The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-19
SHEEHAN FIRM, DIX Is TOLD
IhiSBIE HERE To URGE AN
IuWEDIiTE ELECTION.
sa,. the p.StRte Legislators Are Grow.
ing RcstNc NJ the Delay Murphy
Gives >hcchan's Message to the Gov.
crnor John ID. CrinimIus's views.

Gov. Dix and Charles F. Murphy had
d ,ong talk yesterday at the Waldorf
,.,oria over the United States Senator
min situation. after which Mr.. Murphy
.ren, the afternoon on the Oakland golf
Inks with William r. Shechan. Daniel F.
tohaan and others.
Mr. Murphy said to his friends that in
Nm. conference with Gov. Dix he informed
the Governor that after the breakfast in
the Executive Mansion at Albany q week
ago with the Governor and Mayor Gaynor
ha had returned to New York city and
discussed with the New York city leaders
the proposition that Mr.. Sheehan should
retire as a candidate. MIR. Murphy then
went on to say that he had told the Gov
ernor that still later he had submitted
the same proposition to number Of up
state Democratic leaders. including Will
lam II Fitzpatrick of Erie county.
Mr. Murphy further informed the Gov
ernor that a number Of the Democratic
leaders with whom he had consulted felt
that Mr.. Sheehan should retire. but that
Mr.. Sheehan. who had been requested
TO join the later conferences at Delmon-
ico's. had fatty refused to retire al the
candidate Of the Democratic party but
rested on his statement that new caucus
could be called. that he would abide by
the result of this caucus. also that he
would release all Democratic legislators
who had been voting for him for nine
weeks in the present joint ballot as
result of the joint caucus held on January
ie. but further than that he would not go.
Mr.. Murphy told his friends that he
had informed Gov Dix that the Demo-
cratic leaders We're quite willing to call
new caucus one entirely unrestricted.
but that in return for this concession
senator Roosevelt and all of his friends
who had remained out OF the joint caucus
Of January 10 should enter the new caucus
and carry out the admonition of Mayor
Gaynor in his letter to Gov. Dix that both
sides should do everything possible to
bring about the election OF a United States
Senator by April 4. the day on which the
extraordinary session Of Congress is to
reconvene at the call Of President Taft.
Gov. Dix thereupon asked Mr.. Murphy
10 explain what he meant by an Un-
restricted caucus and Mr. Murphy re-
piled that caucus OF this character meant
that all Democrats could be voted for
in it. including Daniel F. Cohalan. MIR.
Murphy made this statement. il was
learned. because Senator Roosevelt and
his friends had publicly stated that they
would never vote for Williem j Sheehan
or Daniel F. Cohalan
Mr. Murphy informed the Governor
that Senator Roosevelt and his friends
should not be permitted to restrict their
action on the United States Senatorship
to any one man or any two men. but that
il the majority were ready to reconvene
the caucus in order to bring about settle
ment Of the controversy before April
or even later the opposition should make
equal concessions. enter the new joint
caucus and have the fight out there
Mr.. Murphy, il WAS added, also pointed
out to Gov Dix al their conference yes
ierday the conclusions reached AT the
recent conferences at Delmonico' s between
the local and upstate Democratic leaders
,ha, the next United States Senator. If
one is TO be elected, can easily he elected
by the sixty eight Democratic legislators
from New York city and Erie county
and that these sixty eight Democratic
legislators would act in unison. There
are III regular Democratic Legislators,
one independent and two Independence
-aguers. but the one independent and
m. two independence Leaguers would
not be expected TO attend the joint caucus
4 regular Democrats and for that reason
the sixty-cight Democratic Legislators
from New York city and Erie county are
a majority Of the Democratic Legislators
al Albany.
GOV. Dix told his friends last night
tna he was 10 return 10 Albany to-day
and that the stand taken by the Demo-
cratic leaders OF New York city and Erie
county, as represented by Mr.. Murphy
would be submitted to Senator Roosevelt
aud the Democrats who for nine weeks
have continued To vote against William
+ Sheehan, the caucus candidate.
Daniel D. Frisbie Of Schoharie. Speaker
Of ne Assembly. came to New York
Yesterday for a talk with Mr., Murphy.
The burden of Speaker Frisbies message
was that the rank and file of upstate
Democrats were becoming restive under
legislative inaction in the matter Of the
Sena' orshp election and were insistent
that hy the time Congress- convenes a
Democratic Senator shall have been
elected
Spoaaer Frsbie did not tell in detail
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