New-York tribune., 1901-10-12
TICKET FLOUTS DECENCY.
GAMBLING COMBINATION DICTATES
TAMMANY BOROUGH AND COUNTY
NOMINATIONS, AND SHEP-
ARD SUFFERS
GAMBLING

The Tammany leaders yesterday waxed en-
thusiastic over the borough and county tickets
nominated Thursday night. The nominees ara
men after their own hearts. The Tammany men
could not work up enthusiasm when Shepard
was nominated but they had their hats in the
air yesterday for the borough and county candi-
dates Croker all smiles at the Democratic
Club yesterday. 1T is a good ticket, amt it?'
he said geefully. Il know we will win. proba-
bly, by 10000"
When Shepard was mentioned the name Of
tie Brooklyn man made Croker frown. He
would not say anything about him This en-
thusiasm for the old line Tammanyites nom
mated for county and borough offices and cold
ness toward the head OF the city ticket did not
seem TO augur we'll for Shepard
Ihere were two nominations made by the
Iammany county and borough conventions that
caused widespread criticism. They were those
Tor District Attorney and for President of the
Borough. but they appealed especially to the
rank and file of Tammany workers. many of the
district leaders, and to Croker but every decent
citizen and every honest voter viewed the nom
nations with disgust The first and most fla
grant was the naming of Henry w Unger as
District Attorney.
Unger and Asa Bird Gardiner were at the
Democratic Club yesterday morning. and had
long talk with Croker. Gardiner dsap-
pointed that he did not secure the nomination,
he wanted to be 'vindicated" but, next to Sc
curing the nomination for himself he wanted it
TO go to Mr.. Unger. and so Modified some
what. Whether Unger will be much a drag
on the ticket Gardiner would have been re-
mains TO be Certainly the wisdom Of this
nomination was questioned by many OF the more
reputable workers in Tammany
District Attorney Phbin expressed the senti-
ments of all the decent voters of the city yes
terday when asked about the nomination of Mr..
/ Cnger He spoke in diplomatic and guarded
way, but said:
Il would regard the nomination of Mr.. Gard-
ner preferable to that of Mr.. Unger. think 1t
would be less likely to do harm 10 the cause of
decenCy."
Every one knows that District Attorney Phil
bins opinion of Colonel GARDENERS fitness for the
office of District Attorney is not the highest.
and placing Unger below Gardiner puts Unger
exceedingly low in the scale Mr.. Philbin
asked if he gave Mr.. Unger opportunity to
resign Assistant District Attorney. Mr..
Cnger was an assistant under Colonel Gardiner
and Colonel Fellows When Gardiner was re-
moved and Mr. Philbin named his successor
1t was said that Mr.. Unger got "an opportunity
10 resign" reporter said: Mr.. Philbin. some
people are saying that Mr.. Unger kicked
out of your office, although it was announced
that you gave him an opportunity to resign"
Mr. Philbin replied quickly, That is the same
thing"
The county and borough conventions demon
strated better than anything else the power OF
the gambling combine in Tammany. Unger,
Oakley and Fromme were all selected by the
combine" The ticket is in the field and the
Tammany men out, campaigning hard.
While working for their ticket the Tam
many men do not hesitate to express in Vitriolic
terms contempt for their Brooklyn allies. The
textbook issued by the Democratic organization
OF Kings County, in which Tammany flayed
and the attempt to "Deveryize' Brooklyn
denounced. caused the gorge to rise in the Tam
many throat. They spoke harshly of the Kings
County leaders yesterday. With Tammany
cursing Kings County and Kings County ours
ing Tammany, and each organization working
hard for its borough and county tickets at the
sacrifice of the head of the ticket, the chances
of. Edward NJ. Shepard 10 be somewhat
dimmed. The fact that the Kings County lead
ers yesterday prevailed upon to withdraw
their campaign book and suppress 1t did not
allay the bitterness.
Tammany and Kings are hopeessly at odds.
and Shepard seems to be caught between the
upper and the neither miIlstones of faction.