New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21
..DEADER'N a DOOR NAIL
IA ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE SCHEME
FOR DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
,.oru rAMMANY AND THE STATE DEMOCRACY
SIDES REGARD 1T AS UTTERLY COLLAPSED
~p.pNEY,' MARTINS OFFER TO WITH
DRAW NOT HILARloUsLY RE-
cEIvEp. IN VIEW OF THE
CONDITIONS

CONDITIONS.
hell,gerents OF Tammany Hall and the State
nerAocracy who spent last week fighting for "har-
nonv" rested on their arms yesterday, view
~ the field satisfied them that they were no nearer
snv settlement of their trouble than when they
h.ean their scrap TO effect union OF certain
legislative candidates. day OF calm retrospection
convinced most OF the fighters oil both sides that
they had little interest in the battle for "har-
mony" and that David II. Hill was about the
only man really concerned in 1t. They saw that
M had given up the expectation OF securing a
democratic Assembly for the benefit OF personal
liberty" and Sunday beer" and had set all hands
AT work simply and solely to secure union on
state Senators who could vote for his reelection
for the United States Senate in January, 1897 This
vav OF looking at II reconciled many laborers in
the harmony" vineyard to the utter collapse of
the Hill scheme.
No attempt TO resusctate the plan came up from
any quarter yesterday 1t regarded on both the
Tammany and the State Democracy side as so
utterly dead that hope expressed OF its posi-
bic resurrection. Chairman Hinkey will be back
at Democratic State headquarters again to-day but
all that is left for him do is to preach funeral
sermon the dead body.
There was little furry political circles yester-
day caused by the statement that Barney Martin
bowing TO the force of public opinion which had
pronounced him an unfit candidate for the SENATE
had prepared a letter declining the Tammany NOM
nation In the XIIIth District in legal form IL was
subject however 10 conditions. They were that
the State Democracy should nominate In barney 5
place ex-Assemblyman William H. Walker OF the
lid Assembly District, who had been 'Barneys
opponent for the Senate nomination before the TAM
many XIIIth District Convention. Mr.. Walker has
record for entire subserviency to Croker ana ram
many Hail. and Barney knew. OF course that the
State Democracy would enter into no such arrange
ment as the withdrawal Of Lawrence h. sexton
their candidate in that district and the endorsement
OF Walker. Nevertheless, barhsey loon n ~. io
hands OF his brother. James j. Martin, as chairman
OF the Tammany Hall Executive COMMITTEE; i hS-
Judge Power remarked on hearing the story iasI
evening that " Barney couldn't have pun MS letter
Wr Walker appeared at the State Democracy head
quarters No IS East Twenty third-st .ost sveiIcs
And was for an hour or two closeted with Mr. Con,
Van the leader of the State Democracy in the llld
Cir Walkers district. Mr. Walker expressed s su :
o. his succeeding Barney" Martin the ticket He
said that there had been sone GOODNESS p.,weeh
himself and Martin since the latter ,SoK ine sen Te
ate nomination from him. but that ne would no! re,
fuse run II he could become the canaide OF , r
two factions. Leaders Of the Grace organization re-
garded the affair simply as scneme iof ie'iio'''e
opposition 10 martin IN ms 1ro 0" th 1emocratic State
headquarters last evening that John a henneper ,S
the State Democracy candidate Tor senator III tne
HNth District was out OF the race III rsvo. %.
A Cantor the Tammany candidate ms .risnds
and was afterward Withdrawn by Major Huxley :
men az the Democratic state Hesdquar'eIrs, poard
Of Aldermen and member Of the s2 1e1a pem aSe
there Would be no Withdrawals whatever from the
State Democracy ticket Our candidates FOR sen
ate and Assembly viii remain in the field p l1i
election night" said Mr.. Jeroloman The kind
OF harmony they tired to give us IL dead ana rotten
Think OF men of standing in the Democratic party
asking us to support such candidates as Tim SUI
uvan Tom Grady Barney Martin Louis Nun
Finger and Maurice Featherston What sort OF
people they think are when they tell us
that to secure harmony in the Democratic parry
we must vote for with such records! we
are going on with canvass. and Will not with
draw solitary man on the list ,-,,,
'Is the plan TO withdraw Franklin Ben and Will
lam H. Law. the Tammany and State Democracy
candidates in the XXth District and unite on
Frederic r. Coudert. jr. against Pavey dead, too?
the ex-Judge asked.
YES lust as dead all the other schemes" was
the reply There will be union OF any kind
with Tammany Hall"
There was dispute Mr.. Jeroloman's
conclusions and they were generally accepted last
night correct
The determination of the Tammany Hall Com
mittee on Law TO prevent II possible, the printing
OF the State Democracy ticket on the ofhcia! ballot
in a separate column under the design OF the
rooster Will probably find expression to-day In an
application a Supreme Court Judge for an in1unc-
tion TO enjon the Police Commissioners The Tam
many men to prevent the printing OF the
fusion city ticket in the same column with the
Democratic State ticket.