New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-21
TAMMANY'S FUTURE POLICY.
PUSHING SHERIFF GRANT TO THE FRONT.
QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN NEXT YEARS ohGAN%N-
Tiox-FrAHs or NARROW COURSE

QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN NEXT YEARS ohGANi~A-
Tlox-FrARs or MARROW COURSE.
The leaders of Tammany Hall are goou
deal affiliated the Organization OF ths nc" ue"'
Committee aud the Commute: OIL ORGANIZATION ZOE '"'
coming year The primaries have notDeeh Ae' Sc" "''
theoretically no one Is supposed 10 ANU" %n Wv.
will COMPOSE the new committees but
tho f,ct "a that the various delegations
are made out beforehand and unless there Is rN"'
faction cDdeayoring to obtain control IN district t
programme agreed on is carried out TO the ieer nv
primaries will be held on the evening OF Dece"lo'i 90
and the rev General Committee Will organize Oh Tue
evening OF January 3.
rr ara s.veraI matters which have been the subject
o long discussion on the part OF the leaders but when
are only imperfccty understood. or not AT AL by hoS
OF the members Of the General Committee Oe vi theso
is the admission Of certain men as members ol inc ""
ernl Committee and tho Committee on Organization
The men who did more than any one else last ear to
pilot the organization victory are those WAC are no"
advocating liberal policy In the matter
OF bringing In strong representative Demo
Gratis and by this means making lanmahy nan
power in the State and Nation, as well as ID the CITY,
lit puts up the bars and endcavors to retain AL power
in the hand. of nalf a dozen incompetent men whose
heads have turned by the recent victory there IL
strong probability that of those who aided most 10
ACCOMPLISH that victory will get ont OF the organization
Left to their devices, those Ignorant ma hraStionS
lea rrs VIII be IN about the CONDITION they were one
ago whrn Ionn Kelly was taken suddenly SICK ahd no
one apparently any clear idea what to do or Whthef
the ORGANIZATION was drifting -,-.
The latest plan proposed by these men Is To ro-elect
John Kelly chairman ~ the Committee Oh ORGANIZATION
and Shcrf-ccct Grant vice chairman. rms Wouli
ave matters precisely they now. Inc Commit
tee organization. composed as IL Is o. an",t ooV
members rs the real OF power. The new GeGeFal
Committee Will consist of about l,sOO mcmhers' II IS
AN unwiey body aud merely registers tue acts OF the
Committee on ORGANIZATION. Mr. Kelly mas NOT NC
with the committee since tue cdmiaSn OF Oho y'ar ago
He will probably meet with the committee again
health forbids IL aud he Is tired OF p0lcS lhdl
ould eave Sheriff Grant the virtual mead III the organ
iz,tlun what the men VINO arc chutaN"IlhR
TO run MIN aiming at sherlH "tunt Is
yuung possessed OF eo'u h"luld
t,nn1Isrs Int ne Is IEadyiscd He has been tOld
by the few who surround MIN, ana Tor the pcrht nave
his ear that he can reach the object OF his ambition
me Unvoray by being virtual head OF the Org'hH
anon Wiser tell HIM thai he would Dctter a'co"
nlsb the object BY keeping III the political BACKGROUND
n,ie Sner1. Is virtual and rcslonsibe ncad vi
The Tiiuiuany Committee Organization ne Wonlu
have visited on him that capacity any iludged hcI'
a. SLrrin This would not bc fair 10 the organization
par Of the pruerdmme OF sheriff Grants advisers IS
to have him run for MAYOR next Ihll. II
elected they believe that Governor Hhl eau
lie induced to appoint one OF their huWprr
Ia an Mr. Grants pred term. The same SAGE cou
sci rs ,yse h,m that he would better serve our tue
Trn for which ne nn, been Does he want the
c,rf - is not a cry 10 raise AGAINST CANDIDATE "a
Vas shawn in the OF Mrs>rG. White aud hrenHh no
the recent election. Cool clear-ls AIDED men, VINO are
able 10 ud dis pdssonarly, say That Tdinindhy nan ~
a The plrng uf the ways IL 50 follows the f"hI pointer
nut by Mr-srs Croker Martin, Gilroy and one or two
others of ;he leaders viii soon be IN worse condition
than the municipal election Of 1851 left IL