Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
FORMER HANDLES ALL TEE MONEY
Republicans Preparing for a Lively
Time Next Week.
GEORGE GAINING STRENGTH
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

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date Now it is John c. Sheehan. who is
referred to as Nominal Leader Sheehan.''
The reason for this is said to be serious
division between Croker and Sheehan. and
it is also said to be the common belief
among Tammany men that. no matter how
the election issue turns. Croker will drive
Sheehan out of the wig-am
Croker is said to dislike Sheehan and
Sheehan hates and fears Croker. When
Register Sohmer and his frienos @ith
SJo-noo offering were urging the Germans
nomination. Sheehan let that chance of
fighting Croker go by. and since then
Croker appears determined to handle the
finances of Tammany himself He will
place more opportunities in Mr.. Shee-
hans way. By Croker's orders the head
quarters have been divided by a wooden
partition. The most secluded side is the
habitat of Croker. Van Wyck. Phelan,
Freedman and Carroll. Here these practi-
cal politicians lurk the greater part of
every day. Van Wyck is watched most
carefully. No one is permitted to intrude
upon him without having his person frank
ed first by Croker of the others.
This precaution is justified by the fact that
Van Wyck is very excitable man. He
flies into a passion at small things No
man can reach him who is not his friend
friend of Tammany or a contributor
TO Croker's campaign fund
Croker Handles the Funds.
Every dollar turned into these headquar-
tiers is known to Croker. He and Phelan
and Freedman handle 1t. Grant and his
assistants not permitted TO have any
thing to do with it. Van 'Wyck himself
knows nothing of what comes in or of what
goes out. Sheehan knows as little about it
any man in New YORK Croker says he
reed not know. because Van Wyck will
carry the rest of the ticket with him either
TO victory or to defeat. He wants Sheehan
to attend to the smaller candidates and
to the petty details of the organization and
to leave the big matters. and especially the
big money matters, to him
The lines have been sharply drawn
Croker is said to permit no interference
from Sheehan with Van Wyck. But nearly
every day he visits TamIany Hall, Shoul-
ders Sheehan out of his way and invest-
gates everything in a suspicious. naughty
ani overbearing fashion. He is scarcely
civil, TO Sheehan or to those few leaders
whose sympathies are with Sheehan.
Croker does not remain long at the wig
wam- His presence attracts contributions,
and he wants them attracted to the Bar
tholdi, and not TO point where Sheehan
can get track of them. Tammany Hall
candidates for mayor have always had
headquarters separate from TamTany
Hall. but never before this campaign have
the contributions been diverted from Tam
many Hall.
John II. Conway is of John c. Shee-
hans lieutenants He succeeded Daniel NJ.
threw up the office. Conway catches con-
tributons as best he can and turns over
the proceeds OF his daily rounds to John
c. Sheehan. but he has no authority to
visit corporations, wealthy democrats and
other heavy contributors During the past
few days the Bartholdi Hotel headquarters
have been visited by crowds of wealthy
democrats. former Office holders and repre-
sentatives of corporations. They have kept
ay from the wigwam.
Must Hustle for Themselves,
1t is current gossip that word has been
sent to Sheehan from the Bartholdi Hotel
tnat all of the Tammany candidates save
Van Wyck would have to shift for them
selves Following this talk come state
Elents that in return for this treatment
Sheehan is paying more attention to the
county ticket than to the city ticket and
that the defeat of the city ticket, if the
county ticket won. would rot be considered
by him to be great misfortune The dvis-
ion between Croker and Sheehan is now
said to be so wide that il is not probable
they Will ever come together again.
1annanys campaign advertising is
perqCiSite for the control of which there is
heiia competition. About six weeks ago
John c. SheehaI gave TO an advertising
firm contract, amounting TO s1,-sI. foT
which the firm was to display veriscope
pictures on the roof of house on Herald
square The pictures are display ID every
evening, AID attract quite a big crowd.
ne arrangement appears to be s2tisfac-
tcry 10 every one excep; the Croker crowd.
And so when John c. Sheehan put his o. X
to the bill of the advertising firm for the
NeriScope pictures there was d pitched
tatrle before the bill paid. 1t has
been ascertained that the advertising ap-
preparation CT Tammany Hall cor this cam
paisn amounts to Slo0.Tf,. OF this at least
iDur-ffths is being. handled by the men
who objected to the payment of the bill
for the veriscope pictures This combine
hEs handled also the private advertise
ments of Robert a. Van Wyck and Thomas
J. Drl n The greater part of this s1O0.0OO
went for advertisements in TIE cable cars
al Il elevated roads. where Grant and Gil
10Y are said to control the advertising priv
iieges.
Every man in Tammany Of any promi-
renee has been asked about Judge Van
Wyck's fi-st appearance in speaking parts
No one could say wheE he would speak:
whether he would speak in public at all
or not. or whether he would make any
campaign speeches. public or private The
Loss. Croker himself. was asked whether
Van Wyck would make any sueeches and
why he keeping silent when ali the
otter candidates were talking but the only
reply that could he obtained from this
source wss: Il have nothing to say
Why Van Wyck Does Not Speak.
1t is said that Justice Van Wyck does
not make speeches for these reasons:
He is very small in stature. and is cx-
tremely sensitive to possible ridicule.
He is pc or speaker.
He is afraid of comparison between his
efforts and the cratory Of General Tracy
the polished. convincing language of Lou
and the ei-rnestnesS ard effectiveness of
Henry George.
And last and mightiest, because his
boss does not dare to exhibit him To the
public.
Henry Georges campaign is undoubtedly
locking up. The veteran campaigner ard
his running mate are making a rattline
fight against Tammany and bossism In
the Bronx las: night George set his hearers
wild with the announcement that If he had
the power. and that II Croker obtained his
money dishonesty. he would put him be-
hind prison bars Dayton Is not behind
one whit in the delivery of a rakirg fire
against Tammany. The ex-postmaster Is
working with seart and soul. and has be-
hind him his old employees, almost to a
man. Eight letter carriers visited him in
body yesterday and discussed plans for