New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-18
TAMMANY'S FIRE TO BE OPENED ON HILL TO-DAY

for a delegate-at-large. an alternate and an
elector-at-large- The ex-senator replied that
he would give an answer in half an hour.
At the appointed time Senator DowIins and
Borough Presidents Haren and Cassidy. with
Nicholas Muller. Of Richmond. fled into the
headquarters. The interview took ten seconds
The Tammany demands were rejected and the
delegation filed out.
Commenting on the result. Senator Dowling
said: There must be fight now. Tammany
will not have an eIector-at-large. delegate-at-
large alternate"
MURPHY CONFIRMS REPORT OF FIGHT.
In his own room Charles F. Murphy confirmed
the report Of a fight IN replying to a question
about the purpose Of the Hill people to name
August Belmont one Of the big four
Yes he said. grinly; Il see they going
TO give him too
Mr.. Hill thinks ought 70 be satisfied with
an alternate at large, and that we should not
oppose instructions. We cannot It IN exact
ly that light. and viii oppose Instructions
''Is there any truth in the rurnor that the
Tammany men will bolt the convention?' Mr..
Murphy was asked.
I'VE are not making any records In that d.
rection," he replied.
Several Tanlmany delegates suggested to Mur-
ply that the only effective thing left TO be done
TO bolt the convention Mr.. Murphy re-
fused to have anything TO do with the sugges-
ton
Ex-senator Hill at midnight said that Senator
McCarren would be chairman OF the COMMITTEES
resolutions.
Frederick c. shraub. OF LowviIIe. may be the
chairman Of the credentials committee" said
Mr.. Hill: eft rests with him largely. He has a
bad sore throat and fears that his voice would
not be equal to the occasion The matter win
be left open till Tomorrow"
Mr. Shraub is a Hill man
The failure Of the last embassy insnres the
fight on the floor OF the convention tomorrow.
BOurke Cochran. ex-senator Towne Senator
Grady. Corporation Counsel John J. Oeiany.
RG-ous-h T'ssa,.1ns-S-ss8Gy and T. Esssrtsn 8sr-
rison will denounce the Hill methods. William
J. Conners. OF Buffalo. who has been turned
down Buffalo boss because OF his association
with Tammany. is openly talking of bolt from
the convention. and Hearst boomers have al
ready secured hall in which TO hold their con-
vention
Hilrs treatment Is intoIerabIe TO the Tannmany
of to-day. which is not the meek and meagre
tiger that came TO Saratoga at the last conven-
tiOn. ready to eat humble pie. but the patronage
controlling. victorious Tammany that rules
New-YOrk City. From every Tan-many leader
here the same bitter. vicious comment is heard.
Talk OF another defeat in the state is rife. and
Charles F Murphy. as yet unsurrounded by his
delegations is sulkins in his room. while the
crowds throng the anterOom OF Hill
Patrick II. McCarren. William F. Sheehan and
ex-senator Edward Murphy. OF Troy. as the rep
resentatires Of ex-senator HILL control the situ-
alton. They are engaged tonight in reading for
the first time the remarkable platform with
which FfiH proposes to startle the country to-
morrow. he did with the famous coal plank
at Saratoga two years ago.
MURPHY IN THE THRONE ROOM.
When Hill received Murphy IN the throns
room this evening he listened first to a declara-
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