The sun., 1918-07-16
OSBORN'S CANDIDACY
WINS ENDORSEMENTS
One Upstate Democrat Halls
Him as New YOrk's Next
: "Great War Governor"
McC0OEY LIKES HEARST
Wagner Names Committee to
Draft Patriotic Plat
form for Saratoga.
McCOOEY LIKES HEARST

While John II. McCooey. superinten-
dent OF the Kings county Democratic
ranch. was making 1t known indirectly
yesterday that he, as well as Charles F.
Murphy OF Tammany Hall. had no deep
longing to see william Church Osborn
chosen as the Democratic nominee for
Governor Mr.. Osborn was receiving
scores of kilograms from various parts OF
the State commencing him for his
courage In coming out for the nominal
ton in spite of the city organizations.
Some OF the messages were from up
State leaders and others from Democrats
not active in politics. One OF the latter
said:
Your appeal In the press this morn
ing Is clear and convincing without a
scintilla Of camoufage. As an enrolled
Democrat ] shall support you unre-
servedly. Your absolute opposition to
Hearst. Murphy ct al your uneQuivocal
friendship for Mayor Mitchell, your
courageous sons in France. who are
fighting for democracy and the preser-
walton OF our great republic, will make
you our great war Governor OF New
York.
Incidentally there are four extra votes
in my house since last election, and l
shall try to enlist them for you"
Mr.. McCooey OF Brooklyn has good
reason to oppose Mr.. Osborn. The latter
when State chairman gave him a heart
to heart talk on the arbitrary way in
which he was handling the organisation
OF that borough. 1t was at a time when
the independent element here was plan
ming revolt and Mr.. Osborn as head
or the State organization deemed 1t his
duty to prevent an uprising against the
duly constituted authority. Although he
did not take it with very good grace Mr..
McCooey needed the advice and the up
las forgiven Mr.. Osborn for the latter's
frankness.
McCOoey's Reputed Choices.
There is no concealment Of the fact
that Mr.. McCooey's preference for the
nomination is William Randolph Hearst.
Next he prefers James w. Gerard, be-
cause the latter In q friend of the edi-
tor. His third choice Is Alfred E. Smith,
President of the Board OF Aldermen.
That Mr.. Hearst intends to make a
vigorous fight at Saratoga Is indicated
by the news from there yesterday that
his managers had engaged twenty seven
rooms at the Grand Union Hotel. From
present indications none OF the old time
conventions when candidates were really
nominated were any more lively than
the Democratic affair promises to be-
With demonstrations on behalf OF half
dozen active candidates for the Guber-
material nomination the natives Of the
Springs are likely to be aroused in a
way to which they have not been accus-
toned in years.
Friends Of Mayor Harry c. Walker
Of Binghamton are organizing an auto
mobile caravan. starting from his home
city and receiving additions all the way
TO Saratoga. 1t is not far from Sche-
nectady to Saratoga. and Representative
George r. Lunn's home folk are going
over to the Springs In force TO boom
their favorite The information here,
however. is that the Schenectady mans
Advocacy OF the Federal prohibition
amendment has entirely eliminated him
from the list of availables.
In addition to the influential indepen-
dents who will be backing the Osborn
candidacy Democratic farmers will make
1t clear at the convention that the for
mer chairman of the State committee Is
their choice.
AL Smith will have hosts Of individual
hackers, friends who will be working for
him tooth and nail, many Of them Tam
many men. whose efforts will be under
cover so long as their chief withholds
his Endorsement OF the Smith candidacy.
Committee to Draft Platform.
Senator Robert F. Wagner. chairman
OF the committee appointed to draft a
platform for consideration by the formal
COMMITTEES to be named at the Saratoga
convention, announced the other mem
bers yesterday They are Mrs. Jean
Norris, Tammany woman leader OF the
Tenth Assembly district Mrs. Elizabeth
Barry. woman leader In Charles F. Muir
phys district John q. SAKE. formerly
legal adviser to Gov. Glynn: Senator
James A. Foley OF New York Abram I.
Elkus. formerly Ambassador to Turkey:
John F. Calvin. Commissioner OF the
Board of Water Supply. New York
Peter j. Brady labor leader of New
York; Joseph NJ. Callahan OF New York,
minority leader OF the Assembly Miss
Mary Shea. school teacher of The
Bronx; former Representative John ].
Fitzgerald of Kings; Mrs. Mary Patter-
son. Kings county lawyer: Charles
Bruins of Richmond Miss Kathryn Star
buck a lawyer OF Saratoga Thomas
Hogan OF Syracuse, w. Caryl Ely of
Erie, Frank l.. Mott of jamestown, John
J. Sinnott of Kings. Judge D.-Cady Her
rick OF Albany, William Church Osborn
Of Putnam, James r. PEARSON of Steuben,
former Senator John +. Murtagh of
Chemung and Delos NJ. Cosgrove OF JEFF
ferson.
Patriotism will be the keynote of the
platform. All other considerations will
be subordinated TO this idea.
The committee on temporary organi-
zation. OF which Jeremiah F. Conner of
Madison Is chairman, at a meeting last
night selected Judge Joseph Augustus
]. Kellogg of Gens Falls as the chair
man Of the convention. Judge Kellogg
was First Deputy Attorney General for
four years, except for a few months.
when he occupied a place on the Su-
preme Court bench by appointment OF
Gov. Dix. Judge Kellogg has been men
toned by some OF the upstate men as