New-York tribune., 1901-11-05
CROKER DEALS OUT DOUGH.
TAMMANY's ONLY HOPE LIES IN $4,000
CORRUPTION FUND.

The ,ouer loo- of Tammany Hall and tie street
in front of the Wigwa,n were filed yesterday fore
noon with district leaders and their friends, Who
were On hand TO receive money to set out sho
vote" Money to get out the vote has greater
Significance this year than ever before eeeaaSe ~
is no secret politicians that IamInA'a' -
Depending on this dough" as it was called yes
teraav to elect its city and county tickets iSaeh
d,e.-,ct leader got his quota and st was the lafE,
est in The history Of Tamnany Hall politics. The
gross amount set aside to get out the Fo9e
approximated Geo. about 100000 OF which was
sent to Brooklyn and Long Island City. In each
of the election districts where there is CONSIDER
b,e floating vote there will be $500 or $500 to spend
to-day in getting out the vote In the plo"h-
stone Republican districts the amount appor uoneo
was much less than in the typical Tarnmans s'rohs
holds.
Much of the money doed out to the district
,s.oers Yesterday will be devoted to thlnly ols-
euised bribery John c. Sheehan caiieo al'eh'ioi
to this phase of the campaign one day last "eeh'
and in Mr. Sheehan's opinion the only danger 10
the fusion line of battle lies in the fact that the
Tammany captains will try to pluck out SotelS
here and there by buying their services iof Inc
dav by giving them s. or So as their services
might warrant. Mr.. Sheehan said yesterday 'ia' II
was doubtful about Tammany getting very large
number of votes by these methods out ne az
nnitted that they would get some. The plan agreed
on Yesterday by the Tammany district leaders Win
Tho consent of Richard Croker is to have the
money on hand the opening OF the poils tiis
o~,,,o so that Il can be used the first thing
The Tammany election district captain Will spot
the Greater New-York Democracy workers before
they have an opportunity 10 sot sdse " With a $40 bill
The friends of Mr.. Sheehan know already tina.
tbey will have little money to use in getting out
~ ynta moi more than SO IN many of the dis
frfcts and many OF the workers VIII get hotllii,s
for their long days work The Iainnaliy pi!oe -
e1pse5ed tf win Bs Scheme 9a the
men willing to allow the Hreitet asef haie,t "
ing that they labor to better advantage uhuei
false colors. . 49, 5,..-t,+
With 500 or 5000 OF bribe money the ,da district ct
leaders count on swinging twenty or thirty votes 70
y district and these they expect. will cut down the
fusion that. with the normal daillrit1s m ny
citv tfcket wiz pull through successfully In case
Of the defeat Of the city ticket however the ram,
many leaders expect that the county achet nti
The use of this enormous corruption fund is the
remaining hoPe OF Tammany. If those VINO accept
money il: rhe downtown election districts snoud9
turn around and vote the fusion ticket as many OF
never he any the wiser. This fact will doubtless
prompt many OF district leaders to keep IN their
own pockets IluIh o. fnn e Wa s1psrvsed by Mr.
Croker. Senator sullivan John F. Carroi John d.
The district leaders who were WILLING 70 MAKE
predictions yesterday seemed confident that the
Tamnany ticket would win. Mr. Croker. Isaac
PANEL F Mcmahon and others said that they could
see nothing but victory both for the city and
Larry Delmour had several hundred dollars at
TamInany Hall Yesterday which he said he wanted
to BET on Shepard. NO matter what happens IN
be large enough to pull both the city and county
Thnoas r srnith said that circulars would be
distributed all the city showing that Seth Low
while president OF ColuMo DIE University tried TO
Board OF Education Of New-Ycrk so they could run
ths schools.