New-York tribune., 1911-01-19

around and made 20 realize tha' HV
,ou.dovon miserable sort OF animal
with no standing and no seh-respe'''
This "a where some of us show we nav
a ,,ttle elf-respect--too much oo U"N
,,s orders Of any boss or go down peio'e
-r.,sure of any sort Maybe We can
raise the legislative status h''ie oe'o,o
We ret through. and put on the recoiu'
ors cas-. where group of men ac,eo III
o-aanca with what they believed was
right" x.,5 q
rbe anti-Tamnfny insurgents held
,on4erAnce this ev ening and then were
,ha Guests OF Senator Roosevelt at an
ner II was reported that they hau us
cpssed the possibility Of agreeing on Que
candidate and supporting him. put h'u
80, unable 10 do so. Senator RooseVeit
-e,,sed TO discuss that to-nigh''
,.,zhed st a report that they "ouiu
bo,t Democracy altogether ana vote A''
Depew. la
our position is unchanged. ne s''"'
we held a meeting and discussed Va
,,oys things. We shall be stronger W.
r,o,,ov than we were to-day we arc
NOT supporting any one canoioate'
a.. not against a roan named sneehan
BECAUSE Of his personality, but oec' ''o
he r-ppens 10 be 3 candidate uhoe' ~"
dit,ons intolerable 10 rs. We are against
those conditions and shall CONTINUE -
he until the end. wherever II comes
sbortt 20 Break hwsv To-day
Several Democrats who went ln'o tr9
csucus and since then have votea lor
sbaehar are expected to break away To-
.,,,orrow. Assenlblyman shortt' OF FNich-
mond County. said tonight thaI ne III
tended 10 90 so
e,After careful thought and consulta-
.,o, 1r,,b my partv leaders" he said l
have reached the decision that am ao'
solved from further obedience 10 the
caucus mandate I voted for Sheehan
4o.dav. but shall not do so tomorrow.
"Vm Won vote for Shepard, as you did
tn the caucus?
"1 have not made up my mind whom 10
support." said Short. i will vote Tor
the man I consider best fitted 10 repre-
sent the party.
Senator Bayne. Of Richmond who sup"
1,orted Shepard in the caucus. IS counted
or by Shepard men 10 break away 70
morrow and vote for the Brooklyn oano'-
date. Assemblymsu Terry, from Shep'
ards district. voted today for Gerard
at the request Of AssembIynlan O'Connor'
ar Independence League man, as he hau
the Independence League Endorsement
IN his district. The Shepard men say ne
will be back with them Tomorrow. Ihey
are feeling distinctly cheerful though
the voting to-day showed net loss or
one vote for Mr. Shepard. However,
they argue that the election of Sheehan
Is being prevented. and meantime no
man in the field offers so much strength
asa raIlying point for Democrats as does
Shepard.
This. Of course doesn't seem accurate
30 supporters Of other candidates Judge
rarrers presence here to-day gave "A
fresh inuetus to talk about his election.
He did not seem to take a great interest
IN that. but was much more concerned
about Sheehan's election.
When he was asked If he would be
candidate in the event of Mr.. She1hans
withdrawal. Judge Parker replied:
T cannot dream OF such contin-
gency." !
,sl,ed = he would accept the Office OF
senator # il came TO him he answered..
After 1 ran for President and reureo
from, public life TO practice law / salu
that I never would be a candidate lor
Office again. During the recent state
Csr,naign NIr. Job Hedges, IN a speech
declared that the interest I was taking
IN Governor pixs campaign was due 70
eaINeh motives and that | was looking
for the senatoyship. In my next speech
7 denied this and reasserted that was
not candidate for Senator and would
not accept The Office have not changed
nv attitude since"
Justice Gerard came up one vote IN
the bauoting. which pleased ms lr'ehoS
here Although some OF his friends say
n Csdv Herrick is out of the race, there
is much talk about him as compromise
candidate Lieutenant Governor con-
.vsv.s name was brought into the gos-
sip TO-DAY. Talk OF Seymour Van SAINT
voord. Of Troy. revived. owing to the
fact that he IS a personal friend Of Gov
,rnor Dix and state Chairman Huppucn.
Governor Dix denied tonight state
uent attributed 10 him, and rather
widely circulated, that he had said he
considered the men who had gone into
the caucus absolyed of their caucus
pledges after to-day.
II never have gone into caucus
said the Governor, and I am not an
authority on caucus action or caucus
authority. ] could not express any such
opinion. because I have no knowledge on
the subject
DIX Reitcrste5 His Views.
The Governor said nc expected every
legislator would vote according 10 the
dictates Of his conscience; tho Senator
ship was matter for the Legislature TO
settle, he said. lie laughed when asked
L- .rlro~af5, by- tho chair.