New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
WANT CANTOR OUT or WAY
TAAIMANY TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE
TICKET, so AS TO GET HIS PRES
ENT PATRONAGE.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE1


Saratoga n Y. Sept. 29.-Charles F. Murphy
and Tim Sullivan are charged with trying to
nominate Jacob A. Cantor for Lieutenant Gov
ernor and thereby throw the borough presiden-
cy of Manhattan to Tammany for all next year.
This would. of course. starve out the Sheehan
men and brace up the hungry and thirsty in
Tammany.
Under the new city charter the aldermen OF
Manhattan Borough would elect a successor to
Mr. Cantor. AS the Tammany aldermen out
number the fusionists TO l. it would he a neat
and profitable little trick to turn. Murphy oc-
cupes Cottage r, Immediately adjoining t.4at
of Borough President Cantor at the Grand
Union. When he passed Mr.. Cantor on his ar
rival to-day he bowed pleasantly, and soon
afterxard Murphy's friends were chatting with
Mr. Cantor. Murphy and Sullivan had con-
ference with ex- Senator Hill at O'Clock, and
soon afterward TammaEy men began TO drop
into the Cantor headquarters.
They wanted 10 know If Mr.. Cantor would
take the second place the ticket, provided
Chief Justice Parker were nominated for Gov
ernor. Mr.. Cantor told them that he
candidate for Governor and that he had not
considered the possibility Of second place. To-
night there is great deal Of talk about Parker
and Cantor. The Sheehan men greatly dis
turbed over the turn affairs have taken. and
are begging Cantor to refuse absolutely the
lieutenant Governorship.
The election laws would permit Mr. Cantor TO
run for Lieutenant Governor without resigning
as borough president until the first of the year.
Murphy and Sullivan are anxious 10 secure the
patronage at the disposal of the borough presi-
dent for use in next years mayoralty cam
paign. The Cantor mel have been working in
dustriously at the Cantor Governorship boom
They think he ought to take second place on
the ticket if he cannot get first place. Cantor
has not told them very generally that he would
be selling out the reform administration by
accepting a nomination for Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Borough President Haffen of The Bronx also
is believed be In the scheme to put Cantor
on the Lieutenant Governorshp shelf. He told
a Tribune reporter tonight that he in ia
vor of Chief Justice Parker some other Judge
for Governor. Haffen wants TO be the Tam
many candidate for Mayor next fall. and with
Cantor out of the way his chances would be
better than they now.
A Tribune reporter asked Mr. Cantor tonight
what he would do If he were nominated for
Lieutenant Governor.
Il wouldn't take the nomination even if it
unanimous he said 4 have told my
friends in Tammany Hall that | am bound by
the laws of decency to serve out my term as
Borough President That lis a duty l owe TO
the reform administration, and propose TO
carry It out. If | should be nominated and elect
ed Governor I would be able to dictate the
choice of my successor S Borough President,
and in that case my choice of official would
be who would carry on my work on the
lines already laid down
Cantor's friends say that he will get twenty
six votes from New-York County and fifty from
up the State when his is presented for
Governor.