The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-19
Nathan Strauss Won't Run for
Mayor for Tammany.
HUGH GRANT THE ONLY HOPE.
Decent Members of the Party Mean
to Destroy Hill aud Croker.
Nearly All the Democratic ConKressmrn
Who Voted fer the Havemeyer Law
Turaed Down. Even Bourke Cochran.
Whom croker Dixlikea

New YoRK. Oct. iS--So progress has
been made iosard harmonizing the Demo
cratic factions in the congressional dis
triets OF the city. which was so urgently
recon mended oy the chairman of the con-
g'essional campaign COMMITTEES. Senator
Faulkner. of West Virginia, in tine adj
dress he Issued on Tuesday. In eight of
the nine districts comprised exclusively
within the city of New York there are op-
Hosstiou Democratic candidates. Tam
many was first In the field with its nom-
inations. and for some reason or other
turned down" about half of the deiega-
tion IS il exists In the Fifty-third con-
gress. John Dewitt Warner was elbowed
out of the nomination in the Thirteenth
district by the transfer thither of
Amos ]. Cummings from the Eleventh. +.
j. Dunrhy, who has contumaciousiy
dehed Iammany, was retired. The re-
douhtable Timothy J. Campbell was
deemed to have his full share of honor
and dignity. and the nomination in his
district was given to Henry c. Miner, the
theatrical manager. Bourke Cochran was
stelved, as il is alleged, by the express
direction of Mr.. Croker, TO make a place
for George b. Mcclellan. the young presi-
GcHt VI tHc DohFu Oh alutfsltH anu tue SON
of the general of the same name, and
some other changes in the delegation were
made. Dunphy and Campbsll have had
their names placed on the state Democratic
ticket. Every member of the delegation,
with one exception, who voted for the
Wilson bill, Was passed over by Tammany.
Ex-Nayor Grace. who represents the
state Democracy, has demanded an equit-
able division of the nominations between
his organization and Tammany. and
specifically the restoration OF Cochran and
Warner. but up TO the present has OBJ
tanned no assurance that his claim for the
state Democracy will be allowed. There
is scarcely one OF the city districts, all of
which are now represented by Democrats,
which will be safe for either Tammany or
the state Democratic candidate, should
both remain in the contest Chairman
Faulkner is reported 10 have said in Wash
ington City since his return from New
York, that he had reason TO hope for an
arrangement on satisfactory basis, but
uron wha, this hope is founded he has not
indicated.
Tie appearance of Senator Hill's name
at the head of both the Tammany and the
state Democratic tickets may also compii-
cate matters. Nathan Strauss, the Tam
many, or regular nominee for mayor.
claims that he should nave the exclusive
benefit pf whatever prestige there may De
on the regular ticket. Senator Hill has
declined TO refuse the use of his name TO
the state Democracy. which is supporting
Strong, Republican, for mayor, and
Strauss and his friends are in consequence
much dissiiected toward che senator. An
evening paper saws that Mr.. Strauss has
sent ais private secretary to Mr. Hill with
the ultimatum that the senator must dis
coun;enance the state Democracy's ticket
by refusing 10 allow his name To appear
npon II With that of Mr., Strong as Cti-
zens' aud Republican nominee for mayor,
or be tStFauss) would withdraw from the
regular Tammauy ticket
Ngw YoRK, Oct. ls.--At a late hour to-
night an intimate friend of Nathan
Strauss says: "Ar. Strauss hiss practi-
cally decided TO withdraw from the mayor
atty race" The Withdrawal of Mr.. strauss
will once more put the Tammang slate
all awry. The official announcement of
Mr.. strauss withdrawal viii be made to-
morrow IL Is the view OF the rank aud
fiIe of Tammany hall that ex-Mayor
Grants position is analogous TO that of
Senator Hill, and that he would be COM
peilei TO accent the nomination