Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-16
DUST BROOKLYN BOSS
McCarren Thrown Out Of
York State Convention By
Tammany
RIOT ALMOST PREcIPlTATED
Boss Murphy Wins Spectacular Vic
tory, But Party in the State May
Split = McCarren Says He Will
Carry Fight to the Denver Conven-
ton.

New York, April 16.-Tammany
Leader Charles +. Murphy and his ally,
William j. Corners, chairman of the
democratic state committee, weeded
Patrick FL. McCarren, the democratic
boss of Brooklyn, out of the organZa-
ton late yesterday after one of the
most sensational sessions of a state
convention ever held in this state. 1t
followed a dramatic appearance OF
Senator McCarren before the conyen-
ton In which he hurled defiance at
Tammany and threatened it's disrup-
ton.
In one of the boldest games ever
played in democratic state politics. the
committee on contested seats, after
and rivaling the record of the notorious
committee at the Buffalo convention of
1906, threw the Brooklyn leader out Of
the convention.
With him went all but six of his
sixteen district delegations and all but
one of his eight members of the state
committee. This action was ratified by
the convention after a fight on the floor
that will long be remembered. His tenn
porary eclipse is as complete as Nc
Carren's worst enemy could desire and
his humiliation quite as bitter as even
Charles f. Murphy could hope for.
~. .,,l
experience, the Tammany tiger has at
last set its paws in Brooklyn, the ter
ritory the Tammany organization has
coveted for years.
Senator McCarren will take a con-
testing delegation to the Denver con-
vention.
Pale, calm and with his fighting
clothes, Senator McCarren stepped to
the platform amid Whirlwind of
cheers and catcalls and for a half-hour
hurled defiance at Tammany Hall and
predicted the defeat of the democratic
party in the state and in the city. No
more picturesque fight was ever made
before political body in New York
than that of the Brooklyn leader
He looked Charles +. Murphy. who
SAT c1OSt 10 tilt SletSS. ~ siaS
eve He ignored the boots and Kisses
that came from the Tammany delega-
ton. He said the dem ocratic party by
such behavior as that of yesterday was
itself for the grave. He hint
ed at revenge" and reminded the
Of the convention that they
We're menacing the success of the par
ty.
AS he concluded his remarkable adj
dress there We're scenes that were al
most riotous. Insulting epithets were
hurled from many parts of the hall and
scores of delegates We're on their feet,
shouting and waving their arms.
From the Tammany delegates Nc
Carren was branded as TRAITOR" and
a bad loser" From the galleries he
was called a fighter and "real dem
ocrat.'
Charles M. Bulger as chairman of the
committee on contested seats, de-
nounced the attitude of Senator Nc
Carren, and declared that there had<i
been no intention on the part of any
member of the committee to deprive
any one of his rights" A chorus of {.
sBoos' greeted the statement and the
chairman had difficulty in restoring or
her, McCarren men who followed Nc
carren on the platform threatened
openly to knife the democratic ticket
and speakers from the western and
northern part of the state by their Wig
,rous attacks on the action of the ma
chine, showed beyond question that
there will be bad split in the party
.hruout the state.
To shut off debate on the majority |
and minority reports, Mr. Bulger
moved the previous question and i'm
nediately the clerk began the reading
IF the roll call. The result was 325 |
votes in favor of the report unseating !!
he McCarren delegation and SO against
Immediately after the taking of the |
vote the McCarren delegates, headed
oy their tall leader arose and left their
seats to give place to the men who |
had been favored by the committee. |
There was an admixture of cheers and I
Misses as the men strobe down the
main aisle Outside Senator MeCarren
vas surrounded by an immense throng
md almost mobbed by well-intended
PERSONS The demonstration in front of
carnegie hall was remarkable.
81 have only this to say" said Nc
,arren, that we shall take our dele
rates to Denver"
Successful delegates, headed by Bird