The sun., 1893-06-14
New and Enginrged Account OF the Vic-
torin Ho:ci Dinner Damn.


Ron n, Herald i,d,,dav
Mr.. Clevelnnd's own story Of the famous lit
tie dinner pnrty ut the Victoria Hotel Mt which
Mr.. Sheehan's nose was tweaked. SO to speak.
T6is i tbe Way ! is rcne9tsd BY an Intimate
Mr. Whitney had urged upon Mr.. Cleveland
the Importance Of meeting the snrly leaders
Of the Dem99Sratio oreanization with view 70
Ing ut first He insisted that tho fight at Chi
cago had settled the question of personalities.
should 90 to New York and make overtures to
Mr.. Hills friends than that he should go to
ss ssf sts thes s4ns s"s
thsr bSwsx hs Sfsf
Mr Cleveland met Mr. Whitney prior to the
dinner he looked at him with curious smile
READY TO HEAR THE RIOT ACT.
Well. Whitney. have you got your dinner
Yes; everything Is readv."
Murphy. Shoehan. Croker" and Mr.. Whit
ney named the invited guests.
~, There was moment OF silence. and then MIR.
aay.., 10 said. and IL lie says He intends to read
thing Of that sort" said Sir. Cleveland quietly.
aud hnve come to New York so that he may
have q good opportunity"
When tho dinner was ended that night Mr..
there was a mnttor M Of business to he discussed
Mr.. Cleveland expressed his willingness to
hearanythng that, might be said Mr.. Shoe.
han told him that the gentlemen thcn present
were the leaders and representatives OF the
democratic organization in the state OF New
mite unIrrstandlng with him. lie could mot be
elected unless they supported him and they
did not intend to take any chances thls time.
MR. sHEEHAN's DEMAND.
Won hat a tIar INF L 4
I'VE want pledges from YOU said Mr. shee-
to d do if You You are are electcd We want you to give
us promises that will satisfy us that the or
Ganizati91n On VII 10 properly recognized IL you
MI. Cleveland doubled up his hugo fist and
smote the table:
with almost painful distinctness. Il viii not
go into the White House pledged to you or to
any my ono else. viii In make no secret promises
Again the big fist whacked the table: .
What are you going to do. then I" inquired
Mr.. Sheehnn cynlcally.
MR.. CIEvELAND's DEFIANCE
ri tell you what I'm going to Do" said Mr.
Cleveland ns ne rose to hts feet. III intend to to
tho Associated Press. / intend to explain my
here. viii tell the voters Of the country that
cannot give any secret pledges. and that un-
ticket, which means the loss, Of the State Of
Nov York and defeat | VIII tel n the voters
h1 aG NOT vto@y T f. sf.a In 'f
Then. gentlemen. you can pick out II candle date
to sIt you. and II he is the h., rrorsr man ana the
but iii tell you ono thing. Mr.. Shcohan"
said Sir Cleveland. as he turned to the now
ion public indignation will show YOU and your
organization out Of sight before the end Of u
week.
Mr. Croker leaped to his feet.
This must stop. Mr. Sheehan." he said. II
agree with Mr. Cleveland. He cannot make any
pledges and it is not right to ask for them"
SO the dinner party separated.
as Ie re!stcd the story: th9se fellows got hold
Of Mr. Whitney and ratified him: He was actu-
ally ratified. They scared him"
IL THERE ANoTHEG FIGHT IN SIGHT?
gentleman who saw saw the President n. fey
anti ti-Tammany Democrats to nominate an in in
dependent local ticket. He is confident that
such ticket would havo been victorious and
would have resulted in political condition in
the state less embarrassing than that which
II am satisfied" said my informant. THAT
the next local election vii! resul; in Republican
success. And it seems to me about the best
thing that can happen"
" IL that Mr.. Cleveland's idca. too?"
won't say that. In fact, don't know"
Croker. as he has always dono. refused to talk
regarding what occurred at the dinner. and
would neither confirm nor deny the Herald
story.
Anybody who expects me to talk about
that dinner will havo to wait long time"
said he. 1T was a private dinner. and shall
say nothing about 1t. cannot prevent others
from talking Of what occurred. but can re-
frain from saying anything about 1t myself"