The New York herald., 1876-09-26
ANTI-TAMMANY. Y.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COM
MIrTEE AT IRVING HALL-A NEW UNIoS
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MITTKE AT IRVING HALL-A NEW UNION
WITH TAMnANY PROPOSED
Last night the anti-TAmmany Executive Committee
met Irving Hail. and business OF considerable in
terest to every member Of the organ zaton to DO
Transacted rrmor OF Its character had the effect Of
insurng largo attendance In addition to the regular
members OF the committee numbers OF politicians who
look with anxiety to the settlement; OF the local po-
cal issues and are desperately eager to know II
the heshpots Of Office for which they hunger
to be put within their reach or not, 1ocked
the Hail. and scattered themselves about within and
without, discussing with evident anticipation OF
important disclosures the action OF tho closeied CON-
mittce The latter had declared their Of pr
nature. and consequently their first caro- to
shut their deliberations from the intrusion OF the
Of their party well as upon such seekers
Of news as appeared.
When the doors had been closedlnd watchful Ger
berus had been appointed repe later arrivals OF the
unniated, Emanuel b. Hart took the chair and callot
the meeting To order
Aiter the usual opening routine Mr. James O'Brien
moved that committee should DO appointed consist
ing OF from each Assembly district aud ono tom
the Twenty third and Twenty yiourtk wards to confer
with the Tammany Hall organization nnd endeavor to
devise some plan Of union upon the county ticket
Whom Mr.. O'Brien sat down there seemed, as far as
couic be Judged from approving mods, disposition
among the members OF the committee to favor his mo-
tion but Mr. Ira Shafer, the chairman OF the General
Committee, rose TO oppose IT, He SAID that be- for one
opposed to Tnnmany Hall, root and branch. he
believed n making no attempts 10 combine with It on
anything and said that overtures to 1t could not DO
made with honor to the anti-Tammany party.
Hon. John Morrissey, In reply 10 Mr. Shafer, SAID
that he In favor 0t union aud that at this juno
turo tho duty Of every citizen who desired tho
Of the national aud State ticket to labor
such union. He said that now, when the eyes Of oil
the nation were turned upon New York, II behoovcd
all democratic factions TO sink their differences and
harmonze their interests that the common end might
be the more readily effected.
Mr. Shaier got upon his feet when Mr.. Morrissey
had concluded, and turning toward him, ho said he
would ask the Senator If last year he could have boon
elected IN his district had the people there known that
this year ho would seek to ally himself 10 Tammany
Hail
Mr. Morrsscy replied that this moment when
tho great national should be cOnspcuousy promi
nent before every democrat and that watching It he
should lose sight OF facton preudices and wrnugngs
and give his whole attention TO the point where was
most needed. Every true man, he said, believed in
doing and he felt confident that the who elected
HIM to Office thought as he did and would unanimously
support him If called upon 10 do so.
Mr. Timothy Shea spoke against the union In one Of
hts characteristic ''No Tammany" 0ratlons and
followed by Mr.. William Z. Mitchell, who said lhut
during the last few years it had been conclusively
proven that a combination OF democrats with republi
cans in this city had always had ono sided result
The democrats might have had tho cry for the
but the other party carried of the WOOL Whenever
faction OF the democracy OF tho city allied itself to re-
publcans against another faction OF its political
complexion always helped the republican State ticket
aud had to regret Its rashness when was too late 10
remedy it. lie said that this had been the case last
year. and that II IL union Effected would have
this year democratic candidates suggested by demo-
Gratis instead OF by republicans, as 1t was twelve
months ago.
Mr. James D. McClellani opposed the motion, saying
that was not tho function Of Iho executive COMMITTEES
60 action such matter, and moving that II DO
referred to tho general committee.
Judge Murray said that to facilitate matters 1t would
be well to have vote taken deciding whether union
with Tammany Hall would DO desirable and making
motion to that elect
The yeas aud nays were called and o union was do
cared desirable only twelve dissenting.
McClcllaud then withdrew his motion and Mr..
Creamer moved that, instead of appointing commit.
toe 10 confer With Tammany Hail. committee be ap-
pointed to conter with all democratic organizations Of
this city
This motion was carried and the following gente-
men were appointed act on tho COMMITTEE
First district Michael C. Murphy; Second, Thomas
Wild; Third, James Hayes; Fourth, Bryan Reilly;
Fifth, John PURCELL Sixth. Henry Lynch; Seventh,
George II. Purser; Eighth. John O'Connor; Ninth,
Timothy Shea; Tenth, William =. Mitchcll Eleventh,
John MOrrssey Twelfth. Thomas T. Daley Thirteenth,
Richard Docharty Fourteenth, T. j. Carly Fifteenth,
Robert Power Sixteenth Patrick Myhan; Seventeenth,
Henry C. Murray; Eighteenth, james O'Brien Mae
teenth, Anthony Feehan Twentieth Francis II. Bxby;
Twenty first, Thomas Mackellar; Twenty third aud
Twenty-tourth wards, J. Roggc. To this committee
the following memoers at largo were added d-rhomas
J. Crcamer, Ira Shafer aud Emanuel b. Hart.
Mr.. Shaier refused to serve, but his loft
upon the committee roll
A resolution passed forbiddinh tho com.
mittee to delegate any Of their powers to subcom-
nittec appointed by themselves The Conference CON-
mttee also requested to report TO the Executive
Committee next Friday The meeting then adjourned.
Shortly after this meeting of tho Conference Com
mittee was called, and William Mitchell was elected
chairman and Henry Z. Lynch secretary res0u-
tou proposed and carried to write to Mr. John
Kelly notifying him OF tho action of the anti Tammany
Executive Committee aud await his reply. An express
was taken ON the number Of county Offices I, bc
proposed by the anti-TammanY party as a basis OF
union, and IL was decided to ask Onc.hai