New-York tribune., 1908-03-31
CRISIS FOR LONG PAT"
MURPHY IN BROOKLYN.
Seuen Leaders Alreody in Line
.4gainst WcCmren.

and that five or six others the verge OF
following their example
Friday evenings secret meeting at the Astor
House passed a resolution saying In substance
that the Democratic county and borough can
didates had been defeated at every election in
the last four years. though the Democratic en-
roIn1ent was greater than that of any other
local organization; that the opposition 10 Nc
Carren was now organized in every Assembly
district with the sole object of forcing him from
the leadership, and that harmony in the ranks
could only be obtained by a reorganization OK
the party in Kings County.
The men who signed the resolution are WILL
lam E. Melody leader OF the Atm Assembly Dis
trict: William K Mcclure. of the 9Th: William
y Doyle. 9Th, Thomas p Farrell. 10th'
Thomas f. Byrnes. 11th, James p Sinnott, I'D,
and Patrick r Lynch. Esd The leaders VINO
are believed be the point of joining the
"antis" are Michael L Butler. OF the 18th.
James s. Regan. 5th; J. MOrressey Gray, sth'
Police Magistrate John Naumer. 18th. and
James Kane. Sd The anti-McCarren fights su-
perintended by Borough President Coler, James
Shevin and Michael j. Flaherty have been
called off in the districts led by the siSners OF
the resolution and the fights in the other dis
tricts will be dropped their leaders join the
"antis-"
WHAT IS BEHIND MOVEMENT
The question that asked by politicians all
about the borough yesterday was. What Is De-
hind this opposition movement? What has
given IL the power 10 turn seven leaders against
McCarren?"
The answer to the puzzle seems 70 be that
Tammany Hall has again decided to attack Nc
Carren 1t was noted with interest that among
the seven who signed the resolution was Doyle.
who represented Tammany in the last big rsh1
against McCarren three years ago At that time
the opposition TO McCarren was not half SD
strong or we'll organized as at present AT thae
time the fight engineered by Tammany
| Three or four leaders who were still stand
ing with Boss" Hugh Mclaughlin joined the
| opposition. Doyle stuck out for five or SIX
months made a bad showing at the primaries
| and then made overtures Long Pat" and re-
| turned to the regular ranks Doyle's fight was
| hopeless from start TO finish.
| The present fight is in strong contrast with
| DoyIe's The antiS are organized IN every dlS-
| trict. They good leaders in the tnres
| strongest anti -McCarren men in the borough
they have the borough patronage and Of late
| Tammany patronage Only a few days ago City
| Clerk Scully who is Tamnany man. appointed
a half dozen clerks for the Brooklyn marriage
/ license bureau All were antis- When the pro-
| posaI to build the Fourth avenue subway caIns
up before the Board OF Aldermen last week
/ Tammany again stood with Coler against Con-
/ troIler Metz and Mayor Mcclellan
HAND OF LITTLE TIM
| Little Tim" Sullivan supposed TO have
| passed around the word then. and he IS believed
| to have had much do with the conversion OF
/ the seven TO anti-McCarren ideas Even Nc
| Clelan is said to be ready TO stand aside and
| watch developments He is ready TO recognizs
/ the winning party II is understood.
one of the leaders of the ants said yesterday:
! I'VE saw the handwriting on the wall when
| Murphy sent word to SculIy to appoint anti
| McCarren men in the City Clerks office. This.
| together with the alliance with the Mayor. put
| US wise I don't know who'll be the nornlnaI
| leader. but the real leader will be Murphy
| Mr. CoIer denies that Murphy or any other
| outsider is having anything whatever to do with
the present fight He issued statement yester-
day in which he said. after telling about tho
resolution and the signers. that the ants
are fighting solely TO down McCarren, and thar
no one has been picked TO succeed him
He said later: We wish If known that We
stand for the autonomy and political indepen-
dence of Kings County Democracy Our unal-
terabIe principle is that the Democratic orgdni-
zation Of Kings shall be and shall remain CO.
ordinate with that of New York County and OF
equal authority
WARMING By MR. COLER
"McCarren and Metz do not stand for county
and borough autonomy, as they showed when
they signed away all borough rights in the pro-
posed charter revision NCCarren has to-day
changed inspectors in several districts and
placed racetrack sheet writer's on the job He
believes that these men will be willing 70 take
4 chance but L want to these men and
all others that the police will to it that there
is fair play at the primaries. II there IS any
attempt at fraud OF any sort those who make
the attempt will do time have definite knowl-
edge on this subject.
Twentv-six police captains OF Brooklyn and
Queens have been shifted over primary day oy
commissioner Bingham. and there is evidences
that police will make a sPecIa! EFFORT TO pre-
serve order at the polls
vcf,arren learned of the resolution sat-
urdav afternoon receiving the information from
one of the leaders who signed il. There has
been no attempt TO get his supporters together
vet
The seven held a secret meeting on Sunday
afternoon. They said yesterday that they would
carry enough of the Assembly districts Z" cor
troll the executive committee. The districts hat
they ar. sure of are the LIST. 2d. Sd. 18th 18TH
nth and 18th besides their The lead
ers in most of these districts about ready
TO ioin the "antis'' and have the fights against
them called of. II they proPhesy correctly.
they will control fourteen of the twenty-three
districts
It was said yesterday that the next move
would be 10 request the state committee To rec
ognize the party in Brooklyn Said "antf
Yesterday: The other leaders Will come IN
when they discover that the state COMMITTEES
will recognize the McCarren delegation 10
the state convention and that after. the
convention the state committee intends u clean
house over here. That will finish McCarren in
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