New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-30
NO TRUCE WITH TAMMANY.
GREATER NEW-YORK DEMOCRACY OR
CANNED FOR PRIMARIES FIGHT.

ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING BANDS TOGETHER
| INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS IN
WAR ON CROKERISM.
Fully two thousand enthusiastic and unterri-
fed anti-Tammany Democrats crowded all the
seating and standing room in Cooper Union last
night to take part in the organization of the
County General Committee of the Greater New
York Democracy. There were cheers for John
c. Sheehan first of all and last of all In fact,
Mr.. Sheehan seemed to be about the most pop
ular man anywhere around Cooper Union last
night Then there were cheers for all the dis
trict leaders. all the speakers, and a few for
David Bennett Hill, although it wasn't an oc-
casion where Mr.. Hill was brought prominently
into the limelight. Ringing speeches were made
by Borough President Cantor, William Hepburn
Russell John T. Cronin, John P. Kelly, A. c.
MacNulty and n. Taylor Phillips. Resolutions
adopted condemning Tammany Hall and
Crokerism and the Beef Trust.
What was perhaps more surprising than any
thing else, however was the unquenchabe char
acter of the enthusiasm of all the district dele
cations A march through the wet on sloppy
night like last night is enough ordinarily TO take
off the keen edge of political enthusiasm, but 1t
didn't seem to bother the lusty followers of
John c. Sheehan. They came from all over the
town with brass bands and drum corps. en-
broidered banners, transparencies and red and
white lanterns. 1t was like a night of a Presi-
Dental campaign transplanted into the latter
part of April. and left blooming alone to the
blare Of trumpets and the tinkle of cymbals.
William Hepburn Russell. who called the
meeting to order, said: The committee will
please be in order half dozen times After
each utterance along would come band or
drum corps. and Mr.. Russell would have to give
the noisy end Of the county committee falr
chance Mr. Russell told his friends that he
was proud of them. and that they stood for
Democracy pure and undefed. He said every
body had gathered to pay tribute to John c.
Sheehan. as they recognized him not as a rep
resentatve of an absentee boss, but as nat
ural born leader of body of plain people.
John T Cronin a young from the &AIst
District was elected temporary chairman, with
Myer ]. Stein. Harry Guile and Burton Thomp-
son as secretaries Mr. Cronin's sensible ana
cleancut speech interrupted by a man from
the XVIIth District, who wanted to introduce
a resolution to Shake 'Dago Dan McMahon
off his throne in the XVIIth District
On John c. Sheehans motion the following
committee Of nine was appointed on permanent
organization: John c. Sheehan William F.
SNYDER ir Thomas F. Sutton. James l.. Con-
nors w T Cunningham H. S. Harris. vincent
w. Woytisek Nathan Newstead and Edward
F. Brennan.
This committee reported the organization OF
the county committee as follows: Chairman.
John P Kelly or the Independents Democracy;
vice-cha irman. A. c. MacNuty. OF the Bryan
Democratic League; second vice-ehairman Will
lam T. Snyder jr. secretaries. liyer ]. Stein,
Harry j. Guile and Burton Thompson. and
treasurer. Bryan L. Kennedy. Mr.. Kelly. in
Ia king the chair said that If II had not been
for Mr. Sheehan in the fusion committee or
eighteen there would not have been fusion
ticket as Mr.. Sheehan had acted as sort Of
balance wheel for harmony. He improved the
opportunity by nominating Mr.. sheehan for
leader of the Democratic party in New-fork
County
A. c. McNulty spoke Of the last Presidential
candidate as that peerless leader of Democracy,
William Jennings Bryan" Then he proceeded
to roast Lewis Nixon for his friendliness to
trusts and ship subsidies.
William Hepburn Russell read set Of reso-
lutions congratulatng Democrats on the defeat
Of the Weekes Primary bill and the union Of the
independent Democratic organizations against
Tammany Hall. The resolutions said that as a
matter of duty TO the Democrats of the State
the Sheehan men were determined to release
the Democratic organiza ton IN this city from
the baneful influence of Tammany Hall.
Borough PreSldent cantor maze tne most elo-
quent address of the night, congratulating his
friends on the magnificent showing they made
at the meeting. He said that they had sue
ceeded in driving out of power clique OF men
who had subsisted on graft and 1ooting.
And now" said Mr.. Cantor. I'VE have bat
tie hand that must be fought out at the
primaries and It must be waged with ierceness
and determination until the September pri-
maries witness the final overthrow of the Tam
many ring. Tammany to-day is controlled by
the same influences in the last four years. It
is under the same leadership. residing abroad
and represented by others nomnay in power
The best ience of this is the selection of the
sa me old crowd to positions Of power in the
Tammany Society, which organization controls
the Tammany political organization. Thanks to
the last legislature. the power rests with the
primaries to prove that the Tammany Society
no longer controls the Democratic organization
of the city and State. The battle Is on,
and victory will be worth all the struggles re-
CURED 10 win It. If you fight you have been |
fighting you will secure control OF at least two
of the boroughs Of the greater NewYork."
Mr. Cantor followed by T. Fl. Maher vice |
president of the Bryan Democratic League, and |
ex-Assstant Corporation Counsel John 3. Null |
laiy.