The New York herald., 1922-08-18
HEARST FORCES QUIT
IN PRIMARY FIGHTS
Even Give Up Trying in Syra-
cuse as Central Counties
Swing to Smith.
STILL AT 1T IN ALBANY
Erie Only Other Up State
County With Real Contest
as Petition Time Arrives.

Special Dispatch to TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
SYRACUSE, Aug. 17.-Wiliam J. Con-
ners's attack on the Onondagans has
been repulsed. The Hearst club. which
Conners has been swinging, turns out
10 have been made of rubber. not stone
The Hearst boom has collapsed in this
section and William II. Kelley is still
Democratic boss.
The Hearst forces started out a few
weeks ago with the prediction that they
onondaga and send a delegation to the
Democratic State Convention instructed
to vote for Hearst for the nomination
for Governor.
Now the time for action instead of
talk has arrived with the limit fixed by
law for filing designating petitions and
announcement is made that the Hearst
leaders have abandoned their plan and
viii not contest the primaries. No petit
tions are being circulated. The Demo-
cratic regulars are nearly 100 per cent
for the nomination of Alfred f. Smith
for Governor and the entire delegation
from this country will vote as one man
for Al. the regulars say.
Contests Abandoned.
Much the same situation exists
throughout the central part of the State.
In the northern counties, jefferson and
st. Lawrence. the primaries are going
without contests and the regulars are
unit for Smith. In Oswego the Hearst
men are trying to make a fight OF it.
but with almost no hope of getting far.
In Oneida, Cortland and the counties
through this political bailiwick the
Hearst primary contests are abandoned.
The two spots where the Hearst leaders
are still at 1t are Albany and Erie
where Patrick z. McCabe is trying to
come back into control of the organiza
tion and William J. Corners is seeking
control
Ninety per cent of the upstate dele
gates will vote for Smith in the State
convention on the second ballot in the
opinion of the regular leaders. Albany
will cast complimentary vote for Peter
Ten Eyck, Schenectady for Mayor Lunn.
and one or two other favorite son dele
cations will give complimentary votes.
Then the swing will be to Smith and
he will be nominated, the regulars say.
Nearly forty counties have declared al
ready for Smith; another dozen or SO
viii follow in the next week.
Although giving UP the primary fight
and thereby admitting they haven't a
chance Of beating the organizations in
the big counties. the Hearst agents in
sist they will keep working for his
nomination until the convention meets
If Hearst permits the further use OF
his name his hackers say they will
spend the next few weeks and many
thousands of dollars organizing Hearst
clubs of men and women wao will
on ha nj ixa md
prove before the. last week in Septem-
ber that the Democrats want the editor
named. The one such club so far or
ganized here wasn't much of a sue
cess. because it was discovered after
big luncheon had been given that many
of the 100 women who enjoyed Mr.
Hearst's hospitality and a fine days
outing at Skaneateles were Republi-
cans.
Unrest Fails Them.
George II. Mcclure. brother OF James
X, former Democratic boss and later
known widely as the Irish freedom agi-
tator; Michael Lundigan a shoe dealer.
and Melvin u. Haven. former member
of the state executive committee. are
the leaders of the Hearst movement
They maintain a courageous attitude;
they insist. they are not discouraged by
S~11llIn > eHtTy ana tHtk ABOUT lnS rlS-
ing tide of sentiment" for Hearst which
win speed the convention.
Apparently they have a monopoly on
the tide; there are no signs of II along
the canal where shipping Is rushing
along faster than fo- years and the
army of workers Is too busy to talk
politics. The Hearst people all say that
the editor politicians great strength Is
that he stands for the dissatisfaction
and unrest. They talk lot about the
unrest without results.