The Washington times., 1902-08-27
Many Charges Of Coloni-
zation Being Made
by Rivals.
WIGWAM is IN REBELLION
Murphy Breaks Silence and Regrets 1t
Assertion Made That He Is Trying
to Drive Carroll Out of Organization
-Devery in Mix-Up.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Charles F. Muir
ply talked for publication today for the
first time since he became chairman of
the Tammany triumvirate. He was
moved to break silence by the repeated
charges of John F. Carroll that he (Mur-
phy) had sent colonizers from his dis
trict, the Eighteenth. TO the Twenty
ninth, to defeat Carroll at the primaries.
There's nothing in these reports,
said Murphy angrily. I've got nothing
to do with the Twenty-ninth district.
What of It? People are moving up town
every day, and some are moving down
town. Perhaps some people from the
Twenty-ninth have moved into my dis
trict. / have sent no colonizers to Car
rolls district, and he knows it,"
When Murphy had said this, he seem
ed to be sorry that he had departed from
his policy of silence, and walked away.
Threaten Arrest.
Carroll's friends were threatening TO-
day that many arrests would be made in
the Twenty-ninth in the nexttwenty-four
hours, and intimations were given out
that proofs had been secured that Muir
ply had supervised the colonization. Ac-
cording to the Carroll men, 800 out of
800 colonfzers came from Murphy's dis
trict, and they regard this as positive
proof that the head OF the Tammany
triumvirate is making a great effort to
retire Carroll from the executive COM
mittee. -
Carroll himself refused to make any
charges When questioned this morning
at the Fourteenth Street Bank about
the conditions in his district, he said:
I'm Eot talking now. Not a word at
present
Are you responsible for the reports
that Murphy is trying to defeat yeu?"
mot a word. Not word, wes the
reply.
At the Carroll headquarters the state
ment was made that several warrants
would be out for colonizers this after
noon CarrolPs chief opponent, Thomas
z. Rush. denied the colonization reports,
and said that Carroll was simply get
ting frightened. Myer ]. Stein. the
sreater New York Democracy leader OF
The district. has charged Carroll with
colonizing, and Thomas Gillerar. the
fourth candidate, is sure that all his
opponents have brought colonists to the
district.
Alleges Colonization.
Thomas F. Smith, secretary of the
Tammany triumvirate. and Frank Good
wins partner In the Ninth district, said
this afternoon:
why should there be SO much howl
ing about the Twenty-ninth district
when the Ninth is the hotbed of COL
onization? Since Devery started in,
there have been more than 200 trans
fers OF voters to the Ninth / will know
Just where they come from in a few
days 1t is not surprising that con-
siderable number of people should move
to the Twenty-ninth, or any other up
town district, but the idea that 1000
men have moved into the Ninth TO stay
is ridiculous. We have a settled popu-
1atfon, and there is always more NOV
ing out of the district than moving into
1t. We are looking up the history of
our 100 new residents, and some in
teresting developments may be ex-
pected."
Meeting Days of Triumvirate.
This was the meeting day of the Tam
many triumvirate, but two of the three,
Mcmahon and Haffen, did not appear;
so. It was the old story-"adsourned till
next week"
The impression is growing that there
will never be another meeting of the
triumvfrate, and that there will be a
general reorganization after the pri-
naries. II is conceded on all sides now
that Murphy has not grown sufficiently
to become leader of Tammany Hall.
The primaries may develop a leader
or the organization may go along till
next year under the direction of the
executive committee.