The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-23
COTHAM'S BIG TIGER HUNT.
Tammany Giving Some Of It's OdiOuS
Members a Shaking Up.

Committeeman WlsS1R TO BE Oa1leo
OF as an Assembly Candidate-A Ru-
NOR That Grace and Several of the
Tammany Leaders Are Going to Har-
monize on Congressional Candidates.
Col. Strong Notified of His Nomina-
tion for Mayor.
New York Oct. 22.-The heavy work of
the local campaign began to-day at all
the headquarters except those of Hugh
I Grant at the Union Square hotel Some
Tammany men believe that the shorter
the campaign the better it will be for
Mr.. Grant The whole effort of Tam
many, according to the present pro-
sraume, will be directed towards drawing
party lines, and all talk about the record
of Grant and Tammany generally will bo
met by the assertion that this is
''threshing over old straw and that tho
salvation of the Democratic party is the
one thing at stake.
The resignation of Judge Diver as a
member of the Tammany executive COM
mittee and leader of the second assem-
blv district last Saturday night caused no
surprise. Judge Diver was forced out by
the general committee of his own dis
trict not by the executive committee or
nv Hugh J. Grant The report that Judge
Diver is to resign his police justiceship
is not generally believed. His friends say
that he will move up town, but will hold
on to his $1,000 a year till the end of his
term.
Timothy Sullivan and several members
of the Tammany general committee in the
Third assembly district went to police
headquarters at o'clock tonight to file
a declination of Phil Wissig for the can
didature for assemblyman in that dis
,I@ %I,1 fa Of M in a
ton of Councillor Dan J. O'Reilly, as the
Tammany candidate for assemblyman in
Wissigs place. When the party reached
headquarters there was no one to receive
the papers, and they left, promising to be
back later
Another of the rumors " hich few about
among the politicians this afternoon and
caused considerable excitement, was that
there was to be a meeting in one OF the
uptown hotels this afternoon between Mr..
Grace and several of the leaders of Tam
many hall in the interest of complete har-
mony 1t was understood al the time that
harmony was to be brought about by the
conference through a disposition of the
congressman from this city. 1t was said
that the conference would decide that one
democratic candidate for congress would
be sufficient in each district, and having
come to that conclusion, would recommend
the withdrawal of candidates on one side
or the other in order that no republican
could, by any possibility, alp in through
division of the democratic forces. The
principal work of the conference was to
decide on just how many democratic can
didates should be State democrats and
how many Tammany men.
Tammany, as 1t was told, was ready to
make almost any sacrifice in order to Sc
cure perfect harmony and insure the sue
cess of the democratic state and local
tickets.
There are nine congressman elected from
this city, and of these it was said that in
two districts certainly, and three prob
ably, the Tammany candidates would be
advised by the conference to withdraw
from the contest.
One district, in which it was said the
Tammany candidate for congress would
certainly be advised to withdraw, was the
Fifteenth, where Jacob a. Cantor was
placed in nomination by Tammany Hall,
and Col. Robert Grier Monroe by the
State Democracy. 1t is said that if Mr..
Grace does nothing else, he will insist
that Cantor withdraw and Monroe be per-
mitted to have a free field there.
One of the other rumors connected with
this same conference was that sufficient
influence would be brought to bear on
Timothy ]. Campbell by somebody, from
somewhere, to induce him to withdraw
from the contest in the Ninth district,
in order that the election of Henry c.
Miner should be at no time endangered.
The executive committee of the Busi-
ness Mems Democratic Association met
this afternoon and completed arrange
ments for the mass meeting to be held
under their auspices on the night of Oct.
"a at Carnegie hall. Senator Hill and pos
sibly Vice President Stevenson will ad-
dress the meeting
The prospects of harmony between the
Shepard and regular democrats of Brook
lyn looked darker to-day than they ever
looked before. There was time when the
democrats would
to make concessions to the boilers. Since
then, however, Bernard j. York, chair
man of the executive committee of the
regular organization, says the outlook for
the success of the democrats in Kings
county is so promising that regulars are
opposed Overwhelmingly to any conces-
sions to the Shepardites. 1t is said that
the regular organization has so far got
the upper hand of the Shepard faction
that the former win not compromise in
any thing unless the Shepardites viii
make concessions that would amount
practically to joining the regular organiza
ton.
Col William L. Strong, the committed
of Seventy's candidate for mayor was of.
ficially notified Of his nomination by the
State democracy at his headquarters ir
the Sturtevant House this afternoon. Mr.
Grace himself was not present, but the
committee attended and made the forma
notifications.
Mr.. Green, the chairman OF the com.
mittee in the course of his address to Col
Strong, said You are republican; We
are democrats. But you enter this fght
not as a partisan leader, but as the cham
pion Of all honest citizens, under what
ever party flag they march, against the
hordes of corruption, no matter under
what party name they masquerade.
ITO religious blgotry under whatever
guse, you are and always have been ar
avowed and open foe; for this we honor
you.
ITO the widest personal liberty under
the law you are and always have been tho
faithful fearless friend; for this, too, We
honor and admire you.
'As loyal sons OF democracy. we claim
10 emphasize our loyalty to the principles
Of our faith, when we make partisanshiT
yield to the higher demands Of citizen
ship and we pledge you our earnest en-
thusiastlc support TO secure this splendid
victory you are bound to win"
THE citizens of New York foi
the last six years have been governed by