New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-28
HILLS RECEPTION COLD.



Esopus. y y July 2I-PrecedinE the Ma
tional Democratic Committee by an earlier train.
Charles r. Murphy to-day came 10 RosemouuJ.
and by clevery executed manpuvre arranged
his visit that the members Of the national
body, her they did reach the home Of the can
didate found him sitting under a tree in the
lawn listening to lhc terms offered by the %ev-
York city boss" Moreover. they learned sub
sequeutly and to their utter astonishmeu, ,hat
The terms offered were neither easy nor gen.
eroUs.
Before the Esopus road began 10 nj with tho
score of farm wagons that broUGh. the national
leaders To RoScmouut Charles r Murphy ha.
natiy told the Democratic candidate that II ne.
wished the support of Tammauy Han h.. must
consent to the displacing OF Senator Patrick H.
McCarreu as chairman of the executive commit
tee of the stat" committee and the election in
his place OF Ass"mbIyman George NJ. Palmer. or
sschoharis and the further election of Charles +
Murphy To The executive committee
But the turning down of McCarren was only
sinai, detail of the conditions imposed 10y the
Tammany leader. He insisted that Thomas 9
Conway. Of clinton County. the sworn enemy ,e
Senator Hin. should he na1ueI on the State
Committee for Attorney Cieucrgti. aud Iueti,4
- Cady HesrlcH Of Albany. The lifelong foe &, z
Senator IInl for the place made vacant tv The
resignation of Chief Judge Parker lie further
announced that he would no; submit to The
domination of the State committee bv cord
Meyer, the present chairman. the creature MI
Murphy asserted. OF August RelmouI
Finally Mr.. Murphy remarked that he did not
suppose that the candidate FOR President oues-
toned his right TO namc the Democratic coudi-
date for Governor. This being admitted he then
remarked that he was not at the present moment
committed to Mayor Mcclellan. and that he re-
garded the situation rs entirely too chaotic to
permit Of any decision i'm the matter at present
lie added that he regarded Mayor Mcclellan as
the best man for the place except i'm ease cer-
tain circumstances foTcseen. but not Vet exist
ing, should come bu, until this situation either
came ceased TO he possible he would not COM
nit himself To the Mayor. This last avovoI
quite astonished the Chief Judge who was pre-
pairing to assuage the Tammany leader with
praise OF Mcclellan.
THE NATIONAL. COMMTTTEEMEN ARRIVE,
All these declarations were made long before
the frs; wagon. driven by the Judges own
brother. came up the long hin to Rosemount
bringing not merely national committeeman but
representatives of every phase of national and
local Democracy, from Charley" Edwards "th.
original Hearst man. to ex-Assernblyman
'DiCk' Butler. the personal representative OF
Chief Devery and the peepul" While the can
didate was st rejecting on this remarkable
uitimatum, the cavalcade suddenly invaded Rose
mount. and ex-senator Hill. August Belmont
Perry Belmont Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner
Charles II. Bacon all burst on the horizon
closely followed by Thomas Taggart John p
Hopkins. Trey WOodson, Norman E. Mack and
the balance of the committee, minus Senators
German, Bailey. Tillman and Daniel-in a word
lacking all the big Democrats. whose action re-
suited IN the nomination of the candidate
Hastily abandoning the determined Tammany
leader who deliberately followed him to the
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