The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-03
Grout and Fornes are Nomi-
mated by Tammary.
MURPHY'S PROGRAM GOES
Thousands Crowded The Hall and thousands
More We're Unable 10 Gain Admission
Scenes of Wild Excitement With
in and Without.
In and Without.
lBy the Associated press.l

New YORK. Oct. -l-S uuiiSs T. 1dui ph ,
leader of Tammany Hall, carried through
his program at the Democratic City Con-
vention held at Carnegie Hall tonight. The
Democrats named George B. McClelland
for mayor; Edward NJ. Grout for comp
tIoller and Charles v. Fornes for presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen. Thous-
ands crowded the hall and thousands
more were unable to gain admission
There were scenes of wild excitement with
in the building and a great crush in
which many We're hurt outside.
The boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx. Queens and Richmond went solid
for McClelland. The Brooklyn delegates
with the exception of one man voted for
Justice. William j. Gaynor. McClelland
received 434 votes and Gaynor 219. The
Kings county delegation entered a pro-
test with the Committee on Resolutions
against the placing of names of Grout and
Fornes on the ticket and they voted solid
" against these men when 1T came to
question of nomination. James j. Mar
tin, chairman of the Democratic City Con-
vention, also declined to vote for the
nomination of Grout and Fornes whose
names recently were placed on the fu-
sion ticket Nevertheless they became
the nominees of the convention, Mr.. Grout
by vote of 42s to 225 for Julian d. Fair
child, the Brooklyn candidate, and Fornes
winning by a similar vote over Herman
Metz, proposed also by Brooklyn.
Long before the doors of the
building were opened. thousands
,<of persons gathered in the streets,
and the two hundred and more policemen
were totally unable to handle the multi
tude Both within the building and out
side. people were damned together in a
great unwieldly mass; sssn9 were crush
ed. and women tainted on all sides. Exit q
police forces were called out, but as the
crowd continued to grow in density, Il
was found just as impossible as before to
keep the people under control.
The first signs of enthusiasm in tho
house were when leader Charles F. Muir
ply. of Tammany, marched down the
center aisle, and took seat about eight
rows from the stage and near the aisle.
c. T. C. Grain was elected chairman of
the convention. Mr.. Grain. in lengthy
speech characterized the Citizens Union
as "a coterie of faddists.,'
because the result will have hearing
upon the State and national campaign"
He predicted Democratic success in tho
light of Republican, Fusion failure.
When the &C Committee on Resolutions re-
tired for deliberation, John l.. Shea, of
Brooklyn, handed in petition protesting
against the placing on the Democratic
ticket of the names of two men, ''who are
improperly called Democrats and whose
names appear on the fusion tickets"
On the return of the committee shortly
after ten o'clock the platform was read.
1t WAS received with comparative indiffer-
ence; only three or four times was there
any pronounced applause and references
rejecting on President Roosevelt passed
without cheers. The platform contained
the following reference to President Roose-
welt:
''The President of the United States, re-
turning from patriotic inspection of his
natioral fences, recognizes the important
bearing of our city election upon his next
campaign. DESTROYS of presenting him
self to the Republican National Conven-
ton as from State and city in sympathy
with his political views, he gathers the
press them with the necessity of Repub-
lican victory in the City of New York
"In this era of postal inquiry and gen
eral Republican barter in Federal places
we have the spectacle of president de-
grading the patronage of his high office
to clear the way for the complete mastery
of the local Republican boss: all of which
is followed by strenuous proclamation
denying his interference in local affairs.
New York, Oct. 1-Comptroller Grout
and President Fornes in letters addressed
to r. Fulton Cutting of the Citizens
Union today declined to recede from their
intention TO accept the endorsement of the
Democratic city convention if it is ten
dered to them, and, it is anticipated that
the fusionists will Immediately endeavor
to put into execution the threat to remove
them from the ticket. Grout in his letter
asks Mr.. Cutting if he knows of any rea-
son why a public official, re-nominated
should say to any organization which pro-
poses to endorse his record that he will
not receive and welcome such endorse
ment. Mr.. Fornes in his letter said that
he considered the endorsement of his
candidacy by any other organization as
an endorsement of the Low administratio