New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Leaders Not Holding Office
Under Hylan Favor "Ar"
Smith for Governor
Some Think Swami
Has a Good Chance
Murphy Expected to Keep
Promise to Try to Put
Publisher Across

Tammany leaders and their dele
gates will follow Charles F. Murphy
to Saratoga to-day. But that is as far
as some of them say they will follow
him if he tries to keep his agreement
with William Randolph Hearst to de-
liver to him, or one of Hearst's hand
picked candidates, the nomination for
Governor.
Tammany leaders who are not Office
holders under Mayor Hylan are openly
saying that Alfred E. Smith, President
of the Board of Aldermen, is entitled
to the nomination, if any man from
New York City is to be nominated.
Murphy is committed to Hearst, and
he is known to keep his word, as Judge
Parker said to-day in The Tribune"
said one Tammany delegate "And
Hearst. who couldn't be elected dog
catcher in any village in the state, is
going to get the nomination if Murphy
can deliver. / for one will bolt if
Murphy tries to put Hearst over. I
boil over when think of how this man,
who fought our entrance into the war.
and when we got into it demanded that
we keep our soldiers in America, and
not send them to France, can get any
decent man-and Murphy is four
square-to champion his cause"
Murphy's Promise
But back of Murphy's championship
of Hearst is Murphy's promise. And
Murphy's record is that he has never
broken his word. Murphy gave Hearst
his promise to support him for Gov
ernor this fall in return for Hearsts
withdrawal from the race for the
Mayoralty and his subsequent support
OF Hylan.
Hearst, so one of his representatives
intimated yesterday. would support
either District Attorney Swami or ex-
Ambassador Gerard if he could not OBJ
tain the nomination for himself. One
of Swann's friends said there was
possibility of the District Attorney re-
cciving the nomination instead Of
Hearst.
Hearst" said this friend of Swami,
'has been praising the District At
torney editorially of late. They are
good friends, and l would not be sur
prised if Swami got the nomination"
There is a feeling among Tammany
mon that Hearst, fearing the disloyalty
issue, may at the last moment decide
not to run. In that event, Tammany
men believe, Hearst would try 20 name
his man. Murphy, aided by the. Nc
Cooey- -Glynn- Cabe-Connors combi-
nation, would be able to accomplish
this, unless sufficient number of in
dependent Democrats rallied to the
snsi-Hearst standard unfurled by Will
lam Church Osborn.
Osborn Men Not Idle
Osborn's friends have not been idle,
and any attempt on the part of Hearst
to put forward Gerard or Swami as a
compromise candidate will be met with
the same opposition that Hearst would
receive if a candidate. Several promi-
aent Democrats, including Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, and other men in or close to
the Wilson Cabinet, have Endorsed Os-
born.
Hearst within three days has said,
according to prominent Democrat,
that he is out for the nomination.
Some local Democrats sec in the up
state sentiment for Gerard clever
hearst move. Gerard has stated en-
phatically 20 friends that he will not
be candidate against Hearst. If the
convention should designate Gerard
and Hearst, between the eojournmen,
of the convention and August s, the
last day Cor filing petitions, should
file his, Gerard would be IT the posi-.
ton of having to run against Hearst
or retiring
Gerard" said a Democrat who dis
cussed this piece of Hearst camouflage
"is not the type who would permit him
self to be used in this way. But if you
were asked to name two big Democratic
leaders outside Of Manhattan who have
never quarrellcd with Murphy and who
have. always done his bidding, you
could only name John H. McCooey, o1
Brooklyn, and William H. Kelley, O:
Onondaga. Kelley is saying he is for
Hearst. Murphy is pledged to Hearst
Why say more?"
May Leave Field Open
The general belief among Tammany
men is that the convention will not
designate any man for Governor if the
delegates see through the Hearst-Mur-
phy-Hylan deal. thus leaving the pri-
maries open to Hearst. Said one who
is for Hearst:
"The Republicans did not designate
any one. Why wouldn't it be good
politics for us to do the same thing %
One Democrat, when asked what he
knew of the situation, said:
OTIS Hearst or a dark horse. An.
the dark horse may be the temporar,
chairman"
The temporary chairman is Joseph
A. Kellogg. of Glens Falls. He is 8
former Supreme Court justice. He is
polished speaker. and those who at
tended the Democratic convention in
1912, when Sulzer was nominated, re.
called his spirited speech urging the
convention to nominate Sulzer instead
of Dix.
From Washington last night came
rord that Representative George r
-nnn, Of the Schenectady district
sould probably address the convention
He was elected delegate.
There arc scores of candidates for
some OF the lesser places on the
ticket. Friends of Mayor Harry c.
Walker, of Broome County, believing
they cannot bulge the Hearst Murphy
Hylan combination, are now playing
Kim for second place.
Mentioned for Places
Other men mentioned for a place on
the ticket and the offices they are
named for are:
For Attorney General, John Muir
taugh, of Elmira, majority leader of
the Senate in 1914; James +. Parsons
of Steuben. first deputy State Attorney
General under Carm odv. John Cullen