Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-25
Alarmed at the Importance Ex-Sena-
tor Hill Has Developed.
He WANTS TO BE SENATOR
Some Prominent Republican Gu
bernatoriaI Candidates.
THE PROBA BILE TICKET
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

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NEW YORK, July a. 1893
| The Cunarder Lucania is blowing across
| the ocean freighted with the most precious
| thing, politically, to Tammany's heart
| There is joy in the wigwam for Richard
| f. Croker is aboard. OF course, he will be
| met down the bay by few of his Chiefs
| taken aboard chartered tug and paved
| over to his utmost delight. When the
Boss went away things were running
smoothly. but during his absence there
has been cyclone in the police depart
ment, an earthquake in the legislature and
now there's a threatening cloud up state.
| in the vicinity of Wolfert's Roost, that
| looks as If it were pregnant with much
danger to the pet schemes of this import
ant politician and his followers. When
Croker gets back there has got to be a
heap-big-talk between that gentleman,
Murphy. Hill, Mclaughlin and other lead
ers before the party policy is fully decided
upon In view of this fact the state COM
mittee meeting, which slated for the
&C ming week, has been postponed. some
say until the first Wednesday in August,
and others the second week in August.
but really until Croker Is ready. Murphy
will be the first one to have a go at the
Boss. Murphy is recognized by the
Boss as the democratic leader of the
state.
to Richf1eld Springs, where they can Dor
row each others ears without fear of
echoes. 1t is the one political retreat in
the north where echoes never betray con-
versations. 1t Is the northern counterpart
of Thomaston In Georgia.
The Attack on Hill.
While number of the rank and file en-
thuse over the olive branch, the suggestion
of ways and means to evade the Black bill
offered Hill he 1aadarS ell
sphinxes. They are waiting for Croker.
They regard Hill "out of politics." to
use Cookers expression and predict his
overthrow. And Hill isn't saying a word.
He went to Normandie-by -the-Sea Satur-
day. after talking with former Lieut. Gov.
William F. Sheehan and Chairman Dan
forth of the democratic state committee
on the legal contest against the election
law. Before he left he reiterated his belief
that with wise management the democrats
would carry the state this year
There is evidence that Hills opponents In
the democratic party are encouraging the
free silver men to guerrilla warfare upon
him. There is a nominal silver organiza-
ton in nearly every city in the state. The
most active are in Buffalo, in Rochester
and in Albany. These organizations are
mere shells and have political weight
worth considering. but they are able to
make noise and they are taking advantage
of the fact While neither Senator Muir
ply nor Richard Croker believes that free
silver should be made a part of the plat
form, they must be chuckling at the
marks made by the silverites about Hill
In passing it may be remarked that it is
noticeable that no reflections have been
made upon Mr.. Croker, who remained out
of the country during the campaign of
1896, and who has refrained carefully from
expressing any opinion which might be
| construed favoring the Chicago plat
form.
Croker Wants to BE n Senator.
In Brooklyn. where Hill is pretty well re-
garded, il is said that the real purpose of
Hills visit is to take an active part in ar
ranging for the state convention. Hugh
Mclaughlin, the leader of the democrats in
Kings, has quietly packed his tackle and
jack knife and gone off to fish at James
port. Not so far, however, that Hill can
not easily reach him for conference 1t
may be said that no plans of Importance
will be made this year without expression
from Mclaughlin. For the opinion of the
veteran leader of Kings county Senator
Hill has abiding respect, and his coming
here at this time is more to hear Nc
Laughlin's views on present conditions and
the framing of politics to meet them in the
campaign than for any other purpose. Why
Croker is coming pack may be told in one
word-Hill A very prominent member of
the German American Reform Union is re-
sponSible for the statement that Crokers
ambition is to go to the United States SEN
ate as Murphys successor. Says the leader
in question: THE German American Re-
form Union is disposed this year to be for
the democratic party, but the party must
rot reafilrm its faith in silver, nor can it
nominate an ordinary man for governor.
We don't mind taking a man for silver
merely to be consistent in the party, but
we will not go in with the democracy SO
long as IL makes an out-and-Out declara-
ton for silver. l understand that there
will be silver plank. That program
would suit us to a dot The only draw
back would be the possibility. if demo-
cratic legislature would result from the
election, of Richard Croker being named
for the United States Senate Some of our
members wouldn't touch Croker under any
circumstances and would not care to give
him the instrument in a democratic legis-
lative majority for his personal elevation.
Still. L am inclined to think that the next
senator. if democrats control, will be Muir
ply himself David Il. HILL
Possibly Croker has heard Hills name
mentioned in connection with the senator
ship, who tell? Something is bringing
him home month earlier than the time
scheduled, and the logical deduction is that
it is Hill.
The Democratic Conference.
That the cable brought some word from
Croker to check Hill is evident from the re-
suit of the meeting held here last week
Other democrats besides Croker, 1t seems,
regard Murphy as the real democratic
leader of the state, for Murphys presence
at the Hoffman House at the meeting re-
ferred to resulted in a democratic confer
| ence at which Hills plans were thwarted.
Hill, through his man, Elliott Danforth,
| chairman of the democratic state commit
| tee. has suggested several times that the
| democratic state convention ought to be
! held earlier than usual this year and
Chairman Danforth minated, some time
ago, that the plan was to hold the con-
! venton about the third week in August.
There have been rumors, too, for the past
| few days that Danforth was preparing to
| call a meeting of the state committee right
| away to formulate HIS plan. Murphy,
| accordingly, was appealed to by Tammany
for the Tammany men want the considera-
| ton of the campaign deferred until Crok-
er's return. Murphy conferred with An
| thony Brady of Albany, one of the Hue
| kleberry Big Four" William F. Sheehan
| former lieutenant governor; Mr.. Danforth
John B. Stanchfield of Elmra, who has as
| pirations for the governorship some other
| year" James W. Hinkley. former chairman
| of the state committee ana a Hill man. and
! Colonel John G. Gaynor of Syracuse, a
| member of the state committee. John F.
Carroll, Cookers proxy. was not present.
AT the meeting there was general dis
| cussion of campaign plans. Senator MUIR
ply declared fatty for a late convention
1 after the republicans held theirs. The new
| metropolitan elections law, it is said would
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