New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-09
Republicans Say Ar Smith
Would Expose Election
Deal at Once.
SWEET HAD OFFER
LIKE PROGRESSIVES
Speaker Tells How Two Visitors
rendered His Party Support
If Batten Could Stay.
tBy telegraph 10 The Tribune. !


Albany. March s.-Legislators here to-
Frederick N. Davenport and II. l. Stod-
dard. state leaders of the National Pro-
gressives. that Homer d. Call. State
Treasurer and Michael Schaap. Progress
sive leader OF the Assembly. GUST George
w. Batten, Deputy State Treasurer. and
other Tammany men under Call.
Davenport and Stoddard made the de-
mand following the published charges
that Call was elected as the result OF a
deal between the Tammany legislators
and some OF the Progressive leaders. The
agreement TO elect a Progressive with
details OF the deal entered into between
the Progresslves and the Tammany crowd
were published exclusively In Tho Tribune
several days before the election
They would not dare 10 GUST Baton"
said a prominent Republican hero toe
night. "lt they did, the Democratic Lead
ers. notably 'Ap Smith. the minority
leader, would rise on the floor and de-
rounce them for their troachery. This
Piogressives entered into n solemn pact
with the Tammany men. and they are In
honor bound 10 keep IT,"
There was deal" said Speaker Sweet
tonight 10 The Tribune correspondent.
Two prominent Democrats, high IN tue
councils of their party, first came 10 mo
and offered TO swing every vote they con-
ttolled-far more than enough 10 elect
10 the Republicans If I would agree 10 let
Batten and the other Tammany men In
the State Treasurer's Office remain. told
them that ] would not enter into any
such deal, and they then left me- told
the Progressives before the deal was con-
summatcd that they were wearing tho
shoes the Republicans had spurned'
Speaker Sweet would not say who ths
two Democrats were that came TO him,
but on reliable information IT was learned
Il at one of them was al" Smith.
While the deal was being arranged be.
tween tho Progressives and tho Tammany
crowd. the Tribune correspondent re-
ceived details of Il from a Progressive in
the confidence OF Schaap and from lead
ing Tammany legislator From both sides
the information was that "Al' Smith and
Schaap were working out the details OF
the compact
Call has repeatedly announced that hs
will not GUST Batten or any other Tam
many man in the office unless he is incom-
petent- He. like Schasp and the remain
der Of the Progressives, Gays there was no
deal. When the charge was made on tho
floor OF the Assembly Schaap repudiated
IT, and his population was greeted with
laughter. hut ZAP Smith made no efforts
to deny the charge.
Stoddard's and Davenport's demand that
Batten and the other Tammany men
under Call be Ousted to prove that there
was no deal IS one OF the rare bits OF
humor that has crept into the proceedings
here. Not only did the Progressiyes
promise 10 keep Batten and the other
Tammanyites in Office If the Democrats
voted for Call, but they also promised TO
vote with the Democrats to keep the
Republicans from wiping out the Depart
nent OF Efficiency and Economy. This is
on the word OF a Progressive Assembly
man.
This part of the covenant between Tam
many and the Progressives failed because
several OF tho Progressive Assemblymen
several days before hand they
v ould vote with the Republicans. and no
one could make them do otherwise.