New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-19
A BOSS OR A QUINTET ?
r,1rg4Ny COMMITTEE TO DE
eide TO- DAY.
Sr71fyAN SAYS MURPHY WILL BE
7FaDFR. But CARROLL MEN WILL
MAKE A FIGHT.

-. Tan7unany Hall set Tor to-day d S'ii1i'iNit -
o,so1I,re chaos still exists in the Wigwam- While
r.-,+or sullivan backed by the little SuIllNahs'
Croler leaders and Joke Haffen. appears
- ,o,.e reached q decision to elect Charles +.
-. committee Of one TO manage the af-
- - -l,o ,~e5s7ization. vice Croker, resigned.
= ,-ivon decanped the Carroll followers are
= 5a-arr7irled as ever to oppose the one man
-sr and 10 resolve the power into the hands
- committee Of thirty-seven-
. s-eofaI meeting of district leaders held
.t Tamran~ Hall yesterday the alternative
measure Of increasing the triumvirate and vest
inp the control in the hands OF a committee Of
4,-a 10 be known the campaign committee.
-. considered This met with considerable
foror among those leaders who were doubtful
ahou4 the a3yisabity Of taking any sudden &C
non in the matter. Senator sullivan. on the
orher hand expressed himself publicly as favor
;rg The leadership Of Charles F Murphy It
Vas said last night by those close 10 the Sul-
vans that the action to-day would be forced by
-be SulIivans and that resolution similar TO
thar introduced by Alderman Sullivan creating
the -riunavirate would Re presented recognizing
Nurphv as the leader Of Tanmany Hall
Il was however. Just as positively declared
f7,- the friends of Carroll that there would he a
vigorous oppos!tion to this plan on their part
All stands now Carroll does Tot control more
N'A'-A'N~~'
and il was rumored yesterday that Patrick J.
RYDER. Of the lid Assembly District. had gone
over TO the Sullivans. This is too small mi
rorirv 10 oppose successfully the strength that
The Croker-SuIivan forces can marshal but 1t
constitutes solid body. which may later take
advantage of any mistakes its opponents make.
The Carroll game appears 10 be TO make a
stand and then wait for developments
The committee OF five. which was discussed
yesterday. is viewed by Tanulany men as sort
of stepping stone. AS chairman of this COM
r1ittee Murphy would be virtually leader. and
the last step Of sole control might be taken
later Those suggested as his associates on this
committee were the other two members of the
triumvirate. Two Spot MacNfahon and Joke"
Hafen: Isaac A Hopper and Battery Dan"
Finn. Although ii was generally believed that
# a committee Of FIVE were named John F.
Carroll would be represented on il. no overtures
had been made TO Carroll last night, and no
Carroll man had been mentioned for the place.
The naming of Finn is taken TO mean that he
has deserted Carroll and gone over to Murphy
The position Of Haffen has materially i'm
proved in the last few weeks From nonentity
he has come to be recognized as a factor 10 be
reckoned with. If Percy Nasle and Moebus are
defeated in the XXXIVth. as is likely. Haffen
will control that district as he does the XXXVth
meeting in Tammany Hall yesterday. and Sena-
tor Sullivan paid marked attention to him
Others who were at yesterdays conference
were Alderman Sullivan. "F'orrie" Sullivan.
Maurice Featherson. Senator George W. Plum
kitt. Isaac 4. Hopper: George NJ Van Hoesen.
chairman Of the general committee; J. ]. Fraw
icy, Thomas ONel and Frank J. Goodwin.
At the close of the conference Big Tim
Sullivan came out fatty for Murphy
While nothing definite has been decided re-
garding the form by which Mr.. Murphy will be
chosen" said Senator Sullivan, and while my
friends viii bow the wishes of the majority
Of leaders in this matter. don't hesitate to say
that for cne I an heartily in favor of throwing
tradition to the wind, and at once and for all
time not only creating the office. but going
right ahead and voting TO elect a leader Of the
organization That leader Will be no other
than Charles F Murphy / am for Mr.. Murphy.
first, last and all the time"
The talk yesterday placed Big Tim Sullivan
as the most important man in Tammany Hall
al the present time While Senator SulIivan's
friends have always declared that his sole in
terest was 10 be let alone in his own Bowery
hallNlck, his action in the last few days would
seem 70 mean that he intends to be the power
behind the throne in the Wigwam. II was
openly mentioned at Tammany Hall yesterday
that Sullivan had secured Murphy's promise to
keep his hands of the Sullivan districts This
was naturally not confirmed either by Sullivan
or Sport" Murphy.
The election OF Murphy E sole leader will it
Is believed justify the conjecture that a
siderable measure Of unity has been restored in
me organization. and that the controlling fac
ton feels strong enough to show its hand If.
however, committee Of five is chosen, and par
ucularly II a representative of Carroll appears
on The committee, it may be fairly supposed that
the compromise stage still prevails
But whatever the outcome may be, il is fairly
certain that things are still badly snarled in
Iamnaany Hail circles, and all attempts to fore
cast to-day's action belong 10 the realm of pure
guesswork The Sullivans have their plan laid
out That plan authoritatively announced
Iast night to consist in the presenting of a
resolution placing Murphy in control. The Car
roll people are equally TO oppose this
and propose the old scheme they have cham
pioned before of district leader control What
the exact outcome Of the contest viii be no one
can predict with accuracy.
In connection with the apparent ascendancy
Of Dry Dollar Sullivan, his championship Of
Devery has awakened interest This was ex-
planned by a Tammany Hall man yesterday as
Of mutual respect.
SO long as Devery was making his fight in
the district. Sullivan was justified In keeping
Of it said he. Now that Devery has been
elected he and the Senator have been on too in
innate terms to make either Of them relish
quarrel
What Devery might say about Sullivan and
suvan's replies might make interesting read
ing. but il is safe TO say that neither will ever
cut loose" The general impression is that, un-
less Devery makes himself impossible he will
be admised in the fall. when the new district
leaders are chosen At present, Goodwin will
continue to represent the IKth District, and
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