New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
WILL SCHIEREN RUN A GAINI
he ASSERTS THAT HE WILL NOT, bol
SOME THINK HE MAY YIELD.
WHAT SOME OF THE MAYORS FRIENDS sAf-hb
Is A DETERMINED MAN WHEN hIS "i'>N
IS ONCE THOROUGHLY MADE "

WHAT sOME or lie "N'O''
Is 4 DETERMINED MAN WHEN HIS MIND
IS ONCE THOROUGHLY MADE rP
Navor scheren was quoted in a Washington as
match a few days ago as saying that uhder 10
circumstances would he be Candidate 'o' ''as t
or any other public Office. There l. no news !" W.
f. FAC, in the very conversation reported from
Washington Mr. Schieren was representeh as S'S
ing: you recoect made this announcement 10
Coz, i,st after my election. and have at no Time
since changed my resolution in this respect. am
business man. proud of the business nav" puiit up
Nv term Of office ne Mayor will soon be over ana
| shall then return to my business with great SALTS
faction
What is new in this dispatch was the Mayors
remark that he was tired OF the abuse heaped on
him by the newspapers. and that he could 500 "'
reason for subjecting himself TO 1t any longer Una"
his present Some OF his further Te'nd'n'
about Controller Palmer who was called IN '"'
dispatch Auditor Palmer more than once were
so different In tone from what he had previously
said as to throw doubt upon the intervie" as
whole and no one would have been surprised II u"
his return to brooklyn Mayor Schi"ren hau ~
planned that he had said all or just the 'h"S'
attributed TO him.
In reference to his refusal to stand again ~,
Mayor however, h. had nothing to take back All
the same there are not a few p"op.e IN h'oohN"
Who be,ieve that charles A. Schicron Will be Mayor
of the city for two years from the lSt OF Jahu'S
next \ prominent official who has close re'a''on'
with the Mayor was asked what he thought OF hr'
schieren's reiieration Of this purpose not TO De i
candidate for public Office II any KIND AGAIN
We'll" ne answered with a reflective AIR, ! NV
no doubt that at present the Mayor thinks th"' i'
won't be a candidate again; bHt my Own opinion -
that when the time comes. II there is a prttN E'''.
cral demand for him TO run the second um'' NJ Will
Weld TO IT, Every body knows that h" dld not wan
the nomination in the first place 1t was forced
b, to g. ,t1 lstt !
duty to do -. The same j. tiuc II number o'
the men whom he Induced t accept office al ms
hands They had no desire t. assume difficult ana
enCrotsng duties. but they believed they nid no
right refuse to serve tho pubic when cal'ed on -
do So Just now the Mayor feels tired. for he has
been the target OF good deal OF CRITICISM anu
abuse on all sides. And he means what he SOS
there can be no question about that But SIX ~ h'Hs
from now he j. likely. IN my opinion 70 LOOK Al
things from different angie
"Of course some Of the influential politicians oi
his own party are hostile to him. because they nave
not been able to him for their own prrPf''S'
and they may have sufficient innuenc" TO offset me
popuar demand that is to arise for his con-
tinuancc In the Once in which ne has r"nicf'l size"
good service. That j. thu way look a. tnr matter
At present. feeling as h. does now. Nj S'hier'n
would not accept denomination, believe " u
came to him unanimously. bat next october no ~"
be in q more willing disposition. Bot You kno" D.
has said from the nrst that n had no desire i'r
a second term and not even the most captions cfpc
can say that ne has done anything thus fat % make
It easy for him to get \ rcuom.nii'n-
Another city official Who Is brought into frequent
and intimate relations with The Mayor took ~
feren, view When his attention was called 90 'h"
statement telccraphcl from Washington '.p'''''
10 the Mayor rearnouncel determination 90 80
back 10 his business AZ he md n this H'lr D. iI
"Oh have known that for some time"
And DO you think be means ne VA tn" next
question.
Yes. l do In fact am sure of il suppose
there H. no one who knows The Mayor better than
l do. and do not believe that there ~ any induce
men, strong enough to lead him 10 accept a renoni-
nation IL said this long before the rer,ni Ih'i'd'
strike but that has only tended to CONFIRM him IN
his resolve. Mr. Schleren p a very sensitiv" man.
and ne has been pounded very severely from he be
ginning OF thIs year almost DOWN % the rr'.ent
time 1t Is not IN :he least strange that hr o. ~ !
OF this abuse Il IA, been abuse AMI nothing els" or
course neither thc Mayor nor any BODY l-e pays any
attention 10 what certain ~ The newspapers "Ay.
but others have critciscd him severely from which
he had reason to expect different trenim'nt lie feels
these things. and h. has made up Dol, MIND 20 PIT
himself ont OF thu reach Of th'm as soon and "a
enectuaily n possible. Then again. tho Mayor j. 4
very determined man. Pcrhap- obstinate would not
be too strong term g. apply 90 him. When he has
made up hss mind II is next 10 impossible 20 move
him. ON this matter believe that hc has made np
his mind. AMI un.-f am greatly mistak a. hc VII
stick to his determination"
Are YOU not afrud that ~ Mayor S'hicr"n 70
fuses 20 run again thc result Vii be- th" election -
politician VINO MI run IN Mayors once on N'D
different principles
"Of course there Is that danger bat that woull not
necessarily fol'ow. A. ~. .nin, tne without Doing
pesslfnisiic forced ID admit that reform
movements VIGOROUSLY shurf-4i.ti. w non
Mayor Low the second time Do "tH r.'ct'l
ony by thc skin ~ his teeth. t' speak. inb after
that the reform wave suhsiirl utterly. only % mt
Itself again aftor eight wears u Democratic mlsru
Now Mr. Sch"rcn elected year ago ,dst itil
by 20V1 majority what d humiitting ihins
II wouli be- II h. az AIN AMI Was dcf-t"I. OF even
whether hc has thought OF the matter In that ighi.
bat II f. 4 thing for a sensitive man 80 consider
"Besdes. Nj. Schl"ren 81 opposed by the politicians
OF his own party Go whom be has shown n iiNofS.
ana be has often iei various elements IN tho com
munty. His couTs" during the strike Is CONNIE ndci
by the |ls" and intelligent. bur H. has arriyc! many
people against Eim. In thr management NJ tNc!S"
matters. too he has not pleased good many people.
All these thing count. and. entirely apir from his
didatc. believe that ne would be re- elected to-
MORO" + he Were candidate. because In
judgment the mass Of the people ar" ~th him hut
h could not b. elected by any Thin. Ike 3O.Up
" Now. another thing. the Mayor j. constantly
receiving complaints and letters from persons VINO
having something 20 lind fault about Iut | know
that Il Is only now and then that he gcts 4 Iett'r
commenting him for anything hc does II the pcop'
do approve what ne does. il would be- q good thins
II would MAKE any difference H. hts attitude in thu
question Of second term. ", does not want H. ana
do not believe that he can be inluccd To- take It.
He has ma L. his mind, and | a1l nc i NOT