New-York tribune., 1872-08-02
LOCAL POLITICS.
AFTER THE APOLLO HALL CONTEST,


.'nR1FN's CONDUCT ENPHATlCALLf OVhOH'ND
BY FRIENDS AND FOES :,
u,ho contest for the supremacy In tue Apoiio
,,n I1oD,ocr,tc Executive Committee, the cobuuo'o VI
senator o,Bren in charging the CHAIRMAN "ni -
wickham with endeavoring to control INC ork
in the interests Of Tammany Han, ana inc :,
,,aorsement OF the Chairman by very large "''o ,
,, members OF the Committee in refusing 10 aecep l
resignation were the subject OF much ooinon' ,,.
c in politjcal circles 1t was generally thousu' Di"'
Mr. Wickham was much strengthened anu y i Di'0D ~
rortiouately weakened by the events OF 'he e'on"e
Mr. wickbam received calls. yesterday rom sooi0' u
mem bers and friends, and was congratna'euO Os nv"
tbe ooolness and forbearance which he had usp"Sou
,rle course OF OBien was condemned III ui
-, ,orms and many declared that under no
oircp,osfanees would they allow themselves 10 oo
CARRIED over TO the support of Grant either drecIy
indirectly; and they added that they only expresSeu
views OF a majority OF the Committee 1he9 o "ou =
opnosed 10 Tammany Hall on local ana state ISSUES ~
on national questions they wished IL 10 DO uiS'
aarstood that they were in accord win the De"o0'~
party. .,,.s oD Mr. Wick.
ham found him surrounded by political friends VINO n'u
caled 70 tender their congratulations On 'no 80
eyound which he had taken. MT Wlckna" s"u 'D"e =.
hea moi fixed upon date for again calling INC Nol,l
tee together SO many Of the members welo W" VI
,bat a full representation could not DO hau a.
,-osont He believed that largo MAJORITY
=, tho committee we're opposed to allowing IL 70 DO con-
oaa 40 "a 10 subserye the personal aropiton ol ono
man He believed that the Iaajority OF inc hen'V0i
were in favor of the nominees OF the Na'ohsi
cratic marty and would support them, nor "ou "0' ~
d,vcrted by side issues. The Apollo Han Denio.iO'
D,as organized 10 correct local and state abuses " ~
was Its mission. ..a,- Cor
Senator O'Brien took an early train yesIoruaS' ~
Saratoga After his failure Of the previous eVenE -o
was apparently in mood TO hear tne 6cneof his
his friends u H. fr,ends and foes alike thought that
0Rrien mad committed fatal MlsI"he m Soro ~ he
CHAIRMAN Of the organization Wltn oIe GOOD n sim
trax n, 70 its enemies and IN falling TO make soo M
gle one OF his alcSauouS ,,o,-
,,rMprRs OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE REPU-
DATING O'BRIEN.
The Hon W II. wIcKHAM' Chairman -.
SIR: Actuated by desire TO lena my "iu -
clearing the political atmosphere within TINS cly nn'
IA hecorue tainted by the late epidemic OF iIauu'
n"u - rclf and others in the organization OF
.h roroocrat,o Reform party, commonly syieu 'ho
ApolIo Hall Democracy. i was espeelaly eAIno, i, ~
believe Yourself and others were' 10 carry 0u o+
"a embodied 10 the principles OF the party Ou'
developments have led me to Dehe'e .H"' '0 IT. 20
t,on "a not used for the purposes OF REFORM put I"
sroa the poltical aspirations oton man ana hs To
,,ners Nv silence might be construed INTO acdul,
esoence in this scheme, and this, therei0te' mem.
her of The General Committee representing % ne reSn
Assembly District pronoHnceu trI Tny action and
lar for
declare any self unequivOcaly for Horace o
President
Nep-YOrk, Aug. !, 1879
The Hon. W. N. WIcKHAM.
sR: find that IL will DO impossible for me 10 stenu
the meeting of the Democratic Reform General COM
ittee which has been called for this evening" but as
am Informed that the sentiments Of the members VIII De
there expressed upon thequeson whether our organa
lion should ndorse the candidates who were adop'eo D!
,ba Denocratic National Convention at BaltlmOre OF
whether IL should sustain the candidates OF the hepus
can Convention feel IL incumbent upon me 10 give eA
nressiou in some way decided predllectlOu aNo
~ Greeley and Brown. Beyond the mere question. VI
sainiug regular nominees OF tbe pSi
think il of the highest importance that tne IoIoin
oreapizatiOn which last year did so uch 70 t1
cx from corrupt rule, should heartily JOIN hanus VIII
the Liberal parties which now combine 70 IescuS t
country from misrule. JOiN ~ A""
No. 25i BroadCay, July 80.
WHO REFUSED TO PAY o'BRIEN'S FRAUDULENT
CLAIMY
70 the Rdftor Of The tribune
SIR: In your article of to-day on the posi-
ton OF Tweed in the present contest showing that he is
,oyertly working in the interest OF Grant and his OLD
friend and partner Thomas Murphy, yon say that Rich
ard b. Connolly refused to pay James OBren's claim
against the city, which OBrien has since sold TO IWeed
You are in error Connolly was willing to pay to silence
O'Brep and The Times. Itawas Peter b. sweeny WHO
refused positively TO pay penny of the claim B.
Eec- York, Aug J. 1872.