New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-28
SULZER FIGHT HOPELESS
Tammany District Leader Says
Murphy Is Too Strong.
DIRECT PRIMARY DOOMED
Speaker Smith Declares There
Is No Widespread Demand
for Such a Law.

Murphy does not want the statewide
direct primary bill He told Sulzer so.
He also told him that II it was passed II
would mean the death Of all of vs.. Sulzer
has had II IN his crop for long time and
he wants 20 Get IL ont. but the bill will
never be passed without Murphy's aid,
and NJ ;he present time he has no inten-
tion of seeing the bill 60 through. And
he has the necessary votes 10 prevent II.
as Sulzer will learn
This was the statement made by n Tam
many district leader who has the conf
Gence Of the leader Of Tammany Hall
and WHO attended the conference Of dis
trict leaders at Fourteenth street last
week
"Ycs. there is little had feeling be-
tween them" said this Tammany leader In
answer 10 q question. but IL is nothing So
serious rs the newspapers have 1t. Just
q little grandstand play on the part Of thu
Governor. lie knows very well that Muir
ply controls the votes Of every Demo
cratic legislator in Manhattan. The Bronx.
Erie. Kings and Wcstchester. And he
also has a few other upstate legislators.
Wherever Murphy thought he needed an
upstate Senator or Asscmbyman who was
ut all doubtful he made sure ~ him by
getting some good jobs FOR the particular
legislators followers. and a good many
has he placed in state Controller Sohmer's
Office. and Sohmcr. need not tell you. IS
Murphy 20 tho backbone
And. again. the Tammany leader said
that there was more lighting In tho news
papers than anywhere else between Muir
phy and Sulzer. Another man who holds
tho confidence Of Charles y. Murphy. but
who is not n district leader. when asked
n IL looked as II there was going 10 be
heht on between Murphy and Sulzer. said
1t doesn't look as II IL is going TO be
tea party. does it,
The statement Of the Tammany district
leader whose name has been withheld at
bis request. was borne out by Assembly
man AT Smith Speaker Of the Assem-
bly,. who was seen AT his home. No. .
oliver street yesterday.
II don't Know If the statewide primary
biz will pass or not" said Asscmblyman
Smith I'm answer to a question. and
don't know n there ~ going 10 bee ight.
OF course. the bin could Toe Introduced
even after the close ~ the legislature
under a suspension Of the rules. Just
what it's fate will be will not be known
until after the vote
In answer 20 another question he said:
III YOU will ask me about my district |
will say that there is no demand for IN"
hill down here" and he waved his hand
toward tho Bowery and Chatham square.
"In fact. there IS no demand for II here
81 all. And. what Is more. there is no
demand for statewide primary bill ia
the lower end of the state 81 all. And let
me tell YOU that. II the truth was known
and Justice done everybody would know
that the primary bill now on ih' statutes
a. all right. II has not had fair trial.
But how about Governor Sul]er S'"'o
ment that the party pledged ltseh 10
statewide direct primary law?
"Oh. that depends entirely on what you
mean by a statewide primary law.
"lyell what would YOU say ii meant?
"A law applying 10 the whole state.
The story that Murphy and Senator
O'Gorman would hold a conference yes
,erdsv al which many state leaders would
bo nresent. was repudiated by the Sen
ator's son. in-law. Dudley Field Malone.
IIe said that the Senator left the city Tor
Washington on the Congressional Lin
tied. and had had no political conferences
with any one.
No trace of any sort OF conference
could be found anywhere. A rumor thdt
Murphy was comforting with Democratic
leaders AT the Oakland Golf Club, at Bay
.ido Long Island, when investigated
proved that Murphy had not peeh al the
links since Thursday The nearest APP
proach TO an active politician who showed
nm at the links yesterday was PM