New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-22
Organization Men a Little Ap.
prehensive That Executives
Desire for Newspaper
Praise" May "Put Him
in a Corner"
SILENT AS TO PROGRAMME
Politicians Learn Little as to Gov
ernor's Intentions, but the Commits
sioners Whose Terms Expire
Do Not Expect To
Be Retained.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune |

IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Albany, Jan. Ex-Governor Sulzer has
TO decide very soon whether he con-
sders the support of William Randolph
Hearst and his newspapers more valu-
able to his official policies and his po-
litcal ambitions than the aid and CO.
operation of Charles f. Murphy, OF
Tammany. and harmony with the Dem
ocratic state organization. Practically
that issue was presented to the Cow
ernor to-day by Clarence =. Shearn, Of
the Hearst forces, who discussed the
New York City subway situation with
him at great length and urged the ap
pointment TO the New York City Pub
lie Service Commission Of Hearst
man.
Hearst and his followers are OPP
posed to the subway contracts which
the Public Service Commission, the
Board of Estimate and the INTERIOR
ough and Brooklyn Rapid Transit com.
panies finally evolved, and which arc
now awaiting signature by the lst Dis
trict Commission. Mr.. Shearn told the
Governor So He declared the Hearst
belief that these contracts were wrong
in policy and unfair to the public and
should not become operative. More
over, he let the Governor understand
that Mr.. Hearst and his friends would
be much pleased If the Governor sp-
pointed one of their kind 10 succeed
William r. Wilcox when his term eX
pires, on February /.
In none too ambiguous phrase it was
stated to the Governor that Mr.. Hearst
had supported him because he believed
him TO be a friend Of 'the people"
Anything to undeceive Mr.. Hearst
would be received in the Hearst camp
with much grief. and. of course, once
undeceived, Mr.. Hearst and his friends
naturally could not continue TO support
Mr.. Sulzer as they used 10 do.
Democratic politicians high in the
organization have made no bones
about saying that Murphy's wishes and
recommendations would be followed by
the Governor in the naming Of the
Public Service Commissioner for the
New York City body. and the wishes Of
Murphy. Fitzpatrick, of Buffalo, his
chief lieutenant upstate and one or Two
other upstate organization leaders -.
garding the three vacancies which will
exist in the I'd District Commission on
February !. In other words, the en-
tire organization. point of view toward
the Public Service Commission APP
pointments has been that they arc par
ticularly desirable patronage, especially
since the scheme To wipe out these
bodies and let Governor Sulzer name u
new one of seven members has been
dropped
Tammany Showing It's Teeth.
There is apparently 10 disposition by
the organization men TO drop this
patronage on the say-so of Mr.. Hearst
They are beginning 10 show. their
teeth. There is considerable appre-
hension among them and among the
legislators who would he brought into
any fight which might be brought IN
by the Governor deciding TO accept Mr..
Hearst's advice rather than Murphys.
The Tammany men say fatty that they
have never felt sure the Governor
would not one day let his desire for
newspaper praise" put him into
corner from which ne could not back
out. That nearly happened in the
Thomas Mott Osborne-Colonel Scott
Rattigan matter; but they believe the
Governor will stand" and. IL neces.
sary. tell Mr. Hearst to do his worst
in the future rather than break with
Murphy.
These men believe Murphy anA
Hearst have not and can not patch ~
any agreement or working arrange.
mcnt on the subway Public Scrvi,e
Commission situation. They say Mur-
ply will tell the Governor. II need be-,
to throw Hearst into the discard.
Still, there is some degree Of apprc-
hension among them. The Governor
is as communicative as a clam about
the Public Service Commission ap-
pointments. He was waited on this
evening by a delegation from the
Brooklyn transit conference, which ap-
pealed TO him to hold Chairman WILL
cox In Office until the rev subway con-
tracts were signed. In the delegation
were Edward c. Blum, Charles II. Ful-
Ter, Andrew Mclean. r. q. Iiigbie.
Charles +. Murphy-not he Of Tam
many-John II. Creighton. jeremiah ].
O'Leary, Almet +. Hof. Audley
Clark William f. Clcary and David
Porter. They had long talk with the