The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
OVERTURES BY TAMMANY.
BRYAN TIES WONDER IF THE TIGER
CAT Is JUMPING THEIR WAY.

sheehAn Calls on Them for Some Chicago Plat
sorm Planks and Also Promises some Hry-
auito Candidates Democratic Alliance
Suspicious OF the coed Faith or This.
"Tammany is coming over 10 usi" was the
jubilhnt cry yesterday Of members OF the Dem
ocratic Alliance Of Greater New York. They
were talking Of what they considered tho elovs
enth.hour conversion OF Tammany Hall to "the
cause Of the people," as represented In the Chi.
cago platform and In the plank OF the Alliance
platform which demands municipal ownership
and operation Of public, especially street rail-
road, franchises.
Leaders Of the Alliance said that they had re-
ccived a letter from Leader Sheehan Of Tam
many Hall requesting them to submit their ideas
in platform shape 10 the Tamnany Hall Com
mittoo on Resolutions and Correspondence. They
said that Mr.. Sheehan's letter asked them, In re-
affirming the Chicago platform. to dwell p~articu-
larry on tho Observation-Disclosures plank.
He suggested. too. q stong plank on municipal
ownership and operation of pubic franchises.
No reference was made to the income tax in this
letter and the idea seemed to be conveyed that
IL would be just as well not to star the free
silver plank. As the Alliance leaders are not
insisting on the 10 to i plank they were not dis
turbed by Mr.. Sheehan's shyness on this point.
ehos S"ius hhOy VI huhthVh thet A"is INV
han promised in his letter that Tammany would
nominate Bryan men for candidates who will be
acceptable to the Alliance.
The 10y Of the Alliance men was somewhat
dampened when they learned that Leader
Sheehan had anticipated them in circulating
the news. and had got his private secretary.
Thomas +. Smith, to set afloat a rumor of what
no had done. This circumstance aroused
their suspicious, and they asked II Mr..
Sheehan was not preparing a trap for
them. Their nrst thought was that tho
announcement that Henry George would
run for Mayor IL Tammany did not stand by the
platform had frightened the Tiger and forced
the concessions from Mr.. Sheehan, which he In.
timated In his letter might DO made. The desire
Of the Tammany leader to publish the fact that
he had assumed this attitude. however. sug.
Eested triekery. and they began to ask Questions
The first question suggested WAS, What does
M. Sheehan actually promise r An eSamina
positive promise was the nomination OF Bryan
men for candidates. He merely requested that
the Committee on Resolutions. There was
no promise that they would DO adopted.
n sSsir Suspicious 1hia that minds # that Ms' the sss Tsm%.n TO
Committee on Resolutions is oniy a county organ
cation. and has, nothing to do with the City
han wanted to reafirm the Chicago platform
and declare for municipal ownership in the
a hne platform for. candidates for County
Clerk. Register. and Sheriff to stand on,
adopt such a platform. where viii the candidats
for Mayor stand The candidate for Mayor Is
the one the Bryanites seek to bind. This idea
that Mr.. Sheehan is trying to satisfy thes1 with
q county platform grew on them when they
looked back at the record OF recent events. and
various counties throughout the State had reaf
hrmed the principles Of the Chicago platform
while tho State organization had repudiated
These suspicious decided the Alliance men to
They viii embody their ideas OF a platform IN
writing and send Il to Mr.. Sheehan's COMMITTEES
as requested. but they will insist that the plat.
form BET adopted by the City Convention. and,
above all else. that the candidate for Mayor shall
stand ~sqparely on It and live up to II II elected.
didate who 10 purely a Tammany machine
man.. They do not want a platform Of empty
It. They say they are satisfied that the fran
shise holders who are backing Tanmany Hall
thing In the. way of a platform. provided the
e bound Sy Il: but wiiI i9ioE, at,s1
cockayns, where the roasted ducks ~ about,
crying. Come eat me- these franchise hold
municipal ownership and operation Of fran
chises; but that, It may not be 30 in New
I YSrk. n Sc they ! declare . that they hey , TiIl not rot be SO,
must nominate a candidate for Mayor who Il
above suspicion of being a friend OF the fran
chise-holding corporations.
1t was said yesterday that Mr.. Sheehan deals
with the Democratic Alliance really in the hope
of exaspeTatinR the other ~factien OF the Bryan
lite forces represented in the United Democracy
with the hope of making n permanent breach
and preventing the possibility OF a union OF
Henry George or any other strong Bryan candi
date for Mayor. If he should be successful II
this. II is said to be quite likely that he. vii
keep the Alliance on the tenter hooks until tn,
last moment and then. IL 1t suits his purpose
throw them overheard when II Is too late fol-
them to do any effective work in the way o.
nominating an opposition ticket.
The Alliance leaders say they will provid,
against such an emergency and have their petit
tions ready for the nomination Of a full ticket 1
Tsmmany Hall procrastinates.
More Sohmer boomers called at Tammany Hal
yesterday. The leaders are firing Of them. ant
limited that Sohmer will be lucky II he is re
nominated for Register. After this suggestion
his Mayoralty boom will probably collapse.
Richard Croker has importuned Mayor Carte
Harrison OF Chicago to come to New York lat,
In October and speak at Cooper Union for Tam
many. Mayor Carter has finally agreed to come