New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21
NETWORKS NEXT MAYOR.
HE is VERY CERTAIN TO RE ONE OF THESE.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS, HABITS
HISTORY AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE
OF THE -FOUR CANDIDATES.

OF THE -FOUR CANDIDATES.
II would not be possible to ind four men moro
dlssmIlar in all respects than the four who have
been nominated in this city for the Office OF Mayor
In the essential sense Mr.. Coogan's canvass cannot
BE- considered serious one, though IL Is likely TO DC
serious enough for Mr. Coogan when all is over ana
he TO examine the and tear It has wrough'
upon his bank account IL VIII be- serious. too 10
Mr.. Grant, for the votes MFR. Coogan receives VIII
largely como from those classes Il hate tho word
classes but ! don't know better TO use In TINS
relation that until 1886 supported Tammany Han
In estimating Grants strength proper value Is NOT
attached to this fact 1t IS gleefully pointed out pS
Jammany that in 1854 when Grant ran io'
Mayor against Grace. he received 55,3Gi votes. 20
he did but In 1896 George received 6s11O votes ana
It IS highly significant that Georges strength wa
largely developed in the Tammany districts. Coosar.
of course cannot hope TO get moro than part OF
Georges vote, but whatever he does get VIII DO
dead loss 10 Grant.
While the candidates Of to-day so very unlike
II must be said of them all that they are honorable
nen, whose lives have been a credit 10 the city fcr
sonally Colonel Erhards IS by far the most attract
lve figure He S the sort Of man that men are
drawn to- His form is stalwart. powerful ana erect
Ills physical force tremendous, and in his gcnia
face are the unmsSakabe traces OF that robus' moral
courage that found expression in his war record and
in his heroic defence while Provost Marshal IL MS
Office against the Draft rioters
The exp,ceslon "a wh0e-souled gentleman tts
Colonel Erhsrdt perfectly But he IS moro than tha
lie fs practical hard headed OF affairs Tie mas
oonous supply of common sense. His life has o'ch
spent among men, and he has shown himself saga
cous student Of human nature. He reminds me
forcibly Of ex-Surroeaie Rollins. Like Mr. Rollirs
he enjoys pol tics and IS popular with what termed
opprobrlously and Otherwise, the machine Ana
yet II not appear that he ever did anything for
the machine. or that he has or ever did have any
he
for precisely the same that impe other people
10 like him. II does not some upstairs fancy,
strip man Of the ordinary human virtues 10 become
a member of the machine. Machine men are no more
selfish scarcely less scrupuous than most OF their
critics They just as responsive as other men 10
kindly treatment. and they know how to be Just as
dlsinterestcd in their relations. The danger OF
Colonel Erhardts defeat does not como from the
machine The forces working against him are the
same forces that two years ago rejected Theodore
Roosevelt Had that element known in coniradis-
tnction from the machine as the bro|n-stonc' voio
supuor;ed Mr. Roosevelt, he would have been trl-
umphantlv elected II the element, convinced
of tho mistake T. ther made, VIII to-day stand by
Erharli he VIII be elected. Tn IS as certain as the
dawn of election day. The selling OUT If IL occurs
al all will be done 10y those who are loudest IN CON
dcmnaton Of H. and who. II they are sincere In Their
profession Of desire to sec the city government
reformed and redeemed should receive Colonel
There IS something in about a New orker that
is not 70 be found In or about the people of any
whore else. He may diamonds, but they are not
Chicago diamonds lie may have big feet, Dill they
don't wobbe ! Ike ST. Louis feet lie may ooh
cultured, but he doesn't look Bostonese lie may
seem tired, but not with the Baltimore fatigue "hat
Il IS that stamp, a man a New Yorker and leads
the hotel clerks everywhere give him The best room
I'm the house. I'm sure. can't say But you viii
find It or about Colonel Erhardf IN a pronounced
expression. lie looks and walks and talks Hike
man whose life had been spent between the Hudson
and the East Rivers. lie came hose when only hVe
years old. lie went 70 school here Ills father BE-
cana poor mere, which can bo accomplished "hA
facility anywhere, perhaps, but nowhere else 50
on ckly, easily and aereeably in Ncw-Nork lie
secured place ettercarrer. and after experiences
As salesman, lie became la"-stuoeh'
and then went to the University OF vermont
20 complete his education. lie paid his college
expenses teaching school az Upper Jay, y. y where
he became famous for licking bullies who had more
muscle than brains. ono OF these had licked every
schoolmaster for five years, UNTIL when young Erhart
applied for the place he found that the irst qualica
ton demanded of him that he should tfouhce the
bully. Any scholastic deficiency would be lenlently
regarded II only he would sail in and bring the school
under subsection. His opportunity was not Slow in
coming The first suggestion he made 10 the young
man was net with brief but significant exhortation
10 co elsewhere Erhardi took of his coat and right
there before all the pupils the mill began II was
grea, fight. and within week after The bully's
smashed body had been cartod home. Erhsrdt had
twenty different offers 20 teach backwoods schools
When the war broke out he left college and came
home 10 enlist He first Joined the 9th Regiment,
but there much delay in getting OF for the
front that no lcit f. and joined the %. Tho same
ANNOYANCE was me- with here. ne joined the list
IT, too fooled away LOT Of time, and hearing one
night that the 9TH was actually going 10 start the
f.c~r vol tha mo
uniform and went with IT, So that IN his anxiety 10
get into batt.e he really three times deserer
When his tine mp ne organized cavalry reg-
mcni In Vermont in which be saw two years OF nard
fighting lie employed D provost marshal IN
this city and enlisted fewer men than any other
New York marshal Tbs was made the subject OF
compaint at Washington, 10 which Secretary sianon's
reply wa: The men he enlists may be fcw, but
they 60 TO the and fight, every one Of them.
They are not bounty Jumpers
Colonel Frharit's record since the war is we'll known
He was an Assistant Disirict-Attorney in Brooklyn.
a United states Marshal and Police Commissioner
OF this CITY, lie has practsed law with great success
ard has recently made reputation a. railroad
manager. The total receipts Of the Now-Nork and
Northern Railroad the year before it was handed over
10 him as receiver but $4,000 When he re-
turned # last Nay it's owners they had increased
10 over 500 900 In personal appearance the Colonel
l. tall largo and rather stately, though his motions
are quick and energetic His mustache i red ana
blonde hair covers HAT portion OF his head winch
! f. covered AZ all The expression Of BIS features Is
ra,Io though they suggest strong temper, and, on
tho whole ne Is handsome lie Is cocksnre Of bc'ns
elected though he takes nothing for granted ana work
with c1eat assduiiy. lie understands the SITUATION
/ thoroughly and knows that his danger lies Ia ne
/ pepubllcan falling OF TO Hewitt ThIs movement no
f sure OF heading of. for, he says: lhcy can ha'r
| 40 rnotiv, for voting against There Is no
socialist uprising to fear and Mr. Hewitt cannot
take from me the support Of my party on the preence
that the contest is between him and Grant The TACT
g. If f. between Grant and me, and the votes inat
4 a. ucul,, will he thrown away