New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
McC4RREN SHOWS TEETH
Declares He Is Ready for LiUely
Fight.

Again is the old campaign issue Of last fall
Shall the Tiger cross the Bridge?" brought 10
the front
Charles f. Murphy says thst the Tammany
Tiger will cross the bridge. and do il with a
vengeance. and that p. II. McCarren win soon
be little more than a political memory.
McCarren's rejoinder is. Lay on. Macdun"
The next clash will be al the meeting Of the
Kings County Democratic Executive COMMITTEES
on Tuesday night. McCarren says he viii have
a vote of confidence from all the district lead
ers with the possible exception OF three. Dep
uty Fire Commissioner William y. Doyle says
he will win.
Mr.. Murphy ami his somewhat crestfallen
warriors returned last night from Albany. where
they met defeat at the hands OF David Bennett
Hill Their train reached the Grand Central
Station at $40 o'clock.
Nothing TO say" said MIR. Murphy as he
stepped of the and walked rapidly down
the platform. See Mr. Smith he'll give all ne
news that there is"
Not so with Senator McCarren When asked
IL he had heard that Deputy Fire Commissioner
Doyle was to be the new boss IN Kings he said:
Yes. heard that highly interesting rumor in
Albany"
Are you going TO fight Mr.. Doyle and Mr..
Murphy
Il shall fight them just as hard as / know.
and when they get through they will know that
they have had a fight" said the Senator II have
called a meeting OF the executive committee for
Tuesday night and shall ask a vote Of con-
fldence. / confident of the response. / be-
neve that all the district leaders with the pos
sible exception of Mr. Doyle and one or two of
Mr.. Murphy's friends will respond I'm the af
fiunative. The issue could not have been more
clearly outlined to my liking if 1 had planned
the whole thing. The result viii be a sweeping
victory for the who have been fighting for
instructed delegation to the st. Louis con-
vention. Brooklyn is determined to maintain its
autonomy and individuality. 1t will resent any
intrusion by Tammany Hall or any other or
ganization."
Murphy and McCarren rode all the way from
Albany in the same car, but they did not speak
The friends OF the two leaders say that the
breach between them cannot be bridged. and
that long Murphy is leader of Tammany
there will be no truce with McCarren
Police Magistrate Higginbotham. who is one
Of Senator McCarrens advisers, went over the
list OF members Of the executive committee
claimed by Doyle. and as he checked them off
he gave his and McCarren's reasons for believ-
ing that ali OF the men, with the exception of
three-Doyle, ex-Sherin Creamer and James J.
Kehoe-will rally under the McCarren standard
Mr.. Murphy and his friends blame McCarren
for the defeat OF Tammany at Albany yes
terday
If McCsrren and the proxies of Weber and
Shea had stood with US. We would have had
votes and 10 spare I'm the tussle to-day" said
Borough President Cassidy.
Thomas f. Smith. secretary OF Tammany Hall,
stated TO the newspaper men that Mr.. Murphy
accepted the defiance of McCarren a chal-
lenge and that Tammany would be against Nc
Ca-ren from this time forward. He said that
Deputy Commissioner Doyle would be recog-
nized as the dispenser of patronage, and that
there would be quarter shown TO McCarren
and his friends When Mr.. Doyle was asked
about the outlook for Tuesday night. when ne
viii oppose his former boss. he said:
1T isn't safe to predict who will win. The
meeting OF the committee has been called on
short notice. and II does not leave US much time
10 get our lines in shape"
Senator McCnrTe~'s friends laugh at the
patronage" argyll sat. They say that all the
patronage within the gift of the Mcclellan adj
n,inistraton has been disposed of. and that they
have nothing 70 fear on that score. The sudden
ness OF The fight leaves the political all "A
sea. On general principles il looks il Nc
Carren would suffer defeat in a long fight
g-esai.s- Iccr-srx- He l. 1ghting with the same