New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-31
TALE Of SENATE FIGHT
Angry Letter from Untermyer
Scared Insurgents. Story Goes.
SORE AT HIS OWN DEFEAT
Wrote Gaynor F. L. Stetson Said
Morgan Controlled Situation
O'Gorman Election Followed.

Memories If the prolonged deadlock over
rho election ~ United States Senator ny
the Democratic Legislature were revived
Yesterday when a story vas told Of let
fer sent bv Samuel Untermyer to Mayor
Gavnor and ~ him to Senator Franklin
-. Roosevelt. in which It was charged that
/, tho insurgents AZ Albany were backed IN
their fight against William +. sheehan oy
representatives Of the United States Steel
CORPORATION and other Wall Street inter
ests
Tho man who told rho story declared that
this letter. which reached Senator Roose-
Welt the DAY before the election Of Senator
James a O'Corman. was responsible Tor
the insurgents Withdrawing from their
position Of holding M the election Of
Senator He declared that had their fght
not been stopped tho letter would nave
been published and tho fear of this was all
that caused then, 70 Weld when they did.
Senator Roosevelt said last night that ne
had returned the original letter 70 Mayor
Csvnor Neither the Mayor nor Mr.. inter-
n1ver vas inclined 70 give the text 81 NE
communication for publication. " was sad
however. that in this letter Mr.. Cntermver
made the statement that Francis Lynde
Ststson. counsel 10 J. p. Morgan and the
United States Steel Corporation. Herbert
SattArlaa son-in-law ~ Mr. Morgan
Charles a Peabody, president 81 mo Mu'
nal Life Insurance COMPANY. and George
y R4l,er. Of the First National Bank. we're
the chief hackers and leaders ~ the tnsur-
gents
Mr. T-nterr1,er. - vas declared. 7rofe
the latter 70 MAJOR Gavnor because me
MAJOR had suggested hts name as COM
nror,ise candidate for the ssratorshio a.
NE "hreakfaet conference ~ Charles
turrhv. the Mavor end Governor Dix ~
rhs executive mansion IN Albany Accord
,re 70 the stor- Governor Diy gave his
approval ~ Mr. Tntermver oand'daor. a.
It'd Senator Roosevelt. who was called ~
the conference before - ended Several
d,vs later Mr. Untermver vas told that
Senator Roosevelt vas opposed - die ran
didscv He sought n find out why. and
some one told him ~ see Francis tyrde
StAtsor
Going ~ Nr Stetson. 81 was said, Mr.
rrr,err1ver vas told he could not be elected
70 the United states Senate because the
Morgan and other interests were opposed
20 him and those interests had much in
fuenco with the insurgents-enough 20 pre-
vent the election Of any one 20 whom they
were opposed Mr. rntermver was told y
was said that The Morgan interest had not
forgotten the part he played IN the dis
solution Of the Shipbuildne Trust and
that the interests connected with the
Mutual Life Insurance Company could not
overlook the trouble he caused them Is or
eanizer and counsel for the international
Poncvholders Committee
MI Jntermyer was angry when he
learned his candidacy for the United states
senate would be opposed. the story con.
tlnued He sat down later and wrote the
letter 90 Mayor Gaynor in which he told
al about n This letter was received by
the Mayor on Wednesday and forwarded
10 Senator Roosevelt IN Albany tho next
day. II was on FRIDAY that the deadlock
was broken by tho election Of Senator
- German
Early IN tho week before the election al
senator OGorman Charles Murphy gave
our q statement IN which he attacked Fran
ds Lynde SfetsCn as being behind the op
position 20 Nj Sheehan he referred 70
the corporate connections Of Mr.. Stetso,
and tried 70 make IT appear int his In
AZ tina, time Mr. Stetson replied that h
cas connected With many corporations an(
"a proud Of 1t, but his only interest II