The Washington herald., 1914-07-19
N. Y, DEMOCRATS
IN NAQUANDARY
At Loss to Know What Stand
President Will Assume
IN Campaign.
LOOKS LIKE HANDS OFF
Administration Maintains Sphinx-like
Attitude Toward GIynn for Cow
ernor. Hearst for Senator.
LOOKS LIKE HANDS OFF
D, JosEPH p. ANNIN.

II some one viii inform the upstate
Democratic Representatives from New
York what part the administration In
tends to take In the Empire State prima-
ries and campaign this fall, 1t viii be ap-
preciated excessively.
That the Democratic State ticket win be
Glynn for governor and William Ran
dolph Hearst for Senator is a very strong
probability now. according to New York
politicians. Furthermore. the best In
formation obtainable here 10 that the
administration will neither oppose nor
support this ticket in the primaries-in
other words. that President Wilson and
Secretary McAdoo viii keep hands on,
both In the primaries and In the campaign
to follow.
Comes from Conference.
At least one Democratic Congressman,
who had expected to fall In behind an
administration tight on the State or
ganization has been so Informed. COM
ing from a conference at the White
House not long ago. he remarked, plain
lively:
.'The White House says Glynn win be
but that he cannot be elected.
But the White House Is doing nothing
to set up a man who can be elected
have tried to get the President to make
a fight for New York State this fall, but
apparently he will do nothing to help
out his friends up there"
Democrats here are absolutely at loss
to understand the attitude of the White
House toward the New York situation.
No Senatorial candidate except William
Hearst has popped his head
above water. Upstate Democrats at
least believe Hearst will get the nomina-
ton II matters are permitted to drift
along as they have. They understand
that he will have no more than nominal
opposition from Tammany down-State,
and that upstate forces will work for
him. Hearst is not unfayorably regarded
upstate, by Democratic voters and or
ganiZations alike.
..Finrey'' Connors, the Buffalo anti
Tammany boss. is very reliably reported
to have an understanding with Hearst,
whom he is fond OF personally and whom
he has PLAYED around with considerably
of late. Connors' friends say they feel
sure that the latter has agreed to sup
port the New York publisher. And Con-
nors is a power not lightly to be re-
garded.-
Moreover, and herein lies the cause for
among the upstate DEM
ocratic Congressmen, Connors when In
Washington last week told a member oil
President Wilson's Cabinet that virtu-
ally all of the upstate Congressman OF
the Presidents party will be succeeded
by Republicans in the next Congress.
Many Of them, It Is reported, Will not De
candidates to succeed themselves.
These upstate Democrats are bruised
and sore from the treatment to which
they have been subjected, they declare in
the matter OF patronage
noeau't Seem to Care.
The President doesn't seem to care
whether he has any Democratic Nrepre-
sentatives from New York or not oe-
clared one Of those who have suffered
least. Il can't make out what he Is
driving at. He will neither support any
OF the candidates up there, nor VIII he
oppose them. We have no aid at all from
the White House, as far as patronage(n
Everything goes through NC
Adoo, who seems to be playing child-pol-
ftfcs in an attempt to build up personal
machine. And still. he doesn't give any
indication Of an intention to use tnat
machine for himself or against the pres
ent State organization, controlled, nom-
inalIy at least, by Glynn."
IL there were evidence Of plan TO
put an administration ticket in the
6eld. politicians would be able better
to understand Mr.. McAdoo's activities.
But apparently. there is no such plan
on foot, A Wilson man in the delega-
ton recently wrote to the man who has
been Mr.. McAdoo's principal advisor
in matters of upstate patronage ask
ing why nothing was being done to-
ward putting opposition to Glynn In
the field. The reply stated that II was
too late to think of doing anything and
placed the blame for inaction upon the
Wilson men in the New York delega-
ton. And still Mr.. McAdoo insists on
taking personal charge of all New
York appointments in his department.
without consulting members of Con-
Eress in whose districts the appoint
ments are to be made, and even has
personal direction of postofhce ap-
pointments, which are referred to him
by the Postmaster General
Confusion thrice COMPOUNDED" scarce
describes adequately the mental condi-
tion of the unhappy upstate Demo-
Gratis in. the New York delegation.