The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-30
GLAD HAND FOR SHEEHAN.
TdHMANY GREETED HIM KINDLY
WHEN HE VISITED THE WIGWlM.

Executive and General Committeeman
| Crowded Around Him as In tho Days of
| Yore-Croker Wasn't There-Choers for
| tho Pequod Club-Dntes for Conventions.
Richarl Croker disappointed the leaders OF
| TammaLy Hall by not appearing at the meet
| ing OF the Executive and General committees
| last night The Tammany leaders had conf
| IDENTITY expected that Mr. Croker would be
there and had believed that he would say
something from which they could judge
how they ought to act in the matter
Of the proposed contract between the
city and the Ramapo Water Company. Mr.
Croker being absent the meeting gave
! every indication OF becoming more routine
! gatherings. and. had it not been for John @.
Sbeohan. they would have been as uninterest-
ing as Tammany meetings usually are. Mr..
| Sheehan attended the meetings as the
| executive member from the Ninth District.
He got to the Wigwam early. As soon as he
arrived there men began to come up and
shake hands with him and from q
quarter to until half past Z, when
the Committeeman entered the Execu-
tive room. he did nothing else but shake
hands. As soon as a mt mber OF the Executive
Committee caught sight OF Mr.. sheshan he
walked over and shook hands with him.
After the Executive Nom bers had ~ shaken
teemen began to flock around him. They
shook hands with him, too. SO Mr.. sheehan
was kept busy shaking hands until finally the
Executive ComtEttee met.
The only business transacted in the Execu-
tive Committee was the adoption Of the report
apportionng General Comm tteemen for 1900
among the Assembly districts and fixing the
representation and dates for the various con-
ventions The appOrtionmeDt was prepared
by Corporation Counsel Whalen. After
tho Executive Committee had approved
OF it. It was adopted by the General
Committee at meeting upstairs in
the Council Cham Der The report was read by
Secretary Warren W. Foster. When he came
to the Ninth Assent bly, district and announced
that the Assembly and Aldermanic Convention.
and the meeting OF the District General Com
mittee to organize would be held In the Pequod
Club. the Sheehan headquarters in the dis
trict. there was a burst OF applause. 1t
began with group OF Mr.. Sheehan's
supporters. who were seated In
the southwest corner Of the hail. and. as the
committeeman in other portions Of the hall
realized its meaning. they also began to ap-
plaud. E1-JudRe George NJ. Van Hoesen, the
Chairman Of the committee. raped for order,
but the applause was so loud that 1t was fully
minute before Mr. Foster could proceed with
the reading Of the report.
The Tammany calendar. as arranged at last
nights meeting. is as follows: District Munich
pal Court conventions. Oct. IA; Assembly and
Aldermanic conventions. Oct. 10: Aldermanic
Convention. annex district. Oct. IT; County
Convention. Oct. Is; Organization Of District
| General Committees. week OF Dec. II; Organi-
cation OF Executive Committee. Dec. %.
The apportionment OF general committee
men and delegates to conventions is based on
the vote cast in 1893. and the number Of COM
mitteemen and delegates is larger than here
tofore.