New-York tribune., 1911-01-16
CALL SHEEHAN SENATOR
'0FF TO ALBANY CAUCUS CA
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Ian, his confidential adviser; Willian
Fitzpatrick, Of Buffalo. and AlderHa''
Sullivan, first lieutenant Of the bi''
County boss over their dinner tne'
were electng the Senator.
Outside in the lobby were multltuue
OF political workers of all degrees, ana
few legislators-the pawns in this sen
atorship game. Every chair. every set
tee, was filed. big Tom" Foley leaned
against the hotel desk, a cigar cooked
toward the ceiling, and talked with "Ar
Smith, his Assemblyman. who happens
to be majority leader this year.
Nothing Oisturbs Murphy.
All the hustle and confusion, all the
vari-coored gossip and inside informa-
tion" peddled from group to group Of the
hangers-on in the lobby. disturbed Muir
ply and his little coterie OF bosses not
at all They sat long over their dinner,
calculating, reckoning appraising the ex-
act Importance OF each move IN the
game, ascertaining precisely the position
Of each legislator-pawn and the prob
able value Of each little sub-boss From
time to time some Of the lesser men
would he permitted to join the group
for few moments-McCooey, who Is
supposed 10 he supporting Shepard. but
is reckoned very close to Murphy" by
the lobby politicians; or Cassidy. OF
10 ,T II .
o repetition, TO the great edif1cation OF
the assembled multitude, of what had
been going on in Murphy's room all the
afternoon and early evening" complet-
ing Of the details Of electing a United
States Senator by a political boss.
Not a man was there but responded
when Murphy, the big boss, spoke; not
a man there who questioned for one mo-
ment Murphy's right and might to do
what pleased him The Sheehan shouters
would have resented II If he had de-
clared. when his conference finally broke
up, that Sheehan must be beaten. There
would have been hard words and bitter
threats Of reprisal. but they would have
been muttered under breaths; for Muir
ply. Murphy Of Tsmmany, absolutely
dominates everything here, even more
than he dominated the Rochester con
vention which made him the state boss;
bot the Sheehsn shouters had no thought
tonight of anything but praise for Muir
ply. He was Mr. Murphy to them,
and they had no question about his best
motives" That they left 10 the Shepard
supporters.
In all the big delegation which came
down from the Lake City to-day to work
for Sheehan, there was nobody to-night
who wasn't as loyal 70 Murphy as the
most ardent Tammany man. 1t was
queer assortment too, this group OF
Buffalonians-"silk stoCkinged" lawyers
and business men side by side with very
practical politicians. Mayor Fuhrnanh
was there with ex-Mayor Adam, who
once was anti-Sheehan, and ex-Mayor
Bishop, who. as an enti-Sheehan Mayor,
was the victim Of sheehan's famous
ripper bill"
Mayor Adam said they came because
the sentiment of Erie was virtually
unanimous for sheehan His statement
follows:
There is no opposition to him in Buff
falo. This delegation. I might say Is
the most unanimous delegation that ever
left Buffalo in the interest of any can
didate.
Perhaps there are two or three per-
sons In Buffalo who would like to see
~ t.,tt 1za ~ Il
tial men there in both parties who have
watched his career and been associated
with him during the past few years are
for him. It is too bad that twenty years
after a man has been I'm public lite-at
a time when he is seeking political hon.
ors 10 which he Is Justly entitled-carp-
ing critics shall measure the man of to-
dav by what he did two decades before.
Mr.. Sheehan in his younger years d'd
some things. perhaps. that he would not
do nov. They were not dishonest-far
from it-they were done in the spirit Of
the times People fought differently
then than they do now Mr.. Sheehan
was always a hard but a fair fighter,
and there Is nothing In all his record
that could I'm the slightest degree make
him unfit to sit in the United SsteS
Senate.
sheehsn Makes Speech.
The delegation went 10 Sheehan's
rooms early this evening to greet him.
He made a little speech Of thanks.
This is a great, great honor" he said.
"I shall always appreciate it, even If the
Senatorial campaign comes to naught'
1t happens. though, that tonight there
is another Buffalonian here who didn't
come with the Sheehanites. He is Henry
w. Kileen, formerly corporation counsel
there. and an avowed Shepard man.
IL used TO be great Sheehan man."
he SAYS. But | changed-aud l think
Sheehan changed, too. l am heartily in
favor of the election Of Mr.. Shepard. I