New-York tribune., 1922-09-28
Hylan and Conners Place
Compromise Plan Be-
fore Murphy, but Get
No Sign of Acceptance
Smith Men Decline
To Accept Editor
Tammany Boss Calls In
Leaders of Both Fac
tions; They Fail to Agree
From a star Correspondent

HTV'H u ctHU CO7TeSpOHueut
SYRACUSE, Sept. 27.-William r
Hearst's four chief lieutenants, all OF
whom have been publicly defyine
Charles F. Murphy to prevent his nom
ination for Governor, told the Tam
many boss privately to-day that their
candidate would consent to run for
United States Senator. They said fur
ther that Mr.. Hearst would have not
the slightest objection if Alfred E.
Smith was made the nominee for Gov
ernor.
At a late hour tonight Murphy
summoned Mayor Hylan and John H
McCooey, Tammany leader of Brook
lyn and the Hearst champion in Kings
to his rooms in the Onondaga Hotel, fol
patrick, of Buffalo, and William H
Kelly, of Syracuse.
When the four men had arrived the
Tammany boss turned over one of the
rooms of his suite to them and told
them to 60 ahead and thrash out the
Hearst-Smith situation. Reports from
the conference, later, however, indi-
Gated that no better understanding had
been reached, the upstate Smith men
still holding out for no compromise
1t is understood that both Mayor Hylar
and McCooey offered again on behalf OF
Hearst to take either place on the
ticket, Governor or Senator, if Smith
would consent to run with Hearst
Again, it was said, the Smith mer
turned down the suggestion. Murphy
himself did not take part in the con.
ference.
Leaders close to Murphy declared
that he would probably not show his
hand before tomorrow night, but they
believed the final decision Of the chief
would be made at that time. The late ST
indications tonight still pointed to
Smith rs the nominee, with the
Hearst-Hylan forces routed. Accord.
ing to the leaders, there now appears
70 be very small chance FOR any com.
promise that would be satisfactory te
Hearst, and an equally small chance Of
bringing out compromise candidate
Murphy on his arrival here fount
himself in position at once hatter
ing to his vanity and menacing to hi;
reputation as leader. Never has hi
appeared to have such absolute powe.
over the party up state and down
Never has he been in such quandary
! as to how to use it.
Denying more than an occasiona
sight of his person he sits in his thron,
room--222-and receives such leader!
as he signifies to his aids are to b.
admitted from time to time.
Boss in His Throne Room
Nobody, not even Mayor Hylan, car
sees him without an appointment. H,
has even abandoned his ancient custom
of permitting the faithful to gaze or
him in the public dining room at mea
times. He eats in his suite-and onl,
his immediate intimates, like Ton
Smith and Phil Donahue, are invited
to sit down with him.
The trouble that began for Murphy
when Hearst started his raid on tn,
Governorship is just as acute anc
just as puzzling on the eve of tn,
convention as it was before the prima
ries. His predicament, briefly, is this
He can, if he wants to, orde
Hearst's nomination. With the New
York City delegation of 379, and
few more votes up state, he controls
the majority of the 734 delegates.
But if he nominates Hearst, half tn,
upstate Democrats will revolt at tn,
polls, and at least a quarter of tn,
Tammany men will be extremely un
dependable on Election Day. In fact
tney threaten an open DTeak on th'
floor of the convention.
Murphy Fears Revolt
On the other hand, if he does mo-
nominate Hearst, the whole power o.
the Hearst newspapers will be turned
against him-or, at least, he is afrait
it will. Furthermore, Mayor Hylar
may be moved to throw few Tammany
men out of fat offices, and there may
be revolt of the McCooey faction il
Brooklyn. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, that the boss, on the few occa
sions when he has whisked through the
lobby of the hotel on his way to hi.
car, has worn decidedly worried look
and that his pink forehead has beer
bedewed with large drops of troubled
perspiration.
Among the delegates gathered here
tonight there is talk Of little but
Hearst and Smith and their respective
chances. The rest of the ticket is no
even being considered. Even the an
rlouncement that Jimmy Walker, the
Tammany Senator, who will do what
ever Murphy tells him to, will be made
temporary chairman tomorrow excltes
no comment.
What the delegates want to know is
whether Murphy is going to nominate