The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-10
SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT BRISK
PARSONS SEEKS AID AGAINST
PiRKER AND MERRITT.
Hearst Expected to Take Hand on the
Parsons SIDE Merritt Announces
That lie Is Candidate II wanted
No LcNowing OF This city Likely.

Parsons SIOC-Merritt Announces
That lie Is n Candidate II wanted
No LcNowing OF This city Likely.
There were plenty of indications yester-
day that there is to be a sharp contest
over the election of Speaker of the
Assembly The election does not take
place at Albany until early in January
But the moves already made promise
a struggle which may he momentous in
the affairs Of the party in the State in the
Presidential election next year. As
somblymin James =. Parker of Washing
ton has already announced his candidacy
for the post Last evening at the Murray
Hill Hotel Assemhlvmln Edwin A. Merritt,
Jr, Of the Second district of St Lawrence.
announced his candidacy and issued a
statement in which he said that Re-
puhlicaus up the State have evidently
returned to their allegiance. He also
said.
In the city Of New York the action of the
electors amounts TO a mandate upon the
Eepub, an Assembly To stop and stop abso-
lutelv the policy pursued by Tammany
Hall and tho Democratic administration
regarding the Interests of that city. At the
session Just ,losed the Republican minority
in the legislature unanimously opposed the
bill providing for new charter for the
city of New York on the ground that that
charter was violation of faith between
the State and the people Of that city. Evil
IDENTIFY in this opposition II met the approval
. OF the intelligent ele, torate Of New York.
Now that that minority has become a
ma iorl'! in the Assembly its attitude
should and doubtless Will remain unc hanged
have not the slightest doubt but that il
Will consistently stand as check against
the Influences. from the Executive down.
which controlled the session of 1911 in what
ever new proposals they may make OF the
chara' ter which were enacted al the last
session and whi.h have already met with
pronounced public dl-approval
have H"'n aSke! whether was a Candi-
date Tor ~" Speaksrshi In reply have
said that nat matter must be determined
by the duly elected Republican members
of A>>e@u.y when they convene for
the session of 1871? II at that time my
election a. Speaker seems TO be wise and
/ proper / shall w. glad OF the support of
those Republican members
| Assemhlyman Merritt's candidacy will
be opposed by the leaders Of the New
York Republican county committee. by
Herbert Parsons especially and Repre-
sentative Ca.ierand Naval Officer Kracke
Of the Kings county Republican organizl-
/ ton are also declared to he opposed to
Mr.. Merritt's elevation. There will be
J lu2 Republican AssemDlymen at Albany
1 thlrty-two of whom will be from New York
city. This leaves the upstate Republicans
| "A majority of thlrty-eight over their
! New ork city brethren. The Pdrson
| people are already Uusy trying to org anize
a combination with their Brooklyn
brethren ana with the up-Staters on a
. % Aatn
/ some of the Parsonites mentioned last
night as possible compromise candidates
/ Assemblyman Murray of the Nine
teeuth New York, Assemblyman Dana
| of the Twenty New York and
ASSemhlyman MtcGregor OF the Eighth
! district of Erie. mere IL a contingent Of
Republican Assemblymen who look favor
ably upon Assembiymdn Young of the
Inrd district of WestChester Post
master Grelner OF Erie has five Repubii-
can Assemblymen, and he and Mr. Parsons
and their friends have in the last several
years worked together.
| William r. Hearst of the Independence
League and an enrolled Democrat is eX-
pected TO take a hand IN the effort to de-
feat either Merritt or Parker. Twenty-Five
Republic IN Assemblymen-e elect had the In
dependenceLeague Endorsement as follows
HeIberger, Ahern. Colne. Singleton, Eb-
bets, hoif and Bennett; New York Kopp,
Murray, Nelson, Crane. Goodman, Col
man, Snlivek, Schector, Fleck and Yule,
Queens, Adam Metz, Jr., and Bell The
upstate Republicans understand that
there are personal reasons why Mr.. Par
sons would be glad to comply with any
suggestions from Mr.. Hearst
There has been more or less gossip
since election day as to the possibility
of a Republican Assembly committee
coming 70 Now York city. on tour OF
investigation II rAta iation for the McC be
Senate coml".ttVr OF Democrats now
investigating .ib"ny county. The ma
jority OF upstate Republicans in town
last night said that this was only gossip
and nothing more, and that in their opin-
ion the proposition was moonshine. They
said that in almost every instance in the
last twenty-five years Republican leRis-
lative committees appointed to investi gate
New York city affairs have invariably
solidified the Democrats below The Bronx.
lust as the McCabe Senate Democratic
committee has solidifed the Republicans
OF Albany county. In the next place a
Republican Assembly resolution calling
for committee to investigate New York
city would have to pass the Senate, which
Is Democratic. in order to carry with il
an appropriation for the expenses Of the
committee. and Gov. Dix. Democrat
would have to acquiesce in the appropri-
alton.
The Democrats in the Assembly, forty.
seven in number, are to elect a floor leader
at their caucus to be held early in Janu-
ary. The friends OF Speaker Daniel d
frisbie Of Schoharie are backing him fol-
that place, but inasmuch as there will be
thirty-one Democratic Assemblymen from
New York city the opinion is expressed
that Assemblyman Alfred f. Smith oi
! the Second district OF New York will be
/. retained as floor leader.
MRS. VERNILYA I'LL AGAIN