New-York tribune., 1896-11-16
AWAITING CROKER'S COMING
WIFE SITUATION THAT WILL CONFRONT
HIM

.--,-pxf,ss pFrwEEN THE sHEEHAN AND PUR-
,ov rAcrroNs-THE wIGMAN THEORY OF
r,,r FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
r.,uanv Hal politicians busy yesterday
,n,ne on the possible effect on the organization
-. .,u,a FOLLOW the return from Europe OF Rich
W, croker Mr. Croker sailed on Saturday from
rr,hompton on the American Line steamship ST.
,s which Is due here next Friday.
~, aissersions which have grown up between the
,to tribes Of John G. Sheehan and Henry D.
$50 will he the first thing engage the ex-
,r.s attention. The Purroy people have been kick
~" ~ - since Croker deputzed Sheehan to act as
,aao- Mr. Purroy thought that the job assigned 10
a. sheehan was exactly the one that the trans
Harlem boss was qualified 10 fill. Seniority. length
=. ss-,,e and long experience in fighting both for and
ca,ns, he Wigwan were on his side OF the account
", Purroy contended. Tammany's success with the
ola n the liquor interest in the campaign Of 1895 had
modifying effect the opposition to Mr. sheehan.
,r soor after The Chicago Convention the foud broke
49,. again with renewed bitterness Purroy called his
.,ans together at Crhachs Hall on the North Side
,a inlo-ssd the Chicago ticket. 10 show his con-
enp, for ;he dominating forces of Sheehan who had
,ar,s5 - follow IINs recommendations and post
,one action on the Bryan tickle, until after the Buf-
.al, State COn1 ention.
Further emphasize his desire for open hattie,
pr-rov in September came down into the heart of the
cj,y and with the aid Of John j. Scannen. Dry Dol
ar" sullivan. Senator Guy and others. organized
,nder Sheehan's very nose what he called the Tam
many Central Club. avowedy to unseat Sheehan as
leader pro tenn. and failing in hat TO break up the
organization regardless Of what became of the pieces
Since The election Sheehan and Purroy have been
charging each other with being the cause of Mci<in-
ey's 2o.C00 plurality and with the defeat OF Tam
manys only candidate In New-York County.
To calm these dscordant elements is not Mr..
Crokers only task. He must also get the Sound
Money Democrats who repudiaied Bryan back into
Tammany Hall If he If he accomplishes this ne
mus; wipe tree silver out of the Wgwam creed and
send 10 the rear The cranks and wild-eyed shouiers
which formed large part of the Tanmany forces in
the recent campaign Mr.. Croker mus, work expedi-
lousy gel his cohor,s into shape for the great mu-
nic.pal battle Of 1897.
The Tammany theory Is that the Tammany organi-
zaiion is 10 form the nucleus around which all sor:s
OF sposun;ing Democrats in the territory OF Greater
NeH-YorA lal!. 1ammany being numerically
stronger that the Mclaughlin regUais OF Brooklyn,
The Muller people Saten lsianu or any other Dem
Ocraiic bread -butei brigade in the new territory
will be entitled ,he larger snare Of public p.under
Q: the patronage OF he new metropolis. If the COM
bina:ion under him wins
MI Croker. when he ge,s back the lasrof the week
Will. in addition 10 his other troubles, hnd Dr Park
hurst waiting for him That the latter Is expecting
the nassing OF political b-igands for next falls eiec-
tion under The Tammany standards and with Croker
as The leader Is shown in an interview :he Doctor
gave OUT or Saturday urging all good citizens drop
iher partisan colOrs ana JOIN IN preventing Iammany
and is allies from taking possession OF the new
Greater New-York administration. Among other
things DR.. PaTkhurst said:
The Fourteenih-st. (Tamnany) platform Is just as
In0nStrous the CniCdeo PLATFORM II IL Was Urea
sonahlc for the Democrats 10 withhold supporuns
Mckinley for the purpose Of maintaining the Dem
ocratc party will he just treasonao bic Tor any
man in this city, Democratic or Republican, to let
his partisan affiliations put even a shadow in the
way Of mis- complete and bipartisan self-commit, ,
ment to the work OF destroying Tammany Han
In speaking Of the City Vigilance League Of
which ne is the head he said that /, preparing
for the conflict.
The CITY Vigilance League he added. is only
one OF n number of organizations that are anna ted
with the purpose of destroying Tsmmany Han or
preventing IL or its representatives from obtaining
another foothold in our municipal government