The New York herald., 1922-09-21
HEARST MEN CLAIM
MAJORITY in STATE
K. 5. Harris Says 1928 of 634
Delegates Want to Support
Publisher at Syracuse.
ERIE DEFEAT MINIMIZED
McCabe in Albany Acknowl-
edges an Avalanche Struck
Him and Keeps Quiet.

At least 32S. or slightly more than
half OF the 634 delegates to the Demo-
cratic ate Convention on Tuesday,
have expressed a desire to support
William II. Hearst for Governor. an
nounced Edwin S. Harris. former
chairman OF the State committee. last
night in the absence of William J.
Conners, manager of the Hearst forces.
Leaders representing forty-seven
delegates not previously counted on
had assured him of their support OF
Hearst during the day. he said.
This claim, the first OF its kind made
by the Hearst managers, was the more
startling in view OF the prevailing po-
litical opinion that the cause OF the
publisher was injured seriously =, the
primaries when Mr.. Conners "a !. TO
capture the Erie county delegates and
p. II. McCabe.e Hearst leader in AL
bany. made a miserable showing.
As an offset to these nulkes which
might be expected to have a serious
moral effect on the fortunes of Hearst,
Harris said John Palace had won in
Monroe against frankly ansi-Hearst
forces. who had advertised that Palace,
II successful. would be for the publisher
Hearst also had won at least two OF the
three delegates from Saratoga county
and three of the six from Steuben. where
there were contests. asserted Mr.. Harris.
Mr.. Hearst was In Chicago yesterday.
Nr. tonners was in Buffalo. Mr.. Harris
was not in communication with either.
Regards Victory Certain.
However said Mr.. Harris at the
lsHotel McAipin last might. II have been
IN touch with all the Hearst leaders OF
Importance in the state to-day and they
are standing fast by him.
I'm my judgment the only thing that
can stop Mr.. Hearst's nomination is Mr.
Hearst.
Leaving out all delegates about whom
there Is any doubt and excluding Man
haitian and The Bronx there are 32S
delegates who have expressed a desire
to support Mr.. Hearst for the nomina-
ton"
Mr.. Conners some time ago expressed
the feeling that Hearst would have 100
delegates outside New York city. The
statement of Mr.. Harris includes in the
Hearst camp the delegates In Kings,
Queens and Richmond.
The facts as they developed during
the day In the districts where there were
Democratic contests seemed to be
In Erie where Mr.. Corners fought for
the thrty-eight delegates TO the conyep-
tion, ostensibly for Louis y. Fuhrmann.
but really for Hearst, he won only four.
They were elected In the strongly Polish
districts, which went overwhelmingly
for Conners. so much so that. according
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third of the total vote in the county. He
was defeated, however, in his own dis
trjct.
In Albany county the Hearst dele
gates. headed by II. II. McCabe. were
defeated about twenty to one. Nowhere,
not even In the strong labor districts.
did tho boaste1 Hearst sentiment APP
pear. McCabc said:
II can't understand IL. Our showing
was so measiey | guess the best thing
! can do is to keep quiet"
Not Worried by Loss of Eric.
As for Saratoga county, whore a
nght was made on the Hearst issue, Mr..
Harris said i've towns I'm the mountains
had not been heard from. But even IL
they all went anti-Hearst two Hearst
delegates would still be elected. The
vote on the other three is so close that
the Hearst men might be defeated II
the five towns in question should go
heavily against the publisher.
"rho gamblers were the force back Of
the Tight on Hearst IN Saratoga county"
said Mr.. Harris. He considered the
winning of at least two delegates there
as more significant than the loss OF Erie
and Albany. for he said. ''the enrolled
vote In the two latter was only about
sixty per cent. OF the total Democratic
vote. while in Saratoga Il represented al
least ninety per cent.
80 far az the effect Of the Erie
county primary IL connected with the
nomination OF Mr.. Hearst for Governor"
said Mr.. Harris. II believe 1t has no
effect whatever If Erie county had
given n solid delegation for Fuhrmann
the Governorship would have been set
tied right then and there and there
would have been no further differences
Of opinion about II. Not TO have elected
Fuhrmann delegates does not affect the
situation at all, II just delays II.
"'rhe only effect oni 'he situation is
the loss OF thirty delegates. We hoped
to have In the convention"
Mayor Hylsn issued a statement 10
say that the primary result meant moth
ing TO the Hearst candidacy.