Evening star., 1898-07-22
It Has Forced the Ex-senator to the
Front.
CROKER WILL HAVE TO MAKE PEACE
The Policy to Ignore Him Does
Not Seem to Work.
TO TEST ELECTION LAW
Special Correspondence Of TIE Evening Star.

dHOnS pOlltlCldHS TepuUNCdn ana demo-
cratic, is former Senator Hills coup" 1t
is an undeniabIe fact thai for the moment
Hill has restored himself to popularity with
| a number of the rank and file of the wig
| wan. He has made himself its champion
against Tammanys wishes, as he made
himself the defender of Cleveland on the
1ocr of the Senate. and Tammany, like
Cleveland, has for the moment to indorse
| what he says. The Tammanyites concede
that 1t was a shrewd stroke of policy for
Hill to espouse the cause of Tammany
Croker repudiated Hill as a leader, but he
has forced himself to the front While Sen
ator Murphy and John +. Carroll were
tanning themselves in the breezes at Long
Branch, Hill was thinking solid chunks of
thought at Wolfert's Roost and putting
them in form for his Interview" Until
Croker is heard from Tammany is COM
PEELED unwillingly to follow where Hill
leads.
To Test the Elections Law,
The elections law will be tested-just how
has not been determined-but the Tam
many leaders say they will take it into
court. They will probably not get a de-
cision before the present election, as Super
intendent McCullagh does not take hold
until thirty days before election, when his
deputies begin the verification of the lodg-
irg house and registration lists.
The ground for the contest will probably
be based upon McCullagh's right to reject
some Tammany nominees for deputies Tn
der the law the dominant political organi-
cations submit lists of nominees for depu-
ties on the bipartisan principle. If OBJ
jectionable persons named they may
be rejected by the superintendent. Nothing
will be done, however, until Boss Croker
returns to this country from England,
where he is not talking politics, but issu-
ing copious statements regarding English
| racing methods. Croker will take personal
charge of the campaign, with his usual
confidence that Tammany will win eff the
issues are properly presented to the peo-
pie" The Tammanyites have dubbed the
Black bill the force BILL" and it will be
the main issue of the campaign. 1t is said
that Croker is keeping we'll informed upon
| the political situation, and has cabled his
braves that he will be here the first week
in August He is said to have ordered that
no ammunition is to be wasted in sum
mer politics. e =
Croker Must Make Peace.
1t is stated on good authority that, in the
light of recent developments. Mr.. Croker
must make peace with Mr.. Hill if he ex-
poets to lead his forcessto victory this fall
Hill is expected to control the democratic
state committee, and possibly the conven-
ton, but Tammany and the democracy in
the metropolitan election district must fur
niSh the votes to offset overcome the
republican majority up the state. 1t will
be seen, therefore, that the deal is a pretty
even one, and settlement should be on
pretty even terms. In spite of this logical
statement, it is believed that Croker will
yield to reconciliation with Hill very slow
ly. 1t is believed that the boss still nour-
ishes his pet idea to kill off the upstate
leader" Nothing Illustrates this so COM
pletely or more clearly shows the power of
Croker in the wigwam than a bit of gossip
relating to the passage of the election law
that is going the rounds. 1t is said that
prior to the passage of the law in the as
sembly a number of influential democrats
from up the country got together and
formulated a plan which, if carried out,
would have prevented the passage of the
bill The election bill, 1t will be remember
ed, had in 1t an appropriation of $160,O0O
for the payment of the salaries of officers
and expenses of conducting a headquarters.
The constitution says, on the question of
the passage of a bill containing an appro-
priation, at section % of article 3:
"On the final passage in either house of
the legislature Of any act which imposes,
continues or revives a tax, or creates
DEBT, or changes or makes, continues or
revives any appropriation Of public or trust
money, or property, or releases, discharges
or commutes any claim or demand of lie
state, the question shall be taken by yeas
and nays, which shall be duly entered upon
the journals, and three-fifths of all the
members elected to either house SHALL in
all such cases. be necessary to constitute a
quorum therein
Democratic Plan Which Failed.
The plan of the upstate democrats, in
the light OF this section of the constitution
was, after the democrats had voted for the
bllls to raise money for the further equip
ment OF soldiers In the war with Spain, and
giving those already fighting the country's
battles on foreign shores a chance to vote
at tne coming elections, to delay the vote
or the metropolitan district election bill for
DAY and In the meantime to have sixty
democratic members of the assembly file,
or all put one, the leader, file their resigna-
tlons with the secretary of state This
would prevent the republicans getting a
three-hfths vote and would have prevented
the doing OF an act common to presiding
omcers in the past in recognizing a quorum
as present. whether it was or not
Inc scheme would have gone through
Dut LOT one thlng-the democratic assembly
men from New York county, under Tam
many Han, were not willing to resign, be-
cause they had not heard from Richard w
croker, who Is in Europe, John F. Car
roll, his immediate representative, who was
lndlsposcd or inaccessible in Manhattan or
In Long Branch. Thus the plan of whole
saie resignatons was made impossible. for
unless all the democratic assembymen re-
signed, none could usefully do so. The par
iiamentary and political object of the res
lgnatlons required that all the democratic
hAShiDSiS uiile III Inem. Inc expensive and
laborious antagonism of the law in the
courts Is devolved on the democrats, by
this default of the Manhattan Democratic
Assemblymen, because their leader was be-
yond reach of consultation-4and his deputy
IN IN politics made no sign probably because
the chief was away. g ST
Policy to Down Hill.
The charge is made that Carroll would
not sanction the plan because ex-senator
Hill proposed 1t, as he Understands Mr..
Croker's policy to be tfiat Mr.. Hill must
be dewned and ignored, under all circum-
stances If that is SO, the Incidental con-
sequences of that policy in this instance is
the downing of the sdemocratic party in
contest Of tactics with the republicans
IN which ex-senator Hill had planned VIC
tory Tor the party. Fhe price paid was
ratner expensive. an
AS prominent democratic, authority puts
IT, MIR Croker would do we'll to stay in
New YORK, or to give Carroll a reasonable
margin Of liberty to thinkIor act in his
absence, OF that between them. they ar
range to Kill Mr.. HILL as the only other eff
1ective way of making him stop thinking,
planning and acting, while Mr. Croker is
abroad or asleep"
Ihe dissatisfaction with Croker in Kings
county Is coming TO the surface over the