The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-14
Says Story Of His RstuTn TO the
WIgmam is a Fabrication.
Is IN kDMIRER OF D. B. HILL
Does Not Intend to Support Republican fW
There's Plenty Of Good Demo.
cratic Timber.

New York, Aug. l4.--John c. sheehan
yesterday emphatically denied the report
that he was contemplating returning 10
Tammany. He added that no offer had
been made him by rammany, and that
he had not communicated with David b.
Hin. either directly or indirectly, for
over year. The whole story is a fabri-
cation and not link will stand together
when analyzed' said Mr.. Sheehan in an
interview.
Il have no wish 10 return 10 Tam
many and no intention OF doing SO. One
OF my greatest aims Is TO see Tammany
defeated. and believe II will be defeated
at the next election This talk about
Greater New York Democracy going over
10 Iammany is all nonense-not a word
of truth in it,
The assertion that Mr. Cantor Is dts
/ satisfied with the way I'm which he has
peen treated / do not give much al, m
ton TO. j saw Mr.. Cantor while 1 was
In Saratoga, and neither then nor. at any
other time has he intimated to me that
ne mad any desire TO return TO Tammany.
Yes, was In Saratoga" continued Mr..
Sheehan, smiling, but l did not 40 back
there Wednesday night. as the morning
papers state. i went there on Aug. 1
and made arrangements for my family,
We stayed until the following Sunday. the
sth or 9th. | have not been there snce.
NO conference Is to take place be-
tween MIR. Cantor, Mr. Murphy ana my
self that / know OF. Mr.. Cantor has not
made any such arrangement with me.
As for David b. Hill being present.
understand that he is In the country
somewhere saw IL in one OF the papers
l think II was yesterday
My brother. who figures prominentlv
In this remarkable summer story, is at
a L.
since March, and will remain until Octo-
Der or November Just how Mr.. Hill
could confer with him In reference 10
my going back TO Tammany I do not
understand.
LOWS CHANCE GOOD.
II want to say that consider Senator
Hill one OF the greatest Democrats in
the country. and he has my admiration
and respect. / have not communicated
with him, however. either diSctly or In
directly for over a year.
During the past few months 7 have
I frequently met some of the Tammany
district leaders by accident, but neither
they nor any one else has ever made me
an offer or mentioned my returning to
their organization.
ITO my mind the best way to defeat
Tammany is to- nominate a Democrat
for mayor. That is also the belief OF
nearly all the democrats In our organ
iZation. / do not believe, however, as
some OF them do. that only a Demo-
crat can win I think that Low, II he
were nominated. would stand a good
chance, but on the eve of a presidential
election, when Tammany Is gathering
all the power that IL can, ] think it
would he an excellent move on our part
90 nominate a Democrat for mayor. It
would certainly take away a great many
votes from Tammany that we would not
otherwise get
II would not have you to understand
that / would not support Republican,
but there are great many good Demo-
Gratis. Comptroller Grout. for instance.
Borough President Swanstrom OF Brook
lyn. John Dewitt Warner. John ID. Grim
minis or William II. Baldwin, Jr. Any
one OF these would make an excellent
candidate.
"Tammany's great effort this year Is
to try and get all Democrats to work to-
gether. II is because OF this that I am
so sure that they will be beaten. I want
10 see a man put up who can carry
! things. and, while | should prefer to see
Democrat nomina ted. / have no doubt
about Tammany being defeated again this
! year"
] Notwithstanding the protestatIons Of
I Mr. Sheehan district leaders who are in
I the councils OF the orga nization regard
! the published reports as substantially
correct. Not only do they expect to sea
Sheehan back I'm the executive commit
! tee but look TO see Frank Goodwin
dropped as Tammany leader in the Ninth
and n red hot attack made on Devery.