New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09
OSBORN ADDS TO
PLATFORM MAKERS
Names Committee of ~
Instead of Is Ordered by
Recent Conference.
WILLIAM F. M'COMBS
TO BE CHAIRMAN
Lack of Murphy Men as Franz
ers of Planks Explained as
Mere Incident of Choice.

In amounting committee TO draft
platform for the Democratic party III
this state this fall, under authority ne
received at the recent statewide con
ference at the Knickerbccker Hotel J..
Chairman William Church Osborn uSed
tho latitude he believed he possessed
as titular state leader.
The resolution called for a committee
OF fifteen. made up OF five members OF
the state committee. FIVE members OF
the county chairmen's organization ana
five members OF the executive commit
tee. The Knickerbocker conference
was composed OF these three organlza-
tions. with he addition Of half dozen
elder statesmen.
The committee announced by Chalr..
man Osborn yesterday is composed OF
twenty members. instead OF hfteen, ou'
of that number there are only three
members of the state committee. ~
has been felt rather generally thaI
Charles F. Murphy controlled the state
committee. but Chairman Osborn said
that had nothing to do with his action
He said he thought Senators George l..
Blauvelt. of Nyack, and John +. Mur-
taph. OF ElmiIa. whom he wanted on
the committee. could be counted as nI'
ing the two other state committee
places.
The three members Of the state COM
mittee appointed are Jerry r; Connor:
OF Oneida: Eugene Lamb Richards. OF
Staten Island. and George +. Van Mem
nan. of Ogdensburg.
William F. McCombs, chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee. Is
named BY Chairman Osborn as chslr-
man of the platform committee
Who's Who on Committee.
The FIVE county chairmen named on
the committee are L. P. Butts. Of Of
seqo County: W. Fl. Manning, OF sara
to9a: George r. Van Nance, OF Jeher-
son; George +. Noeth, of Monroe, and
Fay c. Parsons. of Cortland.
The five members of the executive
committee selected for the platform
committee are George Burd. of Buffalo;
William T. Emmett. OF Westchester;
Frank l.. Polk, Corporation Counsel or
this city: Martin ". Littleton. of Mas.
sau. and Seymour Van Santvoord, Ct
Rensselaer,.
The five additional members Of the
committee are Senator Robert f. Wag'
ner. of this city. who. by the way, IS
ais, member Of the executive com.
n;ittee: Norman L. Mack, member q
the national committee, OF Buffalo,
Judge D. Cady Herrick, OF this city;
William y. Dykman. of Kings County
aid Chairman McCombs.
Mr.. Osborn, of course. is an eX-ohclo
member of the committee.
The statement was volunteered by
Mr.. Osborn that 'the progressive ele-
ment is represented by Burd and Polk
Although the committee will IN no
sense be controlled by the old guard
in the organization, it has fair share
Of conservatives. The general com
ment was it was unusually we'll bal.
anced from the viewpoint OF liberal
and conservative tendencies.
at has been my object to get the
ablest men to represent the various
sections of the state" said Chairman
Osborn. "Mr. Dykman is familiar with
the conditions that led up to the plat
form of 1910, which was drawn by Ed
ward NJ Shepard. It was one of the
best platforms We ever had in this
state. Indeed it was a model, and has
been in demand by Libraries all over
the country. ~,
Judge Herrick is extremely familiar
with the history and organic functions
OF the Democracy. The recent legisla-
tive acts of the party are at the hnger
ends Of Senators Blauvelt. Murtaugn
ard Wagner. They know more about
taese laws than anybody else in the
state. Several members Of the com
mittee are familiar with the executive
departments of the state.
Why Osborn Is Proud.
The platform committee will report
10 another conference to be called by
Chairman Osborn. No date has been
set. but the conference will probably
be held in Saratoga August 20. just
week later than the unofficial state
convention Of the Republicans.
81 don't think there is the slightest
probability that we will consider can
didates." said Mr.. Osborn. I'VE will
live up to the declarations made at
the Knickerbocker, unless some grave
emergency should arise"
Il was explained that such an emer-
scency would be the candidacy OF only
one man, and he grossly unit, or the
bare possibility that there would be
no candidate for one Of the nomina-
tons.