New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-21
SHEEHAN IN ERIE COUNTY
HIS BOAST THAT HE WILL RUN AHEAD Or
THE TICKET
SUSPECTED OF DESIGNS AGAINST THE Ioc,,
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

! DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
| Buffalo, Oct 20 (speciaD.-The sheehan Der,~...
OF Erie County are bending all Of their enerues tow,
carrying this county for william f. sheehan ~
Tammany Hall candidate for LieutenantGoys,.-
To that end they are working tooth and nail -.
and day, and they are leaving 1t 10 the Clevpr,s,
Democrats alone to secure If possible the eIee,oo .
/ the Democratic city and county tickets. Mr. she.,.
has made his brag that he will run 1000 abs.. :.
| his ticket In Erie County, and the only way Tia, 4
can do that is TO trade of the local ticket IA"
undoubtedly, he is bound 30 do, and IL Womb :,
surprise his enemies here, the Cleveland men, u !.
him do il. In the first place IL Is settled fact Ia
| II both Mr. Flower and speaker Sleehan are ees..
Mr.. Flower will be Governor In name only. "
sheehan will direct the Democratic state policy -.
| control the pen that will put new laws upon 49,
| statute books. II this is not true in case Of a..
election it will be the first time In his political hs,o
| that Roswell p. Flower ever acted for himself Az
matter of fact, this argument is freely used by NJ
| Sheehan's supporters to get certain kind Of va,
for him. II Is not given out openly for the publ, !,
| know it, but II Is whispered quietly in the ear ],
| those with whom IL might possibly have some weys
Mr. sheehan's friends know that II would be dlsas,n.
indeed to his canvass 10 have II spread hroad,,,
throughout the state that Roswell p. Flower bad "a,
sented 10 act merely as an automaton and NOV. !,
| MIR. Sheehan and his Tammany associates pulled "A.
wires. Such, however, is the case. II Mr. Fox.
should be elected Governor, and next spring or 4n
mer receive the Democratic nomination for Presd,,,
! he would be compelled, in following the example :.
by SIR Fassett when he wired his resignation as ca
lector Of the Port Of New York 10 the President A.
his own when he received the Tammany Han Dou
nation for Governor and resigned his seat IN ca,
gress to call the Legislature together and 70 ssre
il his resignation rs Governor Then, II sheehar a
elected the Executive chair will be occupied by "A.
man who is responsible for the ceiling steal vi.
| passed the Black Rock HarbOr bill with sxtyt5v
votes who stood between the Constitution and "A,
right of petition and who entered into vicious scheu
10 deprive the friends of Mr. Cleveland Throughout q.
state of the right OF representation. with Ii,
magnificent record would make model Governor tru
Tammany Halps point of view, but from no other
The local contest in Buffalo this fall is Of unucl
interest and it will have the eject Of getting on
an extremely large vote. The new Mayor, under 4,
new city charter, which goes into effect the first d9s
coming year, has the appointment OF oiheais who az
either put the control OF the city government Into "
hands of good men for many years to come Or b.
the hands of who will control IL Tammany Ia
controls New York. Speaker Sheehan is the boz
little Tammany here and although his men Do n9
now control the city government, give him the poE9
behind the Executive chair in Albany, with the caa
patronage OF this part Of the state, and he soon vii
wrest the control of the local Democratic machine from
the hands of those who are friendly TO ex-PreSdes
Cleveland, as he did last summer through change n
the rules for the party management. This chang
shut out the Cleveland delegates from the state Coz
vention; and although the boss Of little Tammany has
kindly allowed another change in the rules to }.
made, what he once has done he will again attempt
IL the prize Is only large enough.
The Democrats have renomnsted Mayor Charles T.
Bishop, who is leading Cleveland man, and VITO
has large business with long purse. His election
two years ago, due 10 q split In the Republican
party. Mr.. Bihop's career as Mayor has not been d
the best financial kind. The assessed valuation Of s
city has increased during his term 81 1000 al
the tax rate has gone up 81 rs on the thousand do
This will operate strongly against him, especially when
so much money must be spent under the new city
charter Therefore, If he happens to run behind ZOO
OF 5000 votes, Mr.. Sheehan and his friends can saT
that owing 10 the fear Of his extravaganza, the In
dependent business men did not vote for him. Thea
too, II Mr.. Sheehan runs ahead OF his ticket In NJ
city, he can lay it to home pride and to sympathS
The Republicans have nominated for Mayor thon1sA
going business German, Peter A. Vogt. His name b
pronounced "vOte," and the cry in Buffalo Dm 5
Fassett and Vogt" Mr.. Vogt not known be
politicians Of Buffalo when he first nominated E
for day or two they hurried around to find out VIA
he was. The more they learned about him and s
business career the more they liked him, and ano1g
business his nomination was received with mani
festations of pleasure all sides. Mr. Vogt IS q
manufacturer Of refrigerators and he will poll pretty
solid German vote.
One Of the Offices for which the struggle will b
most severe Is that of Commissioner Of Public Works
The elected to this place this fab under the es
charter will have the distribution Of enormous
amount Of patronage and in future he will be power
In politics in this city. The Democrats have named
General George S. Field their candidate He Is one
of the leading members OF the Union Bridge COMPANY
and is said to be stakeholder In the Barber SpAh
Company. Business men feel that he
too closely allied with enterprises which
would be benefited exceedingly in case he
is elected and has the giving out of the contracts fa
paving, bridge building, streetcleaning etc., all
which would come under his management as Comn1
siOner OF Public Works. He is not popular man win
the masses. He is something Of ahstocrat and
while unlike Mr. Flower, he has not taken up win
stolen coat-ofarms. he Is a whose tendencies as
like those of the Tammany candidate for Governor
The Republicans have named Richard Hammond
prominent apd popular Republican. State senao
John Laughn, who introduced In the Senate the cana
resolution which caused the deadlock because Gov
ernor Hill and the Tammany Senators would not allow
1t TO 20 through has been renominated BY the RepuV
leans to represent this district for the third um'
Senator Laughin introduced last winter and pdsses
the 100000 canal appropriation bill which the De"v
cratic Assembly under the leadership Of Assembymi0
Charles p. McClelland, of Westcbester County q"
feated. Mr.. Laughin will not have an easy unig "
get back this year. He has hard fight before nv.
and his friends know It, His opponent is Aa1 ~
Endres who has been member OF the Assembly W
two or three terms. Endres Is alleged labor ma.
and he Is member of large number OF secI n, ~
cities. He opposed the new Buhslo sn, iii
however, while he In the Assembly. and tnat VIZ
hurt him with the intelligent voters OF the dlsenSJ
Edward Gallagher Will represent the llld Ass sss
District again in the Assembly, and the RepGon.-S
candidate In the With District will probably De n
The other three districts are heavily Democrauc ~
speaker Sheehan's old district the LIST Assembly, ~
tIict popular young Irish Republican has been ha
for the Assembly He has been Endorsed by num-
her OF labor organizations and the workngmen are a.
most solid for him. II he is not elected he VIII CUM
pretty close TO Ii.