The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-13
Wouldn't Let Him Name Nick
Brown as Dunphy's Success
sor in Congress,
WILL WRITE A RESIGNATION.
Net O Victim Of the Publication
Process, but Of Personal Ami.
mostly Between Leaders.

Police Justice Diver has really been
turned down as Tammany leader in the
Second Assembly District. His resigna-
ton as leader will soon be in the hands
Of ]. J. Martin. OF Tammany's Executive
Committee.
All the little sub-leaders and heelers
IN the Second have received their orders
to ignore Diver. and for the present
only to take their advice from Alder
man Nick Brown. associate leader. AS
Brown and Diver have been as thick
~ two peas in a pod, 1t is only a aues-
= ton Of time when Brown Will be turned
down. too.
DIVERS downfall is due to the as
icendancy of County Clerk Henry d..
Pnrroy. who han already made Gilroy.
Cochran and Tim Campbell feel the
HASH. Diver has been made to feel it,
too. and in this way.
He supposed, until the morning Of the
day upon which the Congressional con-
ventions were held. that he was still
the power In the Second. and that he
could control Timothy Dry Dollar Sui
livan. one of his proteges, who is leader
in the Third.
Tim, however. has turned upon Div
yer. Tim had declared that Gilroy's ap-
pointment of Republicans on the Police
Board was bad policy, and he had other
and personal grievances against the
Mayor. the Mayors shadow. Corporation
Counsel Clark, and Jimmy Martin, Pres
ident of the Police Board. When he
70. I'd that Purroy also cordially hated
these men. with Diver thrown in for
good measure. Tim became a Purroy
man with a view to aiding in the over
throw of their joint enemies
Diver supposed that he was to- name
Dunphy's successor in Congress. and he
had planned to give the nomination to
his friend Nick Brown. This was Tins
chance to show his loyalty to Purroy. as
his Assembly district Is in Dunphy's
Congressional district, the Eighth. So
Tim sought out Diver and proceeded to
nip the Nick Brown Congressional bios
som with the frost OF his presence. He
saw Diver and said something to this
effect:
you seem anxious to go 1t alone on
the Congressional nomination. Now,
listen to me. happen to run thiso thing;
not you. I will give you the names of
two men in your district to select from.
who are they?" gasped Diver.
You can have either Walsh or Dun
ply. Take your choice"
Dunphy, as is well known. is DIVERS
personal enemy. Therefore his accept
ance of the latter's name was out OF the
question. Diver had never even
dreamed OF Walsh. although the latter
had given valuable assistance in defend
ing the men indicted for election frauds
last year. Walsh. however, who Is 6
nephew OF the ex-warden of the Tombs,
IL a closer friend 10 Sullivan than he Is
10 Diver.
.'Dunphy or walsh?'' repeated sulli-
van. (which shall 1t be?'
walsh" repeated Diver slowly. II
cannot take Dunphy. All right. Let 1t
be Walsh"
And Walsh 1t was.
Driver brooded over this rebuff and
sought advice OF his friends. Then his
eyes were opened to the extent of the
changes that are coming over Tammany
and to the extent OF the power that Pur-
roy. backed up by the Grant faction,
Is welding. He came to the conclu-
b sion that If he didn't resign he would be
kicked out Of the leadership. and so he
Informed some OF his friends that he ex-
pected 10 send in his resignation at once.
There has been some suspicion that
DIVERS retirement is only to be TEN
porary, and that 1t is forced for effect
that In fact, II will give the outsiders
the opinion that a process Of purifica-
uon Is under way. But a process of
puIihcation that also turns down such
men as Bourke Cochran, Il. j. Dunphy
ana Tim Campbell IL not OF the sort
70 inspire confidence.
Ihree members OF the Tammany Gen
LA Committee OF the Second Assembly
district declared positively to an Even
mpk world" reporter to-day that Justice
EENVer would resign as a member OF the
iammany Executive Committee and as
vauer OF the district. They said that
ms resignation had not been written
YET but that Il would be In the hands
3. lanes = Martin. Chairman OF the
1cvtive Committee. early next week.
Justice Diver was at his country
nome Cedarhurst. L. l.. this morning.
one other thing seems certain No