The New York herald., 1922-09-30

| lOFidl nomination.. ana III Idtt a. many
places on the ticket as he desired.
The Mayor and Corners declined to
make any suggestions along this line
They told Murphy that they would
have to inform their principal OF the
situation and leave the rest to him.
smith Celebration.
! Having taken the plunge. Murphy
set about organizing the machinery
/ for the construction of ticket suitable
to Smith. Until Hearst's telegram OF
withdrawal was received the Mayor
and Conners with their retinue of
Hearst agents maintained an eloquent
silence. They retired to their hotel
and resisted all attempts OF the jubi-
liant forces to make them come out TO
! join in the celebration.
| The celebrants stormed the Smith
quarters on the sixth floor of the Onon-
daga Hotel and then scattered all over
the town TO spread the glad news.
Where it all came from-genuine
French champagne among other things
will always remain a mystery; but
there was lot of it on call between
breakfast and lunch time.
| The idol of Tammany made no at
| tempt to conceal his qualification over
the elimination of his arch enemy. ut
was the natural consequence of the
situation" was his public comment.
/ supplemented by the statement that
"in self respect / could not have made
a deal with the elements in the Dem
ocratic party which Mr.. Hearst rep
resents."
This statement won the instant SUP
| port and Endorsement of leading inde-
pendent Democrats like William
Church Osborn. Samuel Seabury,
Frank A. Mott and other men who
have been fighting the Hearst infiu-
ences all the time and the Murphy
machine at frequent intervals.
The fact was that aside from the
payroll patrons. who feared personal
reprisals affecting themselves, there
were few mourners and many celeb
rants over the elimination of the
"william street plague" as Tom Foley,
the political mentor of Smith. de-
scribed Hearst. The payroll gang
naturally took a panicky view Of the
break between Murphy and the Hearst
| lieutenants. In common with joyous
Smith supporters they interpreted
Hearst's telegram as declaration Of
war which might carry disaster 10
themselves.
Conncrs Charges Frame Up.
However, this group of mercenaries
| constituted small minority in the
D-f ifSr~it
of Brooklyn. Manhattan, Bronx.
Queens and Richmond leaders ana
delegates, as also the upstate leaders
who supported Smith and opposed
Hearst from the start, were openly
defiant. They described him as a
"sorehead;" Trsdicted that he will not
be able to organize revolt against
Tammany, with the Cohalan insurgent
move against Murphy as the nucleus
of it. and that he would be treated
like any other bad loser"
After the publication of Hearst's
telegram Mayor Hylan. Conners and
other champions and adherents of the
editor publisher did the best they could
to create the impression that "war to
| the knife" between the Hearst forces
and the Murphy organization would
be the natural outcome of the situa-
ton.
| The Mayor himself made no COM
ment beyond saying that "he had done
his best to smooth out a difficult situa-
| ton" He refused,to advance any pre-
! tliction as to tho political plans of
| Hearst. but he intimated very plainly
| that he would support any under
| taking decided upon by his chief and
4 patron. Corners was less reserved
| than the Mayor. He did not hesitate
TO assert that Murphy and Smith had
been putting on vaudeville show to
| hide the frameup they agreed upon
\ months ago"
Corners, with that refreshing direct
ness for which he is famous, informed
the writer that he had been wise to
| this frameup for months"
The Buffalo operator consoled him
self with the fact that he had made a
good market for Murphy" which
cryptic remark he did not further
elucidate. He expressed the opinion
that "the big interests which have
been fighting Mr.. Hearst have won
because they have dictated the selec-
ton of both the Republican and Demo-
cratic tickets. No matter which is
elected. the big interests will win.
Now that they have got their man
here it is up TO them to elect him. !
think they will decide to keep Miller
on the job because they have trained
him to do the things they want"
e. S. Harris. another member of the
Hearst political staff. was asked IL he
I thought Hearst's telegram portended
the injection of third ticket into the
field. lie said:x
What's the use? The success oil
the reactionary influence here has
done the trick for the Republicans"
HyIan Retreats.
Complete harmony did not prevail
among the Hearst lieutenants. Some
OF them openly criticized Mayor Hylan
for his failure to put the screws on
Murphy" BY this they meant that
the Mayor should have bluntiy noti-
fed the Tammany chief that he would
immediately fire from the city pay roll
a lot OF Tammafiy adherents.
McCooey. the Brooklyn leader. also
came in for special attention from the
Hearst lieutenants. They charged him
with double crossing the man who
has saved him politically a number OF
tines meaning Hearst.
It is probable that there would have
been some vitriolic exchanges TO mar