpve board"
What the state chairman has to say al
that tiInc viii be said 10 the pubic lie
does not intend 10 mince matters, and ms
enemies viii he told much before the
meeting begins If they hope 10 throw MIN
o;lt under the guiSe Of purifying the party
he will unInask them and let the ~hoe
world know his opinion OF their reai
motives
Whatever haprcrs. Mr.. Corners does not
intend TO poll his vacation Al Palm beach-
IT.. X..s .oing pack. ne said last night 10
no ,,re.sont al tho motor boat races winch
Il lze place tho third week in March-