New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-16
RAKING FIRE FOR SHEEHAN.
Continued from First Page.

Al do. and az Democrats they are entitled 10
a voice In the convention
Q-How can they obtain recognition IN inc
convention. A.-By electing delegates when the
regular Democratic election for delegates ID ne'o
In the respective districts.
O-But when these elections are held. isn't. 1t
q foct that the ticket Is printed In advance.
having the names Of such men as the district
leader wishes. and outsiders have no chance?
Therefore. what show have independents? A.
AS much show as any other Democrat l. thes
Will avail themselves Of their rights.
o-Relieying that we poll OF least So,OOO or
the 1876 900 Democratic votes cast at the last
election what numerical representation are we
entitled to out OF the three deleeates IRON eacn
district? think we ought 10 nave al ieas' one
out Of the three. - .,.,,
Mr. Campbell here put In: I'VE are entitled
70 more than one out OF three delegates; we
want equal representation Mr.. Sheehah sa'u
Instead OF three delegates from each Assem-
bly district | introduced resolution al the
last meeting Of the Executive Committee OF
alternates from every Assembly district. so as
to make the convention moro democratic, anu
give all Democrats an opportunity 10 DE repre-
scented In the convention
ar that resolution is adopted came the an
swer, "at the conference Of the different Dor
Ough representatives, we want nVe ot the 'eh
In Manhattan Borough
81 assure YOU that you will be ted fairly.
replied Sheehan "for recognize the strength
Of your organization. and that 1t Is doing good
work for Democracy.
MORE ABOUT PLATFORMS AND ISSUES.
Having got the promise that the silver men
should have at least half Of the Tammany con-
vention and would be enabled to control It, the
labor men wanted to know more about the plat
form and issues.
inn rt W q
sis opposed TO your issuss--'dolar gas State of
Manhattan etc. What we want is the gas plant
itself, owned and operated by the CITY. Neither
do we care for threc-cent fares. Nhat we 90
want Is city ownership and control OF all natural
monopolies and no granting CT franchises 10 any
corporations. and nothing Will better answer tnat
purpose than Section 3 Of our platform regard
ing municipal ownership and operation or IRAN
chises. And should like to have your Com
mttee on Platform insert that plank as it Is In
our constitution Is It possible to have 1t ana
make that the ISSUE?
II am perfectly satisfied to have that plank go
in the platform" was the answer. ut is agreed
BILE to my views and II the people want 1t II IS
their right to have it,
Am I ct liberty to state to the Progressive
Democratic League all that you have tod ana
promised" asked Durlacher.
Eyes. take it to your people as coming from
me officially and that we will do the right thing
for the Democracy with your assistance.
The labor men went ahead with more search
Ing questions. and got come pleasant answers;
"Why," they asked. land at whose orders Ola
the Tammany Aldermen In body vote agalns,
having the city bring suit against the Sixth ana
Eighth Avenue railroads TO annul their fran-
chscs? Was II not because you so ordered tnem
at the request Of Whitney, Crimmins and others
representing the Metropolitan Traction COM
pany?'
Mr. sheehan gave away little as possible.
He said: mo. not at all 1t was done upon the
advice Of the Corporation Counsel who Informed
them as suit had been brought against them for
the same purpose by a private individual, II
would be useless FOR the city to bring another
Lo1 hnAn 1na
that only, was the reason they voted as they did,
and not because Of any orders from me or any
one else"
Mr. Durlacher expressed his satisfaction. but
he wanted peep behind the Tar,many screen.
The conversation continued as follows:
OFT is stated In some OF the morning papers
that Mr.. Croker will return in September and
on his arrival will assume the MANAGEMENT Ok
the fall campaign VIII not that interfere with
your plans. 1t being q well-known fact that Mr.
Croker is favorable to the whitney interests,
and those interests are antagontstic to the peo-
pies welware. as we understand 1t?
AIR. Croker as I understand II. has no de-
sire nor has he expressed any. to assume con-
troll of the organization for the fall elections.
and don't think he has any intention OK do
ing so.
with the district leaders will have a considera-
bic bearing on shaping the policy OF the or
ganlzat!on this fall. and won't this take the
rens out OF your hands? If 1t Will, we are
ready to give you our support
CROKER HAS ONLY THREE FRIENDS.
A.-Between Mr. Croker and myself none but
the friendliest feeling exist: and furthermore
he will not influence the majority Of the leaders.
There are only thre men in the Executive Com
n,ittee who can be said to be absolute Croker
adherents.
O-How many votes will we need this fall to
win, basing our calculation on the vote cast
at the last election?
Ave will need every Democratic vote, in
Guiding those not cast for our candidate last
fall and we must get together to be success
full.
The step of the silverite leaders In making the
text Of this interview public has created
widespread sensation both in Wigwam and
silver circles. Mr. Sheehans story, with his
version is looked for with interest.