Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-21
NEW YORK NEWS LETTER.

NEW YORK.-The Tammany Tiger.
or rather the autocratic leader of Tam.
many Hall. Charles f. Murphy. has
fought a fierce battle with David b.
Hin, who was considered sort OF
political has been" and, to the sur
prise of the Tammany faction and the
amusement of the opposition faction.
has come out second best. The issue
in the fight was, nominally, a question
OF preference Murphy, for some rea-
sons OF his own, favors Cleveland for
the presidential nomination on the
Democratic national ticket. while Hill
is "a supporter ot Parker. incidentally
however, other questions, not OF ma
tional character. We're involved in the
contest and, to those acquainted with
all the inside facts. 1t was nothing
more or less than tug Of war be-
tween TWO opposing factions among
the Democrats of New York It is safe
to say that Murphy never. not even
for single moment, expected TO be
defeated He had his plans all arrang-
ed in the most beautiful fashion. He
fully expected to be able to control
Kings county and, with its help the
Democracy of the whole state. But,
that was where he made a mistake.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren, the
leader of the Kings county Democracy
refused point plank to become the tool
of Tammany and sided with Hill in
his support of Parker. Murphy,
friHa of hfu triad IA,
intimidate McCarren, by threatening
to depose him as leader of the Kings
county Democracy, but the senator
stuck TO his decision and fearlessly
accepted Murphy's challenge 1t be-
came war to the knife and. behold,
Tammany was worsted.
So far as the supremacy in the state
is concerned, the contest has merely
been suspended, to be reopened in the
convention, that is, If nothing hap
pens in the meantime that would ma
terially affect the political situation.
Murphy still insists that Cleveland Is
his candidate and he has not been in
duced 10 make the concession that
he would support Parker in case
Cleveland should absolutely decline TO
be the Democratic candidate, even If
the nomination should be offered to
him on silver platter. The hostili-
ties within the more limited field OF
Greater New York, have not been in
terrupted and a merry war is in plo-
gress between Tammany and its op-
pOnents. 1t was a decidedly bitter pill
for Murphy when the Kings county
Democratic organization upheld Nc
/ Carren. So sure was Murphy of his
controlling influence, that he had al
ready picked out successor for Nc
| Carren as leader OF the Kings county
Democracy When Murphy first re-
ceiyed the information that McCarren
had been upheld, he could scarcely
! believe it to be true. Since then he
has found additional evidence for the
fact that Tammanys power does not
extend over the boundaries Of Kings
county. The fight, which has since
then been carried on between Murphy
\ and McCarren has been interesting
enough and would have furnished con
siderable amusement to the Demo
Gratis not directly interested in the fac
tional fight, were 1t not for the appre
| hension, that a continuance of the
strife for supremacy will, eventually
cause serious discord in the party
and diminish its chances of success
at the coming November election
Strenuous efforts will be made tc
bring about compromise of the dif
ferences. for the sake Of restoring this
peace and harmony in the party.
The expected has happened and this
Tammany Tiger has for the first tint
since its rehabilitation, showns Ia
claws. 1t was a bold and by no mean
well disguised grating scheme, which
Tammany tried to spring upon an un
suspecting public. The Tammany pol
iticians. who concocted the ordinance
which would practically hand over tn
. monopoly of over 1000 news stand
located under the stairways OF tn
stations OF the elevated roads. to
certain clique. hiding behind the bacl