The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-18
.MAY READ
OUT TAr1MANY
Biggest Fight in History of New
York State Politics Is on
at Albany.

ALBANY, y. 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 Of
the Democratic state convention open
ed mere today, there Is likely to be
battle royal which has not had
parallel in state political conventions
for many years. Since the Saratoga
convention of 1900, when General
Charles y. 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
to Mr.. Hill, and, although it is perfect
~ apparent that the interests dominat-
ed by Mr.. Hin control a large majority
of the conventions vote, it is a fore
gone conclusion that such orators as
Bourkc Cochran, Thomas +. GfEdy
Charles a. Townc and Victor Bowling
WI NV HN'l vi lllN N'lN 'H'I'l VIII per
sonally accuse Mr.. Hin Of attempting
to wreck the party.
These are not statements of mere
suppositiOn. for, although Leader
Charles f. Murphy Of Tammany Hall
will not say a word. and, although
former Senator Hill is equally reticent,
those who are extremely close to them
are making definitely these assertions:
First. i'm behalf of MIR. Hin that I'M
less Tammany withdraws what he calls
useless opposition to the instruction
of the state delegation for Judge Par
ker Tammany will be practically read
out of the convention, delegations in
its favor outside of Manhattan refused
a seat in the convention and Tammany
as a body not allowed to name a ma
| tional delegate ut large.
Second, in behalf of Mr. Murphy. as
representing Tammany Hall, that New
York has met defeat in national con
ventlons only when It has instructed
its delegation and that the fact that the
party platform and policy are as yet
so vaguely defined that IL is unwise to
send an instructed delegation: 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:
II had gone TO my country place at
the time of the receipt of your very
kind and courteous dispatch. l Inn
! 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 I am
| advised that you were then Justice
Of the supreme court of New York
elected in 1856 by unanimous vote
! My apology is not needed. but tender
| it with the utmost sincerity for max
! ing the statement. and by IL | wish as
well TO correct any one who has in
| any degree been influenced by il to
change his and the universal respect
| in which you have been and are held
in the minds of all your countrymen,
including myself"
1t has been ntimated for some time
that Frank Campbell would retire
from the craftsmanship and would be
succeeded by John y. Carlisle of Wa
tertown. IT 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 exactlng
state campaign and that Melvin Y,
Haven of Syracuse is favored by Sen
ator Hin as Mr.. Campbelrs successor.
A committee headed by Senator Dow
ling and including also Joseph Cassidy
Of Long Island City, Louis f. Haffen
| anu MulleT Vi new lOTh Wdlteu OH
Senator Hill and asked that the up
state men who voted on the Merzig
matter with Tammany at the late state
committee meeting should not he 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 Council President