The sun., 1900-12-28
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the CITY ritchins Into Gov. Roosevelt.


Temmsny'a Ooneral Commi ites spent Last
evening organizing for nntt Years cam
/ pnisn and In culogzlag et-Di.'rict Attorney
Gardiner cot Gardiner was u little bit
{ lat" n arriving. and when hc entered the
/ big council room every one Of the delegates
rose and Joined in applaus" Tho delegates
| danced up md down In order 10 make u noise
: with their feet. clnpped their hands and yelled
| at the tops Of their voices Col Gardner
was evidently taken nback bv tho reception
and he bowed his thanks to the four corner .
of the hall as he mndc his way To his seat
The yells Of the delegates gradually changed
from applause for Col Gardiner 10 misses
for Gov. Roosevelt. and these did not die
out until President Van Hoesen had banged
on the table for order.
The Executive Committee had arranged the
slate to he put through. All the old officers
were reelected. They are: President.
George NJ Van Hoeson. Weep -"sid"nts. .
Thaddeus Moriartv. william +. Grel + 'cre-
taries Patrick A. whitney. Frank ". Smith.
Jacob Marks. j Fairfax Mclaughlin. John
Delaney: Trea rurer. John McQua lie
S'rgeant-at- Arms. j. j. McClosky; Il aiding
erk. Thomas +. Smith. The only changes
in the Executive Committee we're the sub
stitutlon Of Patrick II K,ahon for James W
Boyle in tho Seventh, and OF Frank j. Good
win for John & Sheehan In the Ninth. Kelhon
and Goodwin have been sitting in the EI-
ecitive Committee ever since their election
at tho August primaries.
As soon as this business had been disposed
Of Senator Thomas +. Grady took the platform
TO express the Tammany opinion OF Col.
Roosevct's removal Of Col. Gardiner. Mr..
Grady offered this rcsoluti on
The General Committee. representatives
OF the Democratic party of the county of New
York. avails itself cf this. its first opportunity
to denounce the infamous conspracy through
which Asa Bird Gardiner. the elected District
Attorney Of the county. was robbed of his
orrice by Gov. Roosevelt"
Senator Grady said that he had seldom
felt 80 indignant. The people OF this county
had always repudiatcd Roosevelt when he
came before them at the polls and now he had
stolen the OH ce" of man they had elected.
How sad" he went on. that never again
we shall have an opportunity to say what We
think OF this man Roosevelt. Never again
until the last dav. until we all appear before
the Judgment seat will we be able to tell him
what we thing OF him. Then h. will not be
able to fin d one single excuse for the treat
ment he has accorded to Col Gardiner.
Both Of these men have boys. As there
was nothing In his removal TO shame Col
Gardiner, so there is nothing IN it 10 humilate
his boys But. when. long years from now.
Gov Roosevelt's boys can read their fathers
record, they will not be able TO Justify this
cowardy act of his II was an act on par
with shooting fleeing foeman in the back
1t was taken in the closing days OF an nd-
ininstration. when the danger Of impeach-
ment no longer stared him in the face. and
when he knew that there was no opportunity
for his victim TO strike back 1t was done
10 rob the people OF their chosen servant in
the District Attorneys office. to benefit that
unholy combination which seeks to wrest
the control Of the city from the Democracy.
where 1t belongs
You have shown tonight how you regard
Col Gardiner. Colonel" turning 70 the ex-
District Attorney. you have the admiration.
the love, the devotion OF Tammany Hall.
You are a martyr and hero. We shall al
ways be true to you.
President Van Hoesen declared that tho
city's credit had never been assailed and
was never higher than 1t is under Tammany.
He said that the present vice agitation had
Its origin In the insulting OF an Episcopal
clergyman "bv a police captain made by
Theodore Roosevelt The committee
adopted the resolution enthusiastically and
M inurDnd