New-York tribune., 1913-11-14
ANTET|GER DEMOCRATS
LAY PLANS FOR BATTLE
committee of rs Prominent In
dependents Will Probably Be
Announced To-day.
TWO METHODS PROPOSED
Come Leaders Urge Attack
from Outside, Others Favor
Reorganizing Wigwam-
$4,000 Alliance Votes.

ri. leaders in several independent anti
nom Democratic organizations
',.orrbout the city met yesterday at the
afrce Of Stuart g. Gioboney' at NO o"
,,r,s5 street. 10 discuss plans for the
1-.,a,ior Of city-wide organization Tor
49,. r,,rnose OF breaking the hold OF Tam
-, Han on the machinery of the local
T,o,,,,cracv al the primaries. The move
u,srt was started at a meeting OF the
..i-Taun,anv Jeffersonian Alliance. OF
~',,cb Mr.. Gibboney is leader Tuesday
.,gnt when it was decided 20 invite all
the anti-Tammany organizations to CO.
orerate IN the cause.
letters were sent yesterday 10 twenty
SOC nrominent independent Democrats IN
.he citv. who are expected to accept mem
hersbip on a general committee of that
,rr,ber 10 formulate definite plans Mr..
cibboney said this committee probably
,.,,Id be announced to-day. There Is
adherence OF opinion among the leaders
., the movement as TO whether the best
rAsults would be accomplished by attack
inr Tammany from the outside. through
,be rrinaries. or devisng a method OF
rso-rsnizIng Tammany from the inside.
lanes J. Martin. a former Tammany
leader was al the meeting in Mr.. Glib
boney's office yesterday. and suggested
thai the most effective way TO tear up
the Murphy regime in Tammany Han
was 10 call meeting Of the Democratic
County Committee, which was formerly
known as the Tammany Hall general
committee. and insist upon reorganiza-
lion from the inside.
Martin felt sure that a sufficient num-
Der Of members Of the county commit
Zee could be persuaded TO support a con-
certed movement against the present
Tammany organization. 1t was pointed
out that a majority Of the county COM
mlttee in the various districts, If they
wsre opposed 10 Murphy. could elect new
district leaders who make up the eN-
ecutive committee Of Tammany Hall, and
the executive committee in turn would be
able TO depose Murphy and select new
leader.
Martin favored this more direct method
Of attack and reorganization. he said,
because Invariably all movements di-
rected against Tammany from the out
side failed sooner or later" usually dying
a natural death because Of cooling inter
est and enthusiasm. DR.. Thomas Oar
lington. who ran for Borough President
on the Tammany ticket, is chairman OF
the Democratic County Committee. and
Robert Adamson is among the members.
Mr.. Gibboney and some Of the other
"independents" were inclined 20 doubt
that a sufficient number of the county
committeeman would support the move
ment that Mr. Martin suggested, but the
whole subject will be thoroughly dis
cussed AZ subsequent meetings OF the
representatives OF the antTammany or
ganizations.
The JeGersonian Alliance, which ap-
pears 20 be the nucleus Of the anti
Tammany movement. polled $500 votes
at the recent election, it was said. 1900
OF which were polled in Brooklyn. Mem
bers Of the Alliance claim the credit for
the election Of Benjamin y. Cardozo 70
the Supreme Court bench and Of LOUIS
D. Gibbs 70 a county judgeship in The
Bronx. as we'll as Douglas Mathewson'
the new Bronx Borough President.