Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
At FAvOR|TE PASTIME
Factions of New York De-
mocracy Are Fighting.
CHANGES IGNORED
ALL PRETEND SINCERITY, BUT
COLD STEEL IS IN EVIDENCE.
Mcclellan, Shepard and Grout Men
toned as Available Candidates
Tammany on Hand to Fight.
CHANGES IGNORED
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

the past twenty-four hours the factions
gathered here have been indulging in the
discordant conditions in the organiZat ation
of cutting each others throats and bespat-
tering the party prospects with gore. II
is the same old story, SO familiar to all
who know New York politics. of the narrow
Jealousies and petty contentious of faction
al leaders, who seldom look beyond the
end of their own noses.
At time when the democrats of the state
are encouraged and hopeful to degree
such as they have not been since Roswell
+. Flower was elected governor, and when
discordant conditions in the opposition
party seem to open a breach for successful
assault, the factions must need engage In
their customary knife play, sword dance
and tomahawk festival
Every one of them says, Heaven knows
all l want is to nominate a man who can
WIN There are several men in the field
VINO are commonly accepted as good timber
put as soon as a name is mentioned IN
Jumps factionist, or two or three of
'hem' and out dashes the cold steel.
Three Available Men.
There are three names on everybody's
lps' eI.ner OF them name to conjure with,
according to the testimony of competent
ceptable to the rank and file delegates here
and the party at large, but the selection of
either would leave sore heads and sore
spots and SOW a good crop of dragon teeth
10 spring up as political assassins on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in No.
vember. "a A'o
hese three names are Geo. B. Mcclellan,
Edward F. Shepard and Edward NJ. Grout.
Lnere me are other names considered potent in
Cfi aff a.
mention OF any of them will start Donny-
brock fair riot in minute.
Or course, before the day is out one of
them is likely to be agreed upon. but the
wound that his selection leaves will smart
for long while.
Factioaists Oppose Cancellation.
1t would have been possible last night to
tiol lists had shown reasonable disposition
to be conciliatory toward each other. The
watchword with the average democratic
factionist, however, is not to give up until
beaten into jelly no matter whom else is
hurt in the melee.
The faction fight between Leader Murphy
of Tammany Hall and Leader McCarren of
Brooklyn has been brought to Saratoga
despite the pleadings of the mild and kindly
gentleman who sits in the seclusion of his
country home at Esopus, and RACES furi-
ously. All day yesterday and as long as
-
Grout, who is backed by McCarren. and
MoCarren sought ways and means to jam
Mr.. Grout down Murphy's throat, if possi-
ble. The county delegates were willing to
Suspicion Hill Came
When the game opened this morning the
two men in the lead were Grout and Her.
rick, with Palmer pressing them closely.
AS soon as the bosses had finished their
breakfasts they started into conference.
Mr.. Hill, of course, was the center Of at
ira ction. Many delegates were of the opin-
ion that Mr. Hill is but playing with the
boys, letting them wrangle and tussle as If
they were having real open convention"
and were really dong something, and then
at the proper moment he will present his
own candidate and put on the screws.
Morning Conference Fruit1ess.
The morning hours of comforting between
the bosses were fruitless of results up to
the time of the meeting of the convention.
Il am still standing pat for Grout and
think ne will win." said Leader McCarren.
''Tammany has no candidate said Lead
er Murphy. 1--WE have a lot Of votes,
though, and they will go for the right
man.
Nothing will be decided upon until after
today's session Of the convention" said
ex-senator Edward Murphy. "On my word,
l don't know who it will be-
"Ssh-h," said Grand Mogul D. B. Hill in a
mock whisper, Write all you can, but don't
bet your money any one yet" And
with that the grand mogul ducked back
into his private room, dragging a subaltern
with him.
Hill Very Busy Man.
The grand mogul is the busiest man in
New York. He has big suite at the Grand
Union. a private room leading off from the
main reception room. The politicians gath
er in the big room, Mr.. Hill appears at the
door. looks them over and picking out the
man he wants, beckons him in, He never
takes but one at time. He believes in not
letting the right hand know what the left
hand is told to do. After spell, the last
conner Is ushered out, hurries away with
look of great Importance and secretiveness
and another Is called in.
Down the hall the McCarren outfit run
their headquarters on the wide open plan.
Big Pat McCarren stands in the middle of
the room. and it's the glad hand and the
warm greeting for all who come He says
he runs a square game" and that every
body is welcome to see all sides Of the box.
Leader Murphy's Methods.
Chubby-faced, smiling young Leader
Murphy surrounds himself with the state
the big chief of the Tammany-
ties. He does much of his business through
ambassadors and plain en-
lssaries. He listens attentively. talks but
little. He controls at least 100 votes out of
the 450 in convention, and will have to be
reckned with, he says. This morning he
Clipped off fifteen votes from McCarren's
block of Kings county men. Murphy's fif-
teen refused to go into caucus with the
others, where they would be bound by the
unit rule. and McCarren had to postpone
the caucus.
Big. blue-eyed W. P. Sheehan is the GO
between for all the factions and the com
poser of differences. Consequently, he gets
many of the hard knocks that are the lot
of the peacemakers; but he doesn't care
He spends much of his time in the long
distance booth telling Judge Parker at ESQ
pus of the troubles at Saratoga.
The delegates-well the most of them
amuse themselves as best they can after
the fshion of their kind until they get the
word from the bosses.
Parker's Part In Program.
"Is Judge Parker taking hand In select
ing a candidate?' is what some of the
delegates are asking today. why doesn't