The sun., 1918-07-23
HEARST WILL RUN,
O'REILLY ASSERTS


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to accept the honor II It should be forced
upon him"
No other candidates have been seri-
ousiy discussed to-day. II Is conceded
that Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy would make a
strong run and the delegates would like
to see him In the race with the open In.
dorsement Of President Wilson, but
without this and in view Of his fiat
footed declaration against the use OF his
| name. 1t has not been considered worth
| while TO discuss him.
1t is reported that Representative
George r. Lunn of Schenectady has
| asked the privilege Of appearing before
the convention on his own behalf. He
may be heard. but thumbs are down
on him because OF his vote for the Fed
eral prohibition amendment In the House
Every effort 10 to be made to give the
appearance Of an open convention with
tho viii Of the delegates. triumphins in
tho end.
The committee OF fifteen named by
the committee Of forty-two at the last
Syracuse conference was to have
meeting this afternoon with the an
nounced purpose Of whiting down the
| list OF seven receiving preferential votes
there. Then II was called of because
the Erie county member OF the commit
tee had not arrived and Furthermore
the committee had authority to report
to the convention only the result Of the
Syracuse vote. The committee will meet
Tomorrow morning. but only. It Is said.
to frame It's report to the convention,
which will begin it's first session at noon
IN the convention hall.
Judge Kel1oGG 10 sound keynote.
Judge J. Augustus Kellogg OF Glens
Falls as temporary chairman will de-
liver the keynote speech in which he
will cover the entire range Of issues.
national and State. After the speech
the platform and other committees will
be named. The report Of the committee
of fifteen may then be heard and the
floor of the convention will be thrown
open for a general dicussion of candi-
dates or adjournment may be taken until
evening, when the permanent orsaniza-
ton will be perfected and the platform
adopted. After this the testimonial ses-
sion will take place.
In either case Information" brought
out In the discussion will be referred to
the committee of fifteen With the direc-
ton that 1t report its choice OF a candi-
date back TO the convention on Wednes-
day. after which vote will be taken.
In case the discussion on candidates
comes after the opening session to-
morrow afternoon there will be no night
session and the report of the platform
committee will not be heard until
Wednesday morning.
1t has been suggested that as guild
ance for the Committee Of Fifteen there
he some test ballots on candidates after
the discussion. This 10 considered
dangerous chance to take. however, and
will not occur unless Il Is felt there Is
no chance for a slip. II there Is ballot
ing 1t will be largely for the purpose
of empha siIing the idea that Mr.. Muir
ply has no candidate. In that case he
would state that he has no choice and
ask that his delegation be excused
from voting. Ho hopes that the deleSa-
tons from the other New York city
Counties will take the same course in
order to establish in tho minds OF the
public. II that Is possible. that the final
choice was made by the upstate Demo-
Gratis entirely uninfuenced.
McCooey sticks to Heara<.
John H. McCooey Of Kings county sill
insists that he believes Mr.. Hears;
should be nominated not that he really
wants him as the candidate. but because
he considers himself under obligations to
the editor for past political services.
Possibly he may discharge this obliga-
ton to his own satisfaction by throwing
his votes to the editor on the test ballot.
He Is most friendly to Al Smith and
would undoubtedly be glad to join in
making his selection by the convention
1t is believed one reason Mr.. Hearst |
has decided to run in the primaries Is |
that the tentative platform committee |
OF which Senator Robert +. Wagner Is
chairman has refused to recommend !
some OF the radical plsnks suggested by |
him.
mfr. Hearst will be his own platform" |
said Mr.. OReilly. hts spokesman, dis
cussing his candidacy. There are GER
tain things for which he stands, certain |
well known economic principles and they |
cannot be taken away from HIM Among I
them Ia municipal ownership"
And Federal control and operation
Of railroads and telegraph and telephone
IiEes?" was asked.
Yes" was the reply.
Two Tons of Hearst Literature.
Before the arrival OF Mr.. O'Reilly |
and a party OF Mr.. Hearsts employees
a two ton truck drew up In front Of the
hotel loaded with Hearst literature.
Later this was distributed widely with
the compliments OF Mr. Hearst.
II consists OF two pamphlets. one COW
cred in baby blue and bearing the title.
The Nations Fight for Temperance
and How the Hearst Newspapers Coop
Grated" The other Il bound In more
sedate gray and is on THE Cause Of
Suffrage and Its Champions for
Twenty Years, the Hearst Newspapers"
The text consists OF utterances by the
editor In his newspapers and elsewhere
along with a handsome picture OF the
author.
In addition to the retinue Of Hearst
agents employed on his papers there are
many OF the old Hearst workers here
to might Among them are Chester c.
Plat. secretary to Gov. Sulzer James
E. MacBride and Eugene Driscoll. /
Despite all the propaganda and argu-
ments for the editor his cause made no
progress. J. F. Connor. leader Of Madi-
son county, expressed the views OF many
others when he said:
mo. we are not for Hearst. We do
not want the Democratic party to lose
It's place on the ballot in this State"
1t was his way OF expressing the
thought that the nomination OF the ed
. a.