The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20
DEMOCRATS TO
 RAP TAMMANY
WILL NOMINATE DELEGATES BY PETITION TO EXACT ANTI.
 MURPHY PLEDGES.
RISING SUN THE EMBLEM
Will Be Used Tn The Primaries And Later On Regular
 Ballots.

New York, Aug. 20-Leaders of the Empire State Democracy are now per- fecting their organization in every county and assembly district in the state, with view to seeing that dele gates are sent to the State convention at Syracuse who will be pledged to put an end to the domina ton of Mur- phy and Tammany hall in State Dem ocratic politics. They intend to &C., complish that result, where they can not#contrOl the committee who are to designate candidates for delegates, by placing such men on the primary bal lot by petition. If their plans carry there will likely be two tickets in a majority of the districts of.the state at the coming primary. Where they do not control the organization, the delegates named by petition will have to be designated by August .31.
 They have chosen for their emblem the rising sum- and this will be used in the primaries, and later on, if the necessity arises, on the regular ballot atsthe general election for stata and legislative candidate In the.s up state counties the En, pire State Democracy will have the amAistance of the Demo cratic league, awhich, is. still very ac- tive. in some counties, and of the new lyass formed progressive Democracy, which grew out of the conference of anti-Tammany leaders held last week at Rochester With all these factions cooperating to the same end, it is likely thattsin many. districts the or ganization will accede to the wishes of the reformers and take such action as ing primary fight which might re- suit in. some bitterness and involve local differences
 CONTEST IN BROOKLYN
 Here in New York city the project is more difficult to carry out, but in Brooklyn the Empire State Demoera- cy, under the lead of Thomas c. Whit lock, xex-State Senator, is so we'll or ganized that it is believed that a very successful campaign may be waged against the Mcooey- Murphy machine. Tn the Bronx, too, the chances for an effective campaign for naming in dependent delegates who will work with the -Tammany men at Syra- cuse is said to be bright.
 Organization Democrats who are all lied with Tammany Hall pretend to look, however. They declare that in the short time at their disposal the Empire State Democrats cannot make any showing against the regular or ganization at the primaries, and they say that it will be impossible for  signers for their petitions, in this city at any rate.
 The most that the Empire State men hope to accomplish in Tam nai1ys own baifiwick. however, is tol give all Democratic voters an oppor- tunity to pass upon the question of Murphys leadership. If they make a strong showing at the primaries, whether they actually elect a majority of the delegates or not they believe that Murphy will see the light and not attempt ito force his own preferences on the party at Syracuse.
 If, on the other hand, they are de- feated, and Murphy and his upstate friends feel themselves strong enough to go ahead and nominate Governor Dix. George M. Palmer, John A. Ben sel, Victor J. Bowling, Or any other man who will be known in office as al Tammany governor, then the Empire State Democrats will place state ticket in the field, in order to give in dependent. Democrats who are SUD- porting the Wilson electoral ticket, an to vote for a Democratic State ticket which shall be free from Tammany taint.