New-York tribune., 1896-12-30
PURROY LEADS A BOLT.
A PROTEST AGAINST THE RULE OF
SHEEHAN IN TAMMANY.
TIE COUNTY CLERK TO FORM TIE TAMMANY
HALL. HOME RULE DEMoCRAcY-wILLlNGT TO
sJBsIpE If CROKER WILL TAKE


Tammany Hall that may reach large proper
tions The leader Of the bolt is County Clerk
Henry D. Purroy and he calls the new organi-
zation which he is tc form the Tammany Hall
Home Rule Democracy. The alleged resolution
against the present rulers Of Tammany Hall
with John c. Sheehan at their head broke out
full fedged last evening when the Tammahy
Committee OF Organization adopted the call pre-
pared by Sheehan's Committee or Five, whicn
placed Purroy's bailiwck above the Harlem
I River. the XXXIVth and NXXVth Assembly
Districts. on the same footing as the other dis
tricts where contests are recognized ana de-
prived the district leaders Of their tme-honored
Tammany right Of naming their three election
inspectors for the primaries. Instead IL was
ordered that the regulars should have one in
spector the opposition one and that the third
inspector should be appointed by the Executive
Committee.
Mr. Purroy and his lieutenants will brook no
such Interference in their domestic affairs. ana
they started out last night to raze to the ground
the already dsmantled walls of the Fourteenth
ST. wlgwam. Ex-Rcgister John Reilly. OF the
XIVth Assembly District sounded the battle cry
Of the Tamman- Home Rulers last night
II have been a steadfast member of Tammany
Hall for thrty years he said. but cannot
stand for tho kind Of politics they've got there
now ! am for Honest Tammany. and against
the Buffalo briGands."
STANDING DISCONTENT.
Henry y. Purroy. who heads the movement
has been in n state Of semi-eruption ever since
Richard Croker appointed joan e. Sheehah
leader Of the organization in 1S9o. Mr. Purroy
was puieted during that campaign by renoh-
nation for County Clerk. and was elected with
the rest Of the Tammany ticket. bur ne soo'
broke out again and had kept up his opposition
to Sheehan's management ever since. Last Sep
tember he orga nzcd the Tammany Bryan-Sewah
Central Club with the avoweG object Of hamper
ing Sheehan's conduct Of the campaign, and uiti-
mately driving him from the leadership.
John ! Scannel, Dry Dollar sullivan. ex-
Register Docharty and other prominent Tam
many leaders who Joined PUrroy in his Tam
many Central Club last fall expected to go
with him in his present movement. The re-
dcubtable tom" McManus. who has long been
n thorn in the flesh of George W. Punktt ana
the Tammany machine on the West Side. made
haste last evening To nounce his intention OF
placing his following under the standard of Pur-
roy and his Home Rule Tammanyites. Accord
ing 10 Purroy "a prominent leader whose name
10 "A familiar one IN tho Wigwam. though ne re-
fused 10 mention il. IS TO come out I'm day o.
TWO and declare that he is with the opposition
/
othe. important achievements Mr.. Purroy said
were expected.
NETTING CT THE COMMITTEE.
Although Mr. Purroy had made all his prep
arations to bolt. he took his place last evening
az chairman of tho Tammany Hall Committee
on Organizailon and presided over its proceed
ings It was expected tnat he would precipi-
tate grand squabble when the call for the
primaries Incorporating the plan of the Sheehan
Committee OF Five was presented but those
who We're looking for trouble were disappointed.
III. call which set January Ii Ne the day FOR
tho primaries designated the Id XXXITId.
XXXIVth and XXXVth districts those
IN which contests were recognized. ordered
that therein the polls should be kept open
from to . y. IN. instead Of from 10 ? p. NJ.
~ was ordered for the other districts. and that
the three inspectors should bc chosen in tho
manner already indicated
After Secretary John R McGoldrick had nn-
shcd reading the call. Senator Charles l.. Guy
representing the Purroy side. rather dehanty
gave notice that the Tammany organization OF
the XXXIVth and NNXVth Districts had ap-
pointed their own inspectors and places for hold
ing their primaricr ard did not purpose To recoS-
nzc the right of tho central organization to die
tate to them in these matters. Chairman Pur
roy put the question on the adoption Of the call
and declared ii adopted.
PrRROY's OPINION OF sHEEHAN.
When the meeting had adjourned AR. Purroy
and his lleutenants went tn the Morton House.
at Broadway and Fourteenh-s;.. and held an
executive session. He afterward made a state
ment " his Intentions to the newspaper reporters
in which he said that he and his friends proposed
to start a new organization. to be called the
Tammany Hall Home Rule Democracy.
"Our antagonists may have the advantage of
us on the question Of regularity" he said III we
make separate and Independent nominations.
which we viii undoubtedly do. We may make
combinations with other organizations. but that
is n matter for the future The issue is one Of
home rule Their. will probably be two Tam
many Hall committees In our districts. one with
headquarters In Fourteenth-st and the other
elsewhere But we shall claim to be regular all
| the same.
This organization will be a strong protest
against New-York city being ruled during Mr.
| ,'roker's domicic in England by deputy
leader from Buffalo, who left that city under
| heavy cloud.
| "It is Intended to emphasize the fact that
| Tammany Hall has been under the rule OF two
cx-Police Commissioners. who with their col
league John McClave were the dominating
force OF the old Police Department when the
force was permitted to sink 10 tho utmost depth
Of corruption. degradation and nfamy, against
which New-York arose.
THEIR DEEP HUMILIATION
| "In the XXXIvth and XXX,Vth districts We
have for more than a year suffered the humilia-
ton OF being ruled by this deputy leader from
Buffalo TIE attack they made on us tonight
has aroused in US the s, nse Of honor. and we
propose To fight back to the best Of our ability
whether our opposition amounts to much
little We expect before we go home tonight To
! cover another part Of the Greater NewYork
II told Mr.. Croker plainly when he consulted
me about Sheehan at Saratoga that he would
make the greatest mistake OF his life II he al
lowed Shcehan 10 become leader of the OrganZa-
tion I'm his stead ! told him that no man Of
bad moral character could be safely exploited
ss leader OF n great organization. | served In
stant notice on Mr.. Sheehon that would never
recognize him leader while Richard Croker