New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-10
EXPECT QUIET CONVENTION.
Look for Little Opposition To-
morrow to Murphy Domination.
KEITH May STIR THINGS
Some Also Look for Mild Boss
Rule Protest from Rattigan,
of Osborne's District.

Tho Democratic State Convention for tho
selection OF elghty-six district delegates
and four delegates-at-large to the Balti-
moro national convention and OF forty-hve
Presidential electors will be called to order
=, Terrace Garden. in this city at noon
Tomorrow. Present indications are that 1t
will resemble the spring convention OF 1913
the notorious Carnegie Hall ahalr-aoou'
as little as a Quaker meeting resembles
Donnybrook fair.
Charles +. Murphy is now the supreme
boss" N the state. and there are no Pat
rick +. McCarrens to put up any sort OF
fight against him While there may be
protest or two when Murphy orders the
local selections of delegates TO the national
convention changed, they Will be or
feeble variety and not likely to cause much
of a stir Charles +. Rattigan, who repre-
sents the district of Thomas Mott os-
borne. may kick against boss rule.
Henry p Keith. of Nassau County, who
dared to consider Offering a resolution
against Murphy in the state committee
and had charges filed against him for his
pains may try something.
But neither is likely to get enough sup
port to make a protest worth while AS
matter OF fact, Tammany man said yes
terday that lac thought Keith had been
"smoothed down." and that nothing more
would be heard from him. AT the same
time Il was intlmated that the charges
against him would not be pressed, and that
the committee appointed to hear them
would never be called together.
Murphy Sure Of Control.
Mr.. Murphy is so sure Of his control OF
the situation that he has been spending
week at Atlantic city, and did not get
back until last night. George VI. Palmer
the state chairman, will not be here until
to-day. 1t is said that while In Atlantic
CITY Murphy carefully went over the men
who have been suggested as delegates to
the national convention from the various
Congress districts. In theory the dele
gates TO the state convention from each
Congress district get together and nomi-
nate two delegates to the national conven-
ton. These names are presented to the
state convention as a whole and voted on
by the larger body While the names OF
those TO he nominated have already been
presented to Murphy the delegates Will get
together tonight or Monday morning to
choose them formally. Nobody will he al
lowed on the Baltimore delegation I'm whom
the boss" cannot trust implicitly. In order
10 make sure, however the convention
probably will adopt the unit rule which
has been used for many years, and which
provides that all the delegates shall be
bound to vote for the choice OF the ma
jority.
The state committee meets tonight at
o'clock at Terrace Garden but there is
little for Il 20 do Neither the committee
nor the convention has anything to do with
the roll. under the primary law. which
provides that the official roll must be fur
nlshed ny the Secretary OF state About
the only matter OF business 10 be trans
acted tonight Is the designation Of tenn
porary secretaries for the convention.
The convention tomorrow will be called
TO order by George II. Palmer. state chair
man. After the election OF Seymour Van
Santvoord az temporary chairman and his
speech, committees on resolutions on ma
tional delegates. on Presidential electors
pointed and the convention viii adjourn
until evening. Al that time Congressman
John j. Fitzgerald, OF Brooklyn, will be
chosen as permanent chairman and will
make speech. The reports OF the com
mIttees will be received and accepted and
the work will be done