New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-08


Ruppert's declinaton.
st night and put through slate prepared by
, THE TAMMANY NOMINATIONS.
The Taminany Hall conventions Of New-Y York
County and the Borough of Manhattan yester-
day nominated the following ticket:
Justices of the Supreme Court-CHARLES ".
VAN BRUNT' and FRANCIS NJ SCOTT.
MCCARTHY. aud EDWARD r o'DwyER.'
/ sheriff-THOMAS J. DUNN
County Clerk WILLIAM sOHMER
Register-IsAAC FROMME.
District t-Attorney-Coonel ASA BIRD GARpr-
NER
PreSidsnl Of the Borough of Manhattan-AuGrs-
TCS W. PETERS.
c0rT%sTiERWARD T%Yo IISA FITIPATR'Ck IS AZ
BAUSCIL
'Renominated.
Richard Croker yesterday surprised the pub
nc and his own immediate followers by kicking
on his slate the yellow dogs Of his own choos-
irS and placing upon the Tammany ticket the
other candidates. Tom Grady for District
Attorney, jim" Heating for County Clerk
ly bounced and Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner,
William Sohmer and Thomas j. Dunn were
substituted. I; was over The first three names
particularly that SO much hubbub and noise have
been raised about Croker's ears lor the last
week. 80 thar the atmosphere OF Tammany
Hall. the Hoffman House and Murray Hill
Hotel, where the kckers have daily and nightly
conSregated was blue with oaths and denuncia-
ton. 1t cannot be said that the new men sub
stituted for the various characters against
whom Colonel william L. Brown and what has
been farcically termed the "Sheehan wing" Of
the Wigwam SO violently protested are less
p!iable persons than their predecessors on the
Croker slate. or less likely to do the bosses will
THE PETS SACRIFICED.
But when Mr.. Croker found that somebody
had to go to appease the wrath Of an outraged
constituency he was equal TO the occasion and
promptly sacrificed his particular pets. although
up to almost the hour for the leaders confer
he declared tha, the nominations Of Grady
and Koenan were riXed and Interchangeable.
For several days Mr.. Croker's iron nerve has
been put to a severe strain. Supreme Court Judges
have labored with him. influential Democrats
who have found 1t 70 their interest generally to
stand by Tammany have urged him to halt in
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Of corporations on which he depends for furnish
ing the campaign fund SO necessary to Tam
many success have served notice upon him that
unless he reconstructed his proposed slate his
SUI plies would be SO materially reduced to
make success on November impossible.
COLONEL RUPPERTs WITHDRAWAL
The declination OF Colonel Jacob Rupert jr.,
Croker's candida for President Of the Munich
pal Council. had demoralizng effect upon the
big boss Those familiar with what goes be-
hind the Wigwam scenes say that IL in
ordinate demand for a campaign assessment
which frs; caused Mr.. Rupp--t and his immedi-
ate friends to decide upon his retirement from
the ticket. The outside story is that Colonel
Ruppert and his relatives were disguised with
the yellow dogs with which the ticket was 70 be
loaded down. and being convinced that defeat
stared Tammany in the face this year. and not
caring anyway, to assume Office by means
congenial to /. or which he calculated to
nh creditably. the Colonel made up his mind to
get out of q place he never willingly entered.
Mr. Croker went to the Wigwam early yaster-
day. an hour and half before the hour for
which the Executive Committee called 10
consider the ticket. which was p. N. He went
into session in the committee-room with the Com
mittee on Nominations, OF which Jonn c. Shee-
han was chairman. Croker engaged with
this committee when Colonel Rupert called to
say that his mind was made UP, and ,nat lie was
going off the ticket. Talk and persuasion were
OF no avail, and the young man departed after
leaving copy of the following letter which he
had prepared to send TO the chairman of the
i;ta:' Central Palace convention OF Septem-
Der 80:
RUPPERTS LETTER.
Ruppert's letter Was follows:
New York, October :. 1897
Hon. Ainet T. jerks Chairman Democratic City
candIda,, or President OF the Council on the Dem
ocratc ticket. purely ana Simply ior business
question WHEELER should withdraw from the ticket
or whether | should give up my business. rne
tnai / could not divide my time between my duties
as President OF the Council and my duty to my own
%niersiandnc as TO my reasons for taking this
step / am confident that the Democratic ticket
VIII be & Iefd am ny getting OF On eeoan Of aa ' of
he nominations the county ticket are ridiculous.
Inn and on ali sides. ! nnd the sentiment over
wemingy IN iayor OF ihe d. DemGeraly noe ,issot you'd
business would permit propose b to ,oe 10 eyeryth@,af Uni
that lies IN ny Han pqTfr were te aa canddss to assist
in rolling up big Demosr1ie Dems1 PnppHSr PqEipy f2nrs
respectfully. JACob hcffrHi' 'H'
THE LIST MADE KNOWN.
,-tsr some desultory talk about candidates.
J., ,,h,cb ne said that he recognized the neces-
-,,, ~ uniting up a good ticket Mr.. Croker
,,,,od naper from the inside pocket Of his
nohhv frockcoat and said that, after consulta-
.,or with Grady and others whose claims to
,,,,cs. he had regarded paramount In many
,,zn.cts TO those Of others. he would propose