The evening world., 1894-08-03
the TIGER At The SPA.
Big aud Little Tammany Men
Ready for the Conference.
Flower FIounderina Like a Rudder-
less Ship.
Sad Effect of the Absence OF Will
Jams and the Professor.
special to The Evening Norld)

SARATOGA, N. ", Aug. S.-Gov.
Flower Is either sorry for what he said
In his recent interview on harmony, or
he has lost his cue. He said to-day he
had nothing to add to his statement.
The Governor is not fluent talker
when the piece he is to speak Is not pre-
pared beforehand, or when either CT his
mentors, Col. Williams or Prof. Collin,
do not accompany him.
The Governor came here without his
advisers, and that probably accounts
for his poverty of ideas.
Bright and early, long before the
fashionable Summer guests came out
for their morning nip of spring water,
Mayor Gilroy and Richard Croker sat
on the veranda Of the Grand Union.
They talked rapidly and earnestly to-
gether. They attracted much attention,
but SO absorbed were they In their con-
versation that they were not aware that
nurses were pointing them out with
their fingers to the children In their
charge, giving them a nursery object
lesson of men who achieve greatness
and men who have greatness thrust
upon them.
Who are they?" one little boy was
heard to ask of his guardian.
=" Them Is Tammany men. Tammany
is an organization of Indians" replied
the nurse, knowingly.
mo, they amt" put in another white
aproned maid, by way OF correction.
Don't be telling him wrong. They are
brokers. They are dealers In Governor
ships and other public Offices
IN ha
political economy.
Richard Croker intended to leave for
Richfield Springs last night, but he
| Changed his mind to-day. He will be
close at hand when the conference of
leaders takes place. Mayor Gilroy is
still reluctant to admit that there will
Who is here to hold conference? ?"
he asked.
THE Evening World" correspondent
are on the ground and those who are
expected Senator Murphy Lieut.. Gov
Sheehan., Corporation Counsel Clark
II suppose, they have been waiting for
sulzer; that's why a conference hasn't
taken place. Isn't that so, John7' re-
Piled the Mayor. addressing ex-Register
Reilly laughed, but he didn't appre-
ciate the joke at the expense OF his pro
tege, the young Henry Clay, of the
Tenth District. 1t is believed that the
time Tomorrow. Probably harmony
talks win be one of the features OF Fam
many,s Fourth of July. celebrations
A big aggregation of Tammany poll
ticians has been attracted here by
the prospects of conference. II they
keep coming there will soon be a
quorum Of the State Democratic Com
mittee and the Tammany Executive
Among the Tammany leaders regis
tered at the hotels are Senator Timothy
Dry Dollar Sullivan, Of the Third Dis
Of tbs Sixth; ex-Reglster John Reilly, OF
the Tenth; Fire Commissioner John J.
scannell. Of the Eleventh; Clerk OF
Special Sessions Peter J: Dooling, OF the
Of the Twenty-fourth.
Leader Thomas Dunn. of the Twen-
tieth. will be here tonight; Alderman
New York City Government In the poilt-
tcal colony, Judges Gildersleeve and Van
Wyck the judiciary and John Keenan,,
Of doodle fame, the glorious past Of the
Another retired politician, Abraham
Diesbecker, who was Police Commits
| sioner twenty years ago, during the ad-
spending his vacation at the Spa, and
with ex-Sheriff Jimmie" o. Brien, who
10 without the breastworks, watches the
heads or reigning families OF New York.
do not take kindly to the idea OF maxi
ing concessions TO the State Democracy
or other organizations who have been
lighting Tammany;; Privately they con
but publicly they talk harmony by tn.
card and by orders