Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-03
MISTAKES OF MURPHY
It is Thought That They
Will Defeat Mcclellan.
THE LATEST BLUNDER
FORCING GacUT AND FoRNEs ON
THE DEMOCRATS.
Leaders Are Disgruntled - Fusionists
Will Put New Men on Their Ticket
-Brooklyn's Bolt.
THE LATEST BLUNDER
kpeclaI Corr,spondence Of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK, October 2. 1903.
Leader of Tammany Hall Charles F. Muir
phy has made a serious mistake. so serious
that 1t may result in the defeat of his can
didate and the reelection of Mayor Setn
Low BY brute force he drove his ticket
through the convention last night in spite
of the sullen opposition of number OF
leaders and the outspoken defiance OF at
least one of them. All of the Tammany
leaders, and even Hugh Mclaughlin the
"boss' of Kings county. were willing to ac-
cept Mcclellan, but they could not swallow
Grout and Fornes. Appeals. arguments.
even opposition, failed to move Murphy,
and his ticket was put through. but at
cost that will probably spell defeat to Tam
many Hall.
Mcclellan to Be Cut in Brooklyn.
McCleIlan's vote in Brooklyn will be very
small. although he was Endorsed by the
Kings county democracy. And in this the
fine italian hand of the ''old chief over the
bridge" the man who has locked horns
with Croker and has come Off without a
scratch. will be very much in evidence. The
Mclaughlin plan Is beautiful In Its SIM
plicity. and this Is 1t:
The Kings county organization has pre-
served it's regularity by refraining from
bolt at the convention last night. They
will still further preserve their regularity
by putting no organization ticket In the
feld-that Is. ticket from the Kings coun-
ty democracy in opposition to the Tam
many Hall ticket But land here Is where
the good politics comes in) ticket will be
put in the field in Brooklyn. and the fol-
lowers of Hugh Mclaughlin and the Will
loughby street crowd will be quietly in
structed to vote for 1t. 1t will be done by
petition and by some man not closely iden-
titled with Willoughby street, so that the
question of regularity cannot be raised.
AT the head Of this ticket Will D6 the
name of Seth Low for mayor.
This will leave Brooklyn practically unan-
imous for Low If the crack Of the whip
from headquarters is obeyed by the rank
and file. and 1t should bring him across the
big bridge with such majority that it will
overshadow Murphy's efforts In Manhattan
and the Bronx. That this scheme is the one
decided on by the shrewd old politician who
bosses Brooklyn Is made plain from the
fact that the Brooklyn Citizen, McLaugh-
Inns newspaper organ, came out this even
for mayor.
Brighter Outlook for Fusion.
Everything looks brighter today for fu-
sion than 1t did before the convention. Peo
pie in New York are beginning to believe
the assertion so often made that Murphy is
but Croker's proxy. and that Mcclellan Is
Crokers own choice for mayor. There are
so many persons in Manhattan who hate
Croker that his personal preference for
Mcclellan will hurt him on election day
with the people who do not follow politics
closely, but who vote mainly from personal
likes and disiikes
Then. too the Germans are going over to-
Low. Herman Ridder. the owner of the
Stats Zeitung, is out for Low with the
statement that the welfare of the city calls
for man who Is his own master. man
who makes his own decisions and who Is
ready to bear the full responsibility for his
actions. II Tammany wants the city gov
mad hy a
mayor. Mr.. Ridder says that Murphy. SIS
mayor, would not dare to do the things
which he will demand without hesitation Of
a pliab Bile tool in the city hall and George b.
Mcclellan will pay prompt obedience to the
organization, as Robert Van Wyck did.
This Endorsement of Riders, while every
one knows its strength. Is really stronger
than 1t looks and for this reason: Murphy
during the last gubernatorial contest, when
he rolled up such great majority for Coler
in Greater New York, has been flirting with
the German vote. And he thought he had
made his conquest complete when he put
Riders brother law, Amend. on his
ticket for supreme court judge and elected
him Everybody seemed to think that Rid
der would swing the German vote to Tam
many even If they nominated a yellow
dog ticket. but 1t appears they were mis-
taken. 1t was thought and, in fact 1t was
asserted by people who ought to know that
the bargain between Ridder and Murphy
was-"Put my brother-in-law on the SUI
preme court bench and 1 will swing the
German vote for Tammany Hall" But they
were mistaken. and the Rdder family has
one more Of its members in a comfortable
position for life without any loss of indi
vidual opinion
Fusionists Drop circuit and Fornes.
Tammany Hall will have Messrs Grout
and Fornes all to themselves. for the fusion
lists will have none of them. Grout has
all along been trying to break into Tam
many Hall. and 1t Is questioned whether
he appreciates the manner of his entrance.
1t Is limited that when he was abroad this
summer he saw the gentleman of the milk
ing stool at Vantage, and that his posi-
ton is largely influenced by something that
was whispered In his
But another city convention will be called
by the Citizens Union next Wednesday to
name candidates to fill the places of Grout
and Fornes. The names of the men who
are to be nominated would not be made
public today
Timothy Woodruff chairman of the re-
publican city convention. Will call another
convention. ard Grout and Fornes will be
forced off that ticket. 1t Is generally sup
posed that Mr. Swanstrom the present
Brooklyn, will be agreed upon by both the
citizens union and republicans for
troller in the place of Grout If this Is So
1t will tally with the Intentions of Brook
Ign, for on the petition ticket that will be
put in the field to beat Mcclellan the name
of Swanstrom appears below that OF Mayor
Low.
Col. Watterson's Son in Politics.
Some national interest will be injected
into the present campaign by the nominal
ton for the assembly In the twenty-fifth
district of Harvey Watterson a son Of Col
Henry TWatterson. He Is but twenty-four
years old. a lawyer. and the pride Of his
leader. Matthew F. Donohue. When Col.
Watterson was on here this summer spend
Ing his usual vacation at the Manhattan
Club he was several times seen in consulta-
ton in hotel corridors with Murphy. The
colonel vigorously denied that he was do
Ing anything more than passing the time
of day. but from the fact that 1t is off,
clally announced that he will come on here
and take the stump for his son. and there
fore Tammany. 1T is supposed there was
something more in these conversations than
the colonel was willing to admit.
nd v0IlAI0 Specialist,