The sun., 1908-05-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SiIS IT WAS 4 GOOD DINNER. BUT
HE'S STILL FOR M'CARREN,

The Tammany chief Needs Help From
brooklyn 10 Control city Convention.
Comptroller Metz dined with Charles F..
/ Murphy and j. Sergeant Cram at Del
} mOncO's on Tuesday night and politicians
! were full Of airmisee when the fact came ont
| yesterday Mr.. Metz admitted that he had
had long talk with Mr., Murphy on po-
! litical matters.
Was anything said which indicated To
you that Mr. Murphy wanted an opening
to suggest that 1t might be to your polItl-
cal advantage 10 throw McCarren oyerf'
Mr.. Metz was asked.
! NO the Comptroller replied. Mr..
Cram wrote asking me 10 he his guest at
/ dinner and meet Mr.. Murphy, and damn
good dinner II was too; and II Cram wants
! 10 invite me to another dinner Of that Kind
! he can depend on me.
"Of course we talked politics. That was
inevitable. knew that was tue reason
| why ! was asked 20 Co. We discussed-all
kinds of politics, national, State and city,
but all that 1t amounted 10 was general
exchange Of views,
utIt are lNllol " bollb ai0hAN WV wv
HAL, MIR Metz was told, that Murphy Is
seeking to wean you from McCarren aud
az an induCemsnt Ia willing either 10 re-
nominate you next year or nOminateyou Tor
some other high office In the city govern
ment"
No suggestion Of the kind was made,
Mr.. Metz answered with some warmth;
"all that we did was 10 discuss politics gen
orally. McCaTens name was not men'
toned IL was not necessary, because
Murphy aud every one else knows where
stand; they know that have always been
aud always will he a friend and supporter
Of McCarren. Nothing that Murphy could
offer me would make me 60 back on McCar-
rem
Democrats In this borough and in Brook
lyn are disposed to take the incident seri
ously. They profess to see In Murphy's
sudden friendship for Metz another de-
velopment Of the plans Of Mr.. Murphy to
control the city convention next year
Having failed In his descent with Mr., Cram
upon Queens to obtain control Of the Demo-
cratic organization 10 that borough by an
alliance with Patrick j. Mara aud Sheriff
Herbert s. Harvey. chairman Of the Queens
county Democratic committee, he needs
Brooklyn badly, and TO get It be must beat
McCarren at the primaries or make terms
with him. Delegates TO the city convention
are protected by the primary law and can
not be unseated by such methods as we're
followed by Murphy and Conneu In the
State convention Murphy expects to have
a number Of contests on his hands in his
own county.
Comptroller Metz. with the patronage he
has at his disposal, could be Of immense
assistance TO Murphy in capturing control
Of the Kings county Democratic machine
particularly as Mayor Mcclellan has in
formed Senator McCarren that he will take
no sides 10 the fight
Borough President Coler is now Murphy's
principal lieutenant IN Brooklyn. Coler
has provided places for the anti -McCarren
men that Metz put out Of the Finance De-
partment, but despite this evidence on
Colers part to help along Murphy's plans
in Brooklyn friends Of Murphy have been
heard TO say that the Tammany leader had
not too much confidence in Coler.
When MIR. Metz was asked yesterday il
Colers name had been mentioned at the
dinner he said that II had not. and added |
There was no reason why Coler should !
have been mentioned, because Mr. Murphy |
and guess every other Democrat on both |
sides Of the Fast River knows how stand |
with regard to Coler'
Mr.. Metz has over q scor0 Of vacancies to |
fl in his department. and a. these places !
are to be filed soon the politicians will wait |
with interest to observe whether the men
he appoints are friends Of MOCarren or are
allied with Murphy.