New-York tribune., 1901-10-18
POINT TO TAMNANY DEFEAT.
WIGWAM LEADERS WORRIED OVER
GREATER NEW-YORK DE-
MOCRACY LISTS.

Iammany leaders are greatly worked up over
the nomination lists on fle with the Board Of
Elections made out in the interests OF the
Greater New-York Democracy. of which John
e Sheehan is a leader. Already trusted agents
OF Tammany Hall are inspecting the lists, with
the idea Of discrediting them and of throwing
them out on technical grounds if possible
What bothers the Tammany men most is that
the Greater New-YOrk Democracy men have
rolled up a total of more than twenty-five
thousand names. and Mr.. Sheehan when seen
Yesterday said that all the names were those
OF Democratic voters. At the Democratic Club
last night hints were thrown out that the lists
| hled by the Greater New-Yor6 Democracy were
padded with Republicans
When a member of the executive committee of
the Greater New York Democracy was seen last
night he said:
Those lists will wash all right. When Mr..
| Sheehan sent out his circular Of instructions to
his corps of canvassers he explicitly stated that
only the names Of Democrats were wanted
While there is nothing in the law TO prevent
Republicans from signing the lists provided
they were willing 10 declare that they intend TO
vote the Greater New-York Democracy ticket 1t
is fact that Mr. sheehan saw to IT that only
old Tammany men signed the lists The Tam
many men will doubtless, on Investigation find
here and there a Republican signeF, but the
names Will run 95 per cent Democrats"
The petitions file show that there Will be
no Greater New-York Democracy ticket in the
WITH, With, XIIth XVIII and XXVIIth Assem-
bly, districts. The men intrusted with the work
apparently found it impracticable TO get the
necessary five hundred signers in each of those
districts
The friends of Mr. sheehan and William Hep
burn Russell assert that the petitions on file
make good their claim Of an organization with
ru!Iy thirty thousand voters. In the five assem-
bly, districts where tickets will be run it IS
asserted that there are practically as many
independent Democrats in the other dis
trlcts, and that the failure to get the necessary
signatures was due in some instances to trickery
and interference on the part of Tammany work
In one uptown district" said q member Of
the executive committee last night TO a Tribune
reporter the caRvasser thought that it would
De all right for him to his money easily by
accepting RepuoLcan signatures Mr.. Sheehan
refused to take them, and lack of time pre-
vented new man from getting up the required
HFe nundreo IN some OF the districts, where
only Ave hundred signers were required, the can
Vassers secured the names OF a thousand. A
messenger boy started from the XIXth District
with one hundred names and Tammany dis
tr!ct worker got hold Of the list and Il never
showed up at Mr.. Sheehan's office That is an
Illustration Of what the anti-Tammany Demo
petitions"
Assuming that the twenty-five thousand sigma
tures TO the petitions Of the Greater New-York
Democracy are 80 per cent those OF former Tam
many Democrats. as Mr. Sheahan and his friends
say, IL IS difficult for the election sharps to fig
ure out a Tammany plurality IN this county.
The Citizens Union has even a greater number
OF signers TO its petitions. and while there may
be more Republicans than Democrats on them,
still Il IS safe 10 assume that large percentage
oc the signers are Democrats The Citizens
Union lists include a large number OF so-called
George voters, who last year helped TO roll up
Bryan plurality OF twenty-five thousand. This
year almost to q man they are against Tam
many The Citizens Union and Greater New
York Democracy leaders estimated last night
that their combined petitions there are at
least thirty thousand voters who last fall voted
FOR Bryan. With the normal Republican vote
against Tammany. the election guessers on the
anti-Tammany sid say that the independent
party nominating petitions indicate decisive
Tammany defeat in this county