New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
CROKER'S CLEVER SCHEME.
WEAKENING THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY AT
A CRITICAL TIME
SPECULATION AS TO COLONEL MuRPHY's RE-
WARD FOR WITHDRAWING FROM TAM
MANY,S RIVA

WARD FOR WITHDRAWING FROM TAM
MANYs RIVAL.
9gosss Richard Croker Is credited with playing ex-
trenseiy smart politics In taking Colonel Mlchei "
Murphy and his Isl Assembly District Hickory Oiao
out of the County Democracy at this particular u"'o
and making the Colonels summersarlt promihen'
feature of the game which is being played IN cohhoc
ton with settling the New-York City representation
in the Democratic State Convention and upon inc
Democratic State Committee. When eNCouhV N'ern
@Patv keenan, and his XIIth District following deserted
tie County Democracy shortly after the last eiceuon
II was said that this left ex-senator Murphy anu ms
organization in the Ist District the only reaiis |ione
ana solid combination left 10 the Counties" III inc
entire city.
II is now understood to he the purpose of Mr. Croker
and his Tammany lleutenants when they present
themselves at Saratoga with full deiegaoon' W he,V
that the County Democracy has been reouoeo W 'H0
level of q mere paper organization, whiie lam'"aus
Hall represents all there is Of the Dcmoeiauo pa'%
in New.York Mr. Croker will point TO Colonel
Mnrnbv,s withdrawal from the AntiTammany BODY
az evidence that the "Countes7 are no longer entitled
TO any consideration at the hands Of the democrats
Of the State Ii was to emphasize TINS ahegeo s'"e
Of affairs before the State Convention the Kho"i"s
ones assert that Colonel Murphy was INDUCED 10 senu
In his resignation to the secretary Oh 'he NO"'''
Democracy County Committee last THURSDAY
In order To make this presentation Of the situation
more ponted Mr. Croker is preparing TO send as oee
gates TO Saratoga the most noted OF the eNOouhv
Democrats who have left its folds since Democrsu0
state Convention last held which was t"o SeSis
ago IL is not yet known whether Colonel Murphy
will be among these, but 1t is thought that tn's wiz
most probably be the case. Colonel Murphy hmsen
asserted emphatcaly yesterday that he was not gums
into Tammany Hall. But this would not m'erieio
with his going as Wigwam delegate, as nc oouiu 10
elected on the Tammany ticket to represent MS ui0-
trct in the convention without actually joining I"''
In he
regulations and byaws which would prevent such an
arrangement Ii remains to be seen what ehec1 ''is
niece OF sharp practice the part OF Ialnmahy WIZ
have upon the up-country Democracy Iheie arc
wellnformed men In various parts OF the s'a'c "no
do not believe that the game can be made 10 "orh'
What Mr. Murphys reward will be Tor ule eoh-
spicuous service he has rendered the Wgwam az thS
Inncture I'm its necessities remains to be seen. There
is little question that Messrs Croker and Gllroy REGARD
the needs of Tammany to-day as CONSIDERABLY eeSef
than they are willing to admit and the seemingly ao'
vantageous position which Mr.. Murphy mas aueo Vheh
in attaining for display at Saratoga may be esuma'er az
a higher value than might seem likely on hrst IN
spection
There has been some talk Of sending him back to
the state Seute from his old district the Vth which Is
represented by Colonel william l.. Brown. This Is not
at all likely, however, if Colonel Brown wants 10 go
back to Albany. Besides, it is not nomination WIN
an ugly and expensive campaign along with II that
much depleted by large expenditures for political pur
poses and BY a long and serious Illness from which he
is slowly recovering. The details Of the wonderful
surgical operation which he submitted to for the pur
pose of keeping him alive and to put him into condition
for the second OPERATION the removal OF tne s1cture
which threatened his e still fresh In the recoilec
ton of newspaper readers. What he desires now is
place of some emolument not preceded by fight His
services will hardly be considered sufficiently valuable
20 make II possible that Mayor Grant may offer him
the police justceship which Henry Murray still enjoys
as holdover" An Office on the line OF Deputy Tax
Commissioner where the salary is S270o year. Is
believed to be the figure at which Mr. Murphys
reward Of merit will be sized mp" But Tammany
has never found much difficulty in creating offices
where it has been thought necessary to recompense
somebody for political service, and 1t is not at all
probable that the controlling the city government
will experience serious trouble in finding one for Colo
mel Murphy
The Colonel's successor in the Senate and his last
opponent for that place, Colonel Brown, is credited
with an anxiety to take General spnolas seat in Con-
gress from the Xth District but according to reports
that circulated yesterday, he is likely to have
some trouble getting there. f. s. Stokes Of Hoffman
House and CaremOn fame has declared II seems, that
his cousin, W. f. d. Stokes, must have the Tammany
nomination for Congress in the Xth District There
Is little doubt about Stokes being able 10 secure his
Cousins nomination If he is really determined about It,
The Xth District IS composed manly OF the Nth u
named district is controlled by John j. scatnel the
XXth by Eddie Hagan and the other absolutely by
Mr. Croker himself. II is his old district, and his
stlll heads It's General Committee list The close
relations Of Stokes to both Scannel and Croker too
well known to make il at all doubtful about Stokess
being graifed with seeing his cousin I'm Congress, il
the Tammany nomination will put him there. 1t is
true that W. F. D. Stokes does net live I'm the Xth
Congress District, but similar difficulty easily
surmounted in the case Of exDiStrctAtorney Fellows
last year when, although a citizen OF Harlem he
brought down to the With District and elected TO repre-
sent the extreme lower part Of the city at Washington
If the possible demand Of Stokes upon SCannell and
Croker is acceded TO there talk Of putting up exPark
Commissioner J. llampden RObb as an anti Tammany
candidate against The Stokes nomination. Democrats
who have recently declared their anxiety 10 fill up the
New-York Congress delegation with men of charae-
ticans who have dlsgraced the city at the National
Capital, would thus have opportunity OF casting
their votes for a man OF whom as a Representative
they would not be ashamed.