The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-29
MIXED TICKET PRECEDENTS.
Kelly and Croker Gave Murphy
Lead.

MIXED TICKET PRESIDENTS.
Kelly and Croker Gave Murphy .
Lead.
Senator Plat had talks all day with his
friends concerning the proposition OF Leader
Charles r. Murphy Of Tammany Hall TO
nominate on the Tammany ticket Edward
NJ. Grout for Comptroller and Charles V.
Fornes for President Of the Board OF Alder
men, already named by the Citizens Union
and Republican fusion conventions. Sena-
tor Plat believed on Sunday that this was
joke OF Mr.. Murphy'% but he became
impressed yesterday that Mr.. Murphy
was playing old-tipe Tammany Hall poll
tics Nevertheless. Senator Plat said last
night:
III cit her Mr.. Grout or Mr.. Fornes ac-
cepts a nomination or an Endorsement
from Tanmany Hall he should get Oh the
fusion ticket. He could not without loss
OF self-respect remain ON the fusion ticket
and at the same time become candidate
on the Tammany Hall ticket"
Up at the Democratic Club II was learned
that Mr.. Murphy had been there and had
said that he would -cut Of his right arm
before he would decline to nominate George
B. Mcclellan for Mayor. Some of Mr..
Murphy's friends told him that he had
"let Mcclellan out Of the box too early"
But Mr.. Murphy declared that by letting
it be known that .Tammany Hall was TO
nominate Mcclellan for Mayor all Of the
object ions, all Of the comments and all
Of the criticisms that could be heaped on
Mr. Mcclellan would come up before his
nomination and when the convention had
named him nothing further could be said.
Concerning the proposition OF Mr.. Murphy
to put Mr.. Grout apd Mr.. Fornes Oh the
Tammany ticket, Mr. Murphy's friends
said that there was nothing original in the
idea, and they went on to give presidents.
When the County Democracy was power
full, in 1880. and nominated it's man, William
r. Grace, Tammany Hail. still weak from
the Tweed scandals of few years before,
took up Grace. 1t did the same thins two
years later with Franklin Edison, anu two
years later again with William H. Grace.
County Democracy's candidate for Mayor.
and the County Democracy merely in
dorsed Hewitt and went on its way
In 1887, 80 Mr. Murphy's friends recalled,
the County Democracy nominated Theo-
dore w. Myers for three years term as
Comptroller and elected him, and In 1880,
when Senator Platt organized that calico
ticket consisting Of the Peoples Munich,
pal League, the County Democracy and
the Republican party, and nominated Great
Scott for Mayor. The calico bunch renom
mated Theodore W. Myers for Comp
troller. Then Richard Croker, in renom
mating Hugh J. Grant for Mayor took the
calico ticket candidate for Comptroller.
Myers, and nominated him on the Tam
many ticket for COMPTROLLER,
Nj. Murphy's friends said last night that
Mr.. Platt at that time did not demand that
Myers should get of the calico ticket.
The Murphy, men said that in the propo-
the Tatnmany ticket Murphy is but follow
ing in the footsteps of John Kelly and!
Richard Croker. and personally knows how
1t is himself for the reason that he,
now leader Of Tammany Hall, was at one
time the lieutenant Of Edward P. Hagan
and Maurice Power, County Democracy
leaders. and was graduated from the County
Mr.. Murphy's friends went on to eay that it
has been the policy Of Tammany Hall ever,
when it found itself little weak, to dis
integrate the enemy" just as John Kelly
did. and just as Richard Croker did. The
County Democracy was disintegrated by
Hall such eminent County Democrats as
John r. Fellows, De Lancey Nicon, Patrick
keenan,, William Pitt Mitchell, Timothy
ID. Sullivan, Abner c. Thomas, Michael c.
Murphy, Daniel E. Finn, John F. Ahearn,
Harry e Hart. and last Of all Of any prom-
hence, turn out the gas jackson
Charles A. jackson was the last leader
of the County Democracy. and on the IA
nous night in Cooper Union, with but
dozen followers about him, he swore by the
Eternal that he would never surrender,
and that even II those in front Of him de-
| serted him he would stand there on that
! platform and be the last man to turn out
| the gas before he went into Tammany,
| and now Mr. jackson Is one OF the most
| loyal Tammany Hall men you ever met.
And then the Tammany men required
again to that time in 1890, when Great Scott
! NV the way a few years later he was taken
Court Justice,) Wheeler H. Peckham and
Democrats of that character were in the
| calico movement, along with Charles w.
| DAYTON, who was taken up two years ago
by Tammany Hall and nominated for SUI
preme Court Justice, only to be defeated
along with that eminent other reformer,
| Edward NJ. Shepard
Col Fellows used to say that he would
rather Union bullet had gone through
| had given in to Tammany Hall. Bourke
| Cochran once famous in Irving Hall Democ-
| racy, finally turned up as Tammany 9
| famous orator.
Mr.. Murphy friends said that IL the
present Mcclellan CIRCUIT -Forncs programme
was carried out Mr., McI.aughln's candi-
| date for Mayor. Lewis Nixon. who was
| put at the head Of Tammany Hall by Rich
ard Croker, would look like seven cents
on Thursday night.
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