New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-18
"THO ARE YOU, DIR. HILL?'
This Viii Be Tammdnys Battle Cry
To-day.
MURPHY STARTS WITH VANGUARD

Knowing that they were going 10 face an OPP
position which held the upper hand the heads
Of Tammany Hall left here for the State Demo-
cratic Convention yesterday. They kept stun
upper lips and said little. That they intend 10
fight to a finish in the convention. however. is
foregone conclusion from the attitude OF some
of the leaders.
Most of the Tammany men left here on the
l p m. train. Charles F. Murphy was on hand
half an hour before the train started. He said
that the work Of the convention would be the
best expression of his opinions and until that
was held there was no use I'm saying anything.
With Mr.. Murphy we're Big Tim Sullivan j.
Sergeant Cram, Senator Victor ]. Downing Fire
Commissioner Hayes, Commissioner Oakley OF
the Department Of Water Supply, Gas and Elec-
trcity, Borough President Cassidy OF queens
Borough President Ahearn Of Manhattan, Pat
rick H. Keahon Daniel T. Mcmahon. George r
ScanneI Battery Dan Finn, Philip Donahue.
James +. Gaffney. Dan NJ. Donegan, Borough
President Haffen, who boarded the train az one
hundred-and-twen ty fifth-st., with his Bronx
braves: Asa Bird Gardiner, Tom Dwyer ana
Deputy Commissioner McAvoy-
At p. m. went some OF the orators-Cohgr ess-
men W. Bourke Cochran and William Sulzer
and Charles 4. TOwne-and a number or WASH
ington Democrats who want TO keep IN touch
with the doings OF the New-GoTk men. Inc
Richmond County delegation OF SIX men was
also on this train Harry Payne w hitney.
delegate and John Fox also went at this time.
The rank and file of the Tammany delegates
will go to Albany to-day. in two trains. or.
rather, one train in two sections OF seven cars
each Senator George w. Plunkitt VIII have
charge CT the first. which will leave here at SOU
o'clock; Senator Martin Of the second. at $40.
In all there will be some four hundred and
eighty delegates.
Senator Plunktt declared yesterday that six
hundred men would 90 TO Albany 10 hurrah for
Tammany. Senator Plunkitt is not at all recon
ciled to Mr.. Hills victory as to the instructed
delegation for Judge Parker, and showed II
plainly. Tammany would not submit tanely' ne
said but would put up stn fight.
Who are you, Mr.. Hill?" will be the Tam
many battle cry, according to Senator PlunlItt.
Who are you?" will ring from six hundred
Tammany men who are going 10 get into the
convention. You haven't a Congressman; you
haven't any delegates; we don't know YOU, the
Tammany men will say; but the Parker dele
gates viii outvote them.
Senator 7. II. McCarren end the other MEM
bers Of the Democratic State Committee from
Kings County with the exception OF Hugh Nc
Laugnln. went to Albany yesterday. The SEN
ator John w. Weber and John L. Shea started
in the morning. On afternoon train We're
James Shevlin, Deputy Fire Commissioner Will
lam A Doyle and Edward Glinnen. With them
were James r. Farrell. who. il is understood,
viii represent Mr.. Mclaughlin at the meeting
Of the State Committee. Several other dele
gates to the Democratic State Convention went
to Albany last night Among them were Aiagis-
crate T. Castor Higginbotham and exDistrict
Attorney James W. Ridgway. The remainder
Of the delegation, including alternates and their
friends will leave the Grand Central Station on
a special train Of four at $40 O'Clock this
morning There will be about one hundred and
twenty people in the party, which VIII ne III
charge of Magistrate Frank F. O'Reilly.