New-York tribune., 1899-03-25
NOW AFTER SHEEHAN.
BRYAN MEN SAY THEY DO NOT WA'i
HIM AT THEIR DINNER.
THEY SAY HE Is A TOOL OF CROKER. AND
INSIST THAT THEY HAVE DIscOVEhED
4 PLOT TO RUIN THEIR FEAST

4 PLOT TO RUIN THEIR FEAST.
The details for Mr.. Croker's dirrer In nono'
Of the birthday Of Thomas Jefferson are about
completed It 10 expected that an arouncem'nt
as to guests and other facts regarding the BAN
nuet will be made soon In the mean while the
Bryan Democrats keeping mp feVer'sn
activity IN preparing for their feast IL was
reported yesterday that q. II. +. Belmont wouio
attend this dollar dinner; but Mr. Brewster
who s In charge Of the arrangements, sain u"
did not think Mr.. Belmont would be inVlteo'
The announcement tha. Mr. Bsln.ont would he
present IT was learned was \ little premature.
II came from friends Of Mr. belmont VINO
wanted to sec him there but personally MI.
Belmont las not even considered the SUBJECT
n was said
One odd thing I'm connection with the dinner ~
that Congressman William Sulzer who VIII ~
one of the attractions Of Mr.. Crokers dinner
will also attend the dollar dinner. Mr. sulzer Is
n great favorite Of the silver men, and they are
already nominating him for second place on the
ticket with Bryan next year. He also stands
well in the Wigwam. Therefore. he says he VIII
go 10 both dinners II is difficult then To desig-
nate him as n Ten Dollar Democrat or
Dollar Democrat" as the two classes OF diners
are called and a Tammany man suggested last
night that it would be just well In classlryins
him to call him the Eleven Dollar Democrat
The dinner of the Bryan Democrats is sup
posed 10 he step toward the formation OF
Bryan organization In this State, which VIII
send delegates TO tho next National Convention
NJ the marty and contest with the regulars for
seats Thev will base their demand for recog-
rition unon the ground that they represent tbs
Chicago Platform organization in this Stafe'
They think that BRYAN and his friends will con-
troll the next convention, and they will thus be
able 10 he seated
sHEEHAN AND THE SILVER MEN.
Yesterday morning The Tribune told ~ .
strong resentment among some of the Oldest
leaders in Tammany Hall against recent actions
Of Richard Croker and against the class OF men
with whom he had surrounded himself. THIS
resentment borders upon the verge OF rebellion.
A statement was printed yesterday that John
G. Sheehan. who recently turned down
by Mr. Croker would assume the leadership
Of a movement in the state 10 form organf-
zation opposed to Tammany Hall. and that he
would rally around him these disanected leaders
and fight the battle upon the ground OF regn-
larit" in adherinr to the Chicago platform.
Mr. Sheehan is in the South. IL was saih
that he would there meet and ak with VIII
lam J Bryan. and return here vested with the
authority Of leader deputized by Mr.. Bryan
and would start A fight against the organizs-
tion which has repudiated Bryan and the Cni'
cago platform.
When this report came ~ tho ears of inc mon
who are arranging for the dollar dinner and
Manning for a Bryan organization in the state
they set I'D a veil like a band Of Comanche lnd-
ians. and insisted that IT plot They de-
nounced Sheehan as an arch-conspirator ana
tool Of Mr. Croker Mr.. Sheehans "genulne
Democracy" II was charged. was even less than
that said by the Rryanites 10 he In Mr. BEL
mont's possession. and they asserted tnat ne was
acting under Crokers orders 70 get control ~
The movement and wreck II or turn IL over to
Tammany.
The subcommittee Of seven. having fuii
charge Of the arrangements for the dollar hin-
ner." were 10 hold meeting yesterday IN the
office Of the International Association of Ma
chnisrs No 81 Centre-st
When the time appointed had arrived ana
passed by more than an hour quorum OF the
ub.conmittee had not appeared, and those
present began to express their suspicious D.
W. Hughes. Of No. I Madson-ave.. member
Of the sub-commttee. said he believed there
WAS a plot on foot to prevent the dinner. He
said John G. sheehan should not in any cir
cunstances be taken into the confidence OF the
Rrvanites and he regretted much TO see that
the promoters Of the dinner had taken up with
Mr.. Sheehan.
NOT AS GOOD A DEMOCRAT AS BELMONT.
"sheehan H. not as good Democrat as MT.
Belmont" said Mr. Hughes. II got letter from
Coin Harvey. chairman Of the National ways
and Means Committee Of the Democratic party,
on January 5 last. in which he asked me to
size up the political situation here In New
York and report my findings to him. Among the
alleged Democrats with whom I conferred was
Mr. Sheehan | told him Of the desire or the
Wavs and Means Committee and also compli-
mented him upon his bravery in challenging
Mr. Croker was not little surprised when he
said: Mr.. Hughes, understand mo. L DO not
wholly indorse the Chicago platform. / don't
believe in the Is to plank. The ratio should be
left 10 Congress told him Congress had for
twenty-five years been unable to settle upon a
ratio. and that II We adopted his plan the matter
would be unsettled for another fifty years. L
told him We would not consent 10 any SUCH ar"
rangement
Now" continued Mr. Hughes earnestly.
"there "a clever plot all arranged, 10 get the
best % us They know we can beat them In an
omen Aght. for 90 per cent Of the rank and fls
Of Tammany Hall are loyal to the Chicago plat
form and Mr. Bryan The scheme is to have
sheehan as n professed believer in Bryan and
the Chicago platform take charge OF this din
ner He is then 70 come out openly In oppost-
,io, ~ Mr. Croker and Nr Croker will 60
abroad as he did in 1896 and Sheahan will lead
Tammany HAHN nems
Croker and the corporation influences ~ the
Bemonts Whitneys, etc. will I'm reality control
the organization. Mr.. Sheehau demonstrated
once before that he was merely Mr.. Crok-r's
tool and a man who made the display that he
did of subservency and sycophancy as the head
OF that organization IS not the kind ~ a man
70 lead the genuine supporters OF the radical re-
forms demanded by the Chicago platform
Thomas W L. Scanlon. who was the Chicago
nlatform candidate for Congress in the lId
Congress District in the last campaign. is %
similar opinion 10 Mr. Hughes. Il am utterly