The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-15
TANMANYGL0ATS OVER CIRCUIT
HE OVERSHADOWS MCCLELLAN AT
THE WIGWAM'S RATIFICATION

Eens' Ticket, and Talks Of Beet sugar
Mcclellan Tells what (f Permitted)
VIII Do About Vice in This Town.
Tammany's big ratification meeting, in
and around the Wigwam last night.
held for tho glorifcation OF George B.
Mcclellan. turned out quite unexpectedly
to be bigger ovation for Edward NJ. Circuit
than 1t did for Mr.. Murphy's candidate for
the Mayoralty.
Tammany didn't stint applause for Mr..
Mcclellan when 1t came his turn to speak.
but first, last and all the time its mind was
on Mr.. Circuit, and 80 warmly was tho Comp
troller taken to the Tigers bosom that he
surely can never escape now without some
scratches. When the right psychological
moment for Mr.. CIRCUITS next flop comes
| no will have to be even slioker political
acrobat than he has been, to escape I'M
scathed.
Curiously enough. Mr. Circuit didn't
seem to enjoy his tremendous popularity
He uttered words Of fire in a speech which
he had carefully prepared, but he uttered
them in spritless, tired sort Of way. He
had long sentences OF defiance for those
who kicked him of the fusion ticket. but
| he didn't send them out into the world
with roar.
Hats and coats went in the air when he
made his weary way to the front OF the
platform, and leather-lunged young men in
flannel shirts, with exposed suspenders,
roared plaudits at him. One minute, two
minutes, three minutes passed before he
could get IA chance to speak, and still he
didn't seem happy. Somehow In q meet
ing of nearly 1000 people, in which he got
a rousng reception, he didn't seem happy.
| To 1ammany. though, he was 2 real.
captive and the Tiger tried to make him a
| home. Later in the campaign Mr.. Circuit
! may become more used to the background
| but he certainly didn't seem comfortable
| last night.
sHEEHAN AND HEP THERE.
In its merrymaking Tammany followed
the custom of years. With four street
stands, several tons of red, blue and green
fire, endless rockets and Roman candles,
tireless banCs and 200 orators Of the old
TAmmany school, it started out to block
damned the big hail to the very doors. They
| were squeezed in like sardines on the ground
| floor, and the gallery looked as though it
would surely spill some OF its load.
Yet the reformed Tammany with the
high idealized platform adopted at the
last convention looked strangely like the
old Tammany. There was all the old
guard lined up in the committee room,
the same district leaders, the same dis
! trict lieutenants, the same heelers-hardly
new face among them all. There was
Jimmy Oliver in a new silk hat, with his
white lawn bow necktie washed clean for
the OCCASION Martin Engel. accompanied
| I,, hn -fn ia
Cohn, representative of Grand street II
the Assembly; Big Tim, Big Florrie ane
Little Tim Sullivan, Tom Foley OF tn
Strong Arm" district, g. W. Plunk1Z
of the County Court House, BGttsFy-Dal
Finn, Johnny Hagan, Pat Ryder, Ramap'
Bill Dalton and oil the other oldtimers.
One face was missing. Nowhere wa
the Hon. Tom Grady to be found. jus
how the suppression of Mr.. Grady wa
brought about no one seemed 10 know
but he WAS kept in seclusion last night
probably to he uucorked later. In hi
place there was statesman who hasnt
been On 1ammany platform in many
wears. John G. Sheehan blew in with tn,
entire seven votes of the Greater New
York Democracy trailing behind him
and over in a box reHt TO that occupied by
Mrs George Il. Mcclellan and some friends
there sa,, alone and unr, cognized, Sunny
Willie lie".
WELL KILLED CLAMOR FOR CIRCUIT.
The ovation to Mr.. Grout began the
moment that he appeared on the platform
! Victor j Bowling had difficulty in calling the
meeting to order because OF the enthusiasm
| aroused by the ComptrCl'cr's presence, but
he finally succeeded in presenting Theodore
| W. MYERS as chairman, and Mr.. Myers,
after several efforts, s.cc"cded in making
| his speech,
There wsA ar6tl e. o"!tbirst for Grout
when Mr. MYERS eYio@!Hed him, and an
other still when Secretary Smith read a
set Of resolutions again "ulogzng the
! Com,,:ruIrr along with lhc other candi-
| dates. Then n"o was n brief respite
while ChgrIeS 4. Fowuc, vic once was
United States senator ior few weeks
| by virtue of an appointment out in Min
! nesotn. made a tGlh 80 itr above the heads
of the crowd that lie was' received in almost
! absolute silence until toward the end he
talked zeal Tamnany.
Whlr J." cro"d shouted for Circuit Will
| liam M"AdCo, oEce Assistant Secretary oil
| the Navy. iualr sp'"eh heavy with
humor Wien Mr. Mc.Noo made way
| for Nj tIUu, there was such ripping up
/ OF things ~ has rarely been seen in Tam
INLAY. Mr.. Circuit said in part:
"llL Do AZ THlNk ErGHr. SAYS CIRCUIT.
! Your greeting amply replys ME for what
! | haze suffered this week. Laughter and ap-
| p,nus,l have no apologies to make to any
inAu Tor any acts Of nlnr, IAi.piaase | will.
| on the I'd OF November next cast my
vote ha~ been n Democratic vote Applause.
In every State election have voted the
party ticket twice in local contests did not,
| do not come to you Tonight with any
apologies for what did upon conscience
| two years ago You may think was wrong.
| thought | was right, and, 50 help me God,
! I viii do what think IL right whether you
| Ike il or whether Seth Low does Applause.
| A voice in tine hall. That's the way 10 talk. y
u this year. 1903. marks the end of me and
| Fornes; If it kills ~, in this campaign. should
| feel that the part We have played in stripping
| off the mask and the disguise OF On-parti-
! sInship assumed by the other side. Is time
and effort well spent. Applause.
CUTTING AND BEET SUGAR.
| / did not mean to go into personal matters.
| had not meant to speak of them at all to-
| night; but one passage in the speech OF the
gentleman who spok" before me- led me to
| change that purpose in one respect. pro-
| pose TO give you a tangible reason why some
| peopl. have, within the past month. changed
! from their convictions When II was first an
! nollnccd that the Democratic convention pro-
| posed TO indorse tn" nomination OF MI Fornes
| and myself Mr.. r. Fulton Cutting came out
| in d public statement and SAID that he could
| see no reason in the world whyWe should not
| accept tn. Endorsement. and instantly MIR.
| Plat and Mr.. Woodruff and their kind came
out and denounced it absolutely. N9y. Hr
| he change his mindf ! am going to read you
| n brief memorandum from the New York
| Er,n,nd POSt and the I'Ost Is never wrong
| on lnything Laughter
! The American Beet Sugar Company. which
| has capital stock Of S. O0O. 900 preferred and
81 900 900 common. had its annual meeting
| and election OF directors to-day" This IL
| April /, 1902. The following were elected