The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
ULTIMATUM BY WHITNEY.
TERMS UPoN WHICH HE Will SUP
PORT TAMMdNY.

1r There's n word in the Platform In Favor OF
tho Chicago Greed or 'Ra re viii Vote for
tho Republican Candidate for Mayor or
Help Tut Lp n sound-s1onoy Democrat.
Leader John @. Sheehan Of Tammany Hall Is
now in Saratoga. He runs up to the Springs
every week or so to see his family. Richard
Croker, who. some Of Mr.. Sheehan's friends say,
is the leader emeritus Of Tammany, will DO here
In a few days. and then Mr.. Sheehan and Mr..
Croker are to have a talk concerning the pre-
liminaries of tho battle for a Mayor Of Greater
New York.
Mr.. Croker, should ho finally determine to re-
turn to New York, will, 1t was said last night
by hts friends at tho Hoffman House. first con-
suit with tho Hon. William Collins Whitney,
and after that it will DO time enough for Mr..
Croker to confer with MIR. Sheehan.
From tho talk about Mr.. Croker and Mr..
Shechan at the Hoffman House was elected the
information that Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Sheehan
have just had a most important consultation
concerning tho platform to be adopted by
tho Tammany-McLaughlin machine in the
City Convention which is to nominate the
Mayoralty candidate. The information, from
authoritative sources, was TO the effect that i'm
mediately after Mr.. Whitney's Metropolitan
Club dinner to his sound money Democratic
friends Mr.. Sheehan was called upon
to submit to Mr.. Whitney and his friends the
wording OF tho platform to be adopted by the
Tammany-McLaughlin people In the Greater
New York City Convention.
Mr.. Sheehan. 1t was asccrtained, complied
with the request and submitted u platform
which was "A partial Endorsement OF the Chicago
national platform OF 1896. In other words, 1t
was a ~straddle, an attempt at an evasion, an ef-
fort to hoodwink the voters Of Greater New
York, and Mr.. Whitney promptly rejected it.
Mr.. Sheehan. 1t was added, explained TO Mr..
Whitney that the rank and file OF the Tam
many Mclaughlin people demanded an unquaI-
ihed Endorsement Of the Chicago platform. even
though some Of the more important leaders Of
the Democratic party in Greater New York
were not agreeable TO such a programme.
MI; sheehen. In the pretiminary draft Of tho
Epslisfg the suf srysnile 10 Elements Mp: Msit N Ta i9isa TO
Hall especially. and at the same time not to
offend the sound-money Democrats. from whom
s Tmnnr,,nt Is support must be received in such an
Leader sheehan's platform ideas failed utterly,
the Democrats in their city convention must
not In any way support or indorse the Chicago
The slightest s%cintilia of an Endorsement Of
that PLATFORM. but. on the, contrary. that
1t % Ms. @ Sf Ignored Sl.s sosiEsslya; . sRa IL Il s,m i,
his his friends, either eG SUPPORT "0t the .f Rspabe
New York. or more likely would support a
sonnd.money Democratic candidate TO be nomi.
mated by. the National Democracy. OF which
Francis NJ. Scott is Chairman In the borough OF
Manhattan. and Edward NJ. Shepard is Chair.
man in the borough OF Kings.
within the last few days had Important talks
with Maurice J. Power, Mr.. Scott, and Mr..
Shepard.
Leader Sheehan, his friends said last night, ia
not in u happy frame of mind. The majority OF
his leaders and his district captains pro.
claim that the rank and file Of Tammany
will admit Of no departure from the
tlme.honored custom OF -indorsing line
by line and paragraph by paragraph the plat.
form OF the last Democratic National Conven-
ton, The attitude Of Mr.: Whitney and his friends
Is the problem which Is keeping Mr.. Sheehan
busy even in his Saratoga holidays and which
will be submitted to Mr.. Croker should he de.
termine to return to New York for a few days.