The New York herald., 1922-09-18
MILLER HOLDS PARTY SOLID
AS DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED

oughs, The McCooey machine in
Brooklyn is case In point.
| Hearst and Hylan have disciplined
the McCooey outfit roundly on several
occasions until there Is little fight left
in It. Some of the leaders in The Bronx
and one or perhaps two in Queens
have also displayed a leaning (under
coercion or equally substantial induce
ments or arguments) toward the
Hearst ambitions.
In this condition OF affairs the final
decision is up to Murphy and no one
else. With characteristic reticence he
has TO date refused to be smoked out
He will probably continue this policy
until what promises to be the most
spectacular and exciting Democratic
convention held in this tate APP
proaches the actual test. Until tie
Tammany bosses meet the issue there
is little thought regarding the other
features of the nomination program
A great many Tammany and Demo-
cratic leaders as well as vast number
OF Democrats who would vote against
Hearst refuse to be convinced that
Murphy will fly in face of political
providence. as it were, by insisting on
the preferment of the editor politician.
These still continue to conjure with
the name of Smith, that of Supreme
Court Justice Wagner, former Gov.
Martin Glynn and Representative Ten
Eyck of Albany.
A sporting estimate of the situation
would be that it Is now a case Of
"Hearst against the field"
Hearst Arguments.
| The valid arguments urged by Con-
ners and other guests of Hearst. are
numerous If not convincing. His sup
porters contend that with the help of
Mayor Hylan he can hold on to about
so per cent" of the $4,000 majority
given to the Mayor last year, that the
Hearst program embracing municipal
ownership or the arbitrary regulation
of utilities. "the ali-American" policies
and certain varieties of doctrines more
FOR less Socialistic will appeal to the
people of the State and particularly
Of the cities.
| The Hearst supporters contend that
he Is the only man who will stand any
chance of beating Gov. Miller, which
does not, of course harmonize with the,
views of Democrats who are opposed
TO Hearst. In the first place. these
men contend the 440, ,946 majority given
Harding in the five boroughs of the
city two years ago more than over
balanced the Hylan showing. In the
second place, Democratic critics assert
that the Republicans would rather
have Murphy nominate Mr.. Hearst
than any other man In the State.
Tammany men generally do not look
with favor on the suggestion obviously
inspired in Hearst quarters that AL
Smith run for the Senate on the same
! ticket with the politician. They
want him for Governor. They do not
entertain the slightest doubt Hearst
would like to have Smith as a running
and vote getting mate on the same
ticket But they believe Hearst would
let loose every broadside under his
command against Smith as the candi-
date for Governor.
The Cohalan Irritant.
Smiths real ambitions and the
wishes OF mis- friends are matters OF
! lively speculation around the Tam
many clubhouses at present. He seems
to have adopted the policy of sticking
/ to his trucking business and letting
political nature take it's course. That
he would side with Foley against Muir
/ ply in a row overTHearst there ap-
pears to be no question. The former
Governor has not conferred with
Murphy over the problems which con-
fronted jthe latter during the last three
months, and there is no telling just
what his attitude will be when the
delegates gather at Syracuse to make
the party nomination.
a local irritant that BODIES little COM
fort for the Murphy machine has de-
veloped from the setting aside of Sur
| ~ogate Cohalan, who desired a re-
nomination. The place was given to
Corporation Counsel O'Brien at the
Instance of Mayor Hylan and presum-
ably Hearst. This Is another straw
which has encouraged the sporting
element in Tammany to bet even
money thai Murphy will throw the
vote of the city machine to Hearst
! The CohalaIs have not accepted the
rebuke as submissively as most candi-
dates do in like situation. They are
| girding on their arInor for a battle
royal with the Murphy machine. and
from present indications the city is to
be treated to as lively guerilla con-
test over the Surrogate's JOB as 1t has
witnessed in many years. Surrogate
Cohalan. supported by an aggressively
militant army of Irish American sym
pathizers. is preparing for a drive
against Murphy which they predict
will make him wish he had renomi-
mated the Surrogate.
The managers Of the Cohalan enter
prise expect to receive the support OF
many thousands OF Republicans In ad-
dition to the insurgent Irish element
as well as straight organization men
who will rebel against the nomination
of Hearst for Governor-if he is NOM