The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-03-03
SHEPARD GETS OUT
OF THE SENATORIAL
RACE IN new YORK
RETIREs FROM The CONTEST IN
THE INTEREST OF PoLiTi-
CAL PEACE.

THE INTEREST OF POllTI-
CAL PEACE.
! WANTS SHEEHAN TO FOLLOW Hll
Letter Written to Montgomery Har'
Warns Of tho Danger to Democracy
Even After the Withdrawal Of Mur
phys candidate--Th Letter.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Edward M
Shepard, in a letter to Montgomery
Hare, tonight announced his retire
ment from the fight for the United
States senatorship to succeed Chaun
cey M. Depew. He adds that In his
opinion William F. Sheehan's retire
ment is imminent and warns the dem
ocratic members of the Legislature
that unless the members unite
promptly. the extra session Of con
gress will find the state of New York
only half represented"
Earlier in the day Martin w. Lit.
Teton, congressman-elect and an
nounced candidate for the senator
ship, had issued statement point
ing, as does Mr.. Sheppard, to the
grave responsibility" resting on the
democratic legislators and calling on
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, to cause the retirement
of Mr.. Sheehan and break the FIVE
weeks deadlock at Albany.
Mr.. Shepard's letter says in part:
1.-THE futile balloting has continued
at Albany for more than five weeks
after the date prescribed by law for
the choices One week from today the
seat of the new democratic senator
will be ready for him at Washington.
Unless the democratic members un-
tie promptly, the extra session, which
now seems probable and in which the
legitimate opportunity and the res
of our party are to be- of
the very first order, will find the state
of New York only half represented.
And what | should regret even more
1t will exhibit the democratic party
Of the State as seemingly incompe-
tent to perform the most elementary
demand of statesmanlike politics.
No doubt such incompetence, real
Or seemingly, is preferable to d sud-
'ender of the very integrity of the
party or of it's loyalty to the public
cause which belong of right to it, and
or whose sake, and for whose sake
llone, SO many have given to it an
Utmost lifelong devotion. But can it
,e that we must remain longer IN an
Utterly unnecessary dilemma between |
UGH incompetence and such surren-
Ter? Has not the dilemma already been |
disastrous? May ii not |
Don prove fatal to the party future
t least for our day and generation? |
dust there be-if we are to learn
a every county Democratic defeat
Ike that the other day in an always
schohariat
1t was plain, month or more ago,
hat Mr. Shepard's caucus nomination
ad aroused Democratic opposition
o important and persistent as to rem
er impossible his election by Demo
rats. assume, therefore, not only
nat Mr.. Sheehan will not be chosen,
ut that at this late date the fact is
lear to himself and his supporters
ike everybody else in the State, he
lust know that as long as the ma
,rity of the Democratic legislators
ontinue in Difference purely to the
imaginary obligation Of their caucus,
le solution of this Democratic diff
llty would be impossible. Assum-
lg, however, as we must, that there
to be a misunderstanding, az we
rely may, that Mr.. Sheehan's with.
rawal is imminent, there rests on the
.embers of the Democratic minority
grave further responsibility.
Mr.. Shepard here reviews the cir
instances that brought his name be- !
re the legislature, and continues: Is
1.-THE impending end of the candi- {
acy of Mr.. Sheehan seems to me to !
,quire some change OF program to
hich in slight degree can perhaps /,
attribute. Now, that the one long !
obstruction to a genuinely II
choice is probably ended
lie votes for myself out to give way i
} other and more effective votes, Z
lould be glad If you, as my friend, t
ould mae 1t clear to the minority t
no already have voted or who might t
sreafter vote for me, that l am def. Z
tely and absolutely outside OF the II