The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-24
TAMMANY AFTER NEW MEN
THE WIGWAM,s SCHEME FOR ITS
COCNTH TICKET
District Leaders ana Perennial Omcchoiders
stand n poor show OF Getting the Piums
This Campaign How Il Il Proposed TO
Hiring the Brynnitcs Into Limo this Fall.

District Leaders and Perennial OmcchoIders
Stand n poor show OF Getting the Piuma
This Campaign How Il Is Proposed TO
Hiring the Brynnites Into Limo this Fall.
All sorts of rumors have been afoat recently
regarding the probable makeup of tho Tam
many ticket for county offices. Most of these
rumors assign the good places, such as Sheriff,
County Clerk, and Register, to one or another of
tho district leaders. while others trot out n lot
OF secondhand placeholdcrs for some Of the
easy and profitable bcrths. A man who knows
better perhaps than even John c. Sheehan him
self what Richard Croker's idea is regarding the
general makeup OF tho ticket smashed all the
states OF rumor into smitherecns yesterday
when he said to a Sun reporter:
at is premature to even speculate about the
personnel of the Tammany ticket, excepting in
the most general way. happen to know that IL
the policy Of Mr.. Croker is adoptcd-and / SEQ
no reason why 1t should not be-thc majority Of
the candidates to be put forward will be new
men. / hardly expect there will DO a district
leader among them. although l know that
Leader Thomas ]. Dunn is a hot candidate for
Sheriff, and there is much talk Of Patrick
Keenan, for County Clerk.
MIR. Crokcrs idea is that only new men
should be named for two reasons. He does not
want any one who was connected with tho Tam
many administration whom IL was investigated.
This Is not any reflection on tho honesty or
ability OF the men, but the public is TO be con.
sidered and the public is always more or less
suspicious. Its confidence must be gained
by naming candidates who have never
hold public office before. This same dc.
sire to secure tho party in tho public conf.
dcnce suggests the propriety OF district leaders
keeping in the background until there are some
nppointivo places to be filled. There arc plenty
or these. providing Tammany elects her candi-
dare for MnNnr. Yea. and nlpntv of contracts IN
be given to deserving leaders. Then. too, the
men who went back on us last year on the Chi.
cago platform. issue are TO DO considered, They
want to get back, as Is indicated by what cN-
Mayor Grace and Mr.. Ottendorfer have said.
W q do not want to Go anything to keep such al.
lies shy of us. and, We might IL we trotted out
too many district leaders on our ticket.
Il think there is no doubt that the German
vote will be cinched by the nomination of E.. B.
Amend for some county office. He is Mr.. Rid.
insure us the support Of the Stats eitung.
That is II big thing, when tho big Dutch vote In
williamsburg Is considered. The ticket makers
have slated a half dozen different TammRny
lawyers for the District Attorneyship. would
be surprised if senator Cantor did not get the
nomination"
II Suns informant was asked how Tam.
many expected to conciliate the thousands OF
enthusiastic Bryanites who voted the Tammnny
ticket, when all that he had revealed in the way
tho s|ound.moncy men who deserted the Demo
cratic party last year.
They are. mostly workingmen, said he,
and we will be able to take care of them.
There arc six Coroncrs to be elected. thirty.fve
Assemblymen. thirty.six Aldermen, and fifteen
Councilman. Wen be able to fix up organized
labor without giving them the Chicago platform
or a Bryan candidate for Mayor"