New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-09
rammany Believes This
Means President Is OPP
posed to Nomination.
M'ADOO MUST DROP
Efforts FOR JUDGE
Mummy Goes to Saratoga To-
day. Uncertain Whom to
Name for Governor.

p-.s;6ent Wilson has refused to help
,.sss Samuel Scabury become the DEM
-s.ic candidate for Governor of this
...,e He has called of Secretary Nc
,soo and insisted ;hat he keep out OF
ysw York State politics, for the time
being at least.
This information was brought 10
c,.rlos F. Murphy and his upstate al
-. Yesterday by a man high IN the
..,,.;ls Of the Administration, who as
..,,,d ,bs, the President had laid down
.,,o for this campaign that IN no cir
Instances would he or any member OF
ofseisl family interfere in local pol
tiles
This news furnished choice morsel
..rossin for Tammany politicians. But
!, wasn't any more choice than the con-
,,rrction which the Tammany men
.,a,ed on the attitude Of the President
- heir mind Mr.. Wilson will not be
-. least bit offended if Judge Seabury
4, not nominated for Governor So
thew are going ahead trying to find a
candidate 70 beat the judge.
Drops State Politics.
As outlined by a close friend of the
President. the latter has made up his
mind not 20 interfere in any Of the
s,.tes where a Governor or United
States Senator is 70 De chosen this fall.
!. is understood to be his intention to
niace responsibility for these selections
directly on the local organizations. ne
President has found that his campaign
for reelection will take up all OF his
snare time without interfering IN state
contests.
Tsmmanv men were interested IN the
Presidents spanking of his son-ln-laW
more than in any other phase OF the
situation. They knew that up 70 a lew
months ago Mr.. McAdoo was the chleA
hacker Of Judge Seabury for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor, ana
hat he was using every bit Of influence
s.bis command. including Federal ONCE
holders. 20 bring II about. They pc
Neved that the Secretary OF the Treas
NV was Al his old tricks Of stirring mp
trouble In the Democratic organization
and the Tammany men did not Ike II.
As a result of Mr.. McAdOO's espousaI
Of the Seabury cause, Iammany men
lined up sohdly against II. Now the
situation may change. Up 10 yester-
day Murphy and his allies declared
themselves as irrevoeably opposed 20
the nomination Of Judge Seabury, ana
n did not look as II they would change.
II they had agreed on candidate with
whom to beat the judge 1t was kept a
secret.
Pleas for Seabury Rejected.
Il is known that within the last few
weeks President Wilson has been i'm
portuned by friends of Judge Seabury
10 aid in bringing about his nomina-
ton. To these pleas the President re-
piled that he would not NEEDLE In state
affairs. and would not give his support
before the primaries to any particular
candidate.
The friends of the President who
gave his message to Murphy declared
that Secretary McAdoo was behaving
splendidly," so far as interference IN
New York politics was concerned, since
his rebuke by his father-in-law. A re"
Of Mr. McAdoo's friends, like Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy, are still shouting for Judge Sea
bury. but friends Of the President de-
clare that he is doing so on his own re-
sponsibillty alone
Murphy and his allies were UNDECIDED
Yesterday as TO a candidate for Gov
ernor. They practically have made up
their minds to wait until they get 10
Saratoga. At the Spa leaders from all
Parts Of the state will gather, and the
sentiment Of the whole party can be
obtained. Murphy and his cabinet will
90 10 Saratoga to-day, but many other
Democratic leaders will not so until to-
morrow.