New-York tribune., 1901-10-07
LETTING SHEPARD SLIDE.
CROKER AND HIS LIEUTENANTS TO
WORK ESPECIALLY FOR COUNTY
AND BOROUGH TICKETS

WORK ESPECIALLY FOR COUNTY
AND BOROUGH TICKETS.
Edward NJ. Shepard Tammany's candidate for
Mayor will not be informed of his nomination
tonight. The plan to tell him officially that he
was nominated by the city convention contem-
plated fulfilling that obligation tonight. Mr..
Shepard. who is at Lake George. asked that this
ceremony be deferred until tomorrow night.
His request was acceded TO. and he will come
down from Lake George to-day and prepare to
receive the surprise party from Mr.. Crokers
club. He will accept the nomination, and in his
speech of acceptance will outline his policy and
reply to those who have criticised him for ac-
cepting.
While waiting for this formal ceremony. Croker
and his lieutenants in the Democratic Club are
busily engaged in making plans for the cam
paign preparing a slate for the county and bor-
oughs conventions which are to be held on
Thursday. and getting in shape for taking the
field. Croker adheres to his policy OF silence
Despite the scathing attack upon him by Seth
Low in his speech at Cooper Union, Mr. Croker
would not talk yesterday. When asked if he
would say anything in reply to MIR. Low. the
Tammany chieftain clicked his teeth together
and turned on his heel and walked off. 1t was
said that Croker would make a statement after
the county and borough conventions are held
and the full Tammany ticket is in the field Thls
statement it is said, will take the nature of a
reply to those who have made Croker an issue
in the campaign.
Croker called all the district leaders TO the
club yesterday not in a body but individually.
and TO each he gave orders that he wanted
the campaign work started in earnest. II want
! no loafing around TamInany Hall OF the club
while the campaign is on" said Croker to the
leaders Get out and hustle. II You are
wanted you will be sent for"
Croker is much worried by the aggressive
| campaign the fusion forces are making He IN
tends to try to offset this by the usual Tannany
! campaign There will be much speechmaking
| from Tammany orators; dead walls. theatre pro-
grammes and all available advertising space VIII
be pastered with advertisements adJuring clti-
gems to vote under the star. The searchiishts
| and stereopticons will be called into play and
red fire and fireworks will be used hberaiiy'
| Croker realizes that the fusion forces are going
fearlessy into his strongest districts on .he
lower East Side. and he intends TO accept the
challenge and make tnoSe ulS'tiS'' 'N ''--
battle-ground go, .
II was learned at the Democratic Club yester-
dav that Croker and his friends are not bother
inc much about the head of the ticket They
intend to bend all their energies TO the electioh
of the New-York county ticket ana the MAN
haitian borough ticket. Under the charter re-
vision the Mayor does not exercise so hluch
mower AS Mayor Van WyCk has. lhe powers
and patrOuasS of the borough ana COUNTY
GERS have been much increased and, even II the
head nf the ticket is wiped out. Croker hopes
to carry the county and borough tickets. as they
will give enough patronage 10 Ieed the nuhsly
ra,n,anv men for two years. This curtailment
of the powers of the Mayor had no lnconslder-
able part in determining the NOMINATION.
Croker's chief desire to best Coler. VINO
was named other than Coler he did not mucn
care His advisers pointed out to INN that even
IL a Nayor opposed Tammany was elected. he
would be fettered by the other members of the
city administration. Croker anxious TO get
some respectable candidate to cloak Tammanys
record of corruption realized that even the cleo
tion of an independent man would not put
check upon the corrupt olisarchy of which he is
the head in the administration of the citys af-
fairs He accepted Shepard. laughing in his
sleeve over tho shrew8 trick.
Croker and the Suvan-Carro- -Devery COM
hina+ion realize that they may have to make
some concessions to MIR Shepard in the way OF
arpointments and other changes, IL he is elected.
but in the main they think the old system can
be continued. They argue that II is better to
give way slightly than to lose all. which would
probably be the case had they chosen TO nom
mate some other than a man OF Mr. Shepard 8
character. .
countv Democracy received positive informa-
tion from Edward NJ Shepard yesterday that he
would accept the Tammany nomination for
NIaIor charles Jerome Edwards the close per-
sonaI friend of Mr. Shepard. who resigned from
the Citizens Union in order to work for his cleo
ton went TO Poughkeepsie last night TO meet
him MIR. Edwards has taken 1t upon himself
to get into line all the members of the old
Shepard Democracy 1t is believed that Mr..
Edwards has undertaken a most uiiiicuit tdsA-
Although Mr.. Shepard has had a strong per-
sonaI following. yet these men are most of them
Of strong convictions and cannot surrender TO
the enemy as easily did their idol
lust at present the Shepardites are in great
trounIe They cannot force themselves to ac-
cant the Tammany principles. and yet they do
not want to do any thing to hurt the feelings of
their old friend Some probably will swallow
the bitter pill of Crokerism, but IT is doubtful
if there are many who will do so. Many may
appear to be the fence, but will vote for Low
Rridse Commissioner Shea said last night that
the Kings County Democrats would make a
hustlinr campaign. To offset the effect of Mr..
Stewards denunciatious of Croker in his
sneeches in the last municipal campaign they
will try TO dig UP some instances or where MI.
Low smoke disparaging of Mr.. Platt in the
campaign of 1897. Big placards will be spread
broadcast bearing the legend: