New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
L annnany May
Line U p 10 Put
Marshall Over
Leaders Now Are Convinced
That McAdoo Is Out of
Race; Murphy Friendly
to the Vice President
Four States i'm Combine
Massachusetts, New York.
Indiana and Illinois to
Fight Wilson Program

ALBUQUERQUE, \. NJ, June 20 COR
Board the Tammany Special aD.-Accorc
ing to information received hy the
Tammany leaders who are heading the
New York delegates to the San Fran
CISCO convention on this train. there
Is strong possibility that Vice Presi
oent Thomas +. Marshall may be agreed
upon as the compromise Presidential
ernnlq1loa'e, IN view Of the refusal of
William &. McAdoo to permit his nam
TO be presented to the convention.
Had McAdoo sought the nomination.
there would have been a bitter fight
as large majority Of the New York del
,egates are strongly opposed to him and
nave favored Governor James NJ Cox
OF Ohio. They still favor Cox before
all other candidates. but there "a 2
strong sentiment among the Tammanv
delegation to back Marshall if the Vice
president is agreed upon.
ne Iamnany leaders at first refused
TO believe that McAdoo was sincere in
ms statement. They privately express
the opinion that in view of Mr.. Nc
Adoo's declaration of two months 800
that no man could refuse the honor of
presidential nomination if it came
TO nm unsought, the former Secretary
on inc ireasury and railroad admins
traitor was making another move ia
have the honor come 10 him withou.
his seeking it.
McAd"o Really Out of Race.
Advlces they have received on tho
tram during the last twentv-four hours
however. have convinced them that Nc.
Adoo is out of it.
Charles F. Murphy, it is understood
py ms followers, would willingly sun.
port Marshall for the nomination in
view of the change in the situation
Drought about by McAdoo's retire
ment from the field. Mr.. Murphy has
always regarded Marshall WITH an.
proVai' and If an agreement can be
Leacned on Marshall at San Francisco.
MS followers expect him 20 ioin !.
Ihe certainty that William !. Rrvan
VIII oppose the nomination Of Governor
COX with ali Of his power is cavsing
tne ammany delegates TO look bovond
COX. although they have no regard FOR
Bryan. a. y '0'
Murphy has conferred with Tom Tag
CART and the party leaders of Illinois.
and a combination has been made by
which the New York, Indiana, Illinois
and Massachusetts delegates Will form
the nucleus of an organization at San
Francisco that viii oppose the Wilson
--N anu ID an : LIH plank
efforts. The Tammany delegates be
lieve that the power Of this groun Will
be thrown behind Marshall after the
first or second ballot
Attitude Disagrees With Braves
The Tammany party is resting to
day after what most Of the 1872 men
and women on the train regarded = s n
perilous trip up the new autom ob,ie
road to the top OF Pixies Peak. The
high altitude made several members
OF the party III and many Of them go,
out of the auto busses after having
passed few of the dangerous spots on
the climb and walked back.
To-day Tammany attended mass IN
body i'll quaint little st. Joseph +.
Church in the little town of Springer
n. NJ. The desire to have the mass
said for them was tolegraphed ahead
early this morning and the train was
stopped at Springer for two hours.
+ tather Dcvoie, veteran of the war.
preached sermon IN which he said
he was . Democrat. liked Tammanv
and hoped they would nominate a good
man. a voluntary collection WAS taken
up and Father Devote was handed
about $500, which he said was what he
usually receives in a whole year in
his parish of 800 square miles.