New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
DELANEY'S SWORD DRAWN
DETERMINED TO CUT DOWN HIS ENE-
MES.

HE SAYS THE WHOLE WEST SIDE MAY TAKE UP
THE srRuGGIE-TriE RIG FIGHT IN TAM
MANY HALL THE TALK or POLITICIANS
The big fight In Tammany Hall on Friday night
at the meeting of the Wigwam General Commit
tee. when the Delaney faction Of the XIth Assem-
bly, District was unseated by the report Of the
Contested Seats Committee and left the meeting
Withdrawing In a body from the Tammany or
ganlzaton, was the talk OF the politicians yester-
day There was no diminuton OF the bitter feel
Ing engendered at the scrap on Friday night the
voice OF John J. Delaney, the anti-Dalton leader,
was still for war THE action OF the committee
last night" he said, Ought to make any honest
Democrat blush. No evidence whatever was In
troduced by Dalton to rebuff our sworn charges
On the contrary, Dalton admitted that he had
padded the rolls OF his district with names OF
men living outside his district His excuse was
that the exgencies OF the case made II necessary.
Money, he said. necessary to work politics,
and these outsiders were wiling to pay. Nobody
can tell whether this is true or not. Dalton got
all the money, and he never accounted for a cent
The truth is the report read was never con-
sidered In the committee, because there was abb
solutely no meeting The report was carted
around and signed by the members where they
could be found. Tammany may try to whitewash
Dalton but there are l. 900 men who have had per-
sonal experience with him and have suffered IN
dividual injustice at his hands who Will not for
get the treatment they received at the primaries.
why didn't the committee meet?" Mr.. De-
laney was asked.
The reason they never met was that they did
not propose doing anything until they heard
what Croker wanted them TO do, and they did
nothing until Croker got back and then they did
me- Four wears ago Croker foisted this man Dali
ton upon us He put the man there against the
will Of the people OF the district. and has been
keeping him there ever since then.
THE sentiment among US Is not to indorse any
opposing ticket, to accept any Endorsement our
selves, but to fight II out the one issue. To do
this. full ticket may he necessary, and we may
have to resort to the plan Of the State Democracy
and place a State and county ticket In the field,
and have emblem of our own
The trouble is not going to be confined to the
XIth Assembly District 1t will spread both ways
into the IXth and XIIIth districts, and would
not re surprised II 1t extended into the With and
the XVIII districts. The With is ripe for revolt
jim Boyle Is another man who has been
kept at the head Of a district in defiance OF the
will of the people. The With would like TO
dump him, and Is eager for the opportunity.
Plunkltt Is also a mark for public condemna-
ton. Tom McManus beat the life out of him three
years ago. and It would not take much 70 upset
him. The best In the With IXth. Xlllth
and XVIII districts already sympathize with us.
| wouldn't be surprised to see the whole West
Side UP to the Harlem River involved In this
fight. Well keep these old political hacks busy
holding on to their scalps this year. The slogan
has sounded and some Of these dubs know
they've got 10 60"
Friends OF Mr.. Delaney said yesterday that
great injustice had been done him by rumors
that he was only waiting for Croker to promise
him something to give up further contest. THESE
reports have been started by Dalton, said one
Of Mr. Delareys associates yesterday, land are
utterly groundless Nothing Richard Croker can
offer will swerve John J. Delaney. He is going
to stay In this fight until he drives these old
Wigwam fakirs out of business