The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-02
M'CLELLANNAMEO
Son of "Little Mac" Nominated
for Mayor of New York.
Every Borough but Brooklyn
Voted for, Him.
SLATE WENT THROUGH
Grout and Fornes, Of Fusion
Ticket, Were Endorsed.
Republicans Haven't Decided
What to DO About 1t.

New York, Oct 2-Charles T. Muir
| ply, leader of Tammany Hall, carried
! through his programme at the Demo-
| cratic city convention held at Carnegie
hall last night The Democrats named
George B. Mcclellan for mayor, Edward
| M. Grout for comptroller and Charles V.
Fornes for president of the board of
aldermen. Thousands crowded the han
and thousands more were unable TO gain
admission.
The boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx, Queens and Richmond went
solid for Mcclellan. The Brooklyn dele
gates with the exception of one man
voted for Justice William J. Gaynol.
! Mcclellan received 434 votes nd Gaynor
PIG. The Kings county delegation en-
tered a protest with the corlmitlee oli
resolutions against the placing of the
names of Grout and Fornes on the tick
ct and they voted solidly against these
men when it came to a question or
| of the Democratic convention, also de-
| clined to vote for the nomination or
Grout and Fornes. whose names recent
ly We're placed on the fusion ticket.
Nevertheless they became the noml-
neeS of the convention.
/ The question as to whether the names
! of Grout and Fornes will be erased from
the fusion ticket will be decided at
meeting of the Citizens union to be held
tonight. The Republican representa-
tives are awaiting action by the Cil-
| zens' union leaders. A conference be-
| tween NJ. Linn Bruce. chairman or the
| Republican county committee, Timothy
L. Woodruff and Ed I4aute.-baeh was
held last night and it was decided If the
Citizens union city committee removed
Grout and Fornes from their ticket MI
Woodruff, as chairman OF the Republi-
can city convention. will issue a call for
the reconvening of the convention on
! TnaG6aU when similar
will be taken.
A GREAT CRUSH.
Long before the doors of the building
were opened thousands of persons gath
cred in the streets and two hundred and
more policemen were totally unable tn
handle the multitude. Both within the
building and outside people were jam
med together in a great unwieldly mass
Many were crushed and women tainted
on all sides. Extra police were called
out but as the crowd continued to grow
in density it was found just as impos-
sible as before to keep the people under
control.
The first signs of enthusiasm in the
house were when Leader Charles F.
Murphy of Tammany marched down the
center aisle and took seat about eight
rows from the stage and near the aisle.
The leaders from Kings Messrs. Shev-
lin, York, Littleton. McCarren and Shea,
were prominent. Lewis Nixon and Bird
S Coler sat in boxes interested but al
most unnoticed spectators T. c. T.
Grain was elected chairman of the con-
vention.
Mr.. Grain in lengthy speech char
acterized the Citizens Union as "a CO.
terie of faddists.'' the greater New
seeking clique and other opposing
forces as ''vest-pocket organizations
created to advertise particular indi-
viduals'' This is political cam
paign,'' he said, because the result will
have bearing upon the state and ma
tional campaigns. We are on the
threshold of the latter. The fact that
this is a political campaign is shown
by the early and alert interest of Pres
fident Roosevelt, Governor Odell and
Chairman Dunn of the Republican
state committee, and by the Oyster Bay
conference between the president and
Mayor Low.
Democratic success in the light of
Republican fusion failure is more than
upon popular appreciation of the po-
1iticaI character of the struggle, its re-
lation to parties and the presidency,
upon a recognition of the applicability
and superior fitness of Democratic
principles and policies in the govern
ment of Democratic New York"
When the committee on resolutions
retired for delibera ton John l. Shea, of
Brooklyn, handed in petition protest.
ing against the placing on the Demo-
cratic ticket of the names of the two
men who are Improperly called Demo-
Gratis and whose names appear on the
fusion ticket. In part the protest was
as follows:
THE gentlemen referred to are in no
ordinary sense of the term Democrats.
and one inevitable result of their noml-
nation would be to make large num-
bers of Democrats feel that party
principles had been subordinated to a
mere scramble for office The move
would be suicidal act, and it would
not be possible to poll the full Demo-
cratic vote for any ticket made up in
such a manner"
rr-1-- ..Io xxvI,0 rn-
ceived with comparative Indifference
tOnly three or four times was there any
pronounced applause and references
rejecting President Roosevelt passed
THE PLATFORM
The platform set forth that Demo-
Gratis and Republicans everywhere viii
await the result of the coming election
with an interest only second to that
taken in a national political contest
The platform contained the following
reference to President Roosevelt:
THE president of the United States.
returning from patriotic inspection OF
his national fences. recognizes the i'm
portant bearing~eof our city election
upon his next campaign. DESTROYS of
presenting himself to the Republican
national convention as from state and
city in sympathy with his political
views. he gathers the rural political
leaders about him to impress them
| with the necessity of a Republican VIC
tory in the city of New York.
IN this era of postal iniuuity and
general Republican barter in federal
places we have the spectacle of a presl-
dent degrading the patronage of his
high office to clear the way for the COM
plete mastery of the local Republican
boss. all of which is followed by
strenuous proclamation denying his in
reference in local Affairs
| The committee on resolution ignored
entirely the protest of the delegation
from Kings county presented by Mr.