New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-22
ON THE BRINK OF THE ABYSS
HILL AND GRANT ARE STANDING
THERE TOGETHER.
THE PEOPLE ARE PREPARING TO HURL THEM
TO DESTRCCTION-NOTHIN CAN sWEETEN
THE UNSAVORY RECORD OF TAM
MANY's OWN CANDIDATE


MANYs OWN CANDIDATE
FOR MAYOR.
II Is plain to nine politicians out Of ten In
New York and to a great many people who are
not politicians that the tide against David H.
Hill and Tammany Hall is rising rapidly. surely
and rresistibly. As n well-known citizen who
rarely takes great interest in politics said yes
terday:
The very air Of this town is being impreg-
mated with opposition to the Democratic candi-
dates for Governor and Mayor 1t is SO pro
nounced that even the women take notice of
it and are predicting a great Republican vic
tory next month"
The nomination Of Hugh j. Grant for Mayor. in
stead Of allayng the feeling Of detesjation and
abhorrence which has been developed against
Tammany Hall and which has been growing for
months. has intensified and increased it. Mr..
Straus had never been affiliated with Tammany
Hall. and "A great many business men and other
good citizens relying solely on his individual rep
utation for integrity and philanthropy might
have voted for him I'm the expectation that he
might be able to give the city good business ad-
mnstratiOn and 10 prevent some u the whole
sale robbery upon which Tammauy Hall has
been fattening for the last siN years.
TURNING FROM THE RECORD WITH LOATH-
ING.
Eut these excellent citizens have NJ excuse
now for being misicI. The record which Mr..
Grant has made as Sheriff and as Mayor Of
Ncw-York Is before them. AID they turn from
IT with ioathlng and disgust Mr.. Grants fail
IRE to vote for the Broadway railroad steal as
Alderman. ana the energy he displayed In bury
ing the muIderous elective wires three or four
years ago. commendab,e as these may have
been. cannot be- used t. hid" from IN" voters OF
This city his Wercenary record in the Sheriff.
unlc- or the scanlalous list # appointments hc
meiled power - seIc' cling men for public office.
During Grants administration the cit} "N-
pcnditurcs were swollen 10y millions of dollars.
nearly every dollar going Into thc pockets Of the
corrupt and greedy gang II oiNcch old"is and
contractors which made the Wigwdm rcsound
with yes for "Gr,nt'' ua The night of IA" Tam
many Hal County Convention HIS appeal f1r
the sufferers 10y the Johnstown flood in 1859 was
crcditablc in It's way bur II cannot cover such
crimes against public l"ccncy as tho selection
~ Paddy Diver and Tom Grady for Polio"
Justices. ~ Barney" Martin for Commissioner
81 Jurors. or u Joe" Koch. l. T. Fitzpairick
and W s Andrews for Commissioners ~ EN-
vcr a a Tammany district leader by Mr. Grants
orders suffice AT this late day to make the
electors - New-York forget that II was the eX-
Mayors hand which signed tn" commission of
this harroom oaier and silent partner 4 green
goods operators. All the reports that Driver
has resi- gu-d his place IA police Justice. along
with his Tammany Hall leadership In The ia
District were denied yesterday 10y paddy" and
his friends
wIssIG DEFTEs GRANT.
Philip Wlsslg ,hc HId District Tammany As
sembly candidate, one Il the "lujuiicious nom
nations" agains, which Nj. Grant protested -
m. committee cf leaders VINO waited On him last
Friday. .nd who they promised should go or the
ticket created a sensation Yesterday by visiting
Mr. Grants rnion Square headquarters Ia per
son and demanding reasons FOR the DAD treat
meni." he called H. that h" was receiving
Mr. Wissig got around early. ana wn"n n" hhl
climbed the stairs 1. the eN-Mayors apartments
De- WAS tod that Mr. Grant had u1t been ih"t"
vet. Tn. prescribed candidate from the llld DIS
irict vent away but he returned .n an hour ana
IeiuanIo! an audience with the man Wh' had
sai he was disgrace O. Tammauy Han ana
must decline his nom nation i'r IN" Assembly.
Wisslg doubtless wondered how amy man
could become low and vile. and hlthy enough
t. disgrace Tammany Hall But as tn" IN
teryicw between Mr.. WisHiE and Mr. Grant was
neId behind clos"d doors and no official Re-
port was given out. what passed between them
was not definitely known. II wa ''nJrctur"i
from the state ~ excitement In when the rN
Assembymnn was when hc came ont from Mt
Grants presence. that II was highly unsaus-
factory to Wistg When seen a short time ar
trrward Wissig angrily declared that hc would
stay on the ticket In spite of Grants determine
tipn 10 rule him or the course.
My honor f. at stake" he declared "D' YOU
suppose that can be- made 90 crawl out oi the
back door Ike whipped spaniel? Never. SO long
as my name b. Wssg
Timothy Dry Dollar" sullivan Wissig's boss
in the INA District heard 80 his refusal to get
If the ticket" YESTERDAY and went mp o. tell NJ.
Grant that il would make no lincrenc" whether
h. stayed or not II Nissig VIII not declin"
his name will have To- be- printed on tn" Tam
many Hall official ballot. but sullivan VIII order
Il covered with paster bearing IN" nam" az N"
candidate for the Assembly whom he VIII select
to-day. Daniel OIeilly, son ~ Police Justice
Daniel O'R.u.y. who preceded sullivan in the
district leadership and dlcl In Ireland ab' 'ut two
years ago. John f. Brodsky. who represented IA"
old With as Republican but has sine gone
over to Tammany. and an Italian contractor
named Nlu'cnzD Maggie bur now known as
James T.. Marsh. are talked II. and one oi thes"
will probably be taken Tins c3nsttuentS
vote by pastcr-ballot anyway, and the ON 'idl
ba. lot is only Of use 10 place the pastcr upon.
Sullivan said last night that Wissig would not
get two votes west Of Broadway. and that h"
would not know that he was In the race when
the canvass was made.
A FEEBLE RAY or LIGHT IN THE GENERAL
GLOOM
The dropping spirits of Mr.. Grants support
crs were lifted for brief period yesterday by
the news that the Executive Committee of the
United German Democracy had met I'm Tcutonic
Assembly Rooms In the afternoon ard had in
dorsed the nomination Of ex Mayor Grant. As
this body which styles itself tn" "old German
Democratic Organization In the city of New
York" had previously indorsed Mr.. Straus ana
the whole Democratic ticket, II was an unan-
SWcrcd query y'SitrhHy now HH I''H'H' III
dorscment OF Grant could bring to him any
additional strength There were besides con
stant reports of defections on the part OF
Germans Hebrews and lduor-dealers. increas-
Ing the gloom which lowered over the Union
Square Hotel yesterday
Senator Hin WAS expected ny thc hhNlouS
and ratified managers at both IN" stat" COM
mittec's and Grants headquarters To come I"
town Yesterday but IN to "A late hour last night
he had not arrived. 1t was SAID AT the fhrk
Avenue Hotel that the Democratic candidate
FOR Governor would be here to-day. sure. lie Is
coming To lay out the programme Tor union
between Tammany Han ana MT 'racrS y ,'"'c
democracy When he comes there Will be "A
session I'm which cx-Mayor Grant, Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan. thairmen iilnkiry ana
Thacher and. possibly. eX-Mayor Nliliam k
Grace will take part. 1t was understood last
evening that James j. Walsh ana John CON