New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-08
OFFER $4,000 FOR A VOTE!
MILL MEN MAKE CHARGE.
ncmocrqfic State Committee May
Hold O0er.
fry 7r1rcnAPu TO THE TRIBUNE.l

.,,.-v March THE charge was openly
lie to-day that IN the wee small hours OF
e.t,raav morning $1,000 was offered by GER
-. y-au known Tarumany leaders for a single
-. A. she state committee. The story as it is
- .-s che authority IS excellent. IS that, after
- and careful study OF the condition OF
-~.,-s the Tammany leaders found tat they
,-,u,d Inevitably lose the contest as the situa-
80, stood by at least one, and possibly TWO.
,o.as At that time they were counting on hVe
,,-.,t,v- votes The rurnor that ex-senator
--tr Intended 20 uuseat the only committeeman
30, ~FingI" Connors. Of Buffalo, controlled
nav have been also brought 20 Charles +.
a,ryrpbv. and IL became apparent that unless
= vas possible 10 control at least one upstate
oo,rrlitteernan the Tammany faction would 60
down IN defeat
Accordingly a committee was appointed TO de-
,,ss ways and an unlimited supply OF means
,as furnished. Unfortunately for the success OF
st plan. ex-senator David B. Hin was en-
,frly aware OF the possibility OF such move
sr5 the weaker brethren Of his flock were placed
under strict surveillance. Elliot Danforth and
Frank Campbell as well as the sleepless Patrick
T. NcCarren. mounted guard. Upstate COM
slitteemen who wandered into the Ten Eyck'
where Charles Z. Murphy was making his head
quarters. came under strict guard. and about !
sturdy voters under his protecting wing al a
single table.
None the less It is persstently rumored that
she 81 600 was directly rendered TO a certain
,lp-State committeeman and that II was re
fused bv him. by some Il is alleged. because he
had already committed himself so absolutely
fat a change would have left him open 10
suspicion and probably would hive resulted in
an exposure The result was that when the
committee met at noon ex-senator Hin was
able 10 win the FIRST skirmish by q majority
q two. that Is. with one vote 20 spare after
excluding W. T. Fitzpatrick. Had the latter's
vote been counted. however. and Il is by no
means certain that the Tammany members had
been credibly Informed Of this plan OF action,
the ex-senator would have won by only one
vote. Had the 5000 bribe zen accepted
Il is believed IN many quarters that Charles
T. Murphy would have carried of the victory.
In many quarters the announcement made by
the friends OF ex-senator Hin to-day. that the
present State committeeman would hold over
instead Of choosing their SUCCESSORS after the
State convention on April is. was regarded
as a further indication OF the slightness OF the
ex-Seuator's hold and as a recognition on his
part OF the sort OF tactics Tammany employed
70 beat him. There IS nothing IN the call IS
sued by the State committee on Saturday that
Having rearranged this committee by throw
ing OF William H. Fitzpatrick, ex-senator Hi
evidently intends 70 -tand pat II any OF the
present committeeman go back on him he is in
position to expose them by accusing them OF
accepting Tamnany money. nn6 this accusa-
ton is likely to retire them from politics.
The issue on which the former Senator Is 70
make his latest contest for control IS anti-Tan
many. Having cleverly dovetailed his own con-
troll of TIE Democratic State machine !nto the
Parker boom. ex-senator Hil has already had
his associates booming Chief Judge Parker up
and down the state. The only real source of
alNiety the former Senator is encountering is
tIat OF the Cleveland boom. Every time the
Sage Of Wolfert's Roost hears the name of
Cleveland II is said that he has a chill and
just al present even his friends admit that he
is receiving much disquieting news from the
South. where the gospel Of the former President
8 reported 20 be spreading.
Tammany men declare tonight that the rurnor
Of the $1,000 bribe is merely the frst product
q The state LEADERS, literary bureau. which is re-
ported 20 De busily al work preparing documents
70 show the iniquity Of Tammany Hall and
grouse rural Democrats against a threatened
Tammany domination. Moreover one Tanlrnanv
leader took occasion 10 remark that had Charles
j. Murphy really cared enough about the mat
ter % go into the open market, he could have.
bought upstate committeeman At q price much
nearer $50 than 5000 AS this Tammauy brave
phrased it
Times are hard up the state. and with the
exception ~ the Prohibition tc1et there have
been eleven lean years Of Uuauiuity under ex-
Senator HlIs leadership"
When Thomas F. Smith. secretary of Tammauy
Hall was seen last night he said: