New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-04
Believes 1t Will Work Well
if Given Fair Trial.
He Says.
SHORTT TO AID HIS
CHIEF IN WORK
Glvnn Declares Leader Deserves
POWer-Palmer May Get
Big Place.

William Church osborn, the new chair
man OF the Democratic State Committee,
I said yesterday that one OF the reasons he
/ consented TO take the place was his great
desire to see the statewide direct pri-
mary law have a fair trial this fall. He
did not believe it could have such trial
under the old leadership.
! II acknowledge that it will be no easy
task to see that the law works on: a. il
is intended to do said Mr.. Osborn yes
terday. However. | am deeply inter
| ested i'm having it succeed, and ] intend
to give it fair chance.
William Allaire Short. chosen secre-
| tary of the committee. will work with
Mr. Osborn in devising ways and means
for a successful operation OF the law.
Mr. Short was my personal choice,
said Mr.. Osborn. He is a good lawyer,
familiar with the various direct primary
measures, and has promised to give
much time to the work OF preparing for
the operation OF the new law
| Mr. Osborn said ne was not ready yet
to give an opinion as to how the law may
be successfully operated He does not
| favor an extraordinary state convention
to suggest candidates to the people.
| Mr. Osborn was busy most of the day
yesterday receiving congratulations from
his many friends on his elevation TO the
| leadership Of the state organization. Some
Of them suggested he was tackling a lob
that would prove harder than he had
anticipated.
William f. McCombs, chairman Of the
national committee, talked with Mr.. Os-
| born for a short time at the latter's office
on the problems that confront the state
organization. This followed q confer
ence that Mr.. McCombs had with Gov
ernor Glynn on Monday night
1t Is tho idea of the new state chair
man that the county organization should
| be built up as the strong political unit.
| To that end he will devote himself.
THE county chairman IS the man 70
whom | shall look for most Of my
strength" said Mr. Osborn. "He IL closer
to the people, who really should control
the organization. In times past II has
not been so easy TO change the member
ship OF the state committee or the state
chairman, but II has always been pos
sible to effect q change in the county
| craftsmanship"
AS soon as he can get around 10 IL Mr..
| Osborn will make tour OF the western
and southern counties, to look over con-
ditions and see II 1t is possible TO
strengthen any weak places
For the present Mr.. Osborn will not
have any regular hours at state head
| quarters, but will be glad 70 meet any
body there by appointment 10 talk over
| matters Of interest 10 the Democratic
state organization.
| Mr. Osborn said Yesterday IL might be
ten days or two weeks before he would
be ready to announce the appointment Of
successor to Arthur A. Mclean as
treasurer Of the committee. He wants TO
give the committee appointed TO examine
the books OF the retiring treasurer time
TO make its report.
| Under the power given TO Mr.. Osborn
| 10 appoint members Of the campaign, eS-
ecutive and finance committees he will
be able 10 run the organization entirely
independent of the members Of the state
| committee. II he should desire. He said
he realized that the campaign committee
would be one OF the strongest forces he
would have. He is thinking OF having a
committee composed of one member for
| each OF the nine judicial districts.
Before he returned to Albany yester-
| day il was suggested 10 Governor Glynn
that there was some mystery behind the
meek surrender Of the state leadership
| by Charles f. Murphy.
Were all the cards on the table,"
| some skeptc asked.
! There were no cards under the table,
| declared the Governor. "Al the proceed
ings were perfectly plain. We who have
been reorganzng the committee thought
the new chairman ought to have the wide
powers We gave him. Finally the others
agreed and the thing was done"
| 1t Is the general impression that George
NJ. Palmer the retiring state chairman,
Will receive a lucrative state Office
| through Governor Glynn. The latter de-
| clared, however, that he did not have
Mr. Palmer in mind for any appointment
at the minute.