New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-15
PURROY DECLARES WAR.
HE RAISES HIS BATTLE AXE OVER HILL
AND SHEEHAN.
THE SENATOR CALLED LAZY INDIFFERENT.
PERFIDIOUS AND INERT IN THE CAUSE
OF DEMOCRACY"-ORDER FROM
wOLFERTS ROOST TO BE
DISREGARDED.

woLFERTS RoOsT TO BE
DIsREGARDED.
Henry D. Purroy declared bitter and relent-
less war last evening on David b. Hill and
John c. Sheehap at the Seneca Club. the head
quarters Of John J. Scannell's Tamn.any organi-
zation Of the XXVth District. Twenty-ninth-st
and Fourth-ave. 1t was at meeting or the
ramnIany Central Bryan and Sevall Associa-
tion which Purroy Scannell. John y. Shea'
Timothy DRY Dollar" Sullivan. Jacob Seabod
Charles L. Guy Augustus H. Dooharty. Law
renee O'Brien and others organized week ago
at the Seneca Club to fight Sheehan and the
dominant faction placed by Croker In control
OF the Tammany organization.
Purroy presided. surrounded by the anti-Shee-
hanites mentioned. The first thing decided py
the association. or as Purroy DUBBED H. the lah
many Central Club, was that the members
should attend in a body the mass-meetins d.
Cooper Union on the evening of October 81. at
which the Illinois Anarchist. Altgeld Is 10 pe
the principal speaker.
After some wild talk by couple OF sensa-
tional orators from the other side OF the Har-
lem. John j. Scannel got up and began to COM
plain about the way he had been suffering from
charges Of treason and disloyaty made by MEM
hers Of Tammany Hall ~ have always been
Ioval to Tammany Hail." walled Scanneii, al
ways been loyal to it's leaders What nave
now done to bring down this abuse ana oehu"-
citation or my head" Scannell ended by GAZING
on Purroy to indicate and defend hin''
Purroy was prmed for the fray lie sa'u
little in defence of Scanneli. but ne hot'y aS-
sailed Senator Hill and "the chairman oi lam
many Hail. John C.. Sheehan, for their cou' sc
since the nomination Of Bryan. lie asser'eu
that he too had always been Loyal 10 TIE p"'t -
organization and that he had been loyal to the
management of Tammany Hall for nearly ten
voors "Rut" Purroy shouted. as he threshed
tho air with both arms 'if to belong to party
organization means that l am to become d
lickspittle and a sycophant. and obey the oroe'S
Of the chairman OF Tammany Hall when they
are contrary to the dictates OF my conscience.
I refuse to bow before any such leadership
(Cheers)
Mr. Furroy then turned his attention 10 Mr'
Hi and told how he had come back from t'e
Chicago Convention and counselled Democrats
f. vait-wait-wait-throug two long ihohth'
Of the campaign, In which the best energies VI
The marty ought to have been put forth-wait
ur,u Tho RurroIo Convention. and what hap
rened them" asked Purroy. Why. ne put ,he
ridiculous Thacher upon us-the Ihacher t"a !. /.
we forced Of the ticket mrolohEr" .oT.a no,c. ",
deIightJ He condemned Tilrs course or siiehce
and continued waiting since the nomination oi
Porter IA Thacher's successor on tne llchrt @ nus
Governor in caustic LANGUAGE. mn ,9,s na -,
h,,nsaif" soid Purroy ITO hc lazy. Indifferent
perrdious and inert in the cause OF Democracy
wild cheering led by charlie Guy ana scan
neu) We decline To be bound hereafter ny or
a.. ,ro,, Wolfert'. Roost or the present chair
man OF Tammany Hail. Cloud applause ion'
continued) 49, a., ,ur.,o
In urging his hearers 10 race the uespe,aso 1920
.,a,a IN. Marty was In and labor for the cause
OF Rryan and Democracy. Mr., Purroy SAID. !
adml, we arc in n terrible condition all through
the city and all over the state but we mus. re-
,hcv Intended we should be- THIS additional
thrust AT HilI and Shechan brought an outburst
OF Misses with the cheers ..-
vXxTVth District man abused Senator
nm for not taking the stump as usuaI this year
Frank Campbell. the new National committee
man. deprecated attacks on mn IL ~ ,,,,', w ,,,s
s,on taking about men who are not with us thls
year" he said