The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-07
COL. W. L. BROWN RESIGNS.
Tells sheehan He Can No Longer Remain .
Tnmmnny's Executive Committee.

Tells sheehnn He Can No Longer Remain On
Tnmmnny's Executive Committed.
The revolt of William L. Brown OF tho Daily
NcDS, Chairman of Tammany's Press Commit
tee, and as such a member of the Executive
Committee, came as a severe blow to the Wig
wan yesterday. Col. Brown resigned from the
Executive Committee in the following letter
sent to Mr.. Sheehan yesterdays:
e" 1took q place in the Executive Committee Of
Tammany Hall by your solicitation and as your
friend. While you were leader I was faithful
and considerable of your unseltish and pure DEM
ocratic motives. To me you have been q gentle
man whom I shall always trust and respect.
You have apparently surrendered your lead.
ership. The present conditions in Tammany
Hall do not. in my opinion, Justify my ~continu-
ance in active membership in the organization.
1 am a Democrat, pure and simple. / love my
party; it has been the pride Of my life, and my
best energies have been devoted to it. l hope
for its success and glory and shall ever be de-
voted to its cause. Cowardice 1 despise. and
selfish interest in politics is not a part of my
nature. believe that no, personal, motives
should dominate; no mans man should be
named as a candidate for any Office.
Integrity, purity. honesty, capability and
q%uirements for official positions in my juds-
ment. give to you. my compliments and trust
upon, the basis that have named.
Il herewith tender my resignation as n mem
& ff5 2f this Executive Committee of Tammany
Col. Brown supplemented this letter by n
statement in which he said:
"The Daily NetUs will support Van Wyck for
Mayor. He is an able man and a splendid cam
didate. The ticket ought not to be loaded down,
however. with a lot OF men who are in disfavof
with the public; There will be no severcr
opponent OF the election of Thomas +. Grady as
District Attorney than the Netrs. Ny OPPOSE
ton TO Grady ls not a personal one. ] am simply
considering the inserests of the organization 40
to those of any man or any mans
man.
Another resignation from Tammany Hall
which will create some stir is that of DR.. w. J.
OSullivan of the Fifth district. DIR. O'Sulliyan
is the well.known medico-legal expert, and was
George forces. In his letter sent to Bernard +.
Martin. leader in the Fifth district. he says:
'Iammany. Hail.. by investing autocratio
powers in Mr.. Croker. has. violated the very
spirit OF democratic institutions. and by placing
such powers in the control of a man whose re-
cent associates have been hereditary oppres-
sors ii has offered a gratuitous insult to those
who hold sacred the teachings of Jefferson.
$50, regard II as "a strange spectacle that a man
like Mr.. Croker, who fled from this country to
patty and who has since played the role of
iiunkey to pampercd .patricians, who tolerated
MN Tor his lavish expenditure Of Ques-
tionaoly garnered wealth.. shouli dare in
sist on forcing, arbitrarily. the ticket OF
his own making on the l35. 900 voters who
despite every opposition inspired by corrupt
methods. registered their votes for the Demo
cratic Presidential candidate last year. That
TINS man Mr.: Croker should have the temerity
10 insist on the Democracy OF this city accept
had no voice and against whom the most damn
ing circumstance is that they are protegGs of
his, IS inspired impotence in a man who 10
simply q soJourner in our city,