The evening world., 1911-03-31
MURPHY HIRRIES
TO ALBANY AFTER
ALL NIGHT CONTAB.

Following a long conference a. Del
monico's last night. at which justice
Victor j. Bowling finally and definitely
refused 70 allow his name 10 be pre-.
scented 10 the caucus as a candidate 10,
United States Senator. Cha les +. Muir
ply hurried 20 Albany al 3 o'clock this
morning to take personal charge OF the
situation. 1t was understood that ht
went prepared 10 force tho candidacy
OF Justice James A. O'Gormsn, who,
according 20 his friends. would be
willing 10 accept the ~Senatorship.
1t was Mr.. Murphy's hope W TO the
last minute that Justice Bowling might
accept.
Bowling couldn't Afford II.
Justice Bowling at the meeting a,
Delmonico's found himself submitted
TO the strongest kind OF pressure from
leading Democrats. IA refusing 70 &C
oept the Senatorship no took the
ground that as a poor man he could not
IN Justice TO his family afford TO
sacrifice . place on the Appellate d.
ision bench at sf7, 500 a year FOR a po-
lticai position paying only 1850 a year.
To the suggestion that he could prso-
hoe law while acting as U-ited States
Senator he replied that he could not see
how n conscientious a sitting In the
Senate could practice law Ia WASH
inEton.
The Delmonicc conference concluasd
long after mid night The last train for
Albany over the New York Central had
departed. Mr.. Murphy. accompanied ny
Secretary Tom Smith Of Tammany Hall.
Daniel II. Cohalan and Phil nonohue.
took a cab to tho West Forty-second
street ferry. crossed ovg TO Wee-
hawken and started 20 Albany on .
train over the West Shore leaving al
9 O'Clock. This train has no sleeper and
the boss had to sit up through long
weary hours.
Mr.. Murphy had determined to .eep
way from Albany. hut the refusal OF
Justice Bowling to aid In . settlement
Of the deadlock served to complicate an
already sadly-muddled situation at The
capital.
Mr.. Murphy's advisers told him that
I. he trusted to his young feutenanis In
Albany he would run the risk OF n bad
break at the last moment. The situauon
appeared to be serious enough to DO
msnd the presence of the boss.
DowIing's Final Word.
Justice Victor J. Bowling Of the APP
pellate Division of the Supreme Court.
upon whom the insurgents and the
regulars practically agreed as a COM
promise candidate FOR Senator. whom
seen at his home. No. IS West Eighty
second street, this morning. declared
that the announcement that he could
not consider the position OF Senstor
was final.
Justice Bowling said that he under
stood that all the forces would prob
ably be centred to-day pm the election
OF Justice O'corman and that he
thought that II would be q happy Gull
mination Of the Senatorial deadlock.
While Justice DQwling declined to
discuss the situation at length. his
friends assert hat the position he
takes Is that a man owes his hrst duty
to his family. Justice Bowling IL not
a wealthy man n FOR hat reason
he Is reluctant TO consider the Sena-
torship. His friends assert that were
he In a position financially 10 make the
sacrince IN salary ne wouid flaniy ac-
cept tne high hohor oHered MN TOT the
axe OF harmony IN the party II LOT no
o'he' reason'
His Views as to SenatorshIp.
7, was surrest.d tim. ., I,s,,o. nou
ling would accept the S~cnatorship the
difference between his present salary
and the salary that he would receive M
his p,5ys,e nrac,tco a. 81 -
,ics DoViins hoIds 49, - ~
"a cbsr..1 No. 80. "a
men elected % ,ho Sorn,ayssH"m hN' -
should he devo,n1 soio,v o. ,,nn, nna
ton ue dnes no., harn,,. 49, g.