New-York tribune., 1903-04-21
HAFFEN NOW A SACHEM.
HE W4NTS TO BE MAYOR.
Carroll, Keller, FeathersOn and
CIausen Punished

Richard Croker and Charles F. Murphy re-
warded friends and punished enemies at the
annual meeting and election of the Tammany
Society last night
John F. Carroll John W. Keller former
Charities Commissioner: ex-senator Maurice
Featherson and ex-Park Commissioner George
c. Clausen were dropped from the board of
chems. and in their places were elected
Timothy D. Sullivan. Senator Victor J. Dowling,
John T. Ahearn and Borough President Louis
T. Haffen.
Carroll and Keller still in the ascendancy
in the XXIXth district Joseph NIuIqueen is the
Carroll leader Of the XXIXth. but the Murphy
men are bound TO retire him and elect one OF
their in his place at the first oppor-
tunity. Keller is the new president of the Jack
Club. orga nizatiou. to use Mr.. Keller's
own words Of week ago. without Fifth-ave.
airs" Ex-Park Commissioner Clausen recently
became a director of the Empire State Surety
Company. of No 156 Broadway. with branch
at No. l Madison ave, near the State Excise
local headquarters. Mr.. Clausen manages the
general agency of the company in this city.
This company makes speciality of excise bond
ing and comes into direct competition with
Andrew Freedman's bonding company. in which
Richard Croker is interested. This is under
stood to be the reason for the retirement of Mr..
Clausen from the board of sachems- The re-
tirement of FeathersOn is difficult to under
stand, unless it is that he has been Carroll
man most of the time and does not get well
with Murphy
There were 963 votes cast. and there no
opposition to the regular ticket. The society
will meet on May u. and after that the board
will re-eect Justice O'Gorman Grand Sa-
chem. 1t is q bit of harmless fiction that the
Tammany Society is not d political organiza-
tion. The developments last night will strengthen
the impression that it is purely and simply a
secret council indissoIubIy connected with the
political machine. The remainder of the officers
of the society were reelected as follows:
Secretary, Thomas F. Smith: treasurer. Peter
F Meyer; sycamore. Bryan P. Henry; wiskinkie.
/, John A Boyle
The election of Borough President Haffen Of
The Bronx to the board of sachems is a step
so plain in it's purpOrt to be transparent The
Murphy and Sullivan men are afraid of Haffen-
Haffen is proving to be the hardest second
fiddle player in the organization he wants
to be first. He won In his district IN I5cl Wnen
other Tammany candidates went down TO de-
feat He has built up powerful machine. and
he wants to be Mayor He has served notice on
Murphy's friends that he must be consulted
when it comes to selecting Mayoralty can
didate. Edward NJ. Shepard went to The Bronx
on Mr. Haffen's invitation and in polite Ian
guage warned Tammany Hall that a yeIOW
dog ticket next fall would be defeated That
was what Haffen wanted. He likes to be looked
up to by his neighbors.
chems is designed to put him in a position
where 1t will be a delicate and difficult task for
him to attack the Tamrnany orsanlzation- Inc Inc
Murphy men want Haffen to be good through
! the next campaign in the hope that they can
| elect a Tammany ticket and tie him fast IN
the Board of Estimate and Apportionment AFTER
| ward All these things and many more were
| duly considered by Murphy and his friends
| when they retired Carroll. Keller, Featherson