The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-09
AHEARN and ERLANGER, tam,
YET DELEGATES FILL UP THE
WIGWAM TICKET.
Reward Of the Downtown Senator Who
Didn't holt when Turned Down-Can-
didate for Sheriff Is Counsel to Theatri.
cal Trust-Nlulqueen Beats Rush.


Tammany completed it's ticket last night
about the wettest night of wet year
BY nominating John Francis Ahearn for
Borough President and Mitchell L. Erlanper
for Sheriff Justice Henry Bischoff, Jr.,
was, of course. renominated. Early in
the day Mr.. Murphy changed the slate by
substituting Erlanger for Civil Justice
Herman Joseph. Mr.. Erlanger is brother
of Abraham Erlanger of the theatrical
firm of Klaw 4 Erlanger and has appeared
as counsel for the theatrical syndicate.
To gather up some of the water which
the delegates brought into Tammany Hall
with them the floor was sprinkled with
sawdust so that it looked like a vast bar
room of the olden days.
Daniel F. Mcmahon called the county
convention together first and appointed
George F. Scannell and Bernard F. Martin
to bring former Postmaster Charles W.
Dayton to the chair. In the course of his
speech Mr.. Dayton asked:
Was II not curious exhibition OF nom
partisanship when the President OF the United
Of Antietam so markedly, neglected to men
ton the name OF that dauntless Democrat
and splendid soldier. the hero of that event.
full day, Gen. George b. Mcclellan
This brought the Roman of the Fifth,
Senator Martin, up on his chair to propose
three cheers for Mcclellan.
platform was read which Endorsed
Mcclellan, Grout and Fornes and they all
got a liberal allotment of applause. Some
OF the district leaders got a chance to be
cheered wien they offered the formal
resolutions necessary for the procedure of
the convention. Ex-Warden Hagan Of
tenth, had half a gallery full Of his follow
ing,
Justice Bischof was put in nomination
by Joseph F. Mulqueen, the leader Of the
Twenty-ninth, who in the afternoon was
declared by the Board Of Elections to be a
victor over Thomas Z. Rush by nine votes
NJ Marley Platzek and c. G. F. Wahle
seconded the nomination. which was made
unanimous.
Mr.. Erlanger and Thomas c. I. Grain sec
onded it. 1t was all over quickly.
When the borough convention met. i'm
mediately afterward, Mr., Dayton was
made chairman of that, too. Abraham
Stern nominated Ahearn, Congressman
many city convention at Carnegie Hall,
said that any man who wouldn't vote for
this ticket was traitor who ought to be
read out Of the party Handling the Circuit
incident. he said: Murphy plucked the
brand from the burning The galleries
were filed with Ahearn admirers, and they
made the old hall ring with real 1ammany
music for five minutes.
Mr.. Erlanger is lawyer with cf1oes at
4S Cedar street. He lives at the Ormonde,
broadway and Seventeen street. He was
born In Buffalo in 1857. was graduated from
Columbia in 1882, is member Of the United
fore Home, belongs to the Free Sons Of
Israel, the Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
tion, the Washington Irving Union and the
Democratic Club.
John F. Ahearn has been one OF the most
successful politicians in downtown New
1867 to 1895 he was employed in ticket
Office In Castle Garden. He represented
the Fourth district in the Assembly of
1882, but was defeated in 1884 and appointed
clerk OF the Essex Market police court.
He held this job when he ran as County
Democracy candidate for Senator against
Thomas F. Grady. whom he defeated by
more than 1900 plurality. He then went
into Tammany He was one Of the Demo-
cratic members of the Fassett investigating
committee. The Reform Clubs report
said of him as legislator: He has not
been accused of dishonesty, although
some of his bills were of suspicious char
acter."
Last fall denomination for the Senate
was denied to Ahearn and for few days it
booked "a if he woull run independently.
Mr. Murphy persuaded him to stay "regu-
lar" and support Daniel j. Riordan, whom
Battery Dan Finn and Big Tom Foley had
combined to nominate. A little while
aFerward Ahearn was made one of the
81 hens of the Tammany Society, He is
the Ieader Of the Fourth dist riot and is now
we'll in the graces of Mr.. Murphy. Big
Tin Sullivan stood for him for Borough