New-York tribune., 1920-07-05
Murphy Plea
Defied By II
McAdoO Men
Support For the Nice-Presi-
dency Or Senate Is Offered
Roosevelt In Efforts to
Bunch the Ninety Votes
Await End of Deadlock
Independents Will Back No
Dark Horse Except An
Administration ChOic G

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SAN FRANCISCO. July 4.-With
Tammany in a position to be power
full factor in breaking the deadlock
F. Murphy made a futile effort to-day
to unite New York's ninety votes so
he could deliver them in block to any
candidate whom he might favor for the
Presidential nomination.
During the late balloting last night,
and again at the New York headquar-
ters in the Bellevue Hotel to- day, Muir
ply made one proposition after another
to the group of seventeen so-called in
dependents who have been voting solid
ly against the majority Of the New
York delegates since the break from
Governor Smith occurred.
The Independents, however, have
elected to sit tight, and Mayor Lunn
of Schenectady and Franklin D. Roose-
velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
leaders of the nti-Murphy group of
delegates, served notice that their
forces will remain with McAdoo or
any other candidate favored by the
Administration leaders.
New Bolt Threatened
One of the offers by Murphy to swing
the independents into line was a pro-
posal during the balloting late last
night to support Roosevelt for the Vice
Presidential nomination if the seven
teen delegates would come under Muir
phys control.
When the proposal was made dis
senslon Immediately broke out in the
New York City and Brooklyn delega-
tons A group of district leaders and
delegates who are not very friendly to
Murphy, although they have been loyal
to his leadership, served notice that
they were opposed to supporting Roose-
velt for second place on the ticket. and
that If Murphy made such a deal with
the independents they would split the
delegation themselves. Roosevelt de.
cllned to make the DEAL it is under.
stood, and the negotiations were called
Off
Senatorship Also Offered
Murrphys friends proposed to-day
that Roosevelt be given the Tamman,
support for the Democratic nomina
tion for United States Senator mex
fall if the Independents would get be
hind Murphy. The same group OF
Iammanyites who blocked last nights
move for harmony again served notice
that they opposed Roosevelt, and the
second effort to unite the delegation
failed
Fourteen of the Tammany delegate:
from New York City left San Francisco
on the Tammany Hall special train las
night and their absence has materially
reduced Murphy's actual strength il
the delegation to-day
The alternates of many Of the dele
gates are not in San Francisco and the
seats OF the absent delegates in the
convention are actually unoccupied
An agreement was reached between
the delegates and the anti Murphy
leaders, however, by which their votes
will be cast by proxy and without
! question.
All of the delegates who departed
are Cox supporters. but the anti-Co>
members of the delegation said the,
would not question the recording OF
the votes of the absentees.
Poll Not To Be Asked
Mayor Lunn was asked what would bt
the result if some independent dele
gate should take it upon himself tt
demand a poll of the delegation or
any ballot. "No such thing will be
/ DONE" he said. 1T would be bad from
! the standpoint of the whole delega
| ton The Cox vote from New Yorl
would be reduced, of course, if some
| one should demand poll, but there
was an agreement made before thu
train left that no such move would bt
made"
All of the seventeen independent
who have Teen opposing Murphy, to
gether Will. their alternates, have re
I NAMED, and will be here until the as
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