New-York tribune., 1918-07-10

Hearst, II is understood already has
unofficiolly informed the leaders that
he will support the nominee of the
conyentcn.
Wide Choice for Murphy
The committee of forty-two Will
say to Mr. Murphy in Saratoga:
we present for your consideration
the names OF Osborn, Walker, Gerard
and Smith. They are all good men and
true. Ii you want an upstate man, here
is Mr.. Osborn. Ii you are fearful that
MI. Osborn, as strong Mitchell man
IN the Mayoralty campaign last year,
is too distasteful to Mr.. Hearst and
would invite the opposition OF the
Hearst newspapers, then we give you
the name of ZAP Smith. perhaps the
most popular man in Tammany Hall.
"lf for politics sake you should de-
termine that MIR. Smith would not make
winning campaign and that the
standard should be carried by an un
state man, the committee will present
the name of Mayor Walker of Bing-
hamton, the Democratic Mayor of
Republican city. And if for any rea-
son you cannot see the Binghamton
fourth man on the list James w.
Gerard, former sachem OF the Tam
many Society, born and bred in the
TammaNy tepee.'
But the list does not contain the
name OF Mr.. Hearst, and it will not.
If The convention should take the bit
in its teeth and disregard all the work
OF the conference committee, the up
state men still will be against the
selection of Mr.. Hearst as the candi-
date, and Mr.. Osborn and Judge Sea-
ri Gr,t.& I
nation.
Strong Opposition to Hearst
With sentiment in the Democratic
organization running strong against
Hearst as at present, it is doubtful
about his name being presented at all
IN the Saratoga convention, and if by
manipulation and the use of strong
arm" methods the Hearst-Murphy-M
Cooey-Conners combination should
force the nomination of Mr.. Hearst,
would bolt the convention and name a
new ticket.
Thirty-seven of the committee of
fortytwo were present to-day at the
conference at Hotel Onondaga, over
which William H. Kelley, of Syracuse,
q friend Of Charles F. Murphy, pre-
sided. The other members of the
steering committee, 1. Harvey Ferris,
of Utica; Charles f. Norris, Of Water
town; Joseph J. Murphy, Of Troy;
Mayor John Fitzgibbons of Oswego,
District Attorney David F. Lee, of Nor
wich, and William II. Manning, Of Sara
toga, were on hand. There were six
absentees: Mrs. Edwin s. Jenney, of
Syracuse; Mrs. Anna McCauley, of
Lockport; Miss Sara McPike, of Yon-
kers; Edwin R. Brown, of Fairport, and
Donald A. Daley, of Brockport, with no
one from the Albany district. TIL,
women present were Miss Kathryn
Starbuck, of Saratoga, and Mrs. Frances
Lamon, of Watertown.
Five Ballots to Decide
1t was decided to have five formal
ballots and to present to the Saratoga
convention all the candidates whose
names appeared on the fifth ballot 1t
also was decided to hold the meeting
yesterday behind closed doors, with the
press excluded. There were small dele
cations present to urge the claims of
the various candidates. John T. Morri-
son and Frank Cooper waxed eloquent
over the vote winning powers Of Rep.
resentative George R. Lunn. w. W.
Farley, of Binghamton, who "discov-
cred" Mayor Walker. told why Mr..
Walker should be the nominee. George
W. O'Brien spoke for Charles IL.
Hitchcock, lawyer, of Chittenango, who
raises crops in Madison County and
fees in Syracuse. The i've ballots re-
suited as follows: