New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
TAMMANY In SEMI-PANIC.
MacARREN-HTLL CONTENTION MIKES MURPHY
TREUBLE-lL4Y FORCE HIN TO SUE FOR PEACE.
Brooklyn Senator Fight Him in ECey Distra-To Insist Inruc
ton for ParEcr-Grout's Nomination UcCarTens Plan.

said that he contemplated such action sooE
after election. Such advisers as J. Sergeant
Cram Luke D. Stapeton and Timothy d. Sui
liyan warned him against it. and apparently he
dropped II. Stapeton went South Sullivan TO
New-Orleans and Cram journeyed abroad
/ Some Of the leaders turned Murphy from this
decision and when these men returned they
found war had been declared. There viii be
no suing for peace on McCarren's part. He Will
fight to the last ditch. and the situation to-day
makes him practically dictator OF terms when
an agreement is 10 be reached.
AN APPRECIATION OF McCARREN.
The rise in politics Of Senator McCarren IS
being talked OF by all politicians. Many believe
that McCarren viii come 70 be State leader in
time through his alliances with upstate Demo
Gratis and control Of Kings County. Western
man. one who Is known throughout the broad
West as gun fighter" was led 10 moralize
on McCarren's career He was seated IN the
Hoffman House cafe AT the tirne these sehec-
tions were uttered AS they contain some strict
ures on certain Tammany powers that he. and
as the narrator is at present operating in New
York and under protection from these same
powers. the inadvisability Of using his name
viii be readily seen. He pays for this protec-
tion. however. as he naIvely explained. and be-
lleves that he has a quit claim and can discuss
well and his words couched in the venacula-
of the West. carry a certain quaint and direct
illumination Of the situation.
zone Of the hardest things in the world" said
this geptleman OF gun fame, in the West is TO
learn Just when TO shoot. The gentleman who
shoots too quickly is likely 10 be hanged for his
nervousness. The gentleman who shoots too
late is likely to find abrupt termination Of his
earthly usefulness before HIS gun spits fire. 1t
and instinctively knows the exact psychological
moment who wanders along through life with
out trouble. and whom people are not likely to
act loose and careless with.
Now this fellow McCarren knows Just when
20 shoot. He had that Kings County organiza-
tion I'm his vest pocket for three years before he
chased old Mclaughlin up a tree and the old
wolf Quit his political activities. When he got
that issue OF supporting the regular ticket Nc
T Carren fired. Had he shot before that he would
/ have been accufed Of ingratitude and all that
. He went in AT the right time. Had he waited
ne might never have had another chance. When
this Parker boom came along McCarren saw the
neighbors getting restless and eyeing him jeal-
Gus like. He hauled his weapon again, and from
this time on he is likely 10 be treated with
thing akin to respect.
Vow, there are mauy men who can clean out
? a barroom in thirty minutes and lick seven fel-
lows bigger than themselves but put them Ia
a squared ring where the ethics Of the game
are conserved, and they viii let a little feather
weight put them out Of business. Again. there
are men who make mighty fine captain Of
company. but put them in charge Of army
corps or a whole army and they Will 20 up in
the air That IS the way with Murphy. He is
about whitfield out 10 be good leader Of the
Gashouse District but he don't draw water
enough for the other job. and he won't last. He
Is a round peg in square hole. The last cam
paign was planned out for him by wiser heads
and fought by his captains. II was captains
nght. anyhow. Now he thinks he is a Ma
poleon."
Samuel j. Til6en Is credited with the saying
that one might well look FOR peace in politics
, as harmony in the neither regions. This thought
( is brought up by the recollection that no two
mon within q radius OF several miles thor
0ughly daspse and distrust each other Hin
and McCarren do. although al present they are
pulling together Assuming that the Htil-Mc-
Carren combination works out admirably ana
4 they control the State. then viii come the al
4 most certain struggle for the survival OF the
httest the contest FOR supremacy in state al
! fairs between them. II was the almost certain
I " or this ultimate contest between idiu ana
/ McCarreu, % Judge from the present trend, that
caused the reference 10 Tilden's remark and the
assurance TO those who are interested in politics
and who hate peace that all isn't going 10 be
] peaceful even II I5in and McCarren win and
! Murphy capitulates.