The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-15
STILL WAITING FOR TAMMANY.
BROOkLlN NAY NOT SPEAk w
TIL CONVENTION DAY.
Mel .aughlin Realizes That L"" Is sirest
Vote Gctter In kings County ana
wants a Man Heavier Than Mc<'isiian
10 Help carr. the County I1cAet

ia Uclp carry the County Ticket.
Hugh Mclaughlin, the veteran chieftain
of the Kings & unity Democracy. since
his return from the country a couple OF
weeks ago. has been deeply engrossed IN
the political game for control OF the nd
mnistrai0n of the Greater New YORK,
ms well AS in the fight for the redemption
of his own bailiwick from the control OF
the fusion combination which scored a
complete victory over his forces IN 1901
II has been his custom to spend from seven
TO eight hours daily at his headquarters
in the Willoughby rect Auction Rooms
dispensing political wisdom to his lathiu'
lieutenants and learning from them the
exact condit ion of affairs in the various
Assembly districts.
Yesterday was the first day since he wound
up his vacation that he deserted the auction
rooms after brief visit in the forenoon,
the hot weather getting the best OF the
aged statcsman's political ardor. he re-
NAMED however, long enough at his post
to hold brief conferences with James SheV-
lin. who got back from Saratoga in the
morning. Senator Patrick Fl. McCarren,
ex-Polre Commissioner Bernard d. YORK
and few other Of the leading Democratic
statesmen of the borough.
Mr.. Mclaughlin declined to make airy
further comments on the political situation
except to say that nothing had been oeer-
sainsd .upoa ia regard to the solution of
the Mayoralty problem and that in his
opinion the question would be left open
until the meeting OF the City Convention
All the assistant managers echoed Mr..
McIaughin's views, although most OF
them, admitted that the nomination on
Congressman George B. Mcclellan seemed
the most likely move on the political chess
board.
Mr.. Mclaughlin is still opposed to the
choice OF the young Congressman to head
the city ticket and will apparently, con-
tinue his efforts to prevent it. not, as he
has frequently said, on account of any
personal dislike for Mr.. Mcclellan or any
apprehension that he would be defeated
by Mayor Low or any other candidate the
f,isonists could put up, but because Of his
belief that stronger candidate can be
named.
Assuming that Mayor Low is to be the
opposing candidate, Mr.. Mclaughlin
realizes that Brooklyn is to be the political
battle ground and that under the most
favorable circumstances he will have
hard lob to elect his county ticket, which
this year is most important one, COM
psising candidates for District Attorney.
Sheriff, County Register and County Clerk.
no each Of which Offices much patronage
Il attached Mr. Mclaughlin is also very
anxious to elect a Democrat on the Su-
preme Court bench as successor to JUS
lice. W, W. Goodrich, and although seven
other counties are involved in this contest,
the result, as usual. will he determined by
he vote in Kings county. 1t ls concededly
lin contends that the wishes of the Brooklyn
organization should be consulted in the
Crisis and that not only in the choice of
Ncardidate' for Mayor, but also for Comp
troller the Tammany managers should
take no step which would play into the
hands of the fusion forces ~ BROOKLYN.
Mr.. Mclaughlin does not think that the
result Of the Mayoralty fight two years
Ree, when Low scored the phenomenal
plurality Of, nearly 1900 against Edward
NJ Shepard, is any valid argument against
his present stand on the Mayoralty ques-
tion. II is an open secret in the organization
that from the start Mr.. Mclaughlin doubted
the policy Of nominating Mr., Shepard in
that campaign, and he still believes that
IL be could have had his way and had Bird
S. Coler nominated, the result would have
been much less disastrous.
A cloae friend Of Mr.. Mclaughlin said
iast night: ....
- Mr. Mclaughlin has SO far made no
demand on the Tammany managers in
favor Of any Brooklyn man for any place
on the city ticket or, indeed, in favor OF
'anv man from any Of the other boroughs
What he has asked for is simply careful
consideration of the relative strength and
- ~ -h, haH,
been under consideration, and who must
be up 10 the required standard for the high
office, Mr.. Mclaughlin contends that the
interests. not only of the Democracy OF the
Greater New York. but also OF the organi-
cations in each of the boroughs, should be
consulted before final determination is
reached.
.."He is. of course. deeply interested in
carving his own local ticket and therefore
wants to have az the candidate for Mayor,
the very strongest man who can be selected.
He, as we'll as all the district leaders. well
knows from past experience that Mr. Low
is a great vote gatherer in Brooklyn, and
it IL on this account that he is making his
'prrsent fight.
The BROOKLYN citizen, the organ OF the
Willoughby Street machine, thus voiced
Mr.. McLaughln's views yesterday:
:, Democratic leaders who think it enough
10 saw of candidate that he can be relied
min point Not the mere carrying Of the
city, but the carrying of it by an over
whelming majority. is the point to which
leaders worthy Of the name must address
themselves. as Mr.. Mclaughlin the leader
Of the Kings County Democracy, is doing"
1t is not Mr.. McLaughin's intention to
head the Brooklyn delegation to the City
Convention; hut circumstances, it is said.
NAV possibly arise during the next two
weeks to make him change his purpose.
II was his desire that Edward NJ Shepard,
who is now one of Mr.. McLaughin's neigh
bors, should head the delegation from the
FIRST Assembly district. but Yesterday Mr..
Shcvlin announced that Mr.. Shepard had
declined to be delegate to tn" convention.
The honor Of heading the list Of delegates
from BROOKLYN is to 60 TO Assistant District
Attorney Martin D. Iittlaton, "he silver
tongued orator" of the Kings County Democ-
racv who put Edward NJ. Shepard in nomi-
nation two years ago,
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