New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-01
NIXON NAY GET VOTE.
KINGS COUNTY TO BOLT.
To Name Men in Place of Grout and
FOrnes-To Knife Mcclellan.


win bolt the nominations of Grout and Fornes
by Tammany Hall at the city convention to-
night. They viii then place in nomination by
petition candidates Of their own for Controller
and President Of the Board Of Aldermen. Re
garding Mcclellan, they viii oppose him in the
convention, naming either Justice william ].
Gaynor or Lewis Nixon as their choice for the
mayoraIty nomination: but after their protest
there is made and they defeated, they will
move to have the nomination of Mcclellan made
unanimous. This they viii do for the sake Of
party regularity. but they viii knife Mcclellan
at the polls, because his defeat rests the
preservation intact Of the WiIloughby Street Or
ganization.
This course was decided at a meeting of the
Kings County Democratic Executive Committee
held In the Thomas Jefferson Building at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The committee was
in session for an hour and half, and after IL
none Of the committeeman were in good humor.
Senator Patrick II. McCarren had made q Wig
orous protest against boiling the nominations OF
Grout and Fornes, and had been sharply called
TO task by James Shevlin. ex-Police Commits
sioner York and others. He finally acquiesced
In making the resolutions unanimous. but he
viii continue to fight the proposition Of the other
leaders to place ticket I'm the field by petition
for Controller and President OF the Board of
Aldermen.
After long debate two resolutions were
passed, both Of which were verbal. One offered
by Andrew D. Sullivan directed the members Of
the City Committee 10 draw UP formal pro-
test against the nomination by the Democratic
convention tonight Of any persons who have
been nominated by the Republicans. This. OF
course, refers 20 Messrs. Grout and Fornes.
This protest viii be presented TO Mr.. Murphy
simply a matter OF form. sort Of notif-
cation in writing that the Brooklyn delegates
TO The convention may swallow" Mcclellan.
but that they cannot and viii not swallow
Grout and Fornes.
The other resolution was direct order to the
delegates to the convention TO bolt the other
nominations although the resolution was not
put in that blunt fashion. II ran something
like this:
Resolved. That the delegates to the city con-
vention be instructed TO vote against making
denomination OF Messrs, Grout and Fornes
unanimous
HOT WORDS FOR MURPHY.
In the meeting it is understood that there were
some warm talk and some plain statements in
regard 10 the actions Of Murphy In decelving
the Brooklyn Democrats. Hugh Mclaughlin.
the veteran boss, was on hand again yester-
day and was the first speaker. He outlined the
position in which the local organization had
been placed; he told OF the treacherous way IN
which Brooklyn had been deceived by Murphy
and the other leaders; he stated his belief that
should Murphy win the election he would at
once start to annihilate the local machine which
had been built up by so many years Of effort.
He denounced as being un-Democratic the
proposition TO nominate Grout and Fornes. and
declared that he thought that in refusing to
support them and naming other candidates the
Brooklyn Organization would be acting more
in accordance with party regularity than Mr..
Murphy and his Tammany Hall colleagues In
nominating men who had already been chosen
as the candidates Of the Republican party.
Mr.. McLaughlin's remarks appIauded.
James Shevlin then spoke in the same strain.
reply came from Senator Patrick H McCar-
ren. who all day had been bitterly opposing the
plan mapped out by Mclaughlin and Shevlin.
His plea was for regularity. He declared that
any nominations that the majority OF a Demo-
cratic convention saw fit to make could not be
characterized as irregular, and would receive
his support for one He expressed Il as his
opinion that for Willoughby Street TO come out
openly and bolt the convention would be
suicidal Senator McCarren's remarks were
listened TO with interest, but he received no
support for his position.
Ex-Police Commissioner York took the floor
and denounced McCauen's attitude as rather
far fetched under the present extraordinary
conditions and as being disoyal to Mr. Nc
Laughlin and the Willoughby Street organiza-
ton. He was followed by James 4. Bell and
others
Hugh Mclaughlin seemed much relieved when
he left the conference, evidently because the
attitude Of the Organization had been settled
and he had been upheld in his attitude by a
unanimous vote. Asked whether he favored
putting up another ticket for Controller and the
Board Of Aldermen, he replied:
Did you ever see a mad freshman? One day
a man. half over. went into a cafe and
saw an Irishman sitting at a table and said |
I'm going TO hit that Irishman and see what |
he'll do So he gave the Irishman swat Now |
what do you suppose the Irishman did?'
Then the "Old Man chuckled softly.
Whom viii Kings County name for Mavor?" |
was asked.
Well" he replied You can't tell all that will |
happen. You couldn't tell NE in advance |
everything that is going to happen before . |
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon"
COLER FOR CONTROLLER.
AS has been stated. the Brooklyn slate will |
probably be Justice Gaynor or Lewis Nixon. |
Julian D. Fairchild and Herman A Metz When
il comes to nominating a Controller by petit
ton ex-Controller Coler win probably be named
as Mr. Farchild is a busy man. and would not
be inclined TO give the time necessary for a
canvass If Lewis Nixon is named for Mayor
on an independent ticket, the Brooklyn Demo-
Gratis will knife Mcclellan and vote for Nixon.
When Senator McCarren was seen after the
meeting yesterday, he said:
4 opposed the resolutions, but finally con-
scented TO vote to make them unanimous. I
don't see how independent nominations can be
made by petition. II wouldn't be regular, and
81 il is done ii viii be entirely against my wishes
McTaugblin was standing near by and tap
ping McCarren on the shoulder with his cane,