The New York herald., 1922-08-19
AL SMITH In A WALK,
SAYS NORMAN MACK
Committeeman Thinks Ex-
Governor Will BE Named
by Acclamation.
HEARST OUT OF RACE
No Sentiment Is Found for
Publisher Among Up
State Democrats.
HEARST OUT OF RACE

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YosK HERALD.
BUFFALO, Aug. 1s.-"Alfred e. Smith
will be nominated by acclanation in the
Democratic convention" Norman f.
Mack Democratic national committee
man from this State and close friend of
Charles F. Murphy. said to-day. This
he summed UP as the unanimous opinion
of the upstate Democrats.
Unless there is political revolution
In the September primaries the leaders
agree that the Democratic case is closed
And there are no signs of revolution.
William ]. conners. manager for Will
liam r. Hearst. is making a hard fight
10 get control of the Erie county dele
cation. He Is causing William II. Fitz-
patrick. county leader and Tammany
ally, some worry. But the regulars are
breathing easier since Al Smith entered
the contest. If the former Governor had
not come out with his letter Conners
might have made lot of trouble here.
Part of the anti-Smith propaganda be-
ing put out in the primary fights through
the upstate districts Is that Smith was
forced TO enter the race for Governor
at this stage by j. p. Morgan & Co. 1t
IS stated that the Morgan interests
dominate the United States Trucking
Company, Of which Mr.. Smith is the
head. and used pressure to get him into
the contest because of the growing fear
that Mr.. Hearst was running away with
the organization and would win. This
a GAd A, taF AE,t 1.
might be elected Governor and then
President. SO the story goes.
Conncrs Denies Story.
Mr.. Corners said to-day he never had
from every quarter OF all knowledge OF
1t. 1t has gained some little headway
through that mysterious underground
route by which such campaign stories
travel. but its effect so far has been
slight
Those who are not mixed UP In the
partisan fight in Erie express the opinion
that Fitzpatrick will retain control
easily but that Conners may elect half
dozen of his candidates.
Close survey OF the situation in the
Democratic party upstate indicates
that there is almost no Hearst senti-
ment; that 1t Is doubtful whether he
will have a single solid county dele
cation In the State convention. AS the
situation now stands Hearst is out of Il.
There is almost unanimous sentiment
for Smith. He will have tremendous
instructed vote on the first ballot even
a small part of the New York city vote
In the convention. The vote OF four
or five Assembly district delegates would
give him the nomination on the first
ballot as 1t now looks.
Peter G. Ten Eyck of Albany Is being
suggested in many districts as the best
man for the nomination for United
States Senator.
Will Not switch to Hearst.
Democrats here do not take the can
didacy OF Louis p. Fuhrmann for Gov
ernor seriously, and that Is hurting the
Corners fight. They say they will sup
port Fuhrmann as a matter OF local
pride. but II an effort Is made to switch
to Hearst they will not stand for it,
They would support Fuhrmam In the
convention II they should by any chance
win in the primaries. but with Fuhr-
mann out they might drift to Smith
This county has thirty-eight delegates
TO the convention.
Conners insists that Hearst's name
will be presented to the convention even
II there is only one vote for the editor
He has not modified his claims as a
result of the developments of the last
few days. He insists that between now
and primary day there will come a big
change, that the undertow for Hearst,
which he alone seems TO have found,
will come to the surface, and that even
where county organizations have de-
for Hearst when they get TO the con-
x..rtioY