New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-26
WAR ON MCARREN.
MURPHY'S AVOWED PLAN.
denomination of Mcclellan a Part
of 1t.

Charles F Murphy has told his friends In
Tammany Hall that the war on Patrick H. Nc
Carren, the Brooklyn leader, must be resumed
and pushed to a successful issue.
Murphy's avowed plan is to renominate Mayor
Mcclellan and choose for Controller a Brook
Ign man who will not be under the domination
of Senator McCarren. 1t may be ex-Controller
Coler. now the head of the Civil Service Com
mission or it may be new man. Those
who think It will be Co!er give q reason that
if Coler were put back In his old place head
of the Finance Department, Murphy would be
in position to head off any Governorship boom
that Coler's friends might work up.
The fight against McCarren is expected to turn
out in much the way McLaughlin's fight
against ex-senator Coffey, who rebelled against
the machine in Brooklyn Coffey carried his
district several times against the opposition of
Wioughby Street but the machine leaders kept
at him, and when he finally went down he went
down to stay. To-day he is without any partic-
ular following in Kings.
The plan of the Murphy does not take
into account the possibility of the election OF
an anti-Tammany candidate for Mayor. Mr..
Murphy assumes that Mayor Mcclellan will be
reelected without great difficulty. and that an
anti-McCarren man in the place of Controller
Grout will put end to McCarrens sway
IN Kings.
one of McCarren's main props now is the Con-
troller, who head of the Finance Depart
ment. is in position TO work almost incalculable
damage to Tammany Hall if he chooses to do so.
The Controllers political ambitions have pre-
vented his making any aggressive fight against
Murphy. Whenever he has struck a blow for
McCarren it has been after severe prOvocation,
from his point of view
II is the plan of the Murphy managers to
back anti-McCarren candidates in a majority
Of he
Carren with less than a majority in the execu-
tive committee
The Murphy men believe that as their
plan Of campaign at the primaries next Sep
TENDER becomes fully known, McCarren's sup
porters will almost fall themselves in their
rush to get in line for Tammany Hall.
The denomination of Mayor Mcclellan ia prao-
ucally assured. There is suggestion of any
one else for the place among Tammany men.
There is a rumble from the Bowery and
then carrying the suggestion that the Sullivans
are dissatisfied, and will make a coalition with
McCarren and prevent the nomination OF Nc
Clellan. All such talk is regarded as nonsense
by the Murphy men. Murphy has a good grip
on the organization, and could control nearly all
Of the district leaders below Fourteenth-st.,
whether Sullivan liked it or not.
The only thing that causes the Tammany lead
ers uneasiness is the possibility that the Repub-
leans. with the assistance of the Citizens Union,
will name a winning ticket The returns on
November were shock to the Tanmany dis
trict leaders. They expected to Roosevelt
win, but they were not prepared to see Tam
many strongholds like the XVIth XIIth and
With go Republican. The aggressiveness of
the Republicans in preventing a huge fraudulent
vote from being cast, thus keeping the Tammany
plurality down to the minimum. BODIES i'll to
Tammany next fall. From this time forward
Mr. Murphy and his friends will take advantage
OF every opportunity To convince the voters that
Mayor Mcclellan deserves a reelection.
full county and city ticket to be nom
mated next fall well candidates for AS
semhly. In addition to County Clerk. Sheriff,
Register and coroners, there will be three Su-
preme Court justices II Is extremely important
10 Tammany that New-YOrk County give a
Tammany plurality next fall. There is great
concern on the part Of Mr.. Murphy about the
result in the other counties making up the
greater City, but he has told his lieutenants to
be caretl about making mistakes that will
ALLEVIATE voters in this county.
In connection with plans for next fall, ii was
said yesterday that a big corporation sent a
messenger to Mr. Murphy early in September,
saying that it ready to make a campaign
contribution. The president of the corporation
was visited by Mr. Murphys confidential man
and Informed that. if it was all the same to the
corporation, Tammany would leave the sub
scrption with the corporation, and claim a
double portion next fail. when the mayoralty
fight is on This was agreed to-