The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-24
ADIEU, SAYSMY EBS TO GRACE
THESE 7TO ARE TWiIN IN L0cAL
PoLI1ICs HEN CEFOR7H.


Tammsny Organization OF Democrats.
The committee OF ten appointed by Judge
| McCrea on Tuesday evening at the Union
! square Hotel to make arrangements fora pub
lie mass meeting and. incidentally. to estab-
lish new organization Of Democrats. totally
disconnected either with Tnmmany Hall. or
with the Cleveland Administration anti-snap-
pers. will assemble on Saturday. Among
! politicians every new movement having for
it's object successful participation in city
| election is studied with interest because Dem
| ocratie preponderauce in New York city Is so
great that recruits. especially in the Demo-
cratic districts. are easily obtained.
| 1t has been remarked by some politicians
that a numb cref business and personal friends
| Of COMPTROLLER Myers have been taking an ac-
| tive part in the new m ovement and II has been
| inferred from this that he and his friends are
| In somo way interested In its success The
| circumstances attending the Comptrollers
new-found political prominence are not with
| out interest. and are, in fact. known to very
! few persons.
| Since his first appointment as a Park Com
missioner by Mayor Hewitt in 1887, Comptrol-
Ter Myers has been the chief money raiser OF
the funds needed for the various and varie-
| gated movements In which W. II. Grace has
| taken an active part. He was for several years
| the financial mainstay of tho County Democ-
| racy. and afterward performed the same nee
essary and welcome service for tho auti-snap-
| pers. Politically speaking Comptroller Myers
| has duplex financial connection. On the one
side no has q large acquaintance among Wall
| street en- and others In business circles, and
on the other hand he is heavily interested in
the wholesale liquor business. the political
| ramincations OF which extend all through the
| city.
! Until the LIST OF October OF the present year
| the relations between the Grace people and
| the Myers people were very friendly. and 1t
was pretty generally understood among
mutual friends that In return for his personal
and financial backing to the anti-snapper
party. and for the much larger sum he raised
| for that party. Mr. Myers would have. In case
OF need. its support II q candidate for re-
election as Comptroller. When. however the
| Tammany County Convention made the popu-
| lar nomination OF Ashbel p Fitch for Comp
troller to succeed Mr.. Myers. Mr.. Grace and
his friends faltered In their agreement. and
| came out in support OF MIR. Fitch, hurredy and
| quite unexpectedly.
| The reason was this: Mr.. Grace, through
friends. is heavily Interested In some OF the
| biggest contracts given out by the Aqueduct
! Board. AS now constituted that Board consists
! OF seven members. three OF whom. Scott.
| Duane. and Tucker, vote on the Grace side.
and three others. Mayor Gilroy, Commissioner
| DAILY. aud Mr.. Cannon vote usually on the
Sfasr nm he snsng vote hf fte VIII BnTs rs
aud to this fact Is attributed the ex-Mayors
Deprived OF the support OF his snti-spppper
friends at this critical iuncture. Mr.. Mysrr,
by the extent OF the labor involved, declined
! the nomination made in Cooper Union. and
determined to depend henceforth for such
avowcdv his friends and not en- 6arrassed in
their demonstrations OF loyalty by existing
| Another point OF divergence with Mr. Grace
was the novsr-endinG ,i1nor dues1 iifn Which
veritsbIs Jack the box The enormous
| brewing interests OF tho city are at the present
vast and opuient Interest is spiendidIy organ
| lied. and recent excise legislation has enabled
me og hool OF 1oss hTeTers 10 sx ts sy
nal proprictors Of which are In fact. little more
than agents Of the large concerns. While the
profits and Influence. tho dstillers. who.
as q rule. do not own saloons. but
R"ve Been rnt rraduaS S Forced aside, and IL some
cases even the brewers have EN- barked In the
Of the dIstiiieTs. The brewers. controlling q
steadily increasing number OF SALOONS. have
wfat brands OF liquors the latter should take.
and the distillers find themselves ut q disad-
a Republican Legislature will do much to
LeetliyEnsing OF course, the wore rectity In
The distiers do not wish 10 see greater power
given TO the brewers. and at the Tuesday
s9h hS sSo me Of the we Hsd Sp
GdIPtie. outlined what measure OF support
could BIO got in this direction for the new
In a clash between, pool brewers and whole
sale LIQUOR dealers, Mr.. Grace and his anti
have tho support of neither. although the so
called anti-snap movement is controlled in the
! downtown districts by saloon keepers very
| generally. but that is ore as a IN after OF re-
tail bar business than o. politics with them,
seek lucrative places in the Federal service.
and In the choice OF these u preference must
naturally be given TO the most thirsty and liq-
These are The dGwp;tGEn SSntiisnsp Lead
ness: First district GhsrIes Mahon saloon SHi *
Soe1,i %s sR SECOND TSird dsirict ThSSs Mild
| penhaEen. saloon 32l Broome street; Sixth
district. William +. Grote, saloon 426 East
Houston street; seventh district, Henry Flsg.
| district, ", {. Hull ii Water street: Ninth
district, Thomas Culkin. saloon 42O West
this ali the do%n.down icadors IN ' the anti anti,
the saloon business. and these two exceptions
! are ID. w bowling who, prior TO holding his
last BroSdway and Mutsers street. and ID
Charles y Blake. In the Fifth district. who.
co2n ns 0sre Rt a
The vets" have the field to themselves down
More than half OF those in attendance at the
Union square Hotel on tuesday night we're.
! until recently. members OF Tammany Hall.
and majority Of these are new on the Gen;
/ would be again but for the position which they
/ have taken. Michael Madigan 10 City Marshal
/ in the First district. by appointment OF Mayor
| Grant. and was an active Tammany man IN
| Tammany leader in the First district James
| A. DOnigRn. Ia the Fourth district was until a
! month ago an active TAmmAny man and one
! OF the secretaries OF the Organization, He and
! his friends withdrew from the organization 10
/ oppose the return Of Assem- YIN an Koche. who
has been running in the district pretty steadily
since lSsS August baer has been one
/ OF Leader keenan,s most efficient lieutenants
/ in the sixth district. and was a Tam.
many man 9nul week ago. Walter
/ Tammany AssemblymRn liz the last Iegisia-
/ ture. ana has been a member OF Tammany
/ hall sinee 1870 When no ran as an inde,
! Mr. DOnigau. thirty or forty members OF die
| Tnmmuny Hall organization with him. and
| those arc now part OF the new mOV0inent
| In the territory above the Harlem Rridgs
I thare mas Lseu. since the date OF the election
| OF Louis J. HeintZ ia $500. an organized Dem
| ership Of that vigorous hut uncOmpromisinG
] munleiUal statesman. half Celt and half as
/ ttiIEu Iut "A thUFOughgOlug Democrat and an