New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-11
SHEEHAN TO HIT MURPHY
His Followers VIII Try to Uoks
DeUery District Leader

n Taylor Phillips. who IN the abss,.. j..
Controller Grout is Acting Controller. savs ~
the Greater New-York Democrats in tba ~
Assembly District will assist Devery in his -.
ct the September primaries against the M,,r,s
Goodwin-Smith men.
'Devery viii carry the IXth District as,s..
Goodwin and Smith by three to one" said "
Phillips yesterday The friends OF CharIa. =
Murphy are planning to food the district VS..
money 10 swamp Devery but they Won't mai.
out. II is significant thing in local poli,,-,
tina; the rank and file Democrats of the Ty,s
District are thoroughly enraged over the r,.,s
DDS adopted by Murphy and the Tammauv r
ecutive Committee. l know something 49,.
the district, having until four or five years a..
lived there nearly all my life 1t is A dis.-,..
made up largely Of poor people but the pao,,
there are possessed Of rugged honesty ana - +.
great deal OF political independence when tbs-
understand the facts. Ordinarily they can h.
depended on to support the regular Tarnna,v
ticket but they fail TO see wherein DAvary Il
any worse than Mr. Plunktt or Mr.. Dalton an,
having elected Devery district leader A vaa-
ago. and Witnessing his rundown BY the uover,
that be in Tammany. they do not see why thev
should have a leader they don't want cramu,za
down their threats BY Murphy
Il conducted John c. Sheehan's campaign n
membered that Mr. Sheehan was i'll. and could
not be on hand. I still think that We would
have beaten Devery II everything had been done
strictly within the law. II was a bruising fight
however and Devery won II any one was en-
titled to have a protest heard it was Mr.. Shes-
han. and not the Coodwin-Srnith people. Dew
ery's ticket poIled 1854 votes and the Sheehan
ticket POI. while the Goodwin-Smith combina-
ton got only 100. They went to extremes in
Tammany Hall to get even this last number Of
votes They used money and ran in fOaters.
The result showed however, that the people
either were with Devery or Sheehan- Goodwin
had no sort Of moral right to make any protest
against Devery. Harsh tactics were used all
around. and Devery got the most votes
With fair minded man at the head OF Tam
many Hall. the one who got the most votes
would have been recognized. If they could shut
Devery out last year. what can they do with
him or any one else they don't like this year?
The change in their bylaws makes IT absolutely
easv for Murphy to refuse TO recognize any one
as district leader that he does not like. no mat
ter how fairly the district leader may nave Won
his fight at the polls.
Now the people Of the IXth District Ike
fair play. They have good deal Of sympathy
with the under dog. They think that De7ery
was not fairly treated, and they are standing
by him. I have been all through the district Of
late. and from all that can learn Devery will
have a waIkover.
VIII the Sheehan men help Devery
'UndoubtedIy We shall" said Mr. Phillips.
I'VE are enrolled as Democrats. and under the
law we can take part IN the primaries as Demo
Gratis We are pledged 10 fusion by our April
convention platform. and for that reason Mr.
Sheehan will not run any candidate for dis
trict leader. This viii leave our men thera
free to take sides as they choose 1t doubtless
Will be considered good politics to help Devery
along in his fight. The TTibune's article on
Sunday had it about right. Neither Mr. Devery
nor any one the Greater New-YOrk Democrats
might elect as district leader will be recognizes
by Murphy Therefore we might as well TIN
in and make Tammany look as cheap as pos
sibIe by electing the Devery ticket by three Il
one. There isn't money enough in Tannany
strong box to carry the election against Dew
cry in the IXth."