New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01
CASSIDY PROPOSES MEYERS NAME.

Haven cast single vote against the motion
CASSIDY PROPOSES MEYERS NAME.
Borough President Cassidy Of Queens then
proposed the name OF Cord Meyer as state chair
man. and without opposition the motion was
carried. With similar dispatch John n. Carlisle
was reelected secretary and William F. Balkan
treasurer, to succeed Eugene Hughes. John
A. Mason was reelected to his onerOus post as
clerk. and then State Committeeman Burgard,
OF Erie. the representative OF Norman E. Mack.
arose and named the list OF members OF the ex-
ecutive committee, headed by Senator Patrick
H McCarren. Without any protest from the
Tammany members this part OF the programme
was put through. Senator NcCarren was named
as chairman and the following members OF the
COMMITTEES were named. with power TO increase
their number: Ex- Mayor Hugh J. Grant OF New
York City. who took the place offered to Charles
F. Murphy and spurned by him; W s Rode OF
New-York City. an officer in the Manhattan Club
and a close personal friend OF Chief Judge Par
ker; George Hall. OF Ogdensburg; J. J. Kennedy.
State committeeman from Erie. and ex-Lieuten-
ant-GOvernCr William F. Sheehan. also credited
to Buffalo,
This ended the Hiu programme. and the com
rnittee promptly adjourned. the Tamma1y men
fleeing to the railroad station to escape the city
one OF the chief features OF the meeting was the
absence OF the Tammany gold plated delega-
ton" that attended the previous meeting. W.
Bourke Cochran, Senator Victor j. Downing and
Senator Thomas F. Grady were all absent. as
were Patrick H Keahon William Dalton. Daniel
F. McMahon. Thomas ]. Dunn, Harry c. Hart
and Thomas NIcAvOy. Borough President Haffsn
OF The Bronx sent proxy. but tha other Tam
many committeeman did not even take the
trouble to do this. big TIM Sullivan was the
chief Tammany light present. and he was dis
creetly unObtrusive.
SOME SATISFACTION FOR TAM1IANY.
Tammany members endeavored to get some
satisfaction out Of the naming Of Cord Meyer
as state chairman. They claimed him as a reg
uIar member of their organization by virtue OF
the fact that he Is a vice-president and a fully
authenticated member Of the Democrats Club
A good deal OF discussion was provoked as 10
whether or not Meyer bOIted the ticket IN 1896
and the retiring chairman Of the state COM
mittee. Frank Campbell insisted that he had
been eoouy refused when he sought to negotiats
a campaign contribution IN that year. A GER
tihcate OF regularity was. however. patched up
for Meyer as soon as the question of campaign
sugar was fully discussed. II was recalled
with apprehension. however that Meyer "aIso
ram for Secretary OF state in 1893 the Maynard
year.
The fiat refusal OF Charles F. Murphy to serve
on the executive committee. that is. TO serve
under the Craftsmanship OF Senator McCarren.
a position automatically offered 70 him by ex-
Senator Hill. created no surprise, and ex-sen-
ator Edward Murphy. jr.. OF Troy. named ex-
Mayor Hugh ]. Grant in his stead.
The whole performance OF the meeting ac-
,entuated the fact that ex-Lieutenant Governor
William F. Sheehan is rapidly becoming a rival
81 ex-senator Hill IN the Democratic eamD
RECOGNIZED as the personal representative OF
Chief Judge Parker he IS able to do business
With the Tammany leaders. who win have
dealings with ex-senator HIL The suggestion
vas advanced On many sides to-day that he had
arranged the election OF Cord Meyer
vith Charles r. Murphy, and forced him on
ex-senator Hnl The abandonment Of Haven.
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