New-York tribune., 1902-03-20
AFTER CARROLL'S SCALP.
LARRY" DELMOUR TO FIGHT HIM IN
THE NINTH DISTRICT.


ROADS THE CAUSE.
Larry" Delmour last night announced him
self a candidate in the open" for the leader
ship Of John r Carrolrs district. the NNINth,
bidding open defiance al tho same time to Lewis
Nixon. chairman Of Tammany's Finance Com
mittee, who has said a dozen times Of late that
the old men in the organization must give way
to the younger and more active party workers.
MI Demour has served notice Mr.. Carroll
and Mr.. Carroll has served notice on Mr.. Del
mour, and the NNINth will he a battle ground
from this time until the primaries, on Septem-
ber IL.
Il want 10 serve notice on you that I viii not
be crushed or driven out" said Mr. Carroll TO
the grizzled old Tammany war horse. Delmour.
when informed by the latter that the fight
was on.
We'll. John" said Larry "aII I've got to
say is tnat the fight Is In the open, and may
the best man win"
Mr. Delmour has made no alliances with any
Of the younger aspirants for the leadership. and
he says that he is going it alone. II am not
after Office" said he yesterday afternoon in the
corridor OF the Court House, where he was talk
ing with Peter ). Dooins Civil Justice Herman
Joseph and nephew" John Delmour. "An l am
after is to see that the district does not go to
pieces. and that the enemies of Tammany Hall
do not get control. 1t is too late in the day for
me TO he seeking political power merely to
crafty personal ambition. / don't want office
I've been offered ohlces-any number Of them
( by Tammany. and always turned them down.
I've been offered the Sheriff nomination. when it
was worth $75O0O year and any number Of
commssonorships What ] want to see is the
district kept in the Tammany column, and have
been convinced 10y my friends that unless some
thirg is done At once there is danger that the
/ enemies OF Tammany viii capture the leader
ship ! am on good terms with Nj. Nixon, and
have no crudse uEains, any man. My life is an
open book. and I stand on my record as a Tam
many man and Democrat. ! have lived ana
voted in the NNIXth District for fourteen years
although I have generally been classed as a
worker in the XXXth District"
"Mr. Nixon says ne wants to push the younger
men to the front" said a reporter.
Well. don't know that is the best thing
| 10 do in every case The XXIXth District has
| been i'm the hands Of the so-called young men
for some time, and. according 70 all reports. the
district is in rather a bad way. m IN pretty
good heaith Vet hoh,' lhal III MI N'eLa't >
district the affairs Of the organization are in
pretty good shape. He's not a particularly
young man in politics
The underlying reason for the stand taken ny
Mr. Delmour is that Mycr J. Stein, the Greater
NeUr-Yorl Democracy leader. has made such
! iproads upon the regulars in the district that
the Tammany desperate. and nave
called on Richard Crokcrs intimate personal
friend Mr.. DelmOur, 10 make the fight for tne
/ leadership. II is dllbSFlllNl Ilh'iN lil'' ~
Croker has requested Mr.. Delmour to act as he
has done. Success IN the NNINth would make
Deln1our boss of two big districts as he has run
things in the NXXth for many years. Ih'
/ nominal leader. Harry {. Hart has for Years
bee,, known as 'Delmour's man Delmour Will
! rroha blv win at the primaries. and Mr. Nixon
win again he reminded that Richard Croker :
retirement from the leadership had string
/ il.
| Thomas ! Gillerau recently headed a revolt
! against Carroll in the NXlXth. and now he VII
/ lie renlaced by Delmour. The same can he sad
/ Of Frederick Haherman. one of CAROLS hench-
! mon who has been talked Of for the leaderShip
| RoIIin Morgan Nr Carrolls right hand man IN
the district will have to go II Delmour wins as
! TeImour Will have his own assistants.
When John g Sheehan, leader Of the tTrea Ter
/ Na,r-YorIx Democracy. was told last night that
! Delmour was out against Carroll for the leader
| ship. ne sald- H..
I've been saying all along. and that is thAt
! we've got those fellows on the run. We II carry
/ that district at the primaries