New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-21
nDIvEN TO INDoRsE BRYAN
,.vrNr OF THE LEADERS OF THE
WIGWAM.

,r,,.1v SILENT AZ 10 The WV
"" PLATFORM. But TO PRAISE THE
.,cvrr-REsuLr OF A coNfSN"'0
80 Mr. sHEEHANs OFFICE
.h.aecision Is to q great many u w
Dis'as' John c. sheehan ana 'he wv" m'
Ws~ ~ Tammany Hall have oeen -, ,rse all
m alo - the policy Of indorsing nrya" CIV .Im that
driven :, ,snor,ng the advice OF senator M,
yer and OF isho," owa,t the action Of the Demo-
ell penoe .a Convention before taking sioes 'o' "
cra.o ~. chicago platform and tcAe'
asans sa,5 Yesterday that he had no' he 1891
$50 "a Croker who continues 10 "ou. ,.rdov
W. ,,. immersion In Tammany c"o.e' 49, .h.
w ,hat the important action ou''.N 49,.
go ~ the Wigwam YESTERDAY -, ~
ene's s.o,ded upon without Mr.. Croker asSe"'' -
least ,r,r,,v. Committee will be
~, 49, ,reet AT tho Wigwam the latter paie Va
20, r.ar probably on Friday AFTERNOON ~
aa,,rg will be followed. as Is usual ny i,ee'e
:, IN. Tammany Committee on orsaniA"v -
OF 'me General Committee. which VIII take
the ia"'' - The Tammany General Commit
P - .rrosed To be the body authorized 10 Voce
~. e,al verdict of the organization on impor'ah.
questions and 1t was said yesterday '"a' "o"'.
W 49, ,a,,ed together until after the meeting OF
enc Democratic State Committee on July 20
This arrangement was made known after num-
harO Of
n s,eehan's office, No. 95S Broadway. yesterday
" 80 hold an informal discussion OF the situa-
.'or They argued that there was nothing lett for
,bsr 10 do except to approve the Bryan anu
Ssuau ticket As to the Endorsement Oh INC Pia'
form opinons were divided. Not one IN nan
sozan q, them believes in the free-slver foolishness
I'D ~ there can be found way to give quasi
.,,,ort OF Bryan without saying anything ABOUT
=. ponul,st platform on which he stands. this IS
,,a course that the majority would like to pursue
,rnorr those who visited Mr.. Sheehan's ONCE yes
,sr5av were Senator Thomas F. GRADY james j.
Martin ex-Justce Daniel r. Mcmahon judge
Uauhope Lynn Maurice Patterson, Charies r.
vrrnhv Victor j. Bowling, Thomas j. Dunn, AL
derman John T. Oakley, Senator Louis Munzinser
p..rtca Roche John B. McGoldrck, Assemblyman
I,u,s davidson Alderman Lantry, eX-Coroner John
r Shea and several others
Mr. Sheehan who holds the reins or power IN
Mr. Cookers absence. was reticent about indorsing
~ fraa silver communistic and Populistic Chicago
platform but he had evidently been forced 10 COM
promise on the ratification OF the Chicago ne nom, M
mmnnjc,paI election OF next year, and the active
rorhers dread to lose their hard-won tue 10
sgnlsry ca mpafsn T fer the ioaves and fishes in
1887 How the National election OF 1870 soe' 'N'''
The reports that have come to me- said M MT
sheehan in soothing tones. YESTERDAY lhuac ,t,
,Ss sry ma'G sna sewa eket We hardly think
worth while to wait until the State Convention ven on
meets. We have taken unle 10 con,u'. - a
have arrived at this conclusion with no u"'ue
haste" 49,. ~. raro
MIR Sheehan confirmed the report that me IAN,
many Hall Executive Committee would be called
toeeiher at the end OF the week. He declined 10
discuss the possible action OF the organization as
TO the platform Of dishonesty. 49,. -
Friends Of Senator Hill said yesterday ina, oi no
matter what action is taken by Tammany ne Wo ,h.
NOT announce his position before the meeting OF the
Democratic State Committee Mr. Hal is satisfied
that no matter what is done or left und9ne me
State is Irretrievably for Mckinley ana SCUM
money Like Tammany's his is waiting race ne
does not mean TO lose his title to regularity, anu
he nrcnoses 10 save MS machine intact If he can.
But he sees no reason for departing from the pan
he has marked out. of waiting until the not weather
Is over before announcing his intentions