The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
GRADY NOT TO REPLACE CANTOR.
Cantor to Hslp Douneliy Cheese Minority Gem
mittoemsn In Assembly.

Senator Thomas f. Grady's friends returned
from Lakewood yesterday, and desired 1t to DO
known that q misconstruction had been put
upon the Senator's official statement issued at
Lakewood and printed in all the newspapers
The Interpretation put upon Senator Gradys
statement was that ho was to succeed Sona-
tor Jacob A. Cantor as leader OF the Democratic
minority In the Senate. this winter. Senator
Cantor was elected leader Of the Democrats by
the Democratic caucus for the term OF the Som
ate, which is three years, and he cannot be do
posed unless he resigns, or unless his brethren
meet in caucus and dothrone him. Senator
Grady's friends said for publication yester'
day:
"Mr. Grady ia mortified at tho construction
put upon his statement issued from Lakewood.
In that statement he expressed only his per
sonal views as to the course Of legislation to DO
pursued at Albany this winter. He had no
authority to speak for the minority, and did not
dream that his remarks would DO 80 accepted.
He admits, though. that the construction put
upon his statement was the natural one. Sen
ator Cantor will fill out this winter as tho third
Richard Croker, Senator Cantor, and sena-
tor Grady conferred at Lakewood on Saturday,
and as a result ~Assemblyman THOMAS /; Don
nelly of the Thirty-second New York district,
minority in the Assembly. was instructed. TO
COuIeT Will StnhtOE tnlOE al W tllB
members on the Assembly committees. Re-
publican Assemblyman James NJ. L. OGrady
of Rochester, who Is TO be reelected Speaker,
has not let 1t be known what representation he
is to give the Democrats on the committees, but
when this Is received Senator Can
tor and Assemblyman Donnelly are to got to-
gether and pick out the wickedest Democratic
fighters to go on the most important Assembly
committees. 1t was not apparent until yester-
day why Assemblyman Daniel K. Finn was de.
posed as the Democratic leader OF the minority
in tho Assembly.
Finn, 1t was asoertained, was considered to
have done well enough last year when the
Democratic minority wat small and Ineffective,
but at the approaching session, so Richard
Croker and Senators Cantor and Grady decid-
ed at the conference at Lakewood on Saturday,
the moro powerful Democratic minority, re-
Quires q leader Of greater resource than Finn.
and that is why Donnelly was selected over
Finn.
a returned pilgrim from Lakewood tells this
story from tho inner circles of the Tammany
Sanhedrim. Ex.Mayor Thomas 7. Gilroy and
others started a plan in the Van Wyck campaign
by which ex-Representative w. Bourke Cochran
was to return to Tammapy Hall. 1t was q very
nice plan, 1t was said, and was submitted 10
both Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Cochran. 1t came TO
naught, for the very simple reason that IL was
rejected both by Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Cochran.
Ex-Nayor Gilroy was q loyal worker for Van
Wyck during the campaign, but he was mo-
invited to Lakewood, and folks said yesterday
that one Of the reasons why he wasn't was be-
cause of his attempting to patch the old diff
ference between Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Cochran