The Washington times., 1912-06-17
AWAIT
THE ARRIVAL Of
TAMMANY CHIEF
Murphy and His Coveted
Ninety Votes Are the
Prizes.

BALTIMORE, June 17.-As the
leading Democratic candidates open
their headquarters here and get
down to work in earnest today, every
manager looks longingly up the rail-
road track toward New York.
Charley Murphy, the Tammany chief
tain, is expected in Baltimore before
the end Of the week, and he comes
with ninety votes in the hollow of
his hand.
1t is generally conceded that when
New York breaks from Mayor Gay
nor. the candidate to whom these
ninety votes are thrown will forge
ahead SO rapidly that there will al
most be a stampede.
Looking to Murphy.
At least two of the Democratic candf-
dates are expecting the Murphy switch
will be in their favor. They are Gov
ernor Harmon and Congressman Under
wood. Both the Harmon and Under
wood camps throw out veiled hints that
New York will come over on the third
or fourth ballot"
These hopes are founded on the belief
that Tammany wants a candidate for
whom the business man, the safe and
sane New Yorker, the politician as
well as the conservative upstate
farmer. may vote. In the event the
Republicans nominate an ultra-pro-
gressive the pressure upon the Demo-
cratic party to nominate a man who
can take a chip off the nominal Repub-
lican vote in New York will be in
creased.
A Careful Thinker.
Murphy has never catered especially
to the ra-progressives. He's a prac-
tical politician and is inclined to give
days thought to a candidate who
might carry New York and about one
minutes consideration to a fellow who
may annex a few OF the wool-hat West
ern States.
Boss Murphy, however, hasn't said
q word himself He comes to Baltimore
uncommitted, except for the general un-
derstanding that for the first ballot or
30 New York's ninety votes will go to
If the mayor should develop any
strength, and the New York magis-
trate undoubtedly takes his boom seri-
ously, New York probably will continue
lite son." If the Gaynor boom makes
no headway, Tammany may be counted
upon to start the stampede to another
candidate about the fourth ballot.
Holds Up Clark Boom.
The Hearst advocacy of Speaker
Clarks candidacy is the chief impedi-
ment in the way of Tammany's switch
to the Missouri "houn' dawg'' candidate
On the other hand, Hearst's opposition
to Mayor Gaynor. whom he has fought
for years because of his alleged Tam
many affiliations, is a setback to the
Gaynor candidacy. Hearst and MUIR
ply do not pull together, and that's all
there is to 1t.
There Is a growing feeling as Demo-
Gratis gather here that three men are
apt to have most to say about the
partys standard bearer. They are
Taggart, the Indiana leader, and Roger
Sullivan, the Illinois boss. When these
three men put heads together a hopeful
candidate shivers. They are in position
and to pull away large slice of dele
gates from another And they work
| silently, practically, mysteriously. They
are swayed neither by oratory nor
music Their slogan is
Away with sentiment-name the man
| who can win"
Politicians Puzzled.
| Politicians as they arrive here are
wondering whether Murphy is using
Mayor Gaynor as a stalking horse or
whether the Tammany chieftain and his
braves actually have hopes of nomin-
ating the mayor. The two-thrds rule
! in the Democratic convention gives
ninety votes, practically one-tenth OF
the voting strength of the convention
] a real value. If Champ Clark can OBJ.
| tain New York's ninety to add to his
present strength, 1t almost means the
| nomination. II Underwood adds this
number to his modest Lightweight, Il
starts him uphill toward the coveted
What's Murphy going to do about itf