The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-04
THE VIC1oRs A-soUABBLE.
Tammany Spells Too BiE to ne Divided in Ut'
tor Pence.

Tammnny Spells Too BiE to No Divided in Ut
tor Pence.
The penalty for having been too ardent In
their support of John 9. Sheehan 10 now being
melted out to some Tammany district leaders.
and when the Executive Committee for 1898
organizes it is said that there viii be a lot Of
new material In It and many familiar faces Will
be missed from the councils. Francis j. OCon'
nor and Alderman Nicholas 7. Brown OF the
Second Assembly district were the first to dis
cover that the disciplinary hand of Richard
Croker had been raised, and former Police Jus
tice Patrick Diver is again at the head of the
party organization in that district. with. Big
Tom Foley and Alderman-elect Jerry Cronin
as his lieutenants. The next to BIO informed
that he was to be disciplined was Alderman
John T. Oakley, leader in the Fourteenth. TX
Register John Reilly got out of the Executive
Committee and put Oakley in when John Y.
Sheehan was put in charge Of the organization
by Mr.. Croker. Reilly would not recognize
Sheehan as the leader. Oakley recognized him
to such an extent that he incurred the enmity
of Reilly, and they passed some hard words on
the subject. When Croker returned, to take
charge Of Tammany Hall this year and let 1t DO
known to his friends that John g. Sheehan was
to DO retired from the nominal leadership, MT.
Reilly demanded of Mr.. Croker that Oakley be
salzeF, ,hs assistant leader; be e. put G IN full f E snss
U IN lbtEASb
to have consented to this arrangement
The first brush between Oakley and Reilly IL
the contest occurred on Thursday night, when
Oakley succeeded in ~electing the men of his
choice for inspectors of election at the coming
RrimG niss aS oa9 or o sh1 sr E " basq wn,c Wh n oh
has been gotten up in his honor. for the expense
Of which members Of the district organization
have been asked to contribute $40 each. Elk
spent better 70 feed the poor Of INC district;
dny to plead with Mr.. Croker for the retention
of his political head. He will deny that he had
any part in any scheme to make Mr.. Sheehans
/ leadership anything more than a proxy leader
Another leader who is going to have trouble
m m seeu Is Martin II Eneoi Of the Eighth Assembly
district. Barney Rourke wants to he the lead.
er there r vd RoGrk Mr SraEaGss Sui Il ssG narine eS
and ex-Mayor Grant is said to favor it,: Engel
and his district are n sort of annex to Timothy
bly, district. Rourke has been trying to get the
Senator to espouse his cause against Engeii. but
Tim says that he does not feel like helping a
ming for Senator in 1895. II Mr.. Croker shat!
side with his business partner in this mater
Rourke will be the leader and Engel Will he re-
Then comes the Thirty-frst Assembly dis,
drew J. White is the leader. Peter F. Meyer
has been trying for two years to wrest ths con,
Gilroy. 1t is said that he will try 1t again this
year and that he may. succeed. Benjamin 7.
Rhoades, David WEIGH and Isaac A.. Hopper
have been associated with Meyer in his politi
cal fights in the district. Mr.. Hopper has been
in close confab with Mr.. Croker at Lakewood;
The story OF the objections to the leadership
Of Percivai E. Maggie in the Manhattan part Of
The Thirty. fourth Assembly district has already
been told by THE SUN. A strong effort Il
being turned down. .
These are q few of the Assembly districts
where the spirit of harmony docs not dwell ir
the ranks Of Tammany. There are others. 1t ii
said.