New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-20
WTGVAM LEADERS DEFIED.
,.SK MUrINY IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS
LETTING OF THE TAMMANY hall. EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE-IOUD THREATS
OF THRoAT-CUTTING AT THE

TIVE coMMITTEE-IOUD THREATS
OF THRoAT-CUTTING AT THE
NEXT ELECTION.
-. Wjgwam leaders composing the Tammany
~ Executive Committee attempted at their meet
',.st evening, 10 repress with an autocratic dis
10 Of authority. the series of revolts which broke
=. IN several districts on Wednesday and Thursday
his AT the district meetings to choose inspectors
lection for the primaries. The eruption against
=. crafty schemes Matched out in the Wigwam
18th broke out In the With. XIth. XIXth and
ryxIIId new districts. was evidence of the dis
.,,snt prevailing throughout the city in the Tam
INV organization against the present managers
-. chiefs sat In counsel for three hours ostensiby
hanging the call for the primaries to take place
m August
lanes j. Martin. ex-presi6ent OF the Police
uoard. presided as chairman of the Executive
cnmmittee and ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy. Law
..rce Delmour. who tells the boys what Crokers
Ind "a on various questions that come up Henry
= purroy chairman OF the Committee on Or
,-,,.aron who has declared his intention Of re-
x.,ns 10 take orders from Croker. even first hand
-Iu.tce Paddy Diver. Timothy DRY Dollar"
Sullivan Barney" Martin John ]. Scanned. James
. coating and other illustrious patriots OF equal
.ne now occupying the front rank In "reor-
~nzed Tammany" took part in the gathering.
protests were filed against the gag-aw methods
hitch were alleged to prevail in the With. XlXth
.,d XXXIIId districts. but no attention was PAID
=. them. The defeated warriors who appealed for
o.thing like a fair show remorselessy and
..rncly turned down." and told to go and
M out their battles at the primaries.
EWid der inspectors all agin u.s.? asked Hagan
Ao appeared with delegation from the N1Xth
tell of ex-Sherir John B. Sexton's high-handed
Nv OF running the organization in that district
shat sort OF show would we have?
Martin Enge. who is 10 lead" the new With
,ss called into the secret meeting Of the commit
~ and ne solemnly assured Chairman Martin and
M rest that nobody had been shut out Of his meet
NJ" The Barney O'Rourke and "Silver Dollar"
smith outfit denied this and said that Engel and
tetau OF police refused admit any but those who
resented Engel's tickets OF admission. An inter
sting scrimmaee may be expected at the primaries
NJ F. Cummings and his followers from the XlXth
vanted 20 be heard by the committee. that they
could tell how Johnny" Sexton at the Pontiac Club
on Wednesday night declared his inspectors elected
and then hurriedly adjourned the meeting when
threefourths Of the braves voted the Sexton resou
ton down. But the Cummings men not allowed
q hearing. They surrounded Chairman Martin after
the committee had adjourned and wanted to know
why their request had been dsregarded
1T wasn't presented until after the committee
had adjourned" replied Mr.. Martin. This they
found to be true, for ex-Police Justice Mcmahon,
their application for hearns had S,s
discovery made Cummings. W. c Wilcox. who had
presented the protest. James j. ffaSaH
Romane and the rest OF the Delegation tearing
mad and all sorts OF language was hurled in the
direction OF Martini Sexton and Mcmahon. They
charged that of the three inspectors in the XIXth.
one is Sections brother-in-law and another his
cousin.
Were lawn Wild no trets." shouted Hagan. as
the Cummings men moved out into the street. but
] tell yez yen be sorry. III never vote another
Tammany ticket while Sexton stays as the leader.
I'll move out of the deestrick first"
A similar mutiny exists in the XXXIIid against
ex-PoNce Justice William +. Burke. MIR. Burke
showed the certificate of his inspectors election
signed by 2s out OF the l56 members OF his distrc,
committee But T. F. Ferrigan the leader of the
opposition TO Burke asserted that they were not
lawfully obtained. Ferrigan got no satisfaction
beat Burke at the polls.
The Tammany Hall Committee on Organization
will meet on Monday evening arl The Tammany
General Committee Tuesday evening. 10 go
through the form OF approving the call adopted last
night by the Executive Committee. Thrilling
posures OF the way OF the leaders have
tained control Of their districts promised
both OF those gatherings.