New-York tribune., 1911-02-28

4 Metz, that Mr. Shepard, in spite Of his
cratic party and its PRINCIPLES, openly
threatened to bolt the ticket and stump the
state against II unless Mr.. Metz were set
aside in favor OF some other man.
| have never quite understood why Mr..
Shepard in 1895 decided TO defeat Edward
Nj. Grout, tile regular Democratic candi-
date for Mayor OF the old city of Brooklyn.
II will be remembered that In that cam
paign Mr.. Shepard ran independently and
received about nine thousand votes, a sutii-
eien' number to ssGGeomp@!sh the defea, i,et Of
time turned that city over 10 the Republ-
cans. headed by Mayor Wurster.
What was the matter with AIR. Grout?
Some years later the voters OF the greater
city answered that question when they
twice elected Mr. Grout for Controller. ana
urged upon him even 10 accept d third nom
ination, 80 great had been his services in
why was il in the city campaign Of 1909
that Mr.. Shepard, after nominating Mr..
Gsyror for Mayor, refused 20 make any
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Il is perhaps entirely within the rights
Of man who fails 10 get the support OF
Tammany Hall 10 abuse its leaders and
rail at its power. but MI Shepard was
very glad To accept It's support when he
was its candidate for Iayor in 1901, and his
friends have since that time several times
sought fayors for him from Tammany Hall.
IL is seldom necessary for me 70 dwell on
personal matters. do not believe in doing
so now. Yet perhaps II is necessary for
the information Of the Democratic voters
Of the state OF New York for me 10 say
that Mr.. Shepards frends--Mr. William
Church Osborn. Mr. John j. Crimnlins, Mr..
Frederick A. Allen, Mr. William y Dyk-
man. Mr. Lee kohn and others-called on
me to solicit the support Of Tammany Hall
in the interest Of Mr.. Shepard's candidacy
for United States Senator. This was long
before the Joint caucus was held al Albany
on January le,
Incidents at Rochester.
Were I to go back further, might. speak
OF various incidents which. occurred at
Rochester during the preliminaries OF the
state convention. 1t E0s made very clear
there that he would have been very glad
TO receive the support Of Tammany Hall in
his effort 10 obtain the nomination for Gov
ernor, as would Mr.. Thomas Mott Osborne
and several others who can now see so
much evil in the Democratic organization
Can any fair minded man believe that IL
the Joint caucus OF Democrats at Albany
on January &c had selected Mr.. Shepard or
Mr. Osborne there would have been any
thing but praise from these eminent gentle
men and their friends for the caucus sys-
TEN, the method by which all United States
Senators of this state have been nominated
and elected for nearly one hundred years?
The men who constitute the minority
went into caucus before January IL i'm or
der TO select Senator Wagner and Speaker
L
Senate and Assembly and since that date
! they again went into caucus to elect Mr..
| Elkus as Regent of the university Of the
| state.
those cases and their refusal to caucus on
! the senatorship? is II that Mr.. Shepard
and his friends only want to play when
| thew are sure they are 10 win? Their
! criticism Of Tammany Hall is beside the
| point 1t IS the old resort of the loser.
| They know in their hearts how unfounded
are the charges which they make against
| the Democratic organization of New York
If Tammany were what Mrr, shepard sug-
| Cleveland William J. Bryan, David r. Hill,
William J. Gaynor, Roswell B. Flower,
| Alton B. Parker. u. Cady Herrick,. William
! r. Hearst, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanlef: John
! A nix and many other well known Demo
! Gratis Including Mr.. Shepard himself. would
| have not been SO eager To have accepted
/ Tammanv support.
! situation. All OF our Democratic friends Of
! the minority at Albany, Mr.. Francis Lynde
! Stetson. Mr.. Shepard and nearly II others
! interested in the welfare Of the Democratic
| party. speak OF Mr.. Sheehan in strong
! terms of appreciation as 10 his capacity and
| integrity. Yet they persist y declaring
/ that Mr.. Sheehar, the candidate Of the
| party in the state, shall not be elected.
Murphy Fails to Understand.
! As plain. everyday Democrat, I cannot
understand that sort OF logic. II strikes
| me that some OF Mr. Sheehan's party as
sociates in their opposition 10 him have
! adopted for themselves a peculiar law OF
| action, set Of personal ethics, which the
! plain every DAY Democrat will not quite
understand,
! read with much interest Mr. shepard's
| remarks, which by inference. IL not by di-
! rect application, would speak Of the Demo-
| Gratis who voted in the joint caucus at Al
/ bany as q sort Of voting trust" Surely, in
MY Judgment. there would have been no
comment as to voting trust had Mr.
! Shepard or one OF the other notable Demo
| Gratis mentioned for the United States SEN
| atorship been selected by thu joint caucus
II IS not necessary TO recall TO the atten-
| tion Of such q well Informed Democrat as
| Mr. Shepard that this same voting trust
| rendered material aid 10 Samuel j. Tiden
and Grover Cleveland. William J. Bryan
! and all the Democratic candidates we have
Democrats did not speak OF Tammauy as
voting trust IT has been left for Mr.
! Shepard 20 speak Of the. organization in
that term the organization which nomi-
mated .dr. Shepard for Mayor in 1901. the
organization to which Mr. Shepard's friends
appealed Mr. Crimmins. Mr.. Osborne, Mr..
Allen and others, for support OF Mr.. Shep-
ard IN his candidacy for United States SEN
ator. and then only after lie had failed TO
obtain its support for his various candida
cieS.
Mr. Shepard speaks Of the integrity OF
the party" and I thoroughly agree with
him The iUtegrity of the Democratic
party OF the state IL at stake. The rule OF
the majority. WHICH has been the rule for
generations, cannot be set aside and the
Integrity OF the party maintained
Mr.. Shepard asks. HAS not the dilemma
been already sufficiently disastrous" Who
has been responsible for this dilemma, may
I ask Why was IL that the minority
were induced TO remain out Of the Joint
caucus OF Democrats? Would these men
have been nominated to their places in the
Legislature had II been known that they
were To oppose the candidate of the DEM
ocratc party for United States Senator
nominated accordig to every precedent IN
the history Of the party? Who induced
these gentlemen should like 20 ask, To
remain out OF their party caucus and for
what purpose were they asked 90 do 20?
Upstate Versus Tammsny,
Mr.. Shepard harks back 10 the past 10
talk OF the upstate Democracy and the
Tsmmsny Democracy. We had succeeded