The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-30
Anti-Snappers Will Have a Ticket
Of Their Own.
GRACE,S FOLLOWERS TWISTING
THE TIGERS TAIL.

for Grover CIeveland-A Conference
Which Failed of Its Purpose-The Anti
Snappers Denounced Tammany and
Resolved to Go Ahead,
New YORK, September 29.-The anti
snappers' committee in this city perma-
nently organized tonight. 1t was deter
mined to nominate an independent city
and county ticket. Speeches were made
denouncing Tammany Hall and intimat-
ing that Tammany was prepared to-
cut the regular ticket. There has
been nothing in recent political move
ments more amusing than the negotia-
tions between Tammany, as repre-
sented by members of the national
committee and the anti-snappers.
A conference was held yesterday,
which it was hoped would result
in the surrender of Grace's followers.
But the conference did not succeed.
The local committee of the 'santi snap
pers," although composed of men of no
personal prominence outside of their
own wards or districts, and certainly
never heard of before outside Of this
city, enjoyed the novel sensation yester-
day of feeling that anxious Democratic
eyes were centered upon them from al
most every state in the Union.
1t was these little men in the local
Democracy who were to decide, or who
thought they were to decide, just how
far they might make it possible to trade
off third municipal ticket to the injury
of the Cleveland electoral ticket. Their
threats had caused Tammany to growl
and had even caused the temporary with
drawal from the canvass, under the ex-
cuse of illness, of Tammany's orator,
Bourke Cochran. It was but natural,
therefore, that the national Democracy
should watch with interest the confer
ference yesterday between the subordin-
ate members of Mr.. Grace's machine and
members of the National Democratic
Committee, for it looked as though the
fate of the New York electoral ticket
might depend
Upon Local District Trades.
There were really two conferences be-
tween the different and differing bands
of Democr ats at their national head
quarters yesterday. The first was be-
tween members of the campaign COM
mittee. The mornings consultation
was important, because Mr. Grace gave
the national committeeman and State
Chairman Sheehan some details as to
how to deal with the committee of his
anti-snappers when they should call la
ter in the day. The attention given to
Mr.. Grace by the Democratic national
of tI,o DO,
attached to Mr.. Whitney's tremendous
task of smoothing Tammany's fur the
right way with one hand, while concil-
iating with the other those persons
whom D. B. Hill calls political gueril-
las''
The Committee of "Guerrillas''
who called at Democratic national head
quarters at o'clock were Andrew D.
Parker, chairman; l. H. Klein, secretary;
J. j. Slevin, Daniel E. Bowling, John
Jeroloman, Otto Kempner, John Quinn,
J. J. Quinlan, William Cauldwell and
James J. Mooney. They talked until
s o'clock at night with Chairmen Harrity
and Dickinson, Josiah Quincy and
wanted to nominate third munich
pal ticket and Chairmaa Parker,
who did most of the talking, tried to ex-
plain to Chairman Harrity that such a
course would increase the Democratic
vote. But Mr.. Harrity did not agree
with this view.
Mr.. Harrity wanted to know what
would happen in case the Republican Or
ganizations should support the anti
Tammany ticket. Mr.. Parker apparent
ly had not thought of that contingency.
MI. Harrity also expressed his belief |
that almost every vote cast for the third |
ticket would be vote lost to Mr.. Cleve-
land. MI. Dickinson, it is said, did not |
wholly agree with Mr.. Harrity. At any |
rate the conference ended in nothing. |
All this will not hasten the cure of |
Orator Cockran's throat, nor will it i'm
prove the trouble with his eyes. For
the time being Mr. Cochran is mute. |
The bitterness between the Tammany
and anti i-Tammany factions of the local |
Democracy grows more intense every |
hour, and Mr.. Whitney's brow is CORFU
gated with anxiety.