Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
ALBANY CONVENTION
Battle Royal Unparalleled In
State Politics.
TAMMANY NAY BE READ OUT.
Assertion Made That Unless OPPOSE
ton to Parker Delegates Is With
drawn War. VIII BE De-
eIareds by Hill.


drawn War, VIII BE De-
eIared- by Hill.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 1S.-If the pol
icy adopted by the friends of Judge
| Alton B. Parker, at whose head stands
former United States Senator David
| B. Hill, is carried out at the sessions or
| the Democratic state convention open
| ed here today, there is likely to be a
| battle royal which has not had a
| parallel in state political conventions
for many years. Since the Saratoga
| convention of 1900, when General
Charles N. Bulger of Oswego, repre-
| senting Senator Hill, putting his finger
almost under the nose of Richard Gro
| ker. denounced Tammany Hall and its
| politics, Tammany has waited as an
| organization to present its compliments
t o Mr.. Hill, and, although it is perfect
ly apparent that the interests dominat-
ed by Mr.. Hill control n large majority
of the conventions vote, 1t is a fore
gone conclusion hat such orators as
Bourke Cochran, Thomas f. Grady,
Charles A. Towne and Victor Bowling
on the floor of the convention will per-
sonally accuse Mr.. Hill of attempting
to wreck the party.
These are not statements of mere
supposition, for, although Leader
Charles +. Murphy of Tammany Hall
will not say a word, and, although
former Senator Hill is equally reticent,
t1,Apn ,x-ho nra n~frAp,alv- plOSn ~ thnp1
are making definitely these assertions:
First. in behalf of Mr.. Hill that IN
less Tammany ~withdraws what he calls
a useless opposition to the instruction
of the state delegation for Judge Par
ker Tammany will be practically read
ouC Of the convention. delegations in
its favor outside of Manhattan refused
a seat i'm the convention and Tammany
Is 3 body not allowed to name a ma
tiOual delegate at large.
Second i'm behalf of Mr.. Murphy, as
representing Tammany Hall, that New
ventiOns only when it has instructed
its delegation and that the fact that the
party platform and policy are as yet
so vaguely defined that 1t is unwise to
send an instructed delegations; that
Tammany, casting the greatest proper
ton of the Democratic vote in the
state, is entitled to name a delegate at
large; that a Democratic state commit
tee should not be elected at this con-
vention, but the matter should wait
until the fall convention, when state is
sues are particularly dominant.
Chairman Campbell has received the
following reply from Don NJ. Dickin-
son of Michigan to his dispatch pro-
! testing against Mr.. Dickinson's state
ments relative to Judge Parker:
Il had gone to my country place at
the time of the receipt of your very
kind and courteous dispatch. l i'm
mediately telegraphed the following
dispatch to the chief judge and to the
newspapers, with copy of your tele-
| gram:
81 beg to withdraw my published
statement that you participated in the
political campaign of 1883, as l am
advised that you We're then a Justice
of the supreme court of New York,
elected in 1886 by a unanimous vote.
My apology is not needed, but l tender
it with the utmost sincerity for max
ing the statement, and by it l wish as
well to correct any one who has in
any degree been influenced by it to
change his and the universal respect
in which you have been and are held
| in thn minds Of oil un1It onrntrvnan,,
including myself"
1t has been intimated for some time
that Frank Campbell would retire
from the craftsmanship and would be
succeeded by John n. Carlisle of Wa
tertown. 1t is said, however, that,
while Mr.. Campbell could retain the
position if he desired, he was not anx-
ious to shoulder the arduous duty Of
conducting the difficult and exacting
state campaign and that Melvin Y.
Haven of Syracuse is favored by Sem
ator Hill as Mr.. Campbell's successor.
A committee headed by Senator Dow
ling and including also Joseph Cassidy
Of Long Island City, Louis Il. Haffen
and Muller of New York waited on
Senator Hill and asked that the ND
state men who voted on the MerZig
matter with Tammany at the late state
committee meeting should not be dis
ciplined, inasmuch as they did so
doubtless in good faith. Senator Hill
in his reply was exceedingly noncom-
initial and told the committee that the
districts would take care of that mat
ter. 1t is generally believed that the
men are slated to go.
| MAYOr Assaulted Cnuncfl PraaidanA