The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
A Scheme That Tammany Will Spring
on the Democracy.
Secrets OF a Russian Fleet-Rumor
and a Former Vice President-The
German Emperor and New York.
OCOnvri0bt ISa3
Copyright, 1881

New York, July 24.-Richard Croker
and his immediate followers in Tammany
have been surprised, or affect to be, by
stories which charge them with deep laid
plans to convert the next democratic ma
tional convention into a star chamber. 1t
will be remembered that at Chicago last
year Gen. Patrick A Collins moved that
steps be taken to admit to the convention
of 1896 only delegates and "a limited num-
Der Of authorized persons" the avowed
idea being to make the body more delibera-
tive and less subject to outside influence.
The promising possibilities of practi-
cally closed convention have been duly
weighed by the Hill faction in New York
The idea now Is to arrange for a cold
blooded deal in HIPS favor, and that
Mayor Gilroy, Governor Flower and
Richard Croker should be talking this
matter over at present merely shows
what far ahead schemer that Tammany
Tiger is. A part of.the plot is to create the
impression that the President is looking
for third term, and when New York
states chief magistrate gushed over
Cleveland recently he was simply "hold-
ing up his end of the line" 1t is hoped
that in this way the reputation
of the Tiger for greediness and imper-
ialism may be shifted to Mr.. Cleveland
THE only escape from the situation, ."
the Tammanyites will tell the democracy,
lis to nominate Hill or somebody else
who can carry New York" AS there
will be no cheering and yelling gallery, il
will be easy to gain time for intrigue
among the delegates. Meanwhile efforts
have been made to keep all this quiet,
and no hint of it has leaked into print II
has been stated in New York that Mr.
William G. Whitney lately communicated
with Gen. Collins in London on the sub
1ect of these schemes, but this is an err
rOneous impression. It can be stated on
the authority Of one who knows Mr.
Whitney's affairs thoroughly that he has
neither said nor written a word to Gen.
Collins, nor TO any one else in this connec-
ton.
A hight an ded attempt to throttle
New York newspapers arose almost di-
rectly out of this scheme. Three leading
journals were threatened with official dis
pleasure and a threat was made TO boy
colt their columns in respect TO advertis-
ing and other favors. The threats were
laughed at, and to the honor of Mayor
Gilroy be it said, he not only opposed the
making of the threat in the beginning, but
prevented its execution after the folly of
making it had been committed.
The Tammany people expect to so lay
tutlE pldnS, WINE tHS tOuutfNS attention
is riveted on other things than national
conventions, that when the body at last
comes together it will be found so hedged
about by new rules of secrecy adopted in
the dark, so to speak, that its proceedings
will be practically yelled. While on this
subject of Tammany it may be as well to
correct an impression that that organiza-
tiOn conducts New York's affairs loosely
or tOlerates lot Of idle municipal EN-
ployes. The city is one of the shrewdest
bargain drivers going, as many con
tractor knows to his cost. Moreover,
the clerks, watchmen and depart
ment subOrdinates generally work
hard, and, as a rule, earn the not over
large salaries they get. Tammany does
nothing on cheap, vulgar scale. II is
jealous of GOthams dignity, which Is
tautamount 10 saying that it is Jealous Of