New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Upstate Democratic Lead.
ers, Who Repudiate Him,
Hear of Determination
to Run for Presidency
Will Spend Millions
To Get Nomination
Control of Next State Con.
vention His Price for Not
Opposing Ticket Named
By Denis T1den Lynch

SYRACUSE, n. Y, July s.-William
Randolph Hearst. according TO infor-
nation brought to the convention OF
upstate Democratic leaders which
repudiated the editor politician yester-
day and indorsed al" Smith for
Governor. is preparing t0spend large
part Of his vast fortune m an effort TO
get the Democratic nomination for
President in 1924. and. failing in that,
he would lead n third party and run
Independently for the Presidency.
William j. Conners. the multi-mil-
lionaire director Of the Hearst ma
chine, has let IL be known that as
preliminary TO the Hearst drive for the
Democratic nomination for President
two years hence, Mr.. Hearst will es-
tablish a newspaper in the principal
city Of every state where he already
does not own a paper.
According to Mr. Conners the plans
for the purchase Of these newspapers
have been perfected and that stimuli
taneously with their appearance as
Hearst organs william r. Hearst AS
sociations" will be formed in every
state.
Demand Own Ticket
This news, which did not begin 10
get around until to-day. made a pro-
found impression on the leaders, who
last night witnessed the formal oper-
ing here Of a William r. Hearst As
sociation Of Onondaga County" Mr.
Conners has informed his lieuterants
that similar organizations will be
opened Immediately in every county In
the state.
This has been taken 10 mean that
the editor-politician will demand noth-
ing short Of control Of the next state
convention and the naming OF the
ticket as his price for not opposing the
Democratic nominees.
Whatever may happen The fact Is
that the Democratic party In this state.
which showed signs Of rejuvenation
last fall when II gained control OF sew
eral upstate cities, which had been
continuously in the Republican column
for twenty years or more, is split wide
open.
The failure Of seventeen Of the fifty
six upstate counties to send represen-
tatives to the convention was regarded
az proof of the existence OF a split
/ and the fact that these counties Ut
terly ignored the call issued by the
up-state leaders was taken TO mean that
the leaders in some Of them al least
had thrown themselves under the gold
en- juggernaut of Mr.. Hearst.
Fertile Insurgent Fields.
While II is true that these counties
are overwhelmingly Republican with
practically no Democratic organiza.
tions 10 speak Of and consequently OF
no real effective value In convention,
vet it is something that the heaist
men can talk about and are taking
about.
suroent movement always can get
start. The leaders in communities
where there Is a small vote can nope
for little IL any patronage ana tne
oniv time these subdivisions of the
st.t. can get on the political map 10
when one of their leaders develops
oxcentionsl abilities that command
the attention Of his partisans through
out the state. In fact the complaint
is frequently made BY legislators from
the smaller counties regardless OF
party that they are invariably dis
criminated against BY the state leaders;
II is known that Mr.. Conners and
his lieutenants conducted mass at
tack on the smaller counties when they
found that they were not making any
headway In the counties with DIE
populations and we'll organized ma
chimes.
See Pledge Prom Murphy.
Leaders here in discussing The pos
sbility Of Mr.. Hearst's retirement
from the race for the Democratic
nomination for Governor said that they
could not see what would induce him
TO do it except a pledge from Charles
r. Murphy, the Tsmmany leader, who
will control the convention, that not
only would a ticket be named suitable
10 him, but that the state organiza..
tion be turned over to the keeping OF
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