The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-20

without any cOnsu'a ion with You except that
NJ which you p1sitiVely prohibited the Execu-
any way. You were 80 positive that your near
est friends tried to prevail upon the other mem
placed on them. HevsrtReiess ,he Exeeutive
COMMITTEE ieit that YOU were the only person TO
the Idol OF the young men Of this city. You
have never dnus ANYTHING in your whole public
or privst" We 70 charge their good opinion.
standard bearer Of Tammany Hall.
They had also In view the fact that IL re-
quircd the efforts of every district leader and
every friend Of yours present TO prevent your
uprising took place in that Convention, the
equal Of which had never been seen In this city
before Appss,hs were made to the people who
were resisted for u long time. Your friends who
insisted upon respecting your wishes finally pre-
tion that delegate to the Convention had in his
possession letter from you declining under any
circumstances TO he named asa candidate owing
TO the condition Of your business affairs. You
know, of course. what has taken place since and
OF the withdrawal of the man who was nominal
ed that night. In consequence Of that with
drswal the Executive Committee of Tammany
Hall met this morning at 10 o'clock, and gentle
ton repeated that under no circumstances could
you accept the nomination: Notwithstanding
that declination the Committee OF Sixty passed
resolutions that you were to I've the candidate of
Tammany Hall A committee was instructed
10 walt on you and lay before you the whole
circumstance. Tho committee did so. You
consulted with your friends rs we understood
H. You gave us no positive assurance. but we
were inspired with a hope-a hope that II the
matter was laid before you in q proper light we
would Tst y0nr yphsGh' WS is WIN ma ny you Ss as
been in any other organization or served under
any other flag. would he the man to bring out
OF the city. You are the man to bring out that
vote because you have represented the organi-
zation before and in representing II have done
credit ia it, to the city. and TO yourself
For that reason the Committee OF sixty met
sted the demand for your services. Now. sir, 1
lay their nomination at your feet
''Col, Murphy and gentlemen Of the commit
tee: You cannot regret more than do the un-
fortunate condition Of affairs that Mr. Straus
and am extremely sorry he should have felt it
necessary to decline at this late date the nomi-
Hall. II has been my fixed determination not to
accept the nomination for Mayor of this city.
such has been my determination. and what 1
say now is conditioned upon some matters that
] shall later bring to your attention. Thus
9 bs p ~ re NO dP Hew SGo r my POSITION rS
resented In Tammany Hall, has been extremely
Kind TO me. asked many q You gentlemen TO
were kind enough to comply with the request
made. As understood your statement of the
what responsible for his nomination. | know
that you are aware that would not ask you or
not take the responsibility. for Icannot but ap-
preciate your very kind feelings toward me
no% that UPON the adndion that sSch {, caS y
dates on your local ticket as may deem II inju-
dictous to run shall be withdrawn. will accept
your nomination. ] do SO with no fear in the
world that II means anything but my election"
And on behalf Of the organization repre-
will accept your condition no matter who the
man may be that is affected or whom he repre-
:" Upon those conditions" replied the ex-
Mayor May os; nSSGept thG nomination, and may
tn
Mr.. Grant was invited to accompany the noti-
fcation committee before the Executive Com
mittee but he asked to be excused, saying:
:" It is 30 important that should now go to
work on my canvass that l think that little
Another condition which Mr.. Grant imposed
was that an even more aggressive campaign
for II. sa Ss sS
ton meeting Was not enough, and that another
and II was at once decided to hold a ratification
meeting at Tammany Hall next Tuesday night
set TO work to make all the arrangements for
speakers, fireworks. music, and platforms for
tee lost no time and In two hours announced
that they had secured tor speakers on that &C.
casion eI :Gov. Waller OF Connecticut. Daniel n.
Lockwood. candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Frederic X. Coudert, John Boyd Thatcher, Chair |
, man OF the democratic STATE campaign Com
Ellery anderson, District Attorney Fellows. and |
Mr. Grant is established in the same head |
quarters where he conducted all his successful |
campaigns for Sheriff and for the Mayoralty. |
v no assisted him in his former battles. Among |
hem are Dock Commissioner Phelan, Police |
Building Department, and Dominick J % Farrell. |
Mayor Giiroyls secretary, Willis Holly will be
sssg y 81 as and ~ III be
Record. All these men were at his headquarters
asst evening joining their CONGRATULATIONS with
Mr.. Grant was interviewed there by a reporter
II The Sun. After making the statement quoted
~ have determined TO take Tammany Halls |
for the Mayoralty. l take II out OF
lily. take il out OF a sense OF duty to the DEM
,cratic party Of the State and country. take
to assist ds the gallant fight which Senator Hill
I'm your letter to Justice McMahon. which
prevented your nomination by the County Con:
mt enter politics because OF business arrange
nents you had made. Will you explain what
Why, meant exactly what I said. might
ust as we'll explain II In detail; had entered
resident OF the Central Trust Company' and
riend or his, TO devote my time for two years to
he care Of enterprises in which we are, Jointly
Whatever business ability possess
vas. therefore, theirs TO command. As soon,
however. as Mr.. Strsus made definite his
icket. representatives OF that organization
allied upon me and urged me 70 take the
Guild not do it. Being pressed, | finally .ex-
blamed to them my business arrangement, Just
= have told IL TO you. They brought all the
influence they, could bring TO bear on Mr.. Olcott.
lr. Olcott called upon me this morning and told
ne substantially that he had received too many
ayOrs from the Democratic party not 10 respond
u any call IL might make. He said that he
rould cancel the agreement between us. and
nat he believed IL was my duty to run, and that
WAS for the interests Of the Democratic party
hat should run.
" am going TO run. l shall run in the inter-
SITS Of the whole Democratic party. | shall run
q the interests, as believe Il, OF the people of
he city Of New York. l shall run in the inter
SITS Of the political organization with whose
Drtunes | have been Identified ever since |
cached manhood, and which believe to be as
ure a political organization ever was formed
! this or any other city. do not pretend that
is perfect; that il embOdies all goodness. but
a believe that IL has through its members who
ave hfen put in ONCE during the last six years
iven the city of New York better admins
ration OF its affairs than has been given 10 any
her city in this country"
"Wlll you object 10 the placing OF the names |
the regular Democratic state nominees on an |
ffteial ballot with the names on the Grace
ckety
"NO. | have said that | would run in the in | ,
srests OF the Democratic party. | repeat II. | |
Q not care upon how many tickets the names
our regular State nominees are placed. This
not the year to discuss such question. 4 | ,
ant the Democratic state ticket elected. | |