Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-31
TO NAME
O'GORMAN
SENATOR
New York Democrats
Will Unite on
JuriSt.
EXPECT ANNOUNCEMENT
AT CAUCUS TO-DAY
Long Deadlock to Be Broken
When Joint Convention Meets
This Afternoon.

ALBANY. \. ", March 3I.-At
O'Clock this afternoon the prospect Of
the election of Supreme Court Justice
James A. 0'Gorman as Democratic
United States Senator from New York
seemed so certain that 1t is believed
the joint ballot this afternoon or to-
favor.
The caucus of the regular Democrats,
to which few of the insurgents came,
In already united on his name.
messenger was sent at O'Clock to
ask the remaining Insurgents, headed
by Senator Roosevelt, to get In line
Timothy ID. Sullivan, coming from the
caucus, said that O'Gorman will be
elected I'm time to take his seat at the
opening of the special session of Con-
gress.
The joint assembly is III readiness to
meet at o'clock to confirm the selec-
tion agreed upon at the caucus.
The insurgents at first resented the
udden injection of a candidate whose
name had not appeared on any Of the
eligible" lists they had submitted TO
the regulars; but not so strongly as to
cause a withdrawal of O'Gorman's can
didacy.
On the ground that they were not
sufficiently familiar with O'Gorman's
record to act intelligently, the insur-
gents brought about postponment of
a final caucus until later in the after
! noon.
Charles F. Murphy arrived here this
morning to take personal charge of the
organization forces in what may prove
! the crucial caucus of the long fight TO
elect United States senator. The
caucus was called for 10 o'clock. The
early morning hours were feyerishiy
active Foremost among the reasons
why the Democrats Were anxious 10
break the deadlock today is the prox-
unity of April and the assembling
of the special session of Congress. The
Legislators feared popular criticism
would follow failure to send a new
senator to the national capitol in time
to give New York its full represents
| ton.
! A second reason which appealed par
ticularly to the regulars was the over
| lures the Republicans are making to
! the Democratic insurgents. and the
threat of the latter that if the question
! is not settled today they will accept
Republican aid to elect an independent
Democrat" hostile to Tammany Hall.
In addition. the inconvenience of con-
Quoting legislation in the temporary
quarters to which the members have
been driven by the fire at the CAPITOL
and the expectation that If the dead
lock was settled today a recess could
be taken until the regular Senate and
Assembly chambers were ready for use.
made for hope of settlement at oncs
! Soon after Mr.. Murphys arrival re-
port was circulated that Supreme Court
Justice James A. O'Gorman, of New
York, was the latest name to receive
serious consideration by the organiza-
tion leaders.
! After a conference with Mr. Murphy
Senators Ferris, of Utica, and Sake. OF
New York, the latter an insurgent.
went to the home of Senator Roosevelt
to sound t insurgent leader as to
whether the name of Justice O'Gorl4sars
would be an acceptable addition to the
list TO be considered at I G caucus.
At 1890 the organization leaders were
closeted with Mr.. Murphy in his rooR
at the Ten Eyck Hotel. The confer
ence in MI Murphy's room ended al
I115. The understanding at this time
was that Justice O'Gorman's name
/ would be presented to the caucus as
the organization candidate.
The leaders said they thought they
could depend on twelve or thirteen i'm
surgent votes. There was a PROPOSE
4 ton, however. to make this mornings
meeting a conference instead of q
formal caucus.