New-York tribune., 1904-09-19
DESTROY SHEPARD BOOM.
MC4RREN And HILL ACT.
Close utilization Scith Trust Makes
Him impossible Candidate.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.l

Saratoga, N. Y. Sept. 1s.-McCarren ana mn
tonight sprang a mine on the Shepard DOOM
ers that probably destroys Shepards chances IN
the Governorship race They have Quietly
tipped Off influential delegates that Sheptra
close afiliation with the trusts makes him I'M
possible as a candidate They charge that the
whitewashing minority report presented by NC
Carren at the time the LeXow committee IN
vestigated the Sugar and Tobacco trusts was
written by Shepard. on his advice, and that
the Republican National Committee Is IN pos
session of all the inside details OF the Sugar
Trust investigation and the peculiar manner III
which the trust was shielded by McCarren's and
Mr. Shepard's law firms. Because of John b.
Searles's franl6ness in testifying at that nves-
tigation he was compelled to retire from the
Sugar Trust.
When the Sugar Trust officials were sub
penaed for the investigation Parsons, Shep-
ard Ogden appeared as their counsel The
testimony was adduced, despite the objections
of Mr.. Shepard and others. that the operations
of the trust repressive and oppressive OF
legitimate trade; that the trust closed down
alleged unproductive factories, throwing whole
villages out Of work and impoverishing work.
ingmen who. supposlng they would have steady
work had bought houses and lots. All the
ramiications Of the Sugar Trust were laid bare,
and the committee turned in formal report to
the legislature which created wide discussion
at the time and has been cited many times
since.
McARREN A SUBSTITUTION.
Senator P H McCarren. the Brooklyn leader,
was not originally a member Of the investigat-
ing committee. Another Democratic Senator
had been designated for the committee, and 1t
was assumed that this other Senator would
serve. On the day the investigation began, how
ever. Senator McCarren appeared and told Sena-
tor Lexow that there had been substitution,
and that he tMcCarren) would serve on the
committee. 1t is alleged by the McCarren
men that Edward NJ. Shepard or another men,
Der of his firm advised this substitution because
the trust had had dealings with Senator Me-
Carren. whose district includes the great East
ern District sugar refneries. and could depend
on him TO do its bidding
Along with the majority report signed by
Senator Lexow and the other Republican mem
bers of the committee there was presented to
the legislature a minority report by Senator
McCarren. which not only exonerated the Sugar
Trust. but actually praised its business methods.
Senator McCarren does not propose that the
man who counselled him during that investiga-
tion shall ride roughshod over him in conven-
tion by the aid of Tammany Hall.
The conferences between leaders this week
Mr.. Shepard's close afFliation with the Sugar
Trust and the fact that he is attorney for the
pennsylvania railroad Company Will be used
TO the limit with the delegates who have a lean
ing toward Shepard. The Hfll-McCarren men
are determined to nominate Stanchhed Grout
or some other pro-Hl man. and they will not
hesitate TO tell the delegates all they know
about Mr.. Shepard's trust record
TAMMANY FRIENDLY TO SHEPARD
Tammanys friendlness toward Shepard ac-
cording to the McCarren men. is accounted for
by the fact that the New-Torl1 Contracting and
Trucking Company, controlled by Charles +.
Murphy. his brother, John ]. Murphy. and Al
derman James f. Gaffney. has million dollar
contract 10 eXcavate the site of the PennsyI-
vania railway station at Thirty-second- st. and
Eighth-ave. There are all sorts Of inconven-
fences and embsrrassmants that could be inhict-
ed on the Murphy company b. a hostile attor-
ney for the company. on the other hand Mr.
shepard can facilitate the work Of the Muir
phy company immensely by merely taking a
DIoad view OF things at certain eXigencies.
Big Tim Sullivan is outspokenly against Shep-
ardS nomination, and Charles F. Murphy's
friends are afraid that II il becomes generally
known that Murphy is financially interested in
a contract under the legal purVieyv Of Mr. Shep-
ard the bludgeons will be out in a hurry and
Shepard's boom will be be"smashed TO bits The
burden OF the talk among the McCarren men
tonight is that Shepard's trust record makes
him impossible as a candidate
The Brooklyn delegates Will hold caucus TO-
morrow night and forty-eight of the sixty three
viii by resolution decide to vote for Controller
Grout first. last and all the time
William A Doyles fifteen delegates cannot he
whipped into line for any that McCarren
wants. Doyle's opposition probably kills C;rout's
chances for the nomination The Cirout men
say they have one hundred delegates hut do
not produce the goods on demand