New-York tribune., 1918-09-19
Shift of State Headquarte,,
to Syracuse Is sAuthorized
at Meeting Here
Murphy Men Oustea
Reply to Judge Miller's sl..
at Bossism Is Set for
September rs

In order to get rid of the "r.x
many tag" the Democratic State Cow
mittee, at its reorganization mes,;,.
yesterday. authorized the closing of..h.
state headquarters at No. l wes. Tb;.
ty-fourth Street and arranged to rnor.
it to Syracuse.
Toget rid of Chairman Edwin S. Hs,,;,
generally supposed to De under the d.,
ination Of Charles F. Murphy, the bo,,
of Tammany Hall, it was decided vs..
terday, but not announced, that JUDI.
Joseph A. Kellogg, of Glens Fails, WI,
presided at the Saratoga conventio,
shall have charge os the Syracuse hess,
qarters and manage the campsin
This will leave Chairman Harris WIN
little or nothing to do. He will hsl,
out with the campaign in New Yc,s
and make his headquarters at the Dem,
ocratic Club.
That ought to have been trouN.
enough for gloomy day like yestsr.
day. but it was not all. The speech bv
Judge Nathan L. Miller, at the RepuSi.
can notification of state ticket csnS.
dates at the Republican Club On Tus,.
day night hit the Democrats so hs.s
yesterday that when the State Co~
mlttee got together at the Hotel XIII
erbocker at ? o'clock, the stated har,
OF the meeting, the members wanted
reply to Judge Miller made by som.
one.
Senator Robert F. Wagner was Cor.
for. Secretary George r. Van Nsms
announced that the hour for meetin,
had been set along to o'clock. Afts,
conference between Charles F. Mur
ply, John H. McCooey, Senator War.
ner. William II. Kelley. of Svracuss
Charles II. Norris. of Watertown. an,
others. and on the suggestion o. Sen
ator Wagner. who did not relish tn.
task of speaking without preparatiOp
IN reply to Judge Miller, it was decide.
to postpone making a reply to JUDI,
Miller until the night of September IA
AT that time the state ticket candidate,
Will be officially notified of their nom
nations at mass meeting in the Arer,
IN Syracuse. Alfred +. Smith anil
Joseph A. Kellogg then will max.
answer to the assertion by Judge MI.
ler that the issue is the Tammanyizus
of the State of New York.
Chairman Harris called the commit.
tee to order at 1920 o'clock at Ii.
Hotel knickerbocker yesterday and an.
nounced that the principal bushes,
was the election of a new state chair.
man and secretary. While Secretary
Van Name held the gavel Caleb VI.
Mitchell, of Saratoga, nominated Chair
man Harris to succeed himself. and
Mr.. Harris was unanimously elected
Secretary Van Name next exneriencei
the same happy fate. Edward f. Pei.
klns, president of bank in Pough.
keepsle, was reelected treasurer A..
bert +. Hoyt was reelected clerk, anil
Charles +. Weiss. who has held dow,
the Job for many years, was reeects |
sergeant-atarms.
Charles F. Rattigan, of Auburn the
moved that the state committee hess
quarters be moved from New York d
Syracuse, and the resolution went .os
the top without opposition.
William H. Kelley, of S.s-.tnrs. ensir
man of the orig.--ai a1ti Hearst stes,
ing comp,.ttevs offered preamble and
resolutions to the effect that it was the
Hell-defined policy of the Democrsic
party to give women equal represen.s.
ton with the men in the party coun.
clls; that county committeemen be re.
quested to elect a woman as an s,.
sociate member of the state commitm
ana mat the state committeeman Il
eacn Assembly district call a meetig
OF the county committeeman on or b. |
tore the 23d dav of this month for tie
purpose of carrying the desires of tie
state committee into effect.
senator James A Foley put througi
resolution pledging the Democrat
organizations of the state to push the
fourth Liberty Loan
Chairman Harris said that the recr-
sanized state committee, with the
women associate members, would be |
ahnounced at the notification meeting
IN Syracuse on the night of the 2e;a
Aiter Chairman Harris had given nOtcl /
OF reception for the candidates and
1he visiting state committeeman at The /
bem ocratic Club in Fifth Avenue last
night, the committee adjourned. +