New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
TAMMANY LEA DERS WAHAED
FIVE CAPTAINS TELL THEM TO LEI IilE
9th REGIMENT ALONE
THE ,rnnr,Sc OF POWER suIzER AND RYAN

TIE MEDpI.ING OF POWER. sULzER AND H1"N
IN IRIS AFFAIRS VIGOROUSLY RESENTED
Major Edward Duffy. OF the 6sth Battalion sa''
Yesterday that he was not worrying about the paper
which WIS drawn I'D and signed by five captains IN
the battalion protesting against alleged interference
BY certain politicians in the affairs OF the orsa~'
ton. This protest was signed by Captains william
desmond of Company ID; Thomas +. Lynch' Oh
Compary x; John McCauley. Of Company A.
Charles Tealy OF Company I. and Edward /. NC
Crystal OF the new company b. This IS wna' '"e
document said:
1t having come to our knowledge that Mr. Maurice
J. Power. Mr. william +: Sulzer ana Justice, ,s sr
ranizatIon OF the Goth Regiment agreed upon be-
tween ourselves and Brlgadier-teaerai LOUIS T p
ter and McCirath. and whereas said programme WIZ
form and maintain united 69tn Keslnrni i aiieve
from further service the incompetent officers We
the undersigned expressing me sentiments vi we
OF and resent the interference OF the above-hameu
politicians. . :. A., u.,,o,
organizations to which these persons belong per
init them further interfere with me reosganuIn
ton OF the Goth Regiment by opposing the fhi-
tary AUTHORITIES in the discharge OF such duty or
in any manner attempt to pTeysn' ,r hf socIct,ss
the members Of the National Guard and the pso-
pie OF the city to defeat their candidates al 'he
next election.
Mossrs Power Su;zer and Ryan WILL OF course
be recognized as prominent Democratic politicians
The captains who signed the protest believe that
these men have used their influence with Governor
Flowe. in behalf OF Major Dufry. In the night whicn
is continually going between that ofilcer ana e1.
Lieutenant Colonel Moran The funny part OF II
IL that when the regiment was reduced 10 pa.-
talon l. supposed that these Captains or I9ur
OF them, at least. strongly In favor Oh MAJOR
DUFFY and did not like i,ieutenant-t oiones Moran.
Somehow other everything seems to nave gone
aNry. - ,, 49,.
Toth the Duty men and the Moran followers have
recently besieged Governor Flower with their arBu-
menis and Major DUFFY has apparently won a
point. lie had two lieutenants who had formen com
"a as ready 10 be mustered into the battalion, 70
make IL a regiment again. These two officers were
JIeutenants Spellman and O'Brien. Adjutant-Gen,
erhl Porter anl Inspector General McGrath opposed
sllo wing these two officers TO become captains ana
wanted two other men, who were known 10 De OPP
posed to Major Dufry, put in first. Then me wire
pulling began and Major Dury has evidently Won
trick as IL IS announced that the companies organ
lied by Lieutenants Spellman and OBrien VIII soon
be mustered into the battalion ana regiment
formed once more. $3.50 -, 49,. ro,,.o,
ants had been 20 Albany with him. and had teiked
with Governor Flower. IL was In consequences OF INV
Interview that the COMMUNICATIVE had decided
TO allow them 10 command companies. as ne WIS
greatly pleased with the men. ., l.,
wifi, the manifesto published by the captains !,
apparent,y aimed at Messrs SuiZ"r. Ryan ana
power II 1, believed that II was meant Tor an IN.
drec, attack on Major Dury IL Is Just possible tha
the officers may have 10 explain before a court OF
inquiry or a court-martial jus what they did mean