St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-06
CLASH OF The CLANS.
Tammany Nominates Hugh j.
Grant for Mayor of New
York.
The County Democracy Will
Stake It's Hopes on
Hewitt.
AS a Consequence There Will
Be a Triangular
Fight.
Bombastic Blaine's Voice Pc
ters Out and He Cancels
Michigan Dates.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, Oct. 5.-Tammany Hall
tonight nominated Sheriff Hugh j.
Grant for mayor. Previous to the con-
ventiOn, a conference committee had
proposed five names to the County De-
mOcracy, for a joint candidate, but all
five were rejected, namely Sheriff Grant,
Judge DugrO, Roswell p. Flower, J. j.
O'DOnOhue and S. S. Cox. Gen. John
Cochrane presided at the convention.
The nominations made are: For mayor,
Hugh j. Grant; sheriff, James A. Flack;
county clerk, (. F. Reilly; president of
aldermen, George II. Forster; cOroners,
Drs. Schultze. Hanly and Levy. The
speeches made and resolutions adopted
pledged Tammany to the support of
Cleveland and Hill, and contained de-
nunciatiOns of Knownothingism, which
were interpreted as an attack upon
Mayor Hewitt.
A special resolution recited that the
county Democracy had diSregarded all
Overtures and called for the nomination
of an independent ticket. The resOlu-
tion was adopted. Congressman Will
lam BOurke Cochran then mounted the
platform and received hearty welcome.
He said it was the duty of the people
alone 70 nominate candidates, free from
the dictation of newspaper editors. lie
alluded to Mayor Hewitt as man so
palSied in mind and narrow in views
that he would well-nigh disfranchise
aliens. Mr.. Cochran concluded with
the words, ''All who prefer Hugh j.
Grant to Abram S. Hewitt tor mayor of
this city know will second his nOmina-
tiOn."
PRESS OPINIONS.
Of the nomination the Tribune (Rep.)
will say editorially tomorrow: The
nomination by Tammany hall of Hugh
j. Grant for mayor unquestionably
means triangular contest for that i'm
pOrtant office. Tammany had the
power to name candidate that would
put Mr.. Hewitt out of the field. Mr..
Hewitt had said so repeatedly. But
he will not refuse to run against Mr..
Grant. Personally, Mr.. Grant is an
amiable gentleman, and he has made a
good sheriff. But he possesses no par
ticular strength as a candidate for
mayor. He will be Loyalty supported
by the Tammany organization, of which
he is a leader. That is all that can be
said,
The Sun Dem.) will tomorrow say
editOrially: We had hoped that the
leaders of Tammany might see the way
to put Mr.. Hewitt in nomination once
again and to give him their support;
but such was not their view of the ques-
ton, and they have followed
their own Judgment, as they had
the most perfect right to do.
They confidently expect to elect
their candidates, and no intelli-
gent man can deny thaR if they sue
ceed, they will elect competent, up
right and trustworthy men. 1t will be
most interesting contest, and while we
have believed that Mayor Hewitt would
be the strongest Democratic candidate
that could be nominated, and while
we expect him to win the fight, we rec
ognize the merit of this ticket nomi-
mated at Tammany Hall, and appreciate
the reasons, more especially the feeling
of large body of Irish-American citi-
Zens, which have led Mr.. Croker and
his associates TO the determination at
which they have arrived.