New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08
MACHINE MEN NOW.
nrsERrIoN TO THE PARLIAMENTARY
RANKS.
,-,,,,sr COMMISSIONER MURRAY. JULIUS NJ
MAYER AND JOHN J. COLLINS GO OVER

vc,sr COMMISSIONER MURRAY. julius M
MAYER AND JOHN j. COLLINS GO OVER
WHAT'S TN 1T" FOR THEM
,., nres,dent OF the Board Of Excise
80, ,,- who was appointed Excise Commis-
- D,.ar last Nav by Mayor Strong. has succumpeu
~, h,a adjustments OF the Platt-LauterDac" "a
h,,e and will join with the roil-paooe,s "
yvth Congress District to defeat the eie' -.
Anti Machine Republicans as delegates u '
Louis National Convention. Comm'sS'o"e, W. T..
80 desertion Of the cause of honest poht'cS 10
raod &C more noticeable in political circles De-
,,se no has long posed an Anti-Platt man OF tle
most stubborn and uncompromising description. i
,as Theodore Roosevelt's candidate TOT EXCISE LIN"
missioner and Mr.. Roosevelt maze seVerai "'p
from Washington before his own appointment dc
police Commissioner to urge upon the Mayor the
collection of Mr. Murray the one man 10 Ill the
n,oce He posed as radical exponent OF honest
oIi,ics with so much success that William Brook
field General Arson G. McCook Cornelius ~ biiss
and other well-inown Anti-Machne Repuphcahs
Joined in the application to the Mayor Tor MS APP
pointment. ,
For several days Mr.. Murray has been having
clandestne interviews with Thomas c. Platt ana Ed
ward Iauterbach and It is now announced that he
will use his official personal and political pulls
against the Anti-AIachinc Republicans at the PR
marics of the XXIXth Assembly District on March
1s Mr. AIurrays immediate reward VIII De- IL -
understood, a place as delegate 10 the fSePuohca"
National Convention from the XVIII Congress Dis
trict.
In a square fight this district should elect Anti
Plat delegates The Plat men were Dragging yes
terday that they would capture the district ana
elect Joseph Murray and David Fredsam 10 the
National Convention.
There was also a report that Mr. Friedsam had
been induced to step aside in favor OF Mr. Lauter-
bach who has concluded that he would prefer going
Jictr deeQata
of the big Four" 1t is we'll known that Governor
Morton is dissatisfied with the plan to make MT
Iauterbach a deegate-at-large. and wouiu prefer
n have General Benjamin +. Tracy go 10 the Ma
,ional Convention in that capacity place TOT MI
Iauterbach must therefore. be made In the dele
cation from his district. and Tor thiS rcaso" -i'
Friedsams berth was wanted.
put machine politicians said yesterday that IL hau
been decided 10 ignore the Governors wishes III ''
regard and that the original scheme 10 seho i-au
bach as a delegate-at-large. with MessiS' D'
Miller and Plat. would be adhered 10 "he'"ef Nj
,Ior,on liked It or not Murray and f'riedsam were
therefore given out last evening as the machine
ticket for the XVIII District .,ordav that
Mr. Murray confirmed tho report y esuiuIH 10 said
ba1 iolned hands with the Plat element re saau
also that he was candidate Tor deIegatse ~ aneral
tional Convention and expecIea ~ nracticav sure
Coils who has been looked upon as prac'i'""' quiz
an reward for dess sd hsc ms pr6msd
iv Nr Platt the place OF Deputy state TIN MI
of Excise should IN" fNtill'S
- t,,o oneration The salary or the ONCE - 49,
Gar Il 600 less than the place or f-Noe IN, LII
,c,cr which will be abolished II the fa'hes p''
becomes a law meal IN the Excise Board
Who secured his appointment as an Anu An, achine
,',,,ilf..r has also gOn" over 10 M NO 80
II, =, ,,as reported yesterday. Although $500
,,r,eI hv the Excise Board. MI Mayer wa
a. yeaify made counsel OF the iSoarl ~ - "a
u, Murray and. is sald. IL under o9Is 1919 r
~ "a Vurrav's political fortunes MI uiiay
a asn~n dennncaon OF the Raines bll and his at
,cnnt 10 srcurr the passare In ~ strau on nj
mi the Joint product OF Mr.. Koos-VeIt an,
hi,,self are now looked upon as evidence Oh &c Sc
't,l.,i foresight on Murrays part IN VIZ" % ~
l.'iiirrn,s. ID change front ana accept ollSc "''N
.'s1,ro ,,.hrh ne condemned az vicious .
~ - r.nort.d conversion 10 the flt't l-du -
- slc A. John ! Collins. OF the ~ IN iSS,,i n
n's,ri.t who wac thrown out ~ tht I.epu n, bis
So, Conrnltt.. last fall by PAU Orders, 49, - ~
-. given - ex-POlice commissioner ~
l,..r, Ne collins seems To have made ms peace
Murray; VI, n1 g II Murray and 10 slated to go
"t'a ,i.c,tc 10 the National Convention from ti,c
IN Congrcse District. The ex-fohce |o''''''
sIorer vii be his colleague A,.A under NOR
~. N,rTIfh Congress District. WHICH, ui'ue ~.
-, ~ Conditions would elect MI BrooN.In an
- NrConk or sOme equally goOC Ah,l-nae e
p.,,tnlir,ns a. delegates to ST. LOUIS ~ .,r
40 or machine plotting. The scheine Is 10 c.p.u,
- xXIId Assembly District at the coming P'i
-. ana elect delegates opposed TO BFUokneiu
mn 49, rnroads upon the leadership OF Thomas
=, r,,o,r in that district have been maze wn.cn
10 Machine managers assert VIII secure tne eiec .ioI
- ,vyn patt men to ST. Louis John heisen"eoet anu
,t.xan1rr + Mason down on Inc HSl 10y ue -
g,t,r and Thomas HUMPHREYS ana jacob han" io'