The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28

HYLAN COMPROMISE
MOVE Is DEFEATED
Mayor Outlines Plan TO MUIR
ply and Smith Forces
Reject 1t.
NO MERGER ON TICKET
Former Governors Men Work
ing for Combination With
Lunn Delegates.
NO MERGER ON TICKET

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
SYRACUSE. Sept 27.-Within an hour
after his arrival this afternoon to lead
the Hearst fight for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, Mayor Hylan
was talking peace and compromise. His
first move met with defeat and a sharp
rebuke from the Smith forces. The first
result Of the Mayors entrance into the
conflict is that the Hearst cause has hi.
new low level. the lowest SO far re-
corded
Operating through the Kings county
organization and with John II. McCooey
as his right hand man, the Mayor wen.
first into conference with William ].
Corners. Then they all went to Murphy
to demand some kind of a showdown.
The Tammany leader again proved to
be a good listener, as he has for the last
few weeks. Hats in hand. Hylan, Nc
Cooey and Corners sought the boss IN
his suite. Their proposal was this:
Why not end this fight which threat
ems TO split the party wide open and
nominate Hearst for Governor and
Smith for United States Senator?
Then they added that it might be pos
sible to persuade Hearst to take second
place If the Smith forces demanded that
their man run LOT IONSIllOI anu WoAiA
not concede the point.
Murphy told the callers the same
thing he has told big and little Demo-
Gratis for days-that he would think II
over and find out what the delegates
wanted. The Mayor is reported to have
been very insistent. He. declared Hearst
was 100 per cent. representative Of the
people and must run.
Then the boss sent out word quickly
to the Smith headquarters TO find out
what AIS managers thought of the
Hearst peace offer. He hadn't long -
wait for his answer. There was hasty
summoning of the Smith managers
Fitzpatrick of Erie, Kelley Of Syracuse.
Norris of jefferson and half dozen
others. This was their answer In sui
stantially these words
I'VE will not so into any deal whereby
Hearst is to go on the ticket Our can
didate will not run on the same ticket
with Hearst. That is final. We will
not take first or second place and give
him the other TO do that would mean
defeat before we started. We will fight
ii out and take a beating If we have to.
but we prefer an honest beating in the
convention to any agreement with
Hearst"
That has brought the deadlock which
working on tonight.
The next move of the Smith men was
to work for combination with the
Mayor Lunn delegates There was much
talk of Smith and Lunn ticket. That
was growing stronger every hour. There
are something like thirty or forty Lunn
delegates committed TO the Mayor of
Schenectady and they might be switched
10 Smith without much trouble on the
second ballot if Lunn was assured the
Senatorship.
Compromise has been the theme OF
all the Hearst managers to-day. They
have made little progress. But nearly
every suggestion coming from the Con-
ners suite has been that the beet way
out was TO get together.
Corners had a long talk with Murphy
before Hylan and McCooey arrived
Much was expected of the Mayor. With
his coming the Hearst men were pre-
pared to stage a new demonstration
But II did not come off The Mayor
came i'm almost unnoticed, registered
and went TO his rooms. Later when he
appeared in the corridors he got good
reception.
Women are asking for places on the
State ticket. IL is possible a woman
may be nominated for Secretary of
State. Mrs. Franklin ID. Roosevelt IS
one of the leading candidates. The
women also are demanding the Con-
trollership. but there is believed TO be
little chance they will get 1t
Demands are also being made by tho
women for plank in the party plat
form urging removal of all now exist
ing determinations against women citi-
zens in the laws OF this State. Mrs
william II. Blauvelt. representing the
New York state branch OF the National
Womens Party. urged adoption of such