Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-25
WISSIG WITHDRAWS FROM THE
TAMMANY TICKET.
REPUBLICANS PROFESS ENTIRE
CONFIDENCE.
The Local Assembly and COMPRESSION
al MiX-up Still Causes Trouble-Hili
and Croker Advise Policy Conces-
sion-Tammany Expected to Fall
Behind the Gubernatorial Candidate

New York. Oct. 23.-At democratic
headquarters it was announced that
Philip Wissig, Tammany democratic
candidate for the assembly, had COM
piled with Hugh Grants demand that
he retire from the ticket. Charles (SiI-
Yer Dollar) Smith, the aldermanic
nominee TO whom also Grant took eX-
ceptiOn, says he will not withdraw 4
conference of democratic managers
is being held to consider the situation
in those congressional districts Of New
York city and Brooklyn in which there
are two democratic candidates. SEN
ator Faulkner, OF West Virginia, chair
man of the democratic congressional
campaign committee, and Senator Hill,
candidate for governor are present.
New York, Oct. 23.-The republican
| managers of the state campaign, while
actively at work pushing the canvass
III all parts of the state. claims they
| are unable to find any distressing in
dicatiOnS in their ranks and are III
serene confidence, watching the at
tempts of their democratic adverSaries
to adjust and harmOniZe the fractional
! disturbances With which they are be-
set Oh all sides, ana especially i'll this
! city. EX-PreSident Harrison will al
rive later in the week to attend to
some private business and while i'll the
CITY it is Chairman Hackett's inten-
! ton TO arrange, ii possible a mann
moth meeting at Which the eN-presi-
dent will speak and at which his for
mer running mate, Nil. Morton, now
! republican candidate for governor.
Will be present.
senator Hill spoke at NonkerS last
hight. lie VIII speak at brooklyn this
Afternoon ana VIII be Ia New l0rh
and tins Vicinity unul rruay When
! he VIII return TO the interior Of the
state. A great ueal Will depend upon
! the result OF the WISH ana conferences
he has with SIaIe ana local leaders
The situation, 50 far as New L DIRK city
and BROOKLYN democratic candidates
for congress ana assembly are con-
cerned Is very critical with the county
democracy candidates opposing the
| Tammany congressional and assembly
candidates III this city, and the Sh2p-
ard candidates running against the
regular nominees i'll the Brooklyn dis
trict. All the efforts heretofore made
toward harmonizing the differences to
prevent the possibility of republicans
slipping III through the democratic di-
visions have proved inenectual. Hill,
! Croker and other leaders are said to be
advising policy concession, but Lieu
tenant Governor Sheehan says that no
basis for agreement has yet been
reached. He also has given out an in
| tervieW in reply to the charges Of col
oniZatiOn of the voters made by the re-
publicans in which he makes counter
charges against them. He says that
the democratic committee was repeat
eddy warned of the republican cOlonl-
Zation schemes; receiving such infoI-
nation from railroad officials and 9th
Ell reliable sources.
With the final clearing up of the
local situation, the outlook for demo
cratic success in this state at the COM
ing election is much better. Senator
Hill is making one of the gamest
fights in the history OF American poll
tics and his managers express great
deal Of confidence in the outcome.
Meetings he has addressed have been
large and enthusiastic.
! The betting is even that Tammany
will suffer a severe defeat, and, taking
it all in all, it will not be a cause for
democratic regret if it does. The de-
struction Of the organization would
ALLEVIATE no democratic votes, while it
would heal sore in the democratic
body polite.