The sun., 1910-02-22
CONNERS SEES HE'S BEATEN
KINGS COMMITTEEMAN WON'T
COME AND SEE HIM.

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T.. Chairman william J. Conners OF tho
bemocratic State committee had no
luck yesterday with tho eight committee
men from Kings county. Early in the
day be- telegraphed them asking them
to call at the Waldorf Astoria. but nary
a one Of 'em turned up. These are the
eight committeeman from Kings: John
q. Delaney. William r.. Mcclure. William
A. Doyle. Thomas y. Byrnes. NJ T.
Msagher. william +. Doyle. Conrad
Has enflug and James p. Sinnott All
but Hasenfiug and sinnott were made
ssate committeeman by the Corners
kurphy combination in tho Carnegie
/Hall convention OF April. 1908. They
| supplanted NJ. J. Cummings. j. w. Weber,
T. r. wogan. NJ Il. Butler. the late Sena-
tor McCarren and John L. Shea. who had
been elected by their Senate districts.
Senator McCarren mp TO the day OF his
death was always careful TO have In his
inside coat pocket Hssennug's proxy.
Chairman Conners thought yesterday
that certainly Hasenffug would be with
him. but Hasenfiug has joined his asso-
oiate Kings county oommittesmen in
backing Charles +. Murphy OF Tammany
fHall in the project TO oust Chairman
/Conners at the meeting Of the COMMITTEES
at Albany on Thursday.
Chairman Corners and his eleven up
State committeeman secuted nearly all
day. They visited different parts OF the
city and had tallp with many Democrats.
and after the Kings county people re-
fused to turn up at the Waldorf Astoria
they were ready to insist that MFR. Murphy
and his New York city friends, including
Joseph Cassidy OF Queens and tho State
committeeman from Kings. had framed
up q programme for the nomination for
Governor next fall OF Supreme Court
Justice Martin j. Keogh OF Westchester.
This has been talked OF before. and now
the Conners men are quite rea6y to be-
Eeve that Justice Keogh's nomination
Z, 10 almost a foregone conclusion.
Z Chairman Conners had a talk yester-
day with Edwin Bailey. State committee
man for the First district, who signed
the call for the meeting this week and who
all along has been allied with Mr. Murphy
and Mr.. Cassidy. Mr.. Conners believed
last night that Ar. Bailey would stand BY
s$h. The most important, though. Of Mr..
n Sonners's talks yesterday was with
former Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler. now Democratic Assem-
byman for the Second district Of Dutch
ess. whose brother. Robert w. Chanler,
h State committeeman for the Twenty
sixth district and signed the call for
Thursdays meeting. Lewis StuyVesAnt
Chm.ier has the task before him Of induc-
Eg NAis brother Robert to leave the
Aurphy people and side with the Conners
people at Albany.
Mr.. Conners and Mr.. Chanler went over
the events OF IeOe. the preliminaries which
led UP 10 the Rochester convention, the
Efforts OF Mr.. Murphy to dissuade Mr..
Conners from nominating Chanler for
Governor. the inducements which were
offered to MIR. Conners to do so and the
anger Of Mr.. Murphy over Mr.. ConnsB's
insistence that Chanler should be nomi-
mated. Mr.. Conners was quite convinced
that Mr.. Murphy and his associates did
not strain themselves In their efforts to
elect Chanler.
Chairman Conners reiterated that State
cAmmitteemen who had changed front
would hear from their constituents and
said he believed that twenty or thirty
county chairmen would be at Albany dur
ing the session Of the committee. Even
some Of Mr.. Conners's closest friends on
theState committee smiled yesterday at his
proclamation now OF the right OF q constitu-
sut to be heard. for they jooularly recalled
that in the Carnegie Hall convention
Chairman Conners Joined Mr.. Murphy in
overriding the viii Of the Democratic con-
stituencies. and by this process named
eleven State committeeman, 10 follows:
edwin Bailey. Patchogue: John h.
Delaney. Brooklyn: william r. MCGUIRE.
Brooklyn; William A. Doyle. Brooklyn:
Thomas F. Byrnes.> Brooklyn; M. T.
Meaghsr. Brooklyn; William II. Doyle.
Brooklyn; Dennis Moynehsn. Herkimer;
William 8. Cameron. In place Of John
Anderson In the old Thirtieth district;
Harry 8. Patten. Utica: William B. Harper.
Seneca Falls. Thomas B. .Herernan.
Dunkdrk.
The constituents had elected other men.
Now all but Cameron and HsKsrnsn arc
10 vote against Corners at Albany and
have joined Murphy I'm the decree that
Conners shall be turned out as State
chairman.
Chairman Corners h now assured that
Mr.. Murphy will defeat him on Thursday.
Ob ne salo last niRnt tnAt ne Wouio Keep
upthe fight to the last ditch. that he would
still be State committeeman and that hs
would turn up at the State convention
next fall a pretty lively corpse. He
added:
The upstate Democrats do not relish
the idea OF going 10 bed with the Tam
many bunch. The upstate Democracy
polls more votes than the Democracy Of
New York city. I am going 10 fight
right on. am going to hght on Thurs
Aay and will continue fighting for the
reason that know that the Democrats
OF this State do not want to DO Tammany-
nzed. My personal and political relations
with Mr.. Murphy have been . source Of
weakness TO me with upstate Demo-
Gratis. do not believe that TAmmany
viii be able to control the State oonven-
ton. The time hasn't come Jet whom
Iammany can dominate the State. /