New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-11
Announce That Judge
Will Be Candidate
in Primaries.
RELIEVE TAMMANY
FORCED TO YIELD
Democrats Indifferent, EX-
pecting Defeat in State
and Nation.
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Saratoga. n. y. Aug. lO.-frends Oh
Judee Samuel Seabury accepted 'ne
,hsIlenge of Charles F. Murphy ahu
n. allies tonight by announcing that
tho Judge would go before the Demo
cratic voters in the coming primaries
=. candidate for the nomination lor
covernor. On Tuesday, they said' Pc
,,ions signed by between l5,OOo ana
% 600 Democrats would be filed with
the Secretary Of State, placing the
nomination Of the judge squareiy be-
fore the enrolled Democrats Of the
state.
No attempt will be made by the Sea-
b,,v sdberents 20 interfere with the
plans Of the Murphy crowd TO allow no
endorsements Of candidates by to-mor-
rows convention. There will be no
sght If the friends Of the judge have
their way. They say they are not
afraid Of scrap, but see little use IN
getting mixed up with one just now,
when the Judge looks 70 them like
sure winner.
Murphy and his allies are as strong
" opposed 10 the nomination of Judge
Seabury tonight as ever, but they have
been unable to find candidate Of suf-
feient calibre to beat him. They have
hunted high and low, only TO see each
Democrat suggested by one of their
croup for the nomination bowled out
in jig time.
Only q Forlorn Hope Left.
As a result, it became more appar-
ent tonight that the Tammany chief
tain and his allies will eventually sc-
cept Judge Seabury as the Democratic
candidate for Governor. They haven't
given up all hope of finding some one
10 beat him, but only a forlorn hope is
left
Plans for to-morrow's convention
as agreed upon by Murphy and his
allies provide for a morning session
~ which Representative John j. Fitz-
gerald. Of Brooklyn. will say some nice
things about President Wilson and
lis Administration. The platform viii
be adopted, and adjournment will be
taken until 8 o'clock in the evening.
when an old fashioned talkfest will
be started As one of Murphy's close
friends remarked tonight, the boys"
will be given a chance to talk Their
heads of, boost favorite sons. and IN
general discuss anything they please.
In this talkfest Murphy has some
slight hope that a real live candidate
against Judge Seabury will be degel-
oped. No candidate will be indorsed.
BY this plan the Tammany chief
hopes TO get up some enthusiasm. be-
cause the main feature of the crowd
assembled here tonight is the total
lack of interest in the success OF the
Democrats, either nationally or locally
Democrats Expect Defeat.
The pessimism and languidness Of
the Democrats gathered here are the
predominant note of to-morrow's con-
yention. They seem to believe that
they are doomed to defeat in both
state and nation. and they are not
worrying about il in the least.
Melvin G. Palliser, Of New York,
came tonight to assume charge OF the
Seabury ,ampaign, and things began
70 happen at once. Headquarters were
-
place began 10 take on something OF
real convention atmosphere.
Seabury men declared they were con-
hdent that Murphy would capituiate
and accept the nomination of the Judge
as inevitable. Friends of the Judge
did not share the pessimism OF the
Tammany men, so far as their can
ddate was concerned. They declared
that he would surely defeat Governor
Whitman at the polls. They pointed
70 the fact that Murphy originally in
tended 10 have the convention lndorse
candidates other than the judge, but
that the latter had grown so strong
that Murphy had to change his plans.
The only interest in the platform
Will be as TO whether or not woman
suffrage will receive an Endorsement.
Mrs. Norman De r. Whitehouse and a
score Of others were hard at WORK
tonight trying to convince the Dem.
oeratic leaders of the necessity OF
such action. They pointed TO the action
oi the suffrage leaders this afternoon
IN pledging the state organisation TO
a non-partisan attitude rs evidence OF
thelr good faith.
There was a hearing before the plat
iorm committee tonight, and Mrs.
Whitehouse again urged the incorpora-
sHOn Of a suffrage plank IN the plat
form. Anti-sufragists failed TO ap-
pear in opposition to the plank.
= William F. McCombs, William Church
Vsoorn and Thomas F. Conway were
,slked Of as possible candidates for
United States Senator. Few here cared
however, who was chosen for this or
any other place, because nearly every
democrat in sight believed that it was
-soirf TO be losing year.