New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-05
MURPHY-HEARST DEAL.
FIGHT AGAINST LANTRY.
fire Commissioners Supporters
Force a "Sho5Cdo5cn.~

Ths Murphy men have Joined forces With tho
Hearst men IN the 18th Assembly District 20 beat
Fire Commissioner Lantry foF the Tammsuy Lead
ership. Last night. at the new Murphy head
quarters No. 155 East ga street. tho chairman OF
the meeting. Timothy r OConnen. called on the
anti-Lantry men TO show their loyalty 70 William
r. Hearst and Tammauy HAN BY supporting ex-
Alderman Thomas r. Baldwin and beating Lantry
az the primaries In September
At No. on East 18th street. thu Lantry head
quarters Baldwin, who Is chairman OF the general
COMMITTEES Of the 18th district. smoked OUT
by the Lautry men. and declared himself a eandi-
date for leadership. The Baldwin men were on
hand In considerable numbers, expecting 20 catch
the Lantry men mapping but the friends Of the Fire
Commissioners were out IN fun forcs and tha resolu-
tons pledging fsalty 70 Murphy. which tina Bald
win men expected to pass. were not even miro
dueed-
One Of the humorous phases Of the situation -
that ex-Alderrnan Baldwin Is tho owner OF the
regular district clubhouse. which now Is controlled
by the LantFy men. and Baldwin has moved with
his followers TO the Murphy headquarters at No
155 East I'D street This is Grand Army VstsEan
headquarters and the walls OF the room ara dsco-
rated with the pictures OF Union ksnarals and Rs-
publicans.
Henry w. Ungsr presided last pighs at ths Tan
try meeting. week ago set of resolutions do
cIaring against interference from outside interests
was passed unanimously. Baldwin says the rssolu-
tons were a slap &C him LAST Night the Lantry
men caught sight OF Baldwin In the audience, and
OF them called on 6&i4Stn % GscAa[e l-l11sx1-
Mr. Baldwin at first was disposed 70 remain
quIescent but Mr. Cngsr repeated the demand
what right have you sot 60 ask re 20 dsoiars
myselfT' asked Baldwin "Xou DON'T Evs In this
district any longer"
According % the Court o. Appeals. am back N
this district said MIR UnSsr, "and I've got TIE
same RIGHT 10 ask where the chairman OF ecs gen.
eraI committee Of this district stands as any Ds1o-
"vveYL" said Mr. Baldwin. seeing that hs was
cornered 81 am not afraid % say ehat an aSa.nst
the present leader OF this district and that
soines 10 be a candidate for the leadership from
This time on. Mr.. Lantry neysr cd anytnin{ Tor
me. and there is reason % oelSys s2ai % az nos
asked me TO be candidate Cor lsacsrs and have
tOld them would stand
aiGravs SnppcTtsd the rexHls- ticket bu. he de-
clared that In 1890 tneTs was oSAossAJ ano IA
TsiS anseTed Asssmhiyrnan Marty McCus. ths
former pugllist. who jumped on chair and saits
"Ycu. Baldwin, say that you Rave always been
know Won ala not support mel An you n poll
tics you owe to STank Lantry. and nsw yo.s Urn
SIa nfinnated thst lie was not AFRAID OK any Bald
Seeing that tns Lantry men were IN a majority.
ters. In Cd street. and listened to their own speak
erS
said that Charles F. Murphy was OF ths great
est political generals the World ever produced
pTOperfy supported this district to-day would not
Be- represented b. little Dutch Alderman
"a little Jew Alderman tnteTJecEet a brawry
rrfshmRu. referring 60 DIT. Leonard Jacobson the
Republican Alderman from the 18th.
''sh-sh-shF' said the scared chairman. as BE
glanced aPPrehensively toward 2 section q tae
Edward F. Mann then made snort speech. and
the Chairman then called Tor three cheers Tor Bald
zation Is Solomon D. Rosenthal. and tho secretary
Is William NJ. FelieTnan.