The New York herald., 1922-07-20
BOOMS BOOM TO-DAY
/, AMONG DEMOCRATS
Lunn, Ten Eyck and Conners
Here to Impress Meeting of
State Committee.

Two live booms for the Democratic
nomination for Governor arrived from
upstate yesterday and will be In evil
dence at the meeting of the State Com
mittee at the Hotel Commodore to-day.
One was for George r. Lunn Mayor of
Schenectady. and the other for Repre-
sentative Peter C. Ten Eycl OF Albany.
The Hearst-Hyian boom-for it is
rather generally considered now that the
publisher and the Mayor are being
groomed as alternative candidates-will
be represented by William j. Connors.
1t Is understood he will have a proxy
Not only will he fight any attempt to
put through an anti-Hearst resolution
such as was adopted at Syracuse. but
may suggest the organization of some
clubs ostensibly to see that the upstate
vote Is cast properly. Such an idea was
suggested to Mr.. Hearst by Mayor
Hylan and repeated in another letter
sent last night.
At luncheon given by Herbert G.
Pell. Jr.. chairman OF the State Com
mittee. to the executive committee at
the National Democratic Club yester-
day it was decided to postpone the
selection OF temporary chairman for
the convention. which is to take place in
| Syracuse on September 29, The State
Committee to-day will authorize the ex-
ecutive committee to pick the Keynote
orator later. 1t cannot be done at this
time because of the uncertainty on who
is going to be the candidate.
AS soon as the luncheon was over Mr..
Pell and jeremiah f. Mahoney. the
No ohar nF a
ecutive committee, jumped into taxi
cab and ordered the driver to hurry to
Tammany Hall. There they conferred
with Charles F. Murphy. He is said to
have agreed it would not be possible to
name temporary chairman at this
time.
Also the Tammany Boss Is said to
have asserted that there should be no
mention of prohibition in the platform
this year. Six of the nine members Of
the executive committee held it was a
national and not a State issue. but some
of them thought It might be well to
pilory the Republican party for the
way 1t handled the issue.
The members OF the committee at the
luncheon we're Miss Harriet May Mills,
Mrs. Daniel O'Day, Bernard Vause. Mr..
Mahoney. Edwin Corning of Albany
Mayor Lunn. William Church Osborn
and Robert J. Powers. Mr.. Murphy did
not go near the gathering. Later he re-
fused to discuss candidates, saying with
a smile:
Il am not for anybody. nor am I
against anybody"
The upstate Democrats. those who
have been against Hearst from the
start. said the boom for the publisher
was dead or dying. They secuted the
idea that Mayor Hylan might be sub
stituted for Hearst. Many of them said
the sentiment is all for Alfred L. Smith.
former Governor. The friends of Lunn
believed lie would be acceptable to Mr..
Hearst as a candidate for Governor.
They declared he most nearly repre-
sents the Hearst ideas of any one up
State.
The up-Staters say they have heard
Tammany Hall does not look forward
with any degree OF pleasure to a Mayor
atty election In 1929 II Mayor Hylan
should be elected. Governor, and an elec-
ton for Presid cnt of the Board of AL
derman in 1924 II President Hubert
should be elected Mayor They would
rather the Mayor remained where he is.
they say.
Mr. Conners, returning to the city after
tour Of the southern tier. declared that
delegates in the convention. He said he
had made up" with William J. F'itz-
patrick. the Buffalo leader. saying
I'VE are now friends. socially, po-
litically and every other way"