New-York tribune., 1905-02-09
MURPHY OUT To FIGHT.
VAR AGAINST MCARREN.
Senator to Urge Grout for Mayor
against Mcclellan.

Peace negotiations between Charles F. Muir
ply the boss of Tammany Hail. and Senator
Patrick H McCarren. the boss OF the Brook
lyn Democracy, which have been secretly under
way for week. were suddenly broken off yes
terday, and Murphy has decided to fight McCar-
ren in every Assembly district in Kings.
Senator McCarren. who knows Murphy's feel
ing toward him. will oppose Murphy's pro-
gramme to renominate Mcclellan, and in the
city convention probably will name Controller
Grout the candidate of the Brooklyn dele
gates for Mayor
Mr.. Grout says he is out OF politics. and that
he is going TO re-engage in the practice of law
the first OF next year. That plan will not deter
him, however, it was said yesterday at Tam
many Hall. from standing as candidate for
Mayor
The bitterness between the Mayor and the
Controller broke out at the meeting of the
Board of City Record on Tuesday. Controller
CIRCUITS decision to prevent the city from ex-
tending more favors to Isaac a. Hopper, per-
sonal friend Of Mayor Mcclellan and Charles
+. Murphy, is told in another column.
big Tim" Sullivan, at the instance Of Charles
F. Murphy, made tour of Brooklyn last week.
and called certain lieutenants of Senator Nc
Carren. He went there mainly to discover the
real feeling OF Brooklyn Democrats toward Will
lam A. Doyle the Murphy leader in Brooklyn
He found that Doyle is not at all popular with
the rank and file, and reported to Mr.. Muir
ply before returning to Washington.
1t is the intention of Murphy to back another
man for the leadership in Brooklyn. unless Doyle
can make better showing.
Mayor McCleuan's quickness to fall in with
reform ideas and the ready acquiescence Of
Murphy to the idea of accepting certain propo-
sitions advanced by the good government forces
dazed McCarren for a while, but Controller
Grout set him straight again. and pointed out
to him the danger TO the Brooklyn Democracy
in the march Of affairs. From this time for
ward every grand stand" move by the Nc
Clellan administration. unless it is based on
absolute candor and followed up with sincerity
and well directed energy, will be exposed by the
Controller and Senator McCarren.
AS told in The Tribune a week ago, Murphy
was the first to extend the olive branch. He did
not co it in a way to compromise himself when
Senator McCarren spurned his offer He sent
trusted agents to sound McCarren and his dis
trict leaders. He learned they were hostile. He
found them preparing to don the war paint
Senator McCarren has no sympathy with mu-
nictpal ownership ideas, and has told Mayor
McClellan's friends He has told them that
he will fight his municipal lighting programme
to a finish, as ne knows that Tammany is not
sincere in the programme that the Mayor has
marked out.
There won't be any more peace talk, and
there won't be any peace" said one of Mr.,
Murphys friends last night. I'VE shall have
an organization in every district in Kings before
fight against Pat till get him down. He
knows what we are after Probably he will
beat US at the Brooklyn primaries. but shall
make a monkey of him at the city convention
He will nominate Grout for Mayor, just tc
punish and 10 beat Mcclellan, if he can, and
Ian tell what the end will be- Peace
negotiations were under way, but MCCarren
too stiff about getting together. Now. Wen
fight it out. We beat him in the end. I'm
less McCarren surrenders shall name a
Brooklyn man for Controller who Will head a
formidable movement against the machine over
there, and after Mcclellan is reelected we can
so in and polish McCarren off at our leisure"
Within a few days Charles r Murphy will
call Richard Croker again and ask his adj
vice about "wiping OUT McCarren. Mr.. Murphy
called on the old chieftain on Thursday of last
week, the night before the funeral John Fox
Daniel F. Mcmahon and Thomas F. Smith were
there the same time. He has not seen him
since then. Mr.. Croker is going TO be at the
Democratic Club to-day or tomorrow to shake
hands with his old friends and smoke a cigar
and Mr.. Murphy at that time, it was said last
night, will tell him that McCarren has started
in to wreck Tammany Hall and get control OF
the State Democratic organization.
The bill introduced by Senator Gardiner, of
Brooklyn, a Republican. providing autonomy for
Brooklyn, is a bill after McCarren's own heart
1t may become law. even If the Mayor should