New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-20

The above state tlcket was named ny
the state committee OF the Empire
state Democracy. at a meeting held Mt
the Grand Union Hotel Yesterday. The
work Of circulating petitions to have
it placed on the ballot will be started
to-day. 1t will appear under the en-
blem OF rising sun.
As for local tickets. # is said an
entire ticket will be placed in nomina-
ton in Kings County and in other parts
OF the state where the conditions seem
10 Justify IT,
The action on the part OF the indie
pendent Democrats who have been
kicking against the iron hand OF Muir
ply on the regular organization. was
unexpected al this time. The plan out
lined when the organization was estab
llshed was 10 hold IL oyer the head OF
Murphy as sort OF club To induce
him 10 name the proper sort Of ticket
at Syracuse. The Empire State De-
mocracy had planned TO hold a c0nven-
ton there Immediately following the
regular convention, and a that time 10
name an independent ticket II the reg
ular selections did not please them.
Reasons for Naming Ticket.
The reason why 1t was decided 10 go
ahead and name ticket at this time
is set forth in statement OF Julius
Henry Cohen, who was elected chair
man Of the state committee yesterday.
II follows:
on, OF the things that Contribute 10 the
continuance Of boss rule In New York
stat" ~ the condition Of the election law
that makes the nomination OF lndepen-
dent candidates so difficult. Between the
time Of the Ming OF party certificates Of
nominations with the Secretary Of State
and the niing Of independent nominate
hut nNc days elapse. and the law re-
quires not only minimum OF ak thou
sand signatures throughout the state and
not less than Hfty signatures Ia each
county.
These monstrous provisions OF the law
were designed 20 make independent nom
nations almost impossible To wait until
the Democratic convention names ITS can
didates would make Il practically impos-
slblc 20 nominate an independent ticket.
After canyassing the situation thorough
~ We were convinced that Il was our
duty Immediately 10 put into tho field
an entire state ticket Of men OF such
eminenCc and ability that no question
could be raised concerniDg their fitness
for Office
The only argument against putting
ticket I'm the field now was the hope that
tho Democratic convention would NOM
mate ticket that We could support We
have carefully canvassed the situation
and We are convinced that the Demo
cratic convention VIII be dominated by
Murphyism. Nothing short OF miracle |
will produce "a ticket that can be sup
ported by Democrats who are opposed 10 |
Murphyism. We do not expect the mir
aclc 10 happen. and have therefore taken |
time by the forelock
Although. as stated by Mr. Cohen, |
they believed that nothing short Of a |
miracle" would prevent the Democratic |
ticket from being dominated by |
Murphy. the executive committee re- |
ccived the power 10 refrain from filing |
the independent ticket II the regular |
ticket should prove eminently salts |
factory.
TOO Much to Expect
But the regular ticket must be free |
from Murphyism from top to bottom. |
and that is too much TO expect" said |
Robert \. Widenmann, who was |
elected secretary of the committee.
Senator Franklin ID. Roosevelt, |
Thomas Mott Osborne, OF Auburn. and |
Mayor John *. Sague OF Poughkeepsle, |
who were among the founders OF the |
Empire State Democracy. have re- |
signed. They were elected as delegates |
TO the regular state convention at the |
primaries on Tuesday and could he
thrown out of the convention II they |
belonged to another party.
They intend TO work inside the con- |
vention for the selection OF clean |
ticket. but failing in that will support |
the Empire State ticket. Senator
Roosevelt Is running for e-election to |
the Senate on the regular Democratic
ticket. He was not present at the |
meeting yesterday, nor was Mayor
Sague.
Mr.. Osborne will fight In the conven-
ton against the nomination Of Gov |
ernor Dix or any other Murphy man.
The state committee adopted plat
form In which It indorses Governor
Wilson for the Presidency and de-
nounces boss" and machine rule In |
the most scathing terms
The State Committee.
The state committee is made up OF |
one member from each Assembly dis.
trict. There were 100 members present
yesterday. forty-four of the sixty-one
counties being represented. Isaac Fl.
Klein was elected treasurer. The fol-
lowing executive committee was
elected:
Julius Henry Cohen, chairman; r. II.
Widenmann. secretary; Isaac II. Klein,
Of New York; Thomas Il. Whitlock, OF
Kings; Robert j. Noble, OF The Bronx;
Bert Hanson, Of New York; Edward
kitchener. Of Broome; f. e. Conlon, Of
Delaware. and John J. WEIGH. OF Nj
agara
The platform was constructed by a |