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Tammauy,s Attempt TO Gobble Up This Bryan-
tie HAND to BE Resisted Tooth and Vail.

Attempt TO Gobble Up This Bryan-
tie band to Be Resisted Tooth and NALL
President z. NJ. Saunders of the Progressive
Democratic League has issued a call for a meet
ing OF the League to be held in Congress Hall
in Third avenue. between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets. next Sunday afternoon. The
call states that the object Of the meeting lie to
continue the business which was interrupted by
the riotous conduct OF some of the members at
Flannery's Hall in Hudson street. last Sunday.
Ex-Assemblyman William II. Walker. speaking
for the TamInany members OF the League. said
yesterday that they will not recognize Saun-
ders's call. They did not recognize his right to
adjourn the meeting last Sunday. but continued
it and declared his Office vacant They say
Saunders is accordingly no longer President of
the League, and his call is without authority.
Mr.. Walker added:
We will go right on building up the League
in the interest Of the regular Democratic organ
iZation."
1t is this desire Of Mr.. Walker and his faction
to do what Tammany Leader Sheehan COM
mands that has disrupted the League which
was originally formed to keep TaDmany in line
for party issues as declared in the Chicago plat.
form; TO secure it's declaration in favor of NUM-
cipal ownership and operation Of street railway
franchises. and to nominate only such candi.
objects and supported Organism last year. The
TaInmany machine element was injected into
III League until u kdlneu COnlTOl. W men IQlb
occurred the original membership discovered
that they would have TO try and secure their
ends by a separation and an endeavor to keep
out the Kind of men whom, they say, Tammany
and the Metropolitan Traction Company are
trying 10 get into their organization 10 dis
rupt it.
The Saunders branch OF the League will be
recognized by the other Bryan organizations OF
the Greater New York. including the Kings
County Democracy. the Young Democracy. the
Bimetallic League, and the knights of Labor.
who are expected 10 pool their issues and noni-
nate a ticket of their own in case the Democratic
State Committee shall reaftirm the Chicago plat
form as the declaration OF true Democratic faith,
when that body shall meet about the middle OF
next month.
We shall not wait for Tammany TO give us a
half.hearted Endorsement of the Chicago plat
form at her local conventions" said a member
of the Progressive Democratic League yester-
day. 1T will be enough for US to know that the
representative of Mr.. Sheehan and Mr.. Nc
Laughlin in the State COMMITTEE do not make
q bold stand in that body for an unqualified in.
dorsement of the platform. Mr.. Sheehan has
been trying to make local issues. and / notice
that Mr.. McLaukh him is also saying that the
campaign must be fought on such issues. They
will find that there are national issues involved,
who voted for Bryan last year who will support
those issues and the candidates who shall repre-
sent them"
The clubs which are members OF the League,
and which remain loyal to the Saunders branch,
are those with the largest membership. The
others are little affairs. hastily organized by the
Tammany machine to secure control of the
League. President Saunders's own club has an
enrolled membership Of 1000.