New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
0'CORMAN TALKS WITH
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
saws Democrats Must Wait Until
Eve of Convention to Pick
Nominee.
"GAYNOR GREAT PRESIDENT"
Platform Should Define Trusts,
Tariff and High Cost of Living
as Issues, He Says-Hearst
to Support Ticket.

Senator James 4. OGorman. who Is ne
ing discussed as candidate both for tenn
corarv chairman and the NicePresidency
uas in New York yesterday for a few in
formal talks with the party leaders. lie
will 20 back 10 Washington to-day. and
Will 60 from there TO Baltimore Friday.
The Senator said yesterday, at his home
in West ioSth street. that he had seen sew
e-aI NJ the leaders, hut had not been in any
formal conference of any kind. The first
caucus Of tho New York delegates he said
so far as he knew, would be held next Mon
day night ir the Emerson Hotel, Baltimore.
Discussing the probable outcome Of the
Democratic convention, Senator O'Gorman
said its action would have TO he determined
nv the availability Of the prospective nomi-
nee on the eve OF the convention. The ac-
ton taken by tho Republican convention.
together with the question as to whether a
man could be expected to carry New York,
Ohio indiana and Connecticut. and the
South and East generally. should he the
determining factors IN picking the Balti-
more nominee. said Senator O'Gorman. and
these things he added. could not be deter
mined upon until just on the eve Of the
convention
Mayor Gaynor. tho Senator said. i'm re-
spouse 10 questions was an available candi-
date, and one who could carry the dehat-
able states. Gaynor could carry New York
tomorrow he added.
Mayor Gaynor would make A great and
p good President" said Senator O'Gorman:
any man that could administer the affairs
Of this great city as he has done would
make great President"
Harmon, Underwood. Wilson and Clark
we're named by the Senator i'm that order
as the four leading candidates. and as 10
his preference between the four he would
not commit himself. He said that he had
never publicly committed himself as in ia
Nor Of any one above any one else
The suggestion that Bryan might be an
entry in the race Senator O'Gorman brushed
q aside. Mr.. Bryan had eliminated himself,
said the Senator, and he believed Mr.
Bryan meant what he said.
As to the influence Of Mr. Hearst and his
newspapers, Senator O'Gorman asserted
that it would be in favor of the candidate
Of the party, whoever that was.
Hearst Will Support Nominee"
Mr. Hearst said at the Jackson Day
banquet IN Washington that he would sup
port the nominee Of the party" the Senator
that he will do so. He may have-in fact
he has-his preference. He believes that
M. Clark IS tho best man for the nomina-
ton, but that does not mean that he Will
not support the candidate Of the party If
It should he some one other than Mr.
Clark"
Mr.. Bryan's convictions in favor of pro-
hIbition would never be pressed as a plat
he said. he felt that Mr.. Bryan appreciated
the fact that prohibition was local issue
and had no place in national platform.
.'-> As 10 woman's suffrage Senator O'Gor-
man said that it was not yet a subject for
national platforms. either. Woman's suf-
fraEe he said, was matter for the differ
ent states.
Speaking in his capacity as a delerate-at-
large from this state the Senator said that
II the Republican convention should hold
over until after the Democratic convention
was scheduled 70 begin. the Democrats
should mark time" until they had the
opportunity 10 see what the Republicans
Old and how the country took their action.
He thought the "two-thirds rule" OF Dem
ocrstic conventions should be done away
with. but not a. this convention. He would
he in favor Of having the convention put
forth a rule that future Democratic con-
ventions should he allowed 10 name candi-
dates under a majority rule. because he
said, that was more democratic The unit
rule. however. Senator O'Gorman declared
should stand.
The three chief issues I'm the coming
campaign, as l sec them" he said. are
the tariff. the trusts and the high cost Of
living related to the tariff. and the Dem
ocratic platform should be short and salts
factory II % covers those three points. As
70 the tariff both parties promised tariff
reduction four years ago, and while the
Democrats kept their promise the Repub.
leans did not. That il the issue though
the campaign Of personality between Presi-
o.. don't Taft and Nj. Roosevelt has kept il in
the background so FAR.
But that issue will come before the
people soon, and IT cannot be kept in the
background. even by Mr.. Roosevelt. much
longer. As 70 the trusts. am in favor Of
plank concerned rather with the admins
trative than the legislative side Of the sher-
man act. Criminal prosecution, involving
PERSONAL guilt Of those responsible. would be
far more sautary than orders Of dissolu-
ton"
Roosevelt Once Free Trader"
Senator O'Gorman recalled that in his
Younger days Mr.. Roosevelt had been
member Of the Reform club. which was
then he said practically a free trade club
"Mr Roosevelt said then that the pro-
tective tariff policy was nothing short Of
crime he said then for seven and a half
Years. when he had supreme power in this
country. he did not utter a word about the
tariff. and now he says he favors tdrin
that gets into the pay envelopes. SUM- ne
has not said word about the consumer
who is the person most affected hy IN" tarlf
and whose belief that Mr.. Roosevelt party