The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-12
ORDER TOTAMMANY: SHOUT
CROKER SArS "LEAVE roUR DAM
NABLE FdCES and BEGIN.o

''victory IL Ours" that's an Indinu obc,-
inE Orders while tho niE Ch,ef He.ts in
Nsnssnchuretts-No Changes In tho Ticket.
Tammany's district leaders are under orders
to whoop things:up for the ticket; TO announce
acccssions TO their ranks from every quarter
and to predict on every possible occasion a
Tammany Hall victory. These orders were
given by Richard Croker, who has told his lieu.
tenants that nothing wins votes like enthusi-
asm. The district leaders are doing their best
to obey these orders, but the real fact is that
their. heart Is not in the business, and. when
they nrc NOT talking for the public, but let their
friends see their real thoughts, they admit that
the situation for tho Tnmmany ticket is Just
as desperate as IL was when they were all wear
ing glum faces waiting to see what stripe of
Coroner, politically, would sit on the Tiger.
They say. too, that the mar who tells them to
laugh and shout and predict victory for tho
ticket is the man who has made IL hard work.
A leader OF the Executive Committee, discuss.
"If it had not been for MIR. Cookers return
and, his ,insistencc on running the machine
again.. | believe 1ammany would have won In
a walk. { can't see how he has strengthened
attracted the votes which we need. The only
thing which can be said in his behalf is that
Mr.. Croker Il psrhsps, the the only man who could
But we need something more than a machine
when Henry George threatens to make such a
votes, and l think we could got more IL Mr..
Croker bad stayed in England and kept his
But MI. Croker processes not TO be running
the machine.an lots it appear that his county
slate was so broken KEN, h was sugg gSs, d.. 90 ,.,,u,.
he wants to believe II. Mr.. Croker is as much
the master of ,Tammany. hall as he ever was,
Richard Croker himself. There Is not a dis.
trict leader who will dare say that the county
ticket was not nominated as slated by Mr..
Croker, There wasn't a murnur against his
dictation.,a and there; would. not have been mo
'nStte sto wno tn ne the ha efrs s,st tSat RieS Grsd{ Grokor
had gone to Great Darlington on Sunday to con
fer with William }. Gaynor with a view to sub.
Mayoraity Candidate Van Wyck was denied
by all interested parties yesterday. Justice
Harrington. said that there was nothing in the
story: So did Candidate Van WICK and his
S Sa,ttbsnsas tra man ssnt word dd'M frG@ Great Sraf Bsrri hna
ton that Mr.. Croker is his guest there to get a
little rest from political work. Charles Fred:
said that even should Mr.. Gaynor be substi.
tuted for Van wyck. Henry George will stay
Mr.. Croker will return from Great Darlington
to-day and resume the direction Of the Tam.
Murray Hii Hotel. During his absence of three
days in the country his personal staff, composed
Of Andrew Freedman, Michael 7. DAILY and
Murray Hill, have gathered at the headquarters
Of Mr.. Van Wyck at the Hotel Bartholdi. The
blkkOtp 0tt W II Dlonu"d IIOHI VI II u
tholdi was covered yesterday with q gigantic
transparency bearing a highly colored portrait
of the candidate.
The Tammany district leaders have reported
that the feeling in favor of the candidacy of
Henry George is 30 strong among tho poorer
voters that something must be done to stop 10
or the defeat of the Tanlmany ticket 10 assured.
This warning has been needed. and 1t was said
last night that it has been decided to use tho
fact that Millionaire Tom l.. johnson 10 manag-
ing the George campaign to disgruntlo the work.
ingmen. Dozens of banners, it was said. will be
nut uD in the tenement house dintriCtA ridi-
culing the George movement and Mr.. johnson,
John c. Sheehan has at last secured Q favora-
bic response to his appeal to Democratic Cover
nors of States to back up the candidacy OF Van
Wyck for Mayor. 1t came yesterday from Gov.
Joseph +. johnson Of Alabama. AS this 10 tho
only one which Mr.. Sheehan has made public,
and SO many Democratic Governors have de-
clared for Henry George, 1t Is fair TO assume that
Mr.. Sheehan has a lot OF telegrams and letters
which would make better campaign material
Randolph Guggenheiner. whom Tammany
said yesterday that he did not vote for McKin.
ley. His son says that he did not because no
had failed to register. 1t is none the less true
that he came out with a statement over his
own name in which he declared for Mckinley
and against Bryan.
Bird S. Coler. candidate for Comptroller, and
Bernard J. York OF Brooklyn called on Mr..
Sheehan at .Tammany Hall yesterday and had
that he expects to be elected and that he had
never for a moment entertained the idea of do
Ginning to stand. Tammany's candidates will
be notified at tho Hoffman, House tomorrow
cation meeting TO be held at Tammany Hall on
Thursday night, eH.Ciov. James 7. Campbell
OF Ohio. Arthur p. German, Jr., Of Maryland,
and John B: Stanchfield Of Elmira will speak:
Sheriff. has opened headquarters at the Murray
Hill Hotel. -