New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
"SHEEHAN BEATEN"
SAYS ROOSEVELT
1ammany Leaders Equally Con-
fidert That To-day's Confer
ence FavorS Their Man.
nix SUGGESTED MEETING
sbeehan Men Exerting Every In
suence to Swing Boilers to
Tammany Candidate, Real
izing Crisis Is at Hand.
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,ibanv. Feb In Il desperate effort
-. hrosk the senatorial deadlock and get
-, democratic troubles Strengthened out
..,,ebov leaders i'm both houses Of the
,.cislsture to-day announced a confer
- NJ the Democratic members of the
,acislaturc for $50 a. m. tomorrow.
,r,is conference was called on the sug-
els,ion of Governor Dix. though the
roverror modestly disclaims the credit
for IT,
Nobodv has any very clear notion to-
.b, what will come out of this con-
,,rence. beyond the fact that it probably
riu afford an opportunity for some very
.,a,r talk ON both sides which may or
~ NOT clear the atmosphere. For once
-. e,,ppcrtcrs Of William +. Sheehan
I'D his adversaries are united-on the
o,oeition that it undoubtedly Will
~ crisis in Sheehans candidacy.
ebeeran men arc cxulting tonight
d.clarine that they are about TO pu'
e,e over" tomorrow which will wind up
-, deadlock in short order. Some ~
,bsm say they have nine of the anti
ebeehan legislators who after the con
t,repce will come into the SheeAah
,smp Others place the figure at cieh''
some very conservative men at only
four.
lnsuroents VIII Leave Caucus
n, tho other hand, the men who have
,ssn voting against Sheehan held
,,setinz this afternoon, as result y.
rb,,b tno, declared that Sheehan coulo
~, possibly be elected Senator al any
.rs This meeting was attended d!
,.r,o mon who did not sign the secret
sg-eement to stand out against posS
cbosen senatorial candidate. They agreeu
n 60 into the conference IN the it'o'".
DC brt 10 leave it at the first sign Oh
~. offor. 10 turn il into caucus
"Mr Sheehan is beaten salu Ne'" 'o'
Roosevelt after this meeting. l am per
toctlv confident that not one OF our il'"
will change his position.
"At the anti-Sheehan mems meeting
-
,bere were twenty-five legislators pres
~, Man for man. they pledged them
selves to stand fast and vote against
sbeehan. despite anything Wh'ch might
occur in the conferences.
They also mapped out a plan oi cam
r2icn for the conference discussion sen
ator Roosevelt is to speak for the sign
-. of the secret anti-boss agreement
Assemblvman Shortt. OF Richmond Tor
the anti-Sheenan men who did not sign
tho agreement Assemblyman OConnor
will present the views OF the lndepen-
dence League.
The anti-Shechan men contend that L.
after tie whole matter Is thrasheG out
tomorrow. it appears that Sheehan is
10 nearer election than before he VIII
he forced 20 withdraw or release Boss
Murphy from further support of him.
Otherwise ne will stand before the pub
uc they say. clearly charged with the
responsibility for the deadlock and all
resultant damage 10 the Dix administra-
tion and Democracy IN general
Certainly Mr.. Sheehan's supporters
we're making one grand roundup to-
night. as if everything depended on the
vote 10 ne taken tomorrow after the
conference. Corridors Of the hotels pre-
sented scenes resembling those Of
Democratic state convention. All the
bosses and bosslets from upstate Tam
many district leaders, the captains or
tens and the captains Of hundreds were
here. All were at work tightening the
screws
II any method Of persuading an anti
Sheehan man to get into line behind the
Murphy-Wall Street candidate was over
looked, these men will reproach them
seyes because Of IL for months. For
they sssuredly are faithful and jealous
IN endeavoring 10 break this deadlock
to break il their way.
Anti. Sheehan Men Worried.
60 vigorously were they working that
they had the i-Sheehan camp sadly
disturbed. For the first time this year
the men who have been leading the fight
against Sheehan were uncertain about
the number OF men who would stand
against him in the vote tomorrow.
They affirmed their belief that all the
anu-Sheehan men would stick, and said
there might be accessions to their ranks
Yet they declared that the pressure
being exertcd OH a few Of the insurgents
was so terrific that these men, being
merely human beings, il would not be
extremely surprising If they yielded
10 il.
As proposed the conference is to
b. merely a "talkfest." No definite ac-
uon is planned for the meeting; no very
oehnite notion prevails as to action after
H. u is intended To be get-together
shair for the propagation Of that rare
hrd' Democratic harmony" through
me interchange Of views and discussion
OF remedies for the present lamentable
disagreement
whether anything i'm the nature Of a
compromise candidate will be agreed on,
Ut whether the discussion will get as far
es the Identity OF compromise candi-
"s'es' Is matter Of pure. conjecture. II
seems pretty certain that if some Of the
Sheehan men do whit they are saying