The New York herald., 1922-09-29
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balmers who were meeting in smaller
hall two blocks away.
State Senator Jimmy Walker de-
livered the keynote speech with the
same appealing rough and ready artis-
try as characterized the slapstick turn
he used to do in vaudeville before he
became statesman. He made a good
job of hurting defiance at the inter
ests which, he asserted, had brought
about the denomination of Gov. Miller.
He skated superficially over the tariff
and other cognate national issues. In
cidentally he roasted the convention
system which he accused the Repub-
lican party of reste ing to defeat the
will cf the people as expressed by the
Democratic direct primary system
Mr.. Walker was at his best in below
ing charges against the Republican
party for being the agents of corpora
tions. He was the life of the party,
and it was not his fault but rather of
| Hearsts agents that it left much to
be desired
! The real theater OF scIion was the
! Onondaga Hotel, where Boss Murphy
held court "Al" Smith directed his
own battle against Hearst and Mayor
Hylan marshalled the forces of the
editor politician in resisting the at
tack. The crowds that thronged the
Hobbies of the hotel ana spread out in
the streets caught UP the backwash of
the controversy that ragged in the
| inner councils over Hearst
Murphy's patience was sorely tried
txrf ha ~, !, ho nA
forth between the Hearst and Smith
supporters. The arguments were posi-
tive. elemental and lacked the em-
broidery usually employed to conceal
the naked truth.
Boss Meets All Corners.
Until the small hours of this morn
ing Murphy met all coners. He held
an open mind and tried to. His face
wore an inscrutable mask, which may
or may not have concealed conclusive
and orderly thought and purpose. 1t
was his job to weigh the arguments,
ultimatums, proclamations and condi-
tons of the Smith and Hearst forces,
set them beside one another and try to
find the answer.
y
find the answer. But the impression
developed over night that he had en-
couraged greater latitude on the part
of the spokesman for Smith than to
those asserting the claims, promises
and covert threats of the Hearst
influence. At any rate, there developed
during the day greater agreement of
confidence among the Smith support
ers based on the assumption that they
/ had made their case out against Hearst
so convincingly as to permit of only
one solution.
During the afternoon and early eve
ming the Smith followers were more
aggressive than the Hearst agents.
They asserted that they had "shot
Hearst full of holes" by proving to the
Boss that the consequences to the or
eanization would be less disagreeable
II Hearst were turned down than if
the widespread demand for Smith were
ignored.
Smith boldly and openly attacked
the Hearst position. His obstinacy in
this respect discouraged leaders from
all parts of the State who yesterday
| advocated a compromise which would
give the Governorship to Smith and
the Senatorship TO Hearst. After con-
sulting with his confidential advisers
this morning Smith bluntly declared
that while he wanted the Governorship
he would not run on the same ticket
with the editor-publisher for reasons
wholly obvious and based almost en-
tirely on personal grounds.
When Smith assumed this attitude
Mayor Hylan, w. j. Conners, William
A. Deford. John Moore. John III. Nc
Cooey, +. 5. Harris and Bob" Watson
began to reflect a surprising degree OF
charity toward the idol Of Tammany.
Mayor Hylan. who assumed supreme
authority over the Hearst forces, told
Murphy and the other leaders con-
suited by the latter that Hearst was
most eager to contribute to the attain
ment of Democratic success under
harmonious conditions. While they
did not exactly say so, the Mayor and
Nhis lieutenants intimated that Hearst
really entertained the most amicable
feeling for Smith and might be in
duced TO accept the nomination for
Senator.