New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-27
Open Hostility Shown as
Delegates Gather at
Albany.
WILL
BE HELD UPSTATE
Unofficial Meeting Will Name
Big Four"-O'Gorman Only
Sure Candidate.
from a stan Correspondent n, The r-iouo,

frrom stan Correspondent n The Tribune
Albany, Jan. &c. After conference
which lasted until very late tonight
Charles +. Murphy and dozen other
Democratic leaders who are here for
the meeting OF the State Committee
tomorrow decided to hold confer
ence late in February. 1t will prob
ably be held at Syracuse.
Those at the conference besides
Murphy were Mr.. Osborn, John A. Nc
Cooey, Tom Smith, Ex-Governor
Glynn, Senator Wagner, Norman +.
Mack and about half dozen others
from various parts Of the state.
As a result no resolutions lauding
President Wilson and his sdministra-
ton viii be passed at the meeting OF
the committee to-day.
There will be three delegates from
each Assembly District to this confer
ence, which. in addition to picking the
four delegates -at-arge to the ST. Louis
convention, will indorse the admins
tration.
When the Democratic leaders gath
cred here this afternoon there was no
concealment Of their hostility toward
the President There was hardly
kind word said for him, except by
few lonesome Federal of'iceholdcrs.
II was typical organization
gathering. The so-called Federal Demo
Gratis for some reason or other were
missing. Some Of them may appear to
morrow. but no one seemed to care. In
fact. no one seemed 10 take any great
interest in the proceedings Of the com
mittee.
Charles F. Murphy was easily the
commanding figure among the Demo
cratic statesmen.
Murphy made II clear tonight that
he was not gong 10 the 81. LOUIS con
vention as delegate-at-large lie VIII
20 as a delegate from his Congresslon-
AL district Norman +. Mack, OF Bui-
falo. member of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Is another who de-
clines TO 20 "a one OF the pig TOUR.
There IL apparently no great demand
among the leaders for places among
TIE big. four" and II Is likely that the
honor will be distributed IN quarters
hitherto unsupported.
The only one who seems 10 be sure
Of place on the big four IS Sena-
tor O'Gorman. There is talk about
Ex-Governor Glynn. Charles r. Ire
man. Of Ithaca; Samuel Untermyer'
Alton B. Parker. Seymour Van SAINT.
voord and Chairman Osborn. Most OF
these names we're on a list prepared
nv Mr. Osborn. When his attention
vas called 10 the fact that ne mao
neglected 20 mention Secretary Nc
Adoo. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt or
any other Federal ofhceholder, he re-
piled tina, he had received no intImS,
lions from Washington that any OF
them wanted to be a delegate large.
Mr.. Osborn opposes the holding OF an
unofficial state convention On the
ground that it would be a useless eN-
penditure Of money, as the state com,
mittee could accomplish all that would
be asked of a convention.
The state chairman again declared
that he had 20 intention OF resIgnlng
mis- place. but intended to no ID on until
after the April primaries, when ne"
committee will be chosen.
The committee will listen to-Worro"
10 Mrs. Harriet Stanton Eatch on
eaual suffrage. She will represent the
Woman's Congressional Union.