New-York tribune., 1904-08-05


to the Republicans by a plurality equalIins Nc
Kinley's four years ago. The Murphy-McCar-
rem fight for supremacy is now national issue
William f. Skeenan. chairman Of the national
executive committee yesterday in his office. IN
the Mutual Life Building, demanded Of Charles
F. Murphy that he abandon his antagOnism to .
Senator NIcCarren and at once aequiesce in the +
formal election OF McCarren as chairman OF the [
state executive committee. Murphy told aim ne /
would not DO it. and practically made counter
demand that NIcCarren be dropped from the ex-
ecutlve committee hinting that Tammany Hall !
would give Parker only perfunctory support
II IIcCarre1 was left at the head OF the exeeu-
tive committee and handled the funds
Not only did Murphy issue his ultimatum con-
cernfrg the retirement Of McCarren. but he
made highly sensational! charges against Me-
t,arreu's associations with the gambling and
dtyekeeping interests. of the city. and put Me-
,,arren in such damaging light that Parker
ard Hill nav lie urged to drop the Senator
Mr. Sheehan's efforts to put the screws on
Murphy resulted i'm a disastrous failure for It
wfdeneG the breach between Murphy and Nc
Carren making it almost impossible TO go ahead
with the campaign until either McCarTen Is
kicked out or Murphy is eoerced-
CAMPAIGN FUND OF $JO0OOO.
\ campaign fund Of more than $JO0OOO for
TINS state alone y III Sl5lit VI tA'V A'ii'
combination. but y ;II not he paid over by GER
tain trusts and monopoly interests until the
breach between Murphy and McCarTen is closed
This fund is to he spent. apparently. in accord
ance With methods which caused The New
York Times THE World" and The Evening
POST in the spring Of 1895 to denOunce William
p. Sheehan as the worst political blackieg in
the state and the foe Of Cleveland
Mr. Sheehar with the celerity sand decision
which save to the Parker men all the I'M
pressiouabIe' DELEGATES o. the South and south
wes- at tn. 81 I.cu:s convention. started yes
terdsv 10 coerce Murphy into submission He
had the authority Of the national committees
and the hearty appreciation of Judge Parker
and David r. HIN in his attempt II was so;,
of daborning process from the bucol,c Parker
noi7t ot view The horns to he removed We're
ON the Murphy steer. and were adjudsed dan
serous by the Esopus agriculturist
Mr. Shecha- had the assistance Yesterday 't
Thomas = Rvar who does not love Murphy
loss bu- Parker more and Delaney Nicoa' th7
new national committee vice-chairman
Mr. RYAN was summoned 10 Mr.. Sheehan
oe,c. 81 . a.clo,l. He stayed I'll > Mr.. Nicol
reported at the attempted dehorniug at the same
tims and stayed clear through At I o'clock
1fr 5beehan's messenger went to the fifteenth
floor of the Mutual Life Building where Mr.
Nurpbv was keeping an engagement with J.
Sergeant Cram His presence there had oeeh
/ discovered after a somewhat extended use OF the
teIephone Mr Murphy went into the private
office or MI Sheehan through a private on
/ trance His chip straw hat was cooked over ''7
eve and his complexion was what IS son'e'lii'7S
/ described brilliant
/ c,rIars dropped into Mr. Sheehans office in
/ twos and threes. but they could not see '"g
/ chief Every one was told he was engaged on
: could not De ais
/ turbed.'
MI Sheehan told the Tammany leader that. as
/ chairman Of the executive committee and
/ charged with the conduct Of the campaign. he
wanted to know whether Tammany was going to
fau into line and work for the ticket
Will. HE HANDLE THE FUNDs?"
..vba1 about McCarrenc'' demanded Murphy.
Is he going 10 rum the State campaign and
handle the funds?
Mr. sheehan said that Judge Parker and ex-
! Governor Hin deemed Senator McCarren's ser
vices Indispensable and that II was the inseE-
fion To continue him the head of the state
/ executive committee
Unless said Mr.. Sheehan to NJ MURPHY
you stop attacking Senator McCarrer ans fall
into line al once Tammany Hall will be open 10
the suspicion Of disloyaI;y to Parker"
This remark stung Murphy. who Instantly re-
piled.
Tonight we meet at Tammany Hall to IN
/ 1orsc Judge Parker. We will try to give him one
of the greatest pIuralities that any Democrat
ever got in this county. but want to tell yot
here and now that Tammany Hail never viii
stand for McCarren.
"a IS alleged that in the conversation Murphy
alta, keG McCarren, telling Mr.. Sheehan in un-
nstakable sentences that McsCarren could not
he trusted with the management of the cam
[ FoJ yuiYb TIM
phy). and that Tammany Hall could not main
tain it's seIf-respect and support MeCarren as
the manager Of the state campaign. Probably
for the first tiue Mr.. Sheehan was made Sare
| Of the Brooklyn Senator's relations with th5
| gambling interests in this city and the repeated
rlaievoleu. attertpts on the part OF McCarrea
ana his heuchmen TO discredit the Mcclellan
a,lulinistratIon ana injure Murphy with the dis
trlct leaders of Tammany Hall
Murphy did not leave Sheehau's private Office
Until about go. and wher he reached the street
| i'm company with Philip F, Donohue. treasurer
of Tammany Halt and Thomas p. smith. sec
rotary ne had -he appearance of a man who
had just been through brisk scuhie and had
thrown his ma.
1iE sHEEHAN UNCoMMUNICATIVE..
MIR. sheenan and Mr. Nicon were exceedingly
uncommunicative with reference to the confer
eucc with Murphy. MI Sheehan looked hard at
the reporters when asked about the conference
hut ii was a ccse of a man being apprehcndcd
with the uppurtcnances in significant proximity
to himself and he reluctantly admitted that h
had had a talk with MIR. Murphy.
Does Mr.. Murphy withdraw his opposition to
i Senator NcCarren?'' Mr.. Sheehan was asked
Il cannot discuss what went in the confer
cnce" said Mr. Sheehan.
Mr. Murphy. when seen by a Tribune repOrte,