New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
DEMOCRAT POWW0W
ENDS In UPR0AR
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gress. a Southerner by birth, jumped TO
/ his feet. His face was almost scarlet.
/ Before he could control his voice Chair
man Osborn had whacked his gaVeL
! Further discussion is out Of order, he
said az shall entertain motion TO
/ adjourn" and the conference broke up.
The conference consisted Of the fifty
/ one members of the state COMMITTEES,
| the sixty-three county chairmen, the
/ fifty members Of the executive COM
mittee appointed by Chairman Osborn
/ Gall except two or three anti-Tam-
many and a few especially invited
members. The latter included William
! r. McCombs, chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee; Judge
/ D. Cady Herrick and Senator George A.
/ Blauvelt. whose name the direct pri-
/ mary bill bears.
1--WE face a moral crisis" said Chair
man Osborn, opening the conference soon
/ after noon. "Our primary law is on trial
and we are on trial with it,"
Mr.. Osborn added that it would be hard
to get good men TO run this year, and that
while il would be confusing 70 leave the
selection of a state ticket to chance Il
would be fatal to name a straight ticket,
! which would be looked upon as a violation
OF the spirit of the primary law.
Former Governor John A. Dix was made
LIT. 9 IL a. .Vst
plan of procedure for the discussion, and
adjournment was taken to o'clock
1t was decided that the afternoon should
be taken up with the discussion of the
following questions, but that no vote
should be taken on any resolution until
to-day:
First, Shall there or shall there not
be a state conference TO adopt a plat
form? Second Shall the conference now
in session select = committee to prepare
a draft platform? Third. Shall a COM
mittee be selected to make suggestions Of
candidates for delegates-at-arge to the
cons .itutional convention? Fourth, Shall
any suggestion be made by any confer
ence as 10 candidates for state Offices de-
signed TO make them truly representa-
tive
Line Up on Convention.
Mr. Littleton's resolution called for an
unofficial convention TO draft a platform
and decide whether II should go further
and recommend candidates. He was sup
ported in that position by Augustus
Thomas. Judge Herrick, Frederic +. Cou-
dert and others. Mr.. Hares resolution
was offered as a substitute.
Opposed TO any sort of convention
were Representative John J. Fitzgerald,
leading machnist In the McCooey organ
ization in Kings; Lieutenant Governor
Robert f. Wagner and Assemblyman AL
fred T. Smith. Tammany men. and Chair
man McCOmbs Of the national committee.
Eugene Lamb Richards Superintendent
OF Parking. offered a resolution Cor the
appointment of "A committee TO draft a
platform and report it for adoption at
later meeting of the conference. pre-
sumably to be held some time before the
primaries.
A resolution by former Senator George
y. Burd of Erie, favored the adoption
of a platform after the primaries by q
conference. 70 be composed of the state
committee, the candidates on the state
ticket and the candidates fer the Legls-
lature.
Mr.. Hare would not say who was back
OF him in his plan for a straight-out test
Of strength between Tammany and the
independent Democrats. II is understood,
however, that it is the Jeffersonian ALI
ance.
Corporation Counsel Polk, representing
the Mitchell wing. was asked TO second
the Hare resolution. He refused, saying
IL was nonsense Mr. Hare also conferred
with former Borough President c. G.
Miller of The Bronx and Henry F. Keith,
anti-Tammany member Of the state COM
mittee from Long Island. He finally got
County Clerk William F. Schneider to
second the plan.
His proposition would place the confer
ence on record as favoring an absolute
violation Of the primary law, doing all in
its power to limit the candidates for state
4 nominations TO two tickets-one 10 be put
up by Tammany at an unofficial conven-
ton and the other TO be named by the
independent Democrats at a similar con-
vention. In order 70 assure the fairness
OF the primary count he would have half
the primary election inspectors named by
Tammany and half by the independents.
when Charles T. Murphy, who played
! the role Of a spectator throughout, got
the purport OF the proposition be grinned
and nudged Commissioner j. Sergeant
Cram, who spoke up: II second that"
Now do you second it?" shouted Mr.
Hare after he had finished his lambasting
/ OF Tammany.
! II most certainly do" replied Cram
"It nullifes the direct primary law"
Here in the midst OF our elaboration
looms up a boss who would limit US to
! two tickets" said Assemblyman "AP
| Smith.