The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
DISTRICT LEADERS CONTROL.
TAMmANY WEEDS TIE ExECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE VOTE.

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-nittees met last evening, and r~earranged
Tho niles so that the Executive Committee
men representing the districts will have
contr,l of the Executive Committee this
VOC, and not the members who have had
coats In the Executive Committee because
Croker nut them on subcommittee of
the organization.
When Mr.. Croker left for England he
had things SO arranged that there were
N no eighty-six members Of the Execu-
tive Committee. thirty-seven of them repre-
.ar,ing districts and elected TO the oom-
r,ittee by the General committees OF the
districts one the President of the County
Geueral Committee, another the treasurer
If the County General Committee, another
the chairman of the Finance Committee.
and tho other forty-six members Of COM
mittees appointed by the President OF the
Gaperal Committee. II is said that though
members of these committees had I'm the
mast been members Of the Executive Com
Inittee the sub-committees had never before
been so large tina their members controlled
tho Executive Committee They certainly
wero not last yearl and that Mr.. Croker
had arranged things that no matter II a
majority Of the district leaders should be
opposed 10 MN, ne WOulu NC dppo UNIV
tho Executive Committee.
The Committee on Rules. on whose re-
mort the change was made last night, is
composed Of Michael c Murphy, James
I Martin. John Whalen, Rollin NJ. Morgan
and Thomas f. Grady.
II was declared last evening that Mr..
Martin, one of the most Independent mem,
bers of the organization, proposed ana
compelled the adoption OF the amendment
10 the rules. The rules as they read last
year constituted the Executive Committee
of the leaders Of tho districts, the Presi-
dent and treasurer OF the General Com-
mittee, the chairman of the Committee on
Finance, the chairman and vice-chairmen
Of the Law Committee, the chairman OF
the Printing, Resolutions, Election Officers
committees, and the whole OF
10 on Municipal Arairs-sixty-two men in
all. This gave the appointive commit
teemen 81 out OF 62 votes. When the COM
mittees were announced this year il was
found that the Committee on Municipal
Affairs bad been enlarged TO twenty-three.
giving the apPointive members a clear
ma and that IL was proposed 10 add
also the whole Law Committee.
The district leaders thought that this
was a little too much and henceforth nobody
will have a vote on the Executive Commit
tee but the district leaders, PRESIDENT
Van Hoesen of the General Committee,
are elected by the General Committee by
ballot, and Lewis Nixon, the chairman OF
the Finance Committee, who is appointed
by President Van Hoesen. The members
Of the Law and Municipal Affairs oom-
mittees and the chairman OF the Printing
Resolutions and Election Officers COM
mittees are members OF the Executive
Committee without a vote. These nom
voting members are:
Committee on Municipal Ansirs-Randolph
Cngganheimer Robert A. Van NyCk, James
J. Coogan. Charles W. Dayton. George C.
Glagsen. IsaaS Fropme james g; TS VALE
ffSfaRS., joseph i. stlaeI, william +; 6relll.
c% cSETTfl n George ) MicCisIian. William
snlzer Jacob RUPERT; @rt Henry n; Gold
''5 Gseninittee on LsW,chSries Il, Knox.
Chairman; Asa Bird Gardiner. yice-ohairmsn:
IShn T RotsD Il Ro SGt a. Ds 4 w samyet pI sGtsE.
. 'jBs atIs. Il Adrian SqiiH + k HGT ! louis !. 4Bros9 DOVE.
E E2ter' Henry i; Ig'1 ". lq unsfr. 0 chsTIs. rGGotGcileGT.
Warren Leslie. John Sprunt Hill. Daniel F.
0GfhRa omss 1 i, osa SyHO Chairman of the Com
John VI Keller. chairman Of the Printing
+ CT. Grain, chair nan Of the Committee
on Public Meetings, a new organ
iSed this year.
This is taken at Tammany Hall as a black
eye for Mr.. Croker, the majority of the
non-voters being Croker men. or the Law
committee only Charles H. Knox ard Asa
Bird Gardiner had votes 70 lose.
The amendment TO the rules was re-
ported by Senator Grady Ter the Committee
on Rules TO the Executive Committee just
before the General Committee meeting.
Another amendment took the power to
call conventions from the Executive Com
mittee and put it in the hands Of the Gen.
eral Committee.
If,ar ,hara had heen n oerersl dIsc,,saion
Of these matters, Julius hamburger, the
leader Of the Tenth district, rose and made
a speech. Stripped Of its unnecessary
words il was to the effect that az the meet
ing OF the General COMMITTEES Of the Twenty
seventh district, where Sr. Martin asked
Lewis Nixon TO tell whether he was
the leader or a stalking horse for Mr.. Croker,
a great insult had been put on the former
leader of the organization, and that no
one who called himself a Democrat should
insult Mr.. Croker.
Mr.. Hamburger always speaks in a loud
voice, and he made a very theatrical APP
peal to the members Of the committee to
save Mr.. Croker from insult.
After he had stopped speaking Mr. Martin
said in a few words that any one who was
familiar with what happened at the meet
ing Of his comittee would not think that
any insult had been put on any one. He
raid.
There was a strong feeling among a
b' l"Af - - 80
members Of the General Committee OF this
organization that there might be a doubt
about the retirement Of Mr., Croker. IL
seemed wise that there should be some
authoritative statement about this matter
and tho proper way for that statement
70 come was at a meeting of the General
Committee. Those who know what hap
peEed at the meeting understand il. II
Is evident that there Is a good deal OF mis-
information in regard to it,
This ended the matter. except that one
Of the friends of Hamburger spread a report
that Mr.. Martin had apoIogized for some
thing or other. When the friends Of Mr..
Martin heard this they said with unanimity
that il was a disqualified. As a matter
o. fact no apology was thought of or uttered
By any one.
Onc Of the things that Mr.. Hamburger
said was that a cowardly attack had been
made on Mr. Croker at the ~Twenty-seventh
district meeting. When Mr.. Martin spoke
he laid:
i do not Il TX that there is any man
among those VINO know me who will charge
me with having ever done a cowardly
hing
just before the Executive Committee
adjourned MIR. Nixon told the member
Hat he was going away on Monday for q
rest and that IL they wanted TO transact
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