New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Leader Takes Editor and
Hylan at Their Words
That They Are,Not Seek
ing Gov. Miller's Place
Estimate Board
For Ex-Governor
Mayor Has Only Riegel-
mann and Connolly Be-
hind Him i'm Showdown

chieftain, has taken William r. Hearst
at his word.
4 Mr.. Hearst Officially says that he
is not candidate for Governor. Mayor
Hylan says the same thing.
4 Murphy has sent the word down the
line that Hearst and Hylan are to be
taken at their word, and that the wav
is open, if the district leaders so de-
sire, to rally all hands for AL Smith.
Hearst men in Tammany Hall expect
the publisher formally to withdraw
from the race within the next ten days.
The fight for delegates by the Hearst
Conners-H -Hylan forces has been aban-
doned everywhere in the state save in
Erie and Albany counties. 49,
Mayor Hylan this week canvassed the
Board of Estimate to see where he
| would stand if he broke with Tammany.
| He discovered that Tammany controls
the board by 10 votes to 6. The Mayor
| discovered that in case he Starts
som ething" for the purpose of CLUB
bing delegates into line for Hearst the
Board Of Estimate would split as fol-
| lows
For Hearst and Hylan Hylan, 8;
Borough President Riegelmann Of
Brooklyn, 2; Borough President Con-
molly of Queens, |. Total, s.
For Murphy Comptroller Craig, 8;
President Hubert of the Board of
Aldermen, 8; Borough President Miller
OF Manhattan, 2; Borough President
| Bruckner of the Bronx, L. Borough
| President Lynch of Richmond, 1. Total.
10.
| Hearst Standing "Pat"
! William j. Corners, the chief engi-
neer Of the Hearst boom, is coming
}from Buffalo tomorrow night to see
what has happened to the Hearst-for-
Governor campaign. Last week he said
| that Charles F. Murphy controlled the
1 situation. Within a week former Gov
ernor Smith has resumed the leader
ship of the party in the state as a
| whole, and the rank and file in Tam
many Hall boast that the publisher is
out of the race.
Before leaving town this week for
Good Ground, L. T., Mr.. Murphy signifi-
cantly suggested to his advisers that
Hearst and Hylan had taken them
selves out of the race and that AL
Smith seemed to be the only avowed
| candidate outside of "favorite sons"
here and there up the state.
| Edwin S. Harris, former chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee, in
charge of the Conners-H Hearst head
| quarters in the Hotel McAlpin, said
yesterday there was no change in the
| situation. When asked about the re-
curing rumor that Mr.. Hearst will
retire from the race in few days,
| he said:
| az cannot speak for Mr.. Hearst, but
speaking for Mr.. Conners and myself
/ can say that the situation has not
! changed in any way. Mr.. Hearst is in
this movement as much to-day as he
has been at any time in the past, and
| he will be in it as much on the 28th
to-day. The people supporting Mr..
Hearst for Governor to-day will be
found supporting him on September %.
II talked with Mr., Corners over the
| telephone this afternoon" continued
| Mr. Harris. "He said that in Buffalo
everything looked good at the start.
and conditions had greatly improved
| on account of the meetings they are
holding there"
Mr.. Harris said that he had received
many messages from Hearst men
around the state praising Mr.. Hearst's
formal statement
Word reached Tam.nany Hall yes
terday that the Hearst men-the Nc
Guires-isl Syracuse had dropped their
fight against William H. Kelley, the
organization leader there, and were
not trying to elect delegates favorable
to Hearst. Kelley is Smith man.
Conners Still Hopeful
The only real battles are in Erie and
Albany counties. Mr.. Conners says
that he will get more thap half the
delegates in Buffalo. In Albany
"Packeyn Met Cabe, former boss of the
Albany Democracy, is trying to regain
control of the organization there. Ed
ward G.. Corning Is now in the saddle,
and the Corning men are booming
Representative Peter G. Ten Eyck for
Governor.
There is some Hearst sentiment in
Oswego, but the Smith men seem to
greatly predominant. The Hearst men
are doing nothing in st. Lawrence,
Oneida and Monroe counties, although
! Mr.. Hearst has purchased newspaper
! in Rochester.
r. Fl. La Guardia, former President
of the Board of Aldermen, conferred
with Mayor Hylan yesterday afternoon
at the City Hall. When asked about
Hearst on the Republican ticket, La
Guardia looked happy and said some
thing about the dgreat cal" Whan
asked directly Ii he would run on a
| third ticket in order to promote pro-
gressive government, II am progress
| sive,n he said.
1t is. expected that If the Hearst
movement. becomes formidable in Buff
| falo former Governor Smith will go
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