The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
FOUR TAMMANY CONTESTS.
MURPHY HAS NORMALLY 81
or The fOB DELEGATES,
But Not on the Hearst PrOpOsItion- Two
beaten Leaders Exclude the winners
From the saIentiO Halls-Otner-
wise Everything was Very PcaccabSe.

wise Everything was very PenccaDse'
Although Charles F. Murphy elected a
nominal majority Of the delegates to the
Democratic, State convention at Buffalo
at the Assembly district conventions held
last night nobody pretends that they all
with him on the proposition 70
turn the entire delegation over to Hearst'
under the unit rule. Noses will not be
counted on this until the caucus 10 be held
at Buffalo Monday night.
OF the lOS delegates, from this county,
three TO a district, fifty seven are known as
Murphy men and will represent the districts
carried by Murphy at the primaries on
TlEas5av. That, would be a sufficient mum
her. of course, providing none OF them
baked. TO clap on the unit rule and throw
the vote to Hearst, but until the caucus
nobody can he sure how many will balk.
ContestinR delegations were elected in
four districts, the Seventeenth, Nineteenth,
Thirtieth and Thirty-ffth. In the first
three districts named the contesting dele
cations are made up OF Murphy men and
thew will claim the right TO be represented
in the caucus. That would give Murphy
nine more votes possibly, but il isn't likely
that this claim will be recognized, as such
COnJGEIS are ltll " NuO ONi OhiItCb
In the Seventeenth district, where r. d.
Williams, the Mcclellan candidate. beat
Matt Donohue at the primaries, two con-
y~entions were held in the same cl ubhouse.
The regular convention was set for $50
O'Clock and the place designated under the
law was the Nameoki Club at 233 West
Tooth street, which Is Donohue's headquar-
tiers.
Williams. the elected leader, went TO the
clubhouse with his brother at $50 and
found Donohue on the steps. Donohue
blocked their way and asked them what
they proposed to do. $1,000
end we propose to hold a convention here
said Williams. Donohue talked It over a
few minutes with his l~ieutenants and then
told Williams he could Use the second floor
OF the club for his convention.
lot OF people had expected trouble
and while the argument was going on
between the two leaders a crowd blocked
the street. Pretty soon thirty policemen
came along, went into the Club and formed
in line from the second floor to the street.
Everybody who went IN had 10 pass through
| this line OF ycops. A lot OF s~uperfiuous
handy men tried to force their way in, but
Williams stood out in front and prevented
them. .
Williams passed all his men up to the sec
ond floor. The Donohue men gathered
in a room on the first floor and after about
q hundred had been passed in the doors
were locked and a convention was held
at which these delegates were named to go
to Buffalo and make the contest; Matthew
r. Donohue, John W. Russell n George
| w. Bauchle. They said they would present
evidence OF fraud at the primaries and
that they expected to he seated. The
| Mcclellan men did not have the same cour-
tesies extended to them in the Nineteenth,
which is Fire Commissioner O'Brien's dis
trict. The place designated for the con-
vention was 10 Manhattan street, where j.
j Hahn, one of the two Murphy candidates
! for leader who we're defeated, has his
headquarters. When James AhaaLn, the
leader elected at the primaries by the
| Mcclellan side, showed up with 81 Of the SO
delegates, Helm and hishmen stood at the
men to go in. q,
Finally the doors were closed nd locked
In the faces OF the Mcclellan men.
The Ahearn followers kicked on the door
and demanded admittance:
Whats your business2' shouted out a
Hahn man through the keyhole. The
Ahearn people said they had come to elect
delegates.
Hahn men through the crack.
The Ahearn men decided that the door
way was as good a place as any for a con-
vention that would meet the legal require,
ments. 80 they convened there and elected
a temporary organization. Then II was
resolved to adjourn to the AheaIn CLUB
house at 35S West listh street, where the
regular. delegation was elected.
In the meantime the Hahn men, with
their castle barred. proceeded TO hold
their own convention and named these
delegates: nd
Dempsey, the Murphy men in the ThIrtieth'
followed exactly the same tactics, forcing
the Maggie men to convene on the steps OF
their ckibhouses. The Mohawk Club, the
headquarters OF John + :Cowan, haH oeeh
designated. Cowan and his followers
rot there early and kept out the Maggie men
by locking the doors. After completing
a temporary organization on the stoor
the Maggie men held the rest OF their con
vention in Nagle's headquarters at the
Kanawha Club. The Maggie men were in
stUucted to vote in the convention for any
one favored by George b. Mcclellan
The Cowan men named the following al
their delegates: John r. CoWan, wallace
Fraser, William j. Ellis
t3Joseph l.. Berry. the new PARK Com,
jssioner Of the Bronx, who was defeated
for the leadership Of the rty-f nth As
sembly district by William E. Morris
next door 10 the Tammany organization
Headquarters. They are COMMISSIONS
Rerry' Joseph J. Marion and Louis A
. Risse. They were instructed for Sulzer
. Thev will fight for recognition in the con
~ventiOn.
, In the First district, Tan Fins, tb'
delegates we're instructed to stiCe ~ r.
unit rule il it was decided upon. Finn II
with the Sullivans.
1 No instructions we're given in any Of thu
, other districts. The Murphy men Rad re
> oeived orders az to this, IL was raid. .
: Fire COMMISSIONS O'Brien end Com
missioner William b. Ellison were smonI
Z the three delegates rsned in the. NiEe
teenth. Frank NJ. 0'Brien, the Mayor
secretary, will so from the Fifteenth
/, Hayan's district. Payne Whitney is a dele
. gate from the Twenty-ninth. Lewis Nixcl
and Congressman BCurke Cochran wen
r named 10 go with Mr.. Murphy from his
own district the Twelfth! John {. SheebsI
! who has been formally reinstated in tn
fold. was named in the Twenty-ffth. i
most cases the district leaders will hea
/ the dele 1ations,
, The following are the delegates elected
: the straight Murphy men being marke
= M:
1 n,J Dfd.
H,"nenirI = Fins. Isl v. Covgcy,M..
T. u. sullivan. Jacob NHrts' ".
1 s-WUIeu J. RIordAn. . I0-JhmCs Ahram.
Al TllmS. J. IL. O'5rlsn.
Il SaliArstein. ". u. Ellison.
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