The sun., 1897-09-26
TAMMANY ALL In ATANGLE
,,r,y SArS BETTER LOSE THAN BE-
rRir THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.

,..,. .s,, one ThinE One Nay. the other Thius
,.,,-H,.senator EAIIi Credited with Ne
.,cb,nE tho National iChairBsu-Candtdate
"a, un,or Not Vet Choeen-Other Candidates
e.rator Murphy has many friends In Tammany
u.u The senior Senator for New York State
s.s .lNays been popular with Tammany men
~. cbieftaius and little chcftains and all hands
Tss.e friends Of Senator Murphy in Tammany
..,not understand why Chairman Jones Of tho
n,r,orr,tic National Committee declared that
h.b.d sent no message OF any kind to the New
yotr organization Democrats. through Senator
ynrphy or anybody else. Chairman Jones, in a
S,spatch from Chicago. is reported to have said:
~I,eycr wrote to Senator Murphy in my life on
any subject
The FOREGOING was q most amazing statement
a. such Tammany men as ex.Polico Commits
,,oner James J. Martin. Leader John c. Shee-
IAN and a dozen others who congregated In
s,nator Murphys rooms at the Hoffman House
An the morning OF the meeting OF the Demo-
er,,ic state Committee, Sept. 16. Senator
Murphy certainly read q letter to these Tam
many men which, no said. was from Senator
Jones, and which bore the caption, United
STATE. senate INAw2S su>tNpo,Kritten
document, two pages long dictated, doubt.
less not "wri,ten'L and all the Democratic
,tan, doubted but that tho letter was from
Jones, and that, as Senator Murphy stated, It
advised against tho introduction OF national
Issues in the state and municipal campaigns
There is some hocus-pocus somewhere IL was de-
elared. However that may be. It has gone
al over the United States that Chairman Jones
wrote letter to Senator Murphy in which ho
ivset that the Democratic Organizations OF
.Tsde sss the Chicago National platform Of isss
Now Chairman Jones repudiates that letter.
All the Democrats spoken to yesterday be-
matter. and said moro or less harsh things in
criticism OF Chairman Jones. No matter about
1GSs has ssd Sass
s'sii from m William 'fs S ,s,s
Saorm Saifo ns'' Of 1896 sh not Be- sTSded BY sSe
A Democratic City Conventi on Thursday. Ex-
senator Brown, Rspressentstiye Sulzer, and 9th
/ roned have received letters from Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan's friends who knew him in Congress
| Chairman Jones, and does not shilly shally in
the matter Of the Chicago platform. Mr.. Bryan
,aid to one Of his closest friends: r
Chicago platform than victory without it"
Mr.. BRYAN continues e make severe remarks
rome so far as to say that Mr Hili has not one
drop of honest political blood in his veins. "
Bryan believes that the policy of evasion
The Hoffman House should be attributed to ex
senator Hill. No matter whether this Is true OF
not Bryan and his friends in other States are
opposed to ex-senator Hill from the first to the
last chapter.
Another high Democratic authority close tc
Nr Bryan said yesterday that Mr.. Bryan be
leved that IL was ex-senator Hill who bewitchec
Chairman Jones into sending that letter to Sen
nowde sires TO repudiate. The utterances Of Chair
man Jones in the last day or so and the writingi
Of Mr.. Bryan to the Tammanyites have causec
more or less excited discussion. 1t can be said
without the slightest fear Of contradiction tha
the vast majority of Tammany leaders hav,
been informed that the rank and file of Tam
many Hall believe that the Democratic Cit,
Convention should indorse every tenet of th
Chicago national platform.
Tanmany is still up stump rs to the candi
dates TO be named in the City Convention rex
Thursday. 1t has as yet no candidate for Mayor
The work Of sounding the leaders as to tn
availability OF Supreme Court Justice Giegericl
still going on.
doub;edly Supreme Court Justice Van Brun
would be renominated ny the TammAny Cor
yention. but that Justice Andrews would b
dropped, and that Henry Hotchkiss would b
nominatcd in his place. The Tammany me
talked with said that the slate for county officer
q far as could be ascertained is as follows:
For District Attorney. Thomas T. Grady.
For sheriff. Thomas p Dunn.
For County Clerk. Patrick J. keenan,.
For Register, William Sohmer (renominatfon).
City Court Justice O'Dwyer will undoubtedl
e renotnfnAted. The other candidate for Cit
Court Justice and the candidates for President
boroughs and Coroners have not been se
ted upon by any means.