The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-04
MURPHY ASKS ABOUT SENATOR
LEGISI tTORS TAIN TO NV
or STATE SITUATION.
Both shepard and Shcchan Are Opposed
Judge ilerrIck Looming - as n
Compromise Murph, Gets Upstate
Sentiment. but says NU!hing himself.

ALBANY, Jan. 3.-There was u great
| clearing out Tonight of Democratic AS
pirants for the United States Senator
| ship. Edward NJ. Shepard. William +,
Sheehan. Supreme Court Justice Gerard
and j. Sergeant Cram returned to their
homes. Charles +. Murphy hnd Daniel
+. Cohalan are to wait over tomorrow
TO witness the organization Of the Iegs-
lature and to hear Gov. Dix's first mes
sage.
Tomorrow the Legislature will adjourn
for week. during which time the Senate
and Assembly committees will be made
mp. The Joint caucus Of the ma jority
to name "a United States Senator will
assemble on January IL SO that from the
time of adjournment tomorrow until
the eve of the caucus the discussions and
criticisms of this and that man will go
on
With most of the Democratic candidates
for the Senatorship gone to-day Mr.
Murphy began his talks with Democratic
Senators and Assemblvmen as to the
sentiment of their districts. In all these
talks Mr.. Murphy gave not the slightest
indication whom he favored as Mr.. De
p'W NHN'tSSOi. ne l1IuiItl vi HiS
Legislative visitors just how the Democrats
of their baiiwick+ felt on the subject
Most Of these Senators and Assembly
men also refraned from mentioning
names in their conversations with Mr..
Murphy. They did not indulge in per-
sonaliti-s Most of them contented them
selves with speaking of the type of Dem
ocrat who should be United States SEN
ator.
The burden Of their suggestions to
Mr.. Murphy was that the Democratic
majority in the Legislature should be
careful not to offend public sentiment.
for the reason that the Democratic party
in the state is in hazardous position.
even with the victory last fall. On the
other hand it was contended that the
Democratic majority in the Legislature
must not offend organization Democrats.
especially in the country districts. where
the organization for a number of years
has been but "A mere shell. The legis-
lators who talked with Mr.. Murphy prac-
ticilly told him that they recognized him
as the leader of the party in the state.
Some of the Democratic Senators and
Assemblymen who mentioned names to
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that quite u majority OF the legislators
believed that il had been made altogether
obvious l,y the various discussions here
With, rho lac, f.u, days tim, m. r;v,lrv
between Mr.. Hhepard ana MI. Hheehah
may become SO Keen mat neither can
grasp the prize.
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and j. Sergeant Cram were altogether
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