The evening world., 1893-10-17
loEW FOR COMPTROLLER.
Said to Be Tammany's Choice
for the Office.
Feituer or Weeks May BE Named
for District Attorney.

Richard Croker, who Is probably the
only man In the city who could tel
the nominees OF the City and County
Convention of Tammany Hall tonight
will be. won't tell. and all the slate
makers can do 1t TO make guesses. Here
is their latest guess:
For Comptroller-Edwa V. Loew.
For william J. Lardner or
J. II. V. Arnold.
For District t-Attorney-Thomas IT,
Feitner or Barlow S. Weeks
For Judge of the Court OF Common
Pleas-Miles Beach.
For Sheriff. John u. Sexton or Thomas
L. Feitner or Lawrence Dclmour =,
For CITY Court Judges, charles NJ.
Cltncy and James NJ. Fitzsimmons.
For Coroners-No selections.
Loew Is very strongly tipped; In fact
he was the only man spoken OF FOR
Comptroller to-day.
Loew has been to see Croker several
times OF late and 1t is given out that
have the place were discussed.
Loew is the most available organlZh
tion man at present that Is. u man who
would take orders from Fourteenth
street and run the Comptroller's office
to suit rammany Hall. He Is not III
any business. The brick manufacturing
company OF which he was President
failed some time ago.
He has been making arrangements to
organize real estate guarant"" ana
trust company, but. !, is said; he VIII
give up that proposed enterprise II lac
chn get the Comptrollcr's place.
Loew was the first Comptroller under
the law making the Office elective. ~.
by Theodore w. Myers. the present In.
cumbent.
The nomination OF Peter F. Meyer.
Cookers reputed business partner. II
10 hx. NJ an |
Edward simmons's health is not In con-
dition to permit him to take the office.
J. }. ODonohue and George - Mc'l"l-
Ian are mentioned as possibilities, but
there is n possibility. too, that the man
to be nominated has not been men
The Executive Committee Of Tam
many Hall Will meet late this after
noon OF Croker's selection for Comptrol'
ler and the other offices.
W. J. Lardner. spoken OF for Surrro'
Is given a place on the ticket even II
Judge Beach has to make way for him
according to the knowing ones.
a shift has been made by the slate
Sexton Is a hot favorite. with them for
Sheriff, 80 they have given Clancy a
City Court Judgeship; leaving Louis J,
Conlan out In the cold
Judgeship and that It is n very close
Sheriff
Tammany is playing a very shrewd
game Of politics and paving the way for
a waikover for Its nominees. no matter
who they may be.
An threatened opposition has been
Murrays win not. oppose them In the
Eighteenth Assembly District, The Me.
Manuses and Murrays will eventually
Join Tammany Hall, and Henry II.
Murray will succeed Senator Plunkltt
as leader.
Otto Kempner has not succeeded ir
making a deal with the Republicans lr
movement has completely collapsed, an'
the Anal coup OF Tammany was con sum
mated this morning. Michael Fenton, !
aSSr Leader tGr 1na p%TSG,s
eighth District. was gathered into th'
The announcement made by District.
Attorney Nicoll that he would not b,
surprise his intimate friends.
On Thursday afternoon, II Is stated
this morning. Mr.; Nlcoll summoned &c
nounced TO them that he had fully
irnde up his mini not 20 geek or ne,
cept denomination. as he was de.
sirous Of attending 10 his private prac'
Friday evening Mr. Nlcoll dlncd Will
Mr.. Croker at the Windsor Hotel 4
gentleman who saw him at the Uni
versity Club that night was told by him
that he had not decided whether to with
draw or not.
The whole matter. 1t was said hinge
on whether Mr.. Nicoi was willing t.
allow Mr.. Croker to dictate who hi,
assistants should he.
Mr.. Nicoll saw Mr.. Croker again las
night and gave him Il decided answer
Then he issued the statement which Wa!
printed this morning.
''As a matter Of fact" said well
known Tammany Hall leader MIR, Me
oil didn't want the nomination. lie ii,
want. however, to have Wc.lman nom
mated, but when he suggested Wellman'i
name he WAS told that Welman cou!,
not be nominated. nor could he b." re
appointed as an assistant"