New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-26
WIGWAM BRAVES AMAZED.
MR. LAW. OF THE xITH DISTRICT
MAKES A SENSATION.
-, r,,r M, rr1-,. MEETING OF THE GENERAL
COMMITTEE HE SAYS THE PRESENT mAN""T-
urNr or raMMANY IS ALL WRONG AND

IN THE DoLErUL MEETING OF THE 'ENhHA"
covu,rrrr HE SAYS THE PRESENT MANAGE
MENT OF rAMMANY IS ALL WRONG AND
PROPOSES TO CHANGE THE Is
FINALLY SUPPRESSED AND THE
PRIMARIES ARE POSTPONED.
Tho braves and warriors who assembled In the
h,g audience chamber OF the East Four;eentn-s''
r.mmanv temple last evening had plenty OF e'po"-
oo,, and nobody had 10 stand who wanted 10 FL
down The galleries empty. save Tor 'e"
bovs eating peanuts. But al or hear'y d. VIC
leaders and place-ho. 1ers In the orsaiiHa'o' 49,,
witty Tammany man dubbed them' INC Ioo
,or," were out and had chance 70 witness
what they had not seen before III i"'ni"""'
IN six years That was man WIN ''e
-, osa,ns, tho domination OF the bosses.
r, zoe tho first meeting OF the Tammany ha'i
conor,i committee since the e-ectloh' Al .''
nactad with the Wgwam have been looN'"e -, -.
IN this meeting, as 1t was expected u SCI
question Of immediate reorganization or p's'
movement until after the reappo''io''' -
city into thirty-hve districts c.or,I
Augustus W. Peters. chairman OF the YIN
committee who was defeated on November ,o'
president OF the Board of Aldermen by John Jero'o
man looked sadly at the vacant spaces III 'he nan
and the empty galleries usually Oh SUI" ..
resoundne with the Wild hilarious exui'a"' ""of
Of we.l-fed copiously imbibing braves anu asA '
Tor "order" although the silence which greeted MN
WAS oppressive Mr.. Peters evidently hap "'' VIZ
,,Ir,.st suspc,on that any one In that tame. as
,,essed-ooking gathering proposed to leu ie'o'"
The ro.l-cau having been dispensed with' oec'e.a'
John T. McGoldrick read the minutes o. '"e ''
meeting amid sighs and suppressed groans ,,, o
hardy sons OF Tammany, whose minus were Wv
u,on the fact that with the passage OF the row"
of Removal bill the sot pia, es ""e" no" ~
.sar, ,ti ,,now them no more for many years
Tho, Mr. ,IcGoldrck read In his most persuasive
tones the resolution adopted by the rAe1u"' In
rnittee and approved on Wednesday evening Wy ''e
Committee on Organization. proposing TIE p's'p"
ment OF the primaries OF 1875 ana the a"""a' -,
panzat,on until after The respportionment. h"-
cnoaker william suzer threw himself into Henry
t'av attitude and remarked that he did not thihk
that this was a time for a speech "hicn s"o"'"
how much the Congressnan-e lect was arec'e' "S
the genera. depression. II was the mrs, ume s'"'e
Mr. sulzer Joined the wigwam. so far as Co.one'
Tom Dunlap or any of the Oldest members OF the
organization could recoect. that he had fnissep d"
opportunity to deliver an Grafton The only 'nins
to do Mr. Sulzer thought. was TO indorse the ac''o"
OF the other committees.
At this point William n Law. n lawyer By profess
sion a member OF the University and Manhattan
clubs who belongs also to John J. ScanneTs Min
District Tammany organization and seneca Asso-
citation. rose and addressed Chairman Peters Mr.
Law was fashonably sttred and looked somewhat
out OF place IN his Tuxedo coat. evening walstcoat
and patent leather ties. The leaders. from Jimmy
Martin down To Punkitt. shifted uneasiiy In their
seats AZ Mr. Law pulled out a typewriter paper
and offered an amendment TO the resolution. when
proposed that a committee to be composed Of one
member from each Assembly District. each OF whom
should be a member OF the Tammany Hall General
Committee but not Of the Tamm2ny HAN Executive
Committee should be appointed forthwith to ascfr-
tain and report TO the next meeting Of the commit
v.
necessary I'm the organization o. Tamnany Hall I'M
de- the new apportioament and to recommend such
measures as may Seem expedient In tae premises.
Police Commissioner Martin was quickly on MS
feet; and made the point Of order mat the a''s"'
,nent was not pertinent to the subject Mt Peters
serv!e;y ruled the point well taken. but Maurice
!, uo,ahan who has aspirations Of his own, hoped
that Mr. Law would have an opportunity to en-
plain his amendment. and before the surprise ere
sted had passed away MIR. Law had Launched INTO
an inyectve against the rule OF the bosses
His mt he said. was that the VOICE OF the
carer,l committee composed Of the rank and me-
WAS or ought to be the voice of Tammany HAT
He had presented his resolution TO the ieauers' As-
sembled In Executive Committee ana sot no Sa.-
Isfacton He dIln; object 10 the postponement
but. In his opinion. 1t was not the proper way :.
meet the present issue. Whatever was done oaghhl
10 begin with the members ana go up 70 tne ,sau
ers and no, begin with the leaders and go DOWN
Such a proposition six months ago would have
h..r cod
and the crowd seemed petrihed by MT Laws
seeing the sensation he had caused Mr.; Law be-
gan 10 walk ZIP and down the aisle and gestcu-
fate II was time something be done. he declared;
TO close up the breaks I'm the Wigwsm walls caused
by the recent defeat Il voice the sentiments ot
o, per cent OF the organization. he SAID; when
saw the present management Is radicaiIy wrong.
The Executive Committee has too long dictated tne
policy of Tammany Hall We should not PVT y
in,o the power OF those men TO remain IN once,
Then. as II desiring 10 take crack a, sca ,n
the leader OF his own district he said Every
Assembly District ought. ! believe. to have the
right 10 choose its 0Hn Leaders. That IL what my
resolutions mean. Confusion and incoherent eN.
carnations from amazed WARRIORS That ough,
to be 80 because member OF Tammany nan
can suggest a resolution or say whether ne IS Tor
against II under pressn, conditions. The man
agement OF Tammary Hall should he In the Gen
eral Committee -,
There WAS applause when Mr.. Law sat down. but
the leaders wanted no more talk or mat hlnd Jonn
7. Mcintyre renewed Mr. Martins point OF orter
and then Mr. Ho.sha made a long speech IN when
nc cast deeper gloon over his Associates ny say
ing: ''Yon Will BE- eating snowba.s. and SO
viii T."
Mr. La tried to add something more TO his re-
marks. but ex-senator Piunkiti and coroner rltz-
gatrlck called for vote the postponement resolu-
ton Mr.. Peters again declared Mr.. Laws amend
mant out OF order. put the question on the postpone
ment resolution. declared II carried ana im'ned1tey
adjourned the meeting. But It was fe.t that It was
not the last Of Laws revolt