New-York tribune., 1918-05-27
"14th Street" Locks
War Chest Against
Upstate Candidate
Murphy Willing to Let
Syracuse Conference "Go
Ahead and Pick Its Man"

Tammany district leaders, who dur
ing the last month have tried to get
from Charles F. Murphy a hint as to
his attitude in the Governorship cam
paign, concur in the Judgment that
Mr.. Murphy does not very much care
who is nominated for Governor by the
Democrats so long as the district
leaders can sidestep expensive primary
fights and so long as the treasurer of
Tammany Hall does not have to finance
the upstate campaign.
II was talking only this week with
c. f. about the Syracuse conference
and the coming primaries" said one Of
the leaders yesterday "He said that
II the upstate men wanted to name
the candidate they were welcome +o ao
1T, and Tammany would not ston then,
but he did not want them LOOKING r.
Fourteenth Street for money as soon
as the campaign started. He said that
fourteenth Street had got all the
worst of it by financing Dix and Sulzer
and that with the war on. and the null
t'plled calls for money, Tammanv
would be better off if it let the up-
state Democrats, who will meet the
latter part of June or early in Julv In
decide on candidate, 20 ahead and
pick their man."
Would Name Wilson Man
Il haven't the slightest idea who the
candidate will be-" said Senator Robe It
r. wagner, but l believe | know the
type of candidate who will be chosen.
believe he will be man who will
as soon as nominated, command the
support of the Wilson Administration
furthermore, / believe that the Whit
man men are IN Tor a surprise in the
coming state campaign.
"1f the Democrats name man vbo
will have the hearty support Of the M
Wilson Administration he probahiv
Will beat the Governor-assuminp tn al
whitman will win in the primaries.
thlnk from the conversations | have
nad nae lately with new women voters thai
PRESIDENT Wilson is very strong with
the women. Perhaps this is duo IN
part to the war and that people "a 9
whole want the national government
heartily supported. On account of this
TACT, believe that the Democratic
nominee for Governor will have the
backing of the Wilson Administrator
as we'll as of Democrats generally"
Little more is heard of the Hearst
boom for Governor. Outside of Mayo,
Hylan and Commissioner of Accounts
David Hirshfield no one in the Hylar
administration is saying anythine fo,
the publisher.
A leader who during the last month
mas corresponded with Democratic
leaders IN all of the upstate counties
said that not only was there no senti.
ment for Hearst up the state. but
there are conclusive reasons whv the
publisher, if a candidate this wear
would make even q poorer showing
than he did when he was the nominee
of the regular organization and the
independence League in 1905. when he
was beaten by $1,000
The first of these reasons" said
this Democratic leader. "is that the
upstate Democrats, never very for
midable in an election, had in 1906 the
benefit OF what was known rs the In
dependence League, which had been
organized following the municipal
election of 1905, and which attracted
10 It's standard very considerable
number OF former Republicans, Inde-
pendent Democrats and miscellane Gus
radicals. who saw in it an opportunity
TO smite the two old parties. Some Of
the counties which contributed to the
Hearst total under the independence