New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-05
BREAK FROM "OLD MAN."
McCarren's Seymour Club Endorses
Tammany City Ticket.

For publication members of the Brooklyn Demo
cratic organization were hedging somewhat last
night on their opposition TO the ticket nominated
at the Tammany City Convention All of the CON
ventions being and all chance OF preVenuhe
the ticket that they opposed being put through ana
all danger of fight being precipitated by some one
trying TO put through resolution indorsng circuit
and Fornes having passed away the organl1auo"
now wishes TO smooth things outwardiy aS
much possible Hugh Mclaughlin and the ma
jority of the Democratic leaders still as bitter
against Murphy and his Mcclellan, Grout anu
Fornes ticket ever. but they want 10 DO All VI
their knitting Of the ticket under cover while pre-
serving outward semblance of regularity men,
again, they fear that some Of the leaders mish'
break away and have their local organizations IN
dorse the entire ticket This would mean a serious
split IN the organization. and the leaders 90 not
want to emphasize any such occurrence by taking
too much against the ticket or any part OF It,
The first break against Mclaughlin ana the VIII
OF the majority as shown by the failure to ndorse
Circuit and Fornes at the county convention on
Saturday night. came last night, when the Sey-
mour Club, the organization of senator faulck
II. McCarren in the XIVth Assembly District
passed a resolution indorsng the entire city and
county tickets. There no debate on the reso-
luton, and speeches Of any kind were made
Senator McCarren presided.
There IS n possibility that similar action may he
taken by other leaders who friendly to Nc
Carren. and the Willoughby Street leaders fear It,
For this reason they suddenly stopped talking yes
terday about Mcclellan Grout or ForncS except
in Z vague and rather indefinite way. James SheF-
lin, for instance, said:
you see what both conventions did. There Is
nothing further 10 add TO take away The news
papers ought not TO complcate the situation ana
make It harder for real Democrats 10 know just
what do
Just after this when he asked il Wiiloughby
Street was not in a quanGary and was not waiting
10 see whom the fusionists would nominate Tor
Controller and President of the Board of Alder
men, he said:
we are in no quandary. There is no trouble so
far as we are concerned. We have got straight
Democratic ticket" -
This seemed TO be a strange statement for him 70
make. in view of the fact that he had declared
that Crout and Fornes Republicans. lie
was asked IL ne meant that they had a straight
Democratic ticket and. if If ne had not changed
his views. He repeated his statement, but wouIc
not explain II.
Hugh Mclaughlin was not in good humor and
refused to discuss the political situation He was
not inclined to tell stories, something unusuai
for him. -,
That there is great fear Of a break from the Iron
hand of Mclaughlin and Shevlln was SHOWN ny
the nervousness of Bernard ]. York, VINO sat IN
an anteroom during the county convention Every
time somebody would get up TO talk whose voice
he did not recognize he would jump TO the door 10
what going on. !.
himself when somebody whom he did not recognize
got up to make a rambling nominating speech
When told what it he would sink back in his
chair with sigh of relief. All of the leaders Were
on pins and needles until the convention was nnaly
nod