New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-22
NLAUGHLlN REGULAR"
INDORSES WHOLE TICKET
TO KNIFE 1T at Polls, Hozceuer-
LittLet0n'S Stand.

the Mclaughlin leaders in the RrookIvn Demo-
cratic organization last night decided TO make
a public declaration Of regularity" nv tndors
! ing the entire Tammany ticket including Grout
and Fornes. as well Mcclellan It is not gem
orally believed that this action was taken be-
cause Mclaughlin and Shevlin and the other
leaders who have been standing by them in
the fight have changed their private opinion Of
Murphy and Tammany Hall or that they have
forgotten any Of their resentment and hatred
toward that organization. Nor are they any
more in favor Of having the red lights brought
TO Brooklyn.
But the public withdrawal from their position
has been taken it is believed for the purpose
Of saving their own skins" OF preserving the
Mclaughlin leadership which was being threat
ened by McCerren- Hat they refused 70 Yield 10
the call for regularity McCarren, with the aid
OF Tamul2ny, would have intrenched himself so
strongly that the Mclaughlin machine would
have gone Il pieces. Now that they have taken
their little stand for regularity" the charge of
irregularity cannot be used against them in case
Mcclellan wins But the leaders still see the
menace and Tammany and red lights" and it
is believed viii quietly while shouting 'regu-
larity, see that the ticket is so badly knitted on
, Election Day that Murphy and his ticket will
be defeated and Tammany Hall crushed
LITTLETON STANDS FIRM
Martin ". Littleton. candidate for Borough
President on the regular ticket declared when
/ he heard Of the public surrender that he would
not alter his position. In strong state
ment he declared that he did not IN
derstand that a sham battle was being
fought and that IL with the leaders il was
a matter Of political policy. with me II
matter Of principle" It is too late for him 10
decline his nomination. he says. but he does
unless he publicly retracts his statements about
Grout and Fornes. and that he will not do.
The decision TO indorse the entire ticket was
reached last night at a secret meeting OF the
! committee Of fifteen, which was appointed as
a result Of a fight for the control Of the County
Committee between the Mclaughlin and Nc
Carren forces on Monday night. The McCarren
resolution indorsing the entire ticket then was
referred to a committee of fifteen in order to
save Mclaughlin from being openly beaten.
The committee which met in the Thomas JEFF
ferson Building, composed of the following
members: John L. Shea, William A. Doyle.
William G. Noonan. p. H. Quinn. John J. Walsh,
James Kehoe, Thomas r. Farrell Matthew E.
Dooley. Bernard J. York F. D. Creamer, John
NJ. Gray. James p. Sinnott. Louis l. Happ jr.
J Sherlock Davis and Henry Hesterberg.
They were all present. Messengers were wait
ing from one two district organizations 70
convey the action taken to meetings that were
being held in order that the stand dictated by
the committee might be taken by the meetings.
SHEA'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
At the end Of an hour and halls conference
the reporters were called in and John L. Shea
said:
The special committee has held a meeting and
resolved TO report to the executive committee
and the campaign committee that the entire
ticket. city and county. be indorsed- Word will
be sent to the various district organizations 10
indorse and work for the whole ticket
The report OF the special committee will be
presented TO the executive committee at a
special meeting called for this afternoon at
/ o'clock. The report will give the reasons for
the stand taken. but none Of the members OF
the committee would discuss them last night.
Asked II IT was TO be understood that Nc
Laughun was surrendering 10 McCarren. Mr.
Shea replied
We esta blished the fact Of the control OF the
county committee last Monday night The only
question now is whether the Republicans or
Democrats are going 10 control the city. mat
is the only Issue that exists.
Hugh Mclaughlin was playing dominOs in
the basement Of the Borough Hall while this
action was being taken by the committee OF
fifteen all the members Of which, except one.
voted for him Monday night. He did not
seeu greatly surprised when informed Of the
action. but it seemed &c irritate him
I'll have nothing to say about it until to-
morrow" he said
ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.
Tba, his attitude toward Murphy and Tam
many Hall is unchanged however. is evident
f-o-, a declaration he made in the afternoon
uban somebody read 10 him some denuncia-
ttore of Tammany and red lights which
- bee1 nut on a Citizens Union banner and
+re5i+ed TO him He asked II he had made
the statements, and said
We'll II I didn't say them. I'll say them now,
and more too.
Senator McCarren was at the Seymour Clun
when he heard the news He said:
EOOC
Judgment am deeply grateful for what they
have done.
WHY IT WAS DONE.
II Mclaughlin and Shevlin had had their way
The regular organization would not have gone
even so far toward aiding Tammany Hall as 10
fndorse the entire ticket, but McLaughlins otheI
advisers insisted that in order to keep thelT
leadership and keep the organization out OF Nc
Carrens hands, the demand for regularity
must be complied with.
James Shevlns fight against the pressure OF
the Tammany screws has worn him out. he
has been confined 10 his home since MONDAY
and has been threatened with pleur1sy, bul WAS
better last night.
BREAK WITH OLD LEADER DENIED
II was reported yesterday that his disgust
at the other leaders for deciding TO yield had
kept him away from the auction rooms. Both
Mclaughlin however. and meIhpeI "a ne
family said last night that there had beeh ho
break between him and the aged ieausI. a.
Privately, many Democrats hciuuliis
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