The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-26
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M'LAUGHLIN OUT IN war PAINT
WE'LL HAVE OIR CANDIDATES.
SAYS HE-T4LK or SHEPARD.
Auction Room Meeting on Monday 10 Pre-
mare for Fight I'm COnvcntion-Tam-
many Embassy 10 COney-Ex-ReEister
Kane Doubts Power Of Brooklyn boss.

Auction Room Meeting on MONDAY 10 froe
mare for Fight I'm Convention M
many Embassy 10 COney-Ex.Register
Kane Doubts Power Of Brooklyn boss.
Hugh Mclaughlin put on fresh coat OF
war paint when he reached the Willoughby
street auction room in Brooklyn yesterday
and got a detailed account from James
Shevlin, his first lieutenant. OF how Leader
Charles F. Murphy had received his pro-
test against the supposed intended nomina-
ton OF George B. Mcclellan for Mayor
at the meeting Of the City Committee on
Thursday night
Never before in his more than forty
wears of political dictatorship had the aged
chieftain received such rebuff. and MS
fighting blood was aroused. A council OF
war was held Immediately, at which it was
decided to follow up the protest from the
auction room with the presentation OF
anti-Tammany candidates for the first two
places on the city ticket and to fight to
finish on the floor of the convention Mr.
Shevlin after his talk with Mclaughlin
made this announcements
Kings county will present candidate
for both Mayor and Comptroller. 1t mas
not vet been decided who will be presented
for Mayor. Both Brooklyn and Manhattan
men are being considered. Last week
the leaders of the other boroughs accepted
our position, but evidently some OF them
have changed their minds since then.
A rumor was started in the auction room
that it was Congressman McClellan's inten-
ton to get out of the race so as to smooth out
the difficulty, but it received little credenoe.
A meeting OF the Executive Committee
has been called for Monday afternoon. and
if the situation is not bettered by that time
the final plans for making the fight IN the
convention will be arranged. 1t was
generally understood yesterday that
McLaughlins choice for Mayor VIII De
either Lewis Nixon or Edward M. Shepard.
While ex-Register James Kane, the
Democratic leader in the Third Assembly
district, denied the story that ne ano ms
and against Mclaughlin. he does not agree
with the latter in his estimate OF Mcclellan
as candidate. uc,.,.
will be nominated, but il he Is he will win.
And let me tell you, too, he will carry this
borough.
Kane and most OF the district leaders
say tnaI oAo ~
breaks in his political career by his open
attack upon the probable candidate for
Mayor. In their opinion he should have
had his fight out quietly with Murphy and
thus probably prevented the nasty clash
bet ween the two organizations E1-heg-
is. or Kane's opinion Of McClellan's strength
is shared by most OF the district workers :,
and there is wide suspicion that
McIaughlin's antagonism to the young
Congressman has some personal motive
behind 1t.
Il believe Mcclellan can win without the
least trouble" was what eN.Assemblyman
Lawrence J. Tormey said. II don't believe
now that he can be beaten, either for the
nomination or on election day
A visit which former City Chamberlain
Patrick Keenan,, one Of Leader Murphy 9
close friends, paid to ex-senator Michael
J. Cofrey in Brooklyn on Thursday caused
considerable gossip among the politicians
Cofrey broke with the Willoughby street ma
chine three years ago and organized the
Brooklyn Democracy, which Is one OF the
most influential OF the allied fusion bodies
in that borough. He and his associates
are chuckling over the scrap between
Mclaughlin and Tammany. which they
had been anticipating for some time. Mr.
Keenan's visit to ex-senator Cot!ey is be.
lieved to foreshadow a possible Tamnany
invasion Of McLaughin's dominions.