Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-30
Tammany Has REMOVED ' | Temporarily
to Lakewood, NJ.
SACHEMS ARE THERE MAKING STATES
Probabilities as to Who Will Get
the Fat Offices.
PARKHURST A NEMESIS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

arrival of Bird 8. Coler on Monday all the
leaders will be gathered there with the ex-
ception of Register-elect Isaac Fromme,
who will make no changes in his depart
ment, and John c. Sheehan, who is suffer-
ing with Indigestion.
In spite of the assertion that Richard
Croker went to the aristocratic summer re-
sort to run away from the politicians, he
has not discouraged the coming of
his henchmen, and between meals talks
over the appointments which the incoming
administration will make.
The rumor in regard to Sheehan has al
most become an accepted fact. 1t is said
on the best authority that Sheehan is toll
Grated, not trusted, by Croker. Following
the lead of the boss" Grant and Murphy
do not like him. Sheehan does not care to
resign, however, and will not unless his
present illness and the fact that his large
contracting business requires too much of
his time are found sufficient reason for his
voluntary retirement with what he regards
flying colorS. 1t is common talk among the
men gathered at Lakewood that Sheehan
is but a figurehead. The hand that guides
the head that controls. the Tammany ma
chine Is Croker's. Sheehan is today the
weakest man in Tammany.
Slnte-Makfng Goes On.
The quiet slate-making proceeds between
meals. drives around the lake, golf and
pi6Sou SuooltH6, oil u WHICH nave Deeu
served to minister to the complaining boss
Names are already mentioned and one or
two Of them are regarded as certainties
OF course, a great many states may be
broken; they always are, but at this writ
ing the outcome looks about like this:
The office of corporation counsel will
probably be rendered to David Mcclure
He is, in fact. said to be Mayor Van Wyck's
first choice. The corporation counsel will
be a member of the ne board Of estimate
the sO-called bulark agains. grabs
SO that this is by far the most important
name to be placed on the Tigers slate If
Mr.. Mcclure declines to accept. it is be-
lieved the position will be rendered to
AS to the assistant corporation counsel, it
Is not so clear that Senator Grady will be
appointed The name of John F. Mcintyre
was mentioned in this connection TODAY
Mcintyre is strong with the Irish and anti
English element On account of his success
full defense of the alleged dynamiter Ivory
In London serious Split was at one time
threatened because Mcintyre was not men,
toned in the ante-election Office talk.
Members Of the Irish National Alliance
have gone so far as to issue proclamation
denouncing Tammany's course in this re-
spect. If Mcintyre does not get the office
of assistant he will be taken care of in
some other way.
1t is also believed out among the pines
that James j. Phelan will be the president
of the dock board and j. s. Cram will be
given a place on the board. Phelan is said
to be Croker's choice, while Hugh Grant
stands sponsor for Cram. The name of
Andrew White is mentioned as a POSSIBLE
ity instead of Cram. while. John L. Shea,
one of McLaughlin's- henchmen, is men
toned as the Brooklyn representative on
the board. What effect The Croker-Mc-
Laughlin tug Of war will have on this
last name Is yet an unknown quantity.
President of Police Commission.
1t is generally conceded that Patrick Kee-
nan will be president of the police commits
sion: Bernard j. York will be the Brook
lyn member, and that Joel B. Erhardt once
the republican collector of the port under
Harrison and an anti-Platt man, is slated
as one of the republican members. 1t is
also said that Mayor Van Wyck will confer
with Senator Platt as to- the other member
of the board.
The rest of the slate as 1t looks at pres
ent Is as follows:
President park board, Nathan Strauss
President fire board, John j. Scannell.
Names are mentioned for the other places
but they are not with such degree of
certainty.
Leaving the Tigers to their slate making,
| things general, great deal will depend on
Bird s. Coler's attitude whether the Nc
Laughlin- Murphy Croker trouble will
prove serious. 1t is said that if Coler goes
| into office determined to bring the Tiger
| TO terms he can cause considerable dis
turbance. OF course he could not worry
Tammany over the question of patronage
but he might over assessments and con-
tracts. This, however is not an immediate
danger as the question of contracts will
hardly come up much earlier than six
| months after the entry of Tammany into
power. This BRIDGE it Is said, can be
crossed when 1t is reached. In fact. it is
said that Croker has already discounted
anything Coler may do
Hill Remains Silent.
Every effort has been made by the
friends of ex-senator Hill to induce him to
reply to the recently made statements by
Croker. but the hermit of Wolfert's Roost
is as silent as was Van Wyck during the
municipal campaign. 1t is said that he is
satisfied in declaring his "Elmira man"
Stanchfield as his choice. regarding that as
a. gauge Of battle. Now that Croker has
picked 1t up and announced that he looks
upon Senator Murphy as the leader Of the
party in the state Mr.. Hill, it is said, will
pursue his customary tactics. He will at
tempt to ally the upstate democracy in
due time, and warn the farmers of the dis
astrous effects of the extension of the in
nuence of Tammany beyond the confines of
the metropolis.
Speaking of stanchfeld, the latest piece
OF tax IS that Elliot F. Danforth, chair
man or the democratic state committee, has
deserted Senator Hill and taken shelter
| under the wing Of the Croker-Murphy COM
binatlon The knowledge that Hill intends
10 give Stanchfield his support is said to
mas been talking to his friends in way
that would indicate that he and the ex-
senator had come to parting of the ways.
Mr. Danforth does not admit in so many
words tnat he has severed his relations with
Hill, but he says:
Il cannot believe it possible that a ques-
ton Will arise between Senator Murphy
and ex-senator Hill as TO the leadership OF
the party which would jeopardize the
strength of the democracy,
Mr. Danforth did not explain the signif-
canoe of his words. He left it to inference
whether he meant that ex-senator Hills
Following was not important enough to be
compared with the strength of Murphy,
croker and Grant. ia 81
Parkhurst Tammanyss Enemy.
There is to be another thorn inserted in
the tigers side. It came over on the Ad-
Ratio on Saturday, In the person Of the
Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst. The vet
eran crusader against grammany methods
had no sooner set foot ON our soil than he
declared his undying determination to make
war upon the boss of Greater New York
and his iieutenants in their conduct of the
public affairs. Parkhurst has been Tam
many's evil genius for years, and he an
nounceS that he will live I'D to his reDuta.-