The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-23
CROKER WILL SAIL TO-DAY.
.,,rITtoS IN THE STATE LEADS TO a
SUMMONS TO mar,

81 view of Kaiser wilholm'a Alleged I'm
.rt.rdliuess to Us in Our War with Spain.
y,,bord Croker cabled yesterday TO his per-
\ ii island Senator Thomas Francis Grady,
~. w. M would sail from Liverpool on the Luoa-
:" This morning and probably arrive in New
WI next Friday afternoon. In view OF tho re-
W. w =, the extraordinary session OF the Legis-
! go and the Metropolitan Elections law. some
"I,bs leading Tammany men had cabledt to Mr..
C,otsr that II he could find II convenient TO
sa,e home a little ahead OF time II would do
m harm. So he is coming.
ssnator Murphy and othor Democrats. 1t was
,,c,rtslncd. had also suggested that II possible
n. croker should get back to New York in or
I.r IN participate In tho preliminary discus
'Iors a. To the calling OF the Democratic State
]mmltte and the Democratic State Conven-
,Ion Senator Murphy and his friends believe
IA Inc latest kind Of a Democratic State Con-
~ant,on. They believe It should DO hold after
,bs Republican Convention, which without
douht will assemble on or about Sept. 10. They
h.Isye in q short campaign. aud It may be said
now that the majority OF Democrats OF all
factions believe that the fight should be made
an state issues alone. As already announced
n THE sun, the Populist party believes in In
dorsinC tho Chicago platform OF 1895 and I'M
lass the Democratic State Convention does this
II threatens to nominate q State ticket OF Its
own. The Democratic State managers seem to
care little or nothing for the threatof the Popu-
lists. and yet at the same time they are aware
O, the Bryan sentiment In the western and
middle western counties Of the State. Some
sort Of q compromise, 1t is insisted. must be
made with these people,
~Ey.scnator Hin arrived at. the Hotel Nor
ns ann44ts. :o ss, pRts :sea l hS 4 IS fe 9H 9 a5s Tf asc r9 AoH.
Senator Murphy. John +. Carroll. and other
democrats are al Elheron, six miles away from
night that no conference Of any Importance
viii DO held by. the, sad sea waves until
he aT1iS4I Of NE Mr; G ycSE that The e E nIEi b is
SSssTTsstaadilug before, any decisive steps, are
most important Democrats in Kings county,
said last might at the Hoffman House that he did
moi believe Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Mclaughlin would
meet ior some little time. for the reason that
there was no hurry.
Dsmocrqtie state Chairman Elliot Danf2F,tlh
Mr., Hill has believed all along in an early Dem;
ocratic state Convention. Mr.; DHnforth said
Some Of the Democrats believe that the Re-
publcans are playing q waiting game; and
others, are chary about taking precipttate
steps. for the reason that they have not the
Dominate for Governor and -fGisutenent-Gov:
pnor. All they know Is that Senator Plat and
his friends say that, the Republican, Convention
Platt and his friends have suggested no candl;
dates. Superintendent q Insurance Payn and
that Gov. Black and Lieut.-G Gov. Woodruff viii
be renominated. but nothing definite has been
The Democratic politicians Of the State are
disturbed somewhat over the alleged attitude
OF Germany toward the United States in tho
preston in the United States that Germany is
not friendly to the United States in the present
controversy. Naturally, there Is more or less
concern among the Democratic politicians
reason that ex-senator Hill and his friends
Frederick Cook Of Rochester should be tho
Democratic candidate for Governor. The nomi-
nation has practically been offered to Mr..
Cook. H. was a great vote Rettcr when he ran
years ago: but the Democratic Solons are be-
TIE apparent unfriondliness Of Germany to the
United States, and they hesitate to name a man
who may feel tho results OF a resentment grow
K fi1 SGt Vi vic "''sS'u "''''uoo u '"0 GERMAN
In the same way these remarks apply to the
P~ub!icars Of eminence believe, that ex-Mayor
Frederick Schroeder OF Brooklyn. should be
nSm,aa Is fb5 59r h G3by tGn hom The P9i Icy t Of this
~publicans belicye that a German should be
nominated to head each State ticket for the
The Republican and the Democratic powers
nave bccn LOOKING INTO tnlS matter, anu Wnlle
they find Mr.. Cook and Mr.. Schroeder respect
lively 70 be very strong individually. they are.
n,everthclcss. confronted with a feeling that
the young German Kaiser has rather commit
Ted the German people in Europe to the Spanish
side in. the present war. 1t was recalled last
night that during the Franco Prussian war Of
twenty-five years ago the majority sentiment
q the New York press favored the French. and
that the German citizens of tho United States
1.-THE time were worry greatly incensed.
IT may be set down that both the Republican
and the Democratic parties will proceed very
gingerly in the matter Of nominating a German
Tor any place on the respective State tickets. for
the reason. as already stated. that the majority
sentiment OF the voters OF New York State sup
the war.
Within the last week or two a number OF Ger
man organizations in the State have come out
ana protested against the attitude Of the young
German Kaiser toward the United States in the
present controversy. All OF these organizations
nave declared that they believed in the land OF
their adoption, and while they have a fond do
nestle sentiment for the fatherland, they de-
Itcrat" n, the strongest terms the alleged at
ttltlte q the authorities at Berlin toward the
United States in the war with Spain.