The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-01
Republicans in Legisla-
ture May Take Hand
in Democratic Fight.
AN INDEPENDENT
FOR L HE SENATE
Schurman, Prendergast or John
Purroy Mitchell Suggested as
Candidates on Which Minor
ity and Insurgents Could
Unite to Defeat
Sheehan.
Special 70 The Times Dispatch.l

! Albany, y. Y, Janu ~ 3l.-A new
move n the senatorial game was
hsprung to.doH. when 1t was learned
that there VIII be a conference of Re-
publican re,nbcrs Of the Leg sla t,Ir,
Tomorrow for the purpose OF taxing a
| hand IN lie Democratic fight The
conference nay drop Into i caucus,
which would oppose Chauncc. 81 re-
| pew as t1c senatorial i.hoicc 81, the
Republicans and substitute .iacoi, G.
Schurmaa. president of Cornell Uni
vcrsity: Comptroller William a. Prem
dergast, o.. PRESIDENT of the Board OF
Aldermen John Purroy Mitchell Thus
two Republicans of high class and an
independent Democrat are uacar cJn-
sideraton.
SHOULD enc OF these three m=n &c
chosen 1t will be done with the sole
| idea of breaking the deadlock over
Sheehan. and attracting tic ,'Insur-
/ gents" who now block him. White the
scheme has not been worked OUT. il
has been pushed by Asseml,S man
sweet, and IL has the backing of sew
eral prominent Republican Jaaators
Senator L-cpew's highest vote was
81. This h.ic,ber, with twenty Of Tia.
twenty-five Insurgents. could elect a
Senator. It is probable tina. tbs ,w,,
| Independence League nIen-Asse mbly-
man O'Connor and Senator Duhanlci-
| would pin such Republican manocr.
vre. sa. s5i.5tttl
MINORITY Favor Plan.
Some RarIti leans, Including Edwin
y. Merritt, iaadc' in til. Assembly. end
Senator Seth 'teacock. chairman OF ;Ee
! caucus committee. de Not favor the
| plan, but the maiorit? trul. Very vel!
II 1t.
I'VE have talked over such a thing
said Senator Hcacock.-'that is, we
have talked over g pro ,psition Of re-
converting the caucus - give us liberty
/ to compliment a few well known Re-
nublicans There for instance. are
| Jacob G, Schur,nan. william A. Prem
| dcrgast, Nicholas Murray Butler and
Seth Low. but don't believe we should
enter The Democratic fight. Let them
take care of their own contest"
The absence OF Senator Bracket
| created some comment Shrewd poll
ticianc suggested that ne may be at
| work on some deep scheme, by which
! Shechan would profit. They said that
| were there to he Il iniX-up, by which
Republicans and Insurgents would
combine upon an Independent Cor DEM
ocraD. number of the Old Guard Re-
publtcans would at once run TO the
! support of Sheehan. He can be elected
| with fifteen votes more than he now
/ has. Well-informed politicians at the
| capital believe that at least fifteen
! Republicans would flock to him, were
/ tneE 10 get this kind Of an excuse.
Dix WouiI Not Sec Murphy.
! Governor Dix refused to-day, accord :
ing TO his own statement. to see Charles
f. Murphy. While some persons were
| inclined to think this action was a
| snub, others passed off the incident
lightly
Have you seen Mr.. Murphy this
morning." the Governor was asked.
No was the reply. ..He called. but
| sent word to him that would be
unable to see him.
That was about 1929. For ten min
utes, Phil Donohue, who had gone TO
the Capitol with Murphy, paced the
corridor outside the chamber Muir
ply was within one Of the executive
Offices for at least ten minutes. If
! the Governor did not see him. he must
nave waited that long in an ante-room,
| trying to see the Governor
| When the Executive told the story
| to- the newspaper men, after Mr. Muir
ply had gone, ne wore his heavy over
coat and was IN Q hurry 10 catch a
train for New York
There was very little change to-day.
| The only shifts were made by Senator
| White and .issemblyman Martin, both
OF Schenectady county who changed
| from Van Santvood TO Herman
! When Charles +. Murphy was asked
/ If there was anything In the talk of
! q possible compromise candidate. he
replied: we have one candidate now,
and there is no use talking OF any one
| else IS long as he Is the choice Of the
| majority of the party"