The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28
MURPHY MEANS MCCLELLAN.
TAHMANY LEADER TRYING TO
BRING TIN SULLIVAN ROUND.
Nomination for Comptroller Left TO
BroOklyn and the Tamrany Candi.
date for Sheriff TO lie Picked Out by
Hanen. n Not to he Hanen Himself.

nsHoos MOI 10 be nan en- Himself.
Charles +. Murphy. leader OF Tammany
Hall. walked from the igwam yesterday
up Fifth avenue to the Democratic Club for
lunch. Mr.. Murphy is counselling with
some Of his friends these days on the com.
position Of the standing committees Of the
Hall which he will appoint at the end Of the
year, after the Executive Committee has
organized on Dec. 80.
But more Important to Tammany and to
Mr. Murphy's personal ambitions to re-
main at the head Of the organization and
undisputed in his command are the plans
he Is mapping out for the next municipal
campaign. 1t has not been necessary for
MIR. Murphy's friends to point out to him
that his control Of the organization will
he supreme II he can elect a Mayor and
other mNiicipal officers who realize that
they owe their places to him personally
Already Mr.. Murphy has found divisions
among his own friends. those whose votes
made him leader
All the conciuatory powers Mr.. Murphy
can command are now being used to heal
the breach between Congressman George
Is. Mech Ian and Congressman elect limo.
thy ID. Sullivan. Col McC lellan has been
Tor Mayor for several months. Congress-
man Sullivan doesn't want Col Mcclellan
nominated. He II insisting on the nomina-
ton Of some man who will he q Sullivan
man rather than Murphy man.
In 1901, When raInlnany nominated
Edward NJ: Shepard for Mayor, Col. Met lei
Ian might have been the nominee. Senator
Sulhvan was against his Nomination He
sought To make an appoint ment with Col
Mct lelian to discuss questions that might
arise II Col. MOI lellan should be nominated
and elected 49,, Mayor 1t " was generally
to exact promise that Devery should re-
main at the head Of the Police Department.
Sol. McIIella could not make such pledge.
Moreover. his distrust OF Senator sullivan
was so fixed that he declined TO make an
appointing Mt for an interview unless other
persons might be present.
For that Senator Sullivan has not for
given the young Congressman
Reports Of breach btween Leader
Murphy and Senator Sullivan from time
the fact that Leader Murphy wants Met lei
Ian for Mayor and Sullivan doesn't Sena-
tor Sullivan, as the boss Of Manhattan from
Fourteenth street TO the Battery, believes
he Is in position TO say who shall not be
nominated, II he cannot pick the candidate.
lie regards his opposition to Mcclellan AZ q
measure Of self-defence. maintaining that
OF man not entirely friendly to him. The
patronage OF the city might he employed
against him and for some other ambitious
leader in the Wigwam.
Meanwhile Leader Murphy Il trying to
convince Sullivan that Mcclellan will make
the ideal candidate for the organization.
and that Tammany will continue, as always
TO rec6 lize the men who control dist ricte,
and tn, refore that Sullivan will get every
recognition that his power and star ding In
hp ant IL, i'm, IN
To secure the co operation OF district
Leaders In the nomination Of Col Mcclellan
Mr. Murphy has had interviews with all
those known TO be friendly to his rule,
and some Of those who are not. Before
he went to Mount Clemens, Mich. on his
vacation he saw Hugh Mclaughlin. Their
talk Is said to have been 80 satisfactory
that Brooklyn positively will cdsr no
candidate for Mayor. leaving Mr.. Murphy
FREQ TO make his own selection. The Comp
troller and some other patronage will 60
to Mr., Mclaughlin.
Within a week Mr. Murphy has gained
a strong allay for Mcclellan in President
Hafen Of The Bronx. The Sheriff. Mr..
Murphy has agreed. shall come from The
Bronx. Mr.. Hafen's term IA Blroush
big political ambitions. The ONCE OF
sheriff IL now estimated to be worth al
least $4,000 year. When Mr. Murphy
told Mr.. HaYen that he could name the
Sheriff he indicated that personally he
thought that Mr. Ha6en himself ought to
allowed also to strengthen his forces ~
naming the candidate for Borough President
to succeed himself
A friend OF Leader Murphy remarked
Yesterday that the boss was apportioning
the patronage so skilfully at this early
stage that Senator Sullivan would find
himself the only element opposing McClel-
Ian when the time came around