New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-15
THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT.
BITTERNESS BETWEEN THE LOCAL FAC
TIONS.
SHERIFF GRANTS SHARP SPEECH CAUSES CON-
MENT-THE CONTEST NOT ONLY FOR THE
MAYoEALTY. BUT ALSO FOR MINOR
OFFICES, LARGELY A PER
SONAI

OFFICES, LARGELY PER
soNAL ONE.
The sreech of Sheriff Grant, in accepting the
Tammany nomination for Mayor on Saturday
evening" was universally commented on in Demo-
cratic circles yesterday. 1t was accepted not
only rs throwing down ,he gauntlet to Mayor
Hewitt but as showing the intensely bitter feel
ing that exists between Tammany Hall and the
County Democracy.
The Worlds" remorscless assaults upon Mayor
Hewitt continue, and give evidence OF the savage
way in which the Democratic city campaign IS
to be carried on between the two factions now
that all hope of reconciliation Is at an end In
yesterdays issue it attacks " Father Aeram,' as
it formerly delighted TO call him, with renewed
bitterness. The following are samples OF the way
it is conducting the battle:
MI Hewitt has vouched for the excellent character Of
r. Erhard Republican candidate for Mayor He
that Joel nominated by the people ana not by
CLIQUE as was Hugh j. Grant What preposierous Ola
humbus this nan Hewitt Last year he was the special
tcset named by secret concaye OF bosses
Police Justices mostly. lie sncered at every Democrat
who did accept infabe the dictum OF this clique
He the rampant, wild and woo'y partisan on
Manhattan Island lie denounced the independent press;
sneerd honest who enieavo7ed to intro
ducc the element Of independence into local politics.
What Grant old humbug.
In his speech accepting the Taumany nomination last
night HUN j. Grant MADE fcW points upon MI Hewitt
which will stick NJ. Hewitt is facle letter-wreT.
but cannot successfully his head against the facts
the that he is sham and a hypociite who
has never reformed anything is responsible
failure OF Democratic harmony in NewYork City
this year.
Tammany Hall never in better fighting
trim than this year The organization extends
not alone 10 Assembly districts. but to election
districts. In those Assembly districts where the
leaders are thought not to be sufficiently wide
awake, political clubs have been formed to sup
plement the district organizations.
In many instances the contest will be a per-
sonal one There is a strong feeling against Sena-
tor Murphy, the County Democracy candidate for
Sheriff, by the Tammany leaders in the Ist, With
and IXth Districts where Murphy has great deal
of influence. In the With Congress District
composed of the WITH, With and With Assembly
Districts, ex-Civil Justice J. Henry Mccarthy has
been nominated by Tammany Hail. and Tim
Campbell will be renominated by the County
Democracy. Mccarthy beat Campbell in the race
for Civil Justice several years ago and the feeling
between the two men and their adherents is eX-
tremelv bitter.
In the XXIlId Assembly District the Tammany
forces have been strengthened by the return Of
Police Justice Andrew J. White and his friends
Justice White was for five years the County
Democracy leader in that district, and naturally
there is no love lost between him and his former
associates.
Up in the XXIvth Assembly District. compris-
ing the annexed district, there friendship
between Colonel James J. Mooney, the chief Of
the Ollagawaas and Fire Commissioner Henry
ID Purrov VII they were both leaders in the
County Democracy. Now that Commissioner
PurrOy has started an organization q his own,
the ill-feeng is no longer smOthcrcd. Colonel
Mooney remarks pleasantly that there never was
ANYTHING TO PurrOy. anyhow. and tnat he cannot
carry even election district in his own end OF
the Assembly district Commissioner PurrOY
smiles gr.mv when Moneys name is mentioned
and suggests that he VIII not talk nearly so loud
or fast he does now when the election returns
are known.
From all of this it is plain that the Democratic
factions Will have a monkey-anG-parrOt time
from until after election, instead Oh the har-
mOny that was predicted some time ago
COLONEL MURPHY CRITICIsING Mr.. HEWITT
rImor spread throughout the lower part OF the
city Yesterday that Colonel Michael C. Murphy had
become Csgusted with his association on the ticket
with Mr. Hewitt, and had determined to decline the
County Democracy nomination for Sheriff. The
r1lmor undoubtedly had its origin in the ourspoken
way in which the Colonel has been venting his dislike
Of the Mayor among his friends and his Immediate
constituents Those who have had the opportunity
OF hearing expressions OF the county Democracy
candidate for Sheriff. when referring TO the head OF the
city ticket say that they have been exceedingly cut
ting and uncomplimentary and that they leave little
doubr that Mr.. Hewitt will be mercilessly kniied'
by Murphy's friends in that part Of the city which IS
the seat Of his political power
Colonel Murphy was seen at the New-Amsterdam
Club last evening. and in reply 10 question as TO
the truth Of the report Of his withdrawal sara mat
such a statement wholly Unauthorized by nm.
His conversation the subject however, led MS
auditors TO decide that while he meant 10 STAY I'D the
race he regarded 1t as one in which every man mus
take care OF himself and that he considered that his
chances Of getting through greatly superior TO the
Nayors In is not likely that his grief in case If
MIR Hewitt's defeat would be lncOnsolable
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