New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-17
ONLY CROKER KNOWS.
GLE ALONE CAN TELL WHOM TAMNANY
WILL NOMINATE
uut, sPHINx-LIKE BIG CHIEF KEEPS Up \
POWERFUL THINKING, But SAYS NOT
UNDERGRADUATES WHO ARE
TALKED ABOUT
TALKED ABOUT.

TALKED ABOUT.
,,.rdav passed without any sign from the
sor,urbable sphinx of the wigwam in East Four
...ntb-st as 10 whom he has selected Tor the
,,arous Offices TO be filed this fall. The edhEihs
snectacIe of the who is TO decide upo"
Che candidates to be nominated tonight at 1ah-
,ranv Hall wrapped in the solitude of his rneolta-
lions and refusing to take anybody into ms coh-
Adence was continued with entire success ~
,.a6srs chief or sachem. far as was leaTheo
was able TO get close enough to Mr.. CROKER "
And out what he has determined TO 40 WIN any
of the important offices OF Controller ps'0'
Attorney. Surrogate or Sheriff A prominent mem
Der of, the Committee of Thirty sara WIZ" "Pp
candor yesterday
81 have absolutely no knowledge OF MI CROKER
Intentions is worth one straw TO hu'cate
whom he intends nominating 'hous"' '
morning that Controller Myers had peen 'u,.
down TO a certainty. but / possessed OF ho''''s
on which TO base my confidence leaineu '"''
now that Nelson Smith is slated for Distric'-N'-
tornev. De Iancey Nicoil having refused re-
nomination with the conditions attached pu. 'niS
may be blown to the winds before sunni, , WI
YOU that nobody but Richard croker hno"9 any
thing about it, ,., to-,
Mayor Gilroy when applied to Tor Hiorha.io"'
said: Don't ask me. am no, INFORMED "Do.
the candidates. My time IS occupied just no" WIFI
preparations for Manhattan Day
Corporation Counsel Clark Sald 40 no' %
,ieve that ANYTHING will be settled uhul 'he TA
scu,ive Committee meets tomorrow afternoon
Controller Myers said that he had hedtu ho'""is
h,oh oousod him 70 change his belief that MS
s.rvices as controller would END OH December d.
next None of the other supposed cahd'da'es' 'V'e'
= Never Mr. Cookers partner III re"h ~
auctioneerng; City chamberlain Joseph - y Do"o
., pouoo commissioner John &. Sheehan. John
n Crimmns j. Edward Simmons ana 'oionei
George B. Mcclellan. could be induced 10 ,'iN'
II was considered doubtful whether any oil them
nessessed information on the subject
murine the afternoon friends of Delaney Nicell
said that he was positively "out oil H. haN"'s oe-
,,rd The reason given for his declinaton was
that Mr. Croker wanted to name the assistant .na
Mstr - Attorneys and Mr. Ncoll refused to agree
10 this Nelson smith chairman OF the iamianS
IAN, ms Sat- Assistant District-Attorney Vernon
NJ Davis also said 10 be iavorlte TOT i tnS
Mace Mr. Smith has been an applicant loi 'hi1su
States District Attorney for several months ine
report to Mr. Nicolrs decnnaoh nau .' Tbnmss
y Grady for District-Auorney. but little STOCK
"g Iohn r. Y. Arnold came the front again yes
terSiay for Surrogate and 1t was SAID tha pa ne
would be nominated in place OF Su pnc To- pSur
kilograms upon senator Hill begging nm TO COM ,
Ransoms rescue rse ne ,Sca appeais NOBODY
se pnnors nreiIdical 10 Under-Sherif John t.
Sexton's chances for the Shrevaty were circua,-
ing all day yesterday ana some Oh M iiie" NJ
hrew up was the oo lpodne upon az the coming man by
many who were supposed to have proper means ior
finding out , ,o.. ,,,,, laaasr was
asked. " , - o. .s tn
answer ,, ,,. :. ,.s ,houobt
stood close the place where the Sheriff iiShtmns
might strike and II he didn't succeed. Larry
raimour was likely TO be the man. Police Justice
Thomas L. Feltners name remained upon the lisl
az nisbtfail Rut many Of Under-Sheritf Sexton
hsckers had not given up the fight. notwithstanding
the discouraeing reports which seemed to start
from the Wigwam. ;,,
The only sure winners TO whom a renomlna
fon was conceded on all hands were Miles bescn
for Judge Of the Court of Common Pleas ana
James NJ Fftzsmons and Lewis }. Conlan for city
Court Judges.