New-York tribune., 1894-10-25
THE PRESIDENT SILENT
DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS WAIT IN VAIN
FOR SOME WORD FROM HIM

WHEN 1T DIDN'T COME THEY GREW MORE AND
MORE DEsPoNDENT-ALL EFFORTS TO
SECURE HARMONY IN THE CON
GREss DISTRICTS FAIL.
Nothing occurred yesterday to lift the gloom
which has settled down upon Mr.. HITS state
machine headquarters in the Park Avenue no
tel. Hope has fed. and despondt ncy and despair
have evidently come to stay.
For some days Mr.. Hill and his managers
have been living the expectation that wheh
Mr. Cleveland came to town he would issue d
bugle call to the tagging and spiritless army OF
Democrats which would have the effect to put
some fight into them. But not word coulu
Mr. Cleveland be induced to utter yesterday ia
behalf Of the hard-pressed Democratic candidate
for Governor. While Senator Hill was making
his speech last night at Music Hall, the Pres-
dent sat in box at the Broadway Iheatre ana
laughed at Hopper's jokes.
During all the long hours Of the day and even
ing following the Presidents arrival in New
York Major Hinkev and his feowcampai aigners
watched wearily for the letter which did not
come The Ma jor delayed his departure from the
headquarters TO the Hill reception at the Man
haitian Club until the last moment possible not
wishing to miss the chance of carrying the news
OF the precious documents receipt to the anxious
David. But when midnight came. the MAJOR:
BILLY" Sheehan and all the rest gave IL up,
cursng bitterly the exgencies of the situation
which had made necessary an appeal 10 Grover
Cleveland.
FAILURE OF THE EFFORTS FOR HARMONY.
Nor were Mr.. Hill and his supporters able to
extract any consolation from his effort al Demo-
cratic harmony in this city. Things were IN no
better state yesterday than they were the night
before when the conference broke up. The re-
lations of Tammany and the Grace Democracy
I'D m a tanRlp Is r.
undertook TO unite the factions In bonds Of Demo
cratic fraternity In not single Congress as
trict had anything been accomplished toward
concentrating the Democratic vote on one can
didate
Mr Hin spent the day receptions and MAX
ing speeches. but ne saw Senator Faulkner,
who took the lead in trying to effect the deals.
and the other Democratic managers four or five
times during the day. But all he learned was
that his efforts were a complete failure. None
Of the Tammany men returned to the confer
ence yesterday or last night. They declared,
wherever seen. that it was Of no use.
General Sickles made another trip to state
headquarters yesterday. Some Of Mr.. Hllls
friends had attempted to frghten the old man
out Of the race by telling him that he would not
get his seat anyway. if the next House proved
to be Republican. as now seemed nKely' But
the scare lost on the old General
II am in now to stay, he declared Il VIII
not withdraw for anybody
Pressure was brought upon John Connolly
and Jacob A. Cantor. in the XIVth and NNth
districts. and their alleged unpopularity with
the increase Of the pay of the force in the Legis-
lature was given as a reason for their retire
ment. Neither of them, however. could be
budged.
Colonel George B. Mcclellan, in the XIIth Dis
trict cent reply to George Walton Green, the
State Democracy candidate for Congress, who
proposed that both withdraw In favor OF w
Bourke Cochran. the present member declining
to entertain Mr.. Green's proposition
ExMayor Grace and his State Democracy leu
tenants also gave ii up. Tammany refused to
move an incn from the position Croker had taken
the night before.
sHEEHAN GIVES 1T Up.
Ats D. m Senator Faulkner and Police Com
missioner Martin went to the Park Avenue Hotel
and had a talk with Lieuenant-Governor Shee-
han. After they had gone Mr.. Sheehan said:
Nothing more will be done. intend to leave
now and the reporters might as well 90 the same
The talk about the Congress situation is al an
end"
At Grant, headquarters. in the Union Square
Hotel, the sane word was received, ana al ioea
Of further negotiations was given up
James D. Bel, and f. NJ. Shepard called on Sena-
tor Faulkner yesterday He said aiterwara that
another effort would be made in Kings County
to induce few Congress candidates to retire
voluntarily in the interest Of harmony.
The Tammany Hall Executive Committee met
last evening and accepted the resignation Of
Police Justice Diver a representative from
the I'D Assembly District Later on the ia
Assembly District Committee met and elected
Alderman Nicholas T. Brown DIVERS success
sor Rumors were received about DIVERS nav
ing resigned his office Of police justice. but they
proved unfounded. .,
Charles "Slver Dollar" Smith. Philip Wis
sig's associate on the Tammany ticket for AL
derman in the lid District, wrote letter 10
ex-Mayor Grant yesterday declining 70 comply
with Mr. Grants repeated requests that he re-
tire and allow less besmirched person to take
Smiths place on the ticket. silver Dollar
said in his letter that II ne retired SIMPLY oe-
cause wrongdoing was imputed to him. the in
ference would be that he was guilty Il snail
not admit IT: am not guilty, he winds up
SOUND DOCTRINE IN THE IST DISTRICT
The Ist Assembly District Republicans held a
mass-meetIng last night at the rooms OF the James
l. Moore Jr Association, No 153 Hudson-st. James
7 Moore jr was chairman. and Edwin Radford