New-York tribune., 1918-07-09

only not vote for him, but will make q
fight against him.
st is better to have loyal Repub-
lican at Albany than pseudo Dem
ocrat whose Amer;canism is in doubt. "
is the way The situation was summed
up by man from Binghamton.
Strangely, though, the tragic death Of
John Purroy Mitchell has made VIII
lam Church Osborn more formidable as
candidate than he was before. Mr..
Osborn. his friends said yesterday, has
not been considered seriously for the
Governorship because Of The fact that
he was n subscriber to the Mitchell
campaign fund year ago. This fact
automatically pu. him on the Hearst
blacklist. Il is believed that the heroic
death OF Mitchell viii make it impos-
sible for Hearst to attack any Demo-
crat because he was a supporter Of the
dead Mayor.
Mayor Walker continues to be a
prime fnvorite among the possibilities
because he is believed to be attack
proof. William W. Farley. Of Bing.
hamton. sponsor of Mayor Walker and
close friend OF Charles T.. Murphy, con-
tinues to boom the Binghamton Mayor.
Perhaps tho most significant develop
lnent in state Democratic politics since
the first conference of anti Hearst
Democrats is The fact that hostility to
the furtherance Of the ambitions of
Hearst, which at first had been con-
c>aled and whispered, is now outspok-
en-. The anti-Hearst men, not only in
the steering committee Of seven and in
the committee of forty-two, so called,
have screwed up their courage to the
Hearst's nomination would spell dis
aster TO the party. smashing it so ef-
fectually that the Republicans would
have a walEover.
Wilson Can Have Anything
The elimination Of Congressman
Lunn--for he seems at present to be
elinlnated-is due to his supposed
friendliness to Hearst and what Hearst
stands for in government. If his name
gets back on the slate it will surprise
the upstate men. who say that he is
OF, and off to stay. 1t is admitted.
should go out of his way to press the
Sen enectady eX-Socialist upon the
Saratoga convention Mr.. Lunn's name
would 20 back on the slate in HURRY,
Joseph j. Murphy, Of Troy, one of the
steering committee of seven, says that
| the President can have anything he
wants.
Inc steering committee, which kept
bus. all day arranging the political
mcnu for the spread Tomorrow, when
thirty-hve men and seven women will
ST. down TO consider candidates. is the
same old steering committee which ap-
pointed itself last February at Syra-
cuse-William II. Kelley, of Syracuse: ::
Joseph ]. Murphy, Troy; John Fitzgib-
bons, Oswego; William Fl. Manning
Saratoga; David F. Lee, Norwich: !:
Charles r. Norris. Watertown. and T.
Harvey Ferris. of Utica. Probably Mr.
! Ferris's name should have been put
fTst, as he has rather more to do Will,
the shaping Of things than any other Of
the seven. The other members of The
torty-tWo are one representative from
each Senatorial district outside Of New
York City, thirty-tive in all, and the
women members OF the State Executive
| Committee. There are nine of these
making the full committee forty-four
bUt they keep on calling it the com
mttee OF forty-two.
Harry p Keith, internal revenue col
lector Of the Brooklyn and Long Island
district, is mere working in the interest
ol Big Bill, Edwards, who rakes in
on The Manhattan end Of the Brooklyn
Bridge all the income tax money that
Keith misses in Brooklyn. Mr.. Keith
slso has kind words for Collector of
the Port Byron r. Newton.
Mayor John Fitzgiobons of Oswego
announced tonight mis- candidacy for
Secretary OF State. Mayor James D.
! Smith of Utica announced he is can
! didate for Controller.