Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-12
Sage of Wolfert's Boost and Tam
many Boss in Alliance.
IT MEANS BELMONT FOR GOVERNOR
Combination is Also InimicaI to w.
j. Bryan's Aspirations.
WILL SPLIT THE DEMOCRACY
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

|
| NEW YORK. January IL, 1898.
| The shadows of coming event of ma
tional Importance are iengthening right
| here in Greater New York. Attention has
Leen called in this correspondence to the
possibilities of an approaching conflict be-
| tween the followers of Richard Croker and
| the followers of William Jennings Bryan
| Within the past week the New York papers
| rave been aroused to a realizing sense of
| the Importance of this conflict by the in
| fusion OF new blood and new life into the
| Democratic Club; by the wholesale deser-
/ tlon or Iammany men from the exclusive
Manhattan Club. which occupies the mag
| nificent marble building once the home of
| the late A. T. Stewart by the lease by the
Democratic Club of the club house occu-
pied by the New York Athletic Club, and
by the arrangements to move into this club
| house next May, when the. Athletics re-
| move TO their new home on J9th street
c,; AS is Wen known the new Democratic
| Club is planned by Richard Croker as a
| home for democrats which shall be of
state and national Importance. He has al
| ready succeeded in interesting in this club
| house Mayor Van Wyck and the organiza-
ton democratic leaders of the greater city;
| ex-Ambassador to France Eustis of Louis
| lana, who is to be elevated to the rank of
| Tammany leader of the first magnitude;
/
to be groomed the Tammany Hall cam
| didate for Vice President; Senator German
of Maryland, who is interested in sec urity
| companies and other ventures in which
| Tammany is interested; ex-Gov. James w.
| Campbell, really the most popular of Ohio
! democratic leaders: Norman E. Mack. who
since the Bryan campaign is believed to
hold the democratic vote of Buffalo and
Erie county in the hollow of his hand. and
| a host of other prominent democrats in the
city and out of the city.
Truce Between Croker and Hill.
Your correspondent is today in possession
| of the fact that armed truce at least,
| and possibly temporary offensive and de-
| fensive treaty, has been arranged between
| Richard Croker and David e. Hill. AS
| result of this treaty it has been agreed
| that Perry Belmont is to be the next demo-
| Cratic governor OF the state of New York.
| Belmont, who headed the gold standard re-
| volt against Bryan last year; Belmont, the
| representative in this country of the great
| Rothschlld banking interests; Belmont, who
| among all of the "bolters' of the Chicago
| platform is the best hated by the Bryan
| ties: Belmont is to be rammed down the
| Threats of the free silver democrats and
| the followers of the Chicago platform, will
| ly nilly.
| The coming of Belmont is a direct result
| OF the treaty between Croker and Hill.
| Upon no other candidate can the two men
| unite. A political writer in the last presi-
|
| which unites the sage ofWolfert's Roost and
| Belmont and you will lind out what makes
! David B. Hill keep quiet Hill has for
years been the attorney of the Belmont in
| tercsts. 1t is freely stated that it was Bel
| mont who induced Hill to champion the
| cause of Grover Cleveland and from that
| day and date commenced the downfall of
| the New York senator. 1t was Belmont, ii
| 1t also asserted, who pulled the strings and
| forced Hill to fight the income tax; it was
| Belmont who caused Hill to turn his back
| on the bimetallIsm OF his Elmira speech and
| fight against his former friends in the
| south and west in the Chicago convention
| it was Belmont who urged Hill to retire to
| his. tent and suk during the exciting days
| of the last national campaign. 1t is not to
be expected that lawyer like Hill, who
| rules by a clever knowledge of situations
| by his superior methods of handling eau
| cuses and conventions, would object to the
| nomination of his client for governor of
| New York state. Once Perry Belmont is
| in the governors chair it is believed that
| Hills mastery abilities would be given
| fair play and he might recover much of his
| lost ground.
Why Croker is Complainant.
| AS for Richard Croker. who rules by
| brute force instead of brain power the
| thing that has caused him to consent to
| the nomination of Belmont can possibly be
| summed in the one word. money. Tam
| many Hall is again out for the stuff
| Belmont Is said to be willing to spend half
| million dollars to secure a nomination
and an election, and Tammany cannot, if
| 1t follows precedent. be unwilling to help
spend some of this money.
The disposition is to urge Belmonts NOM
| nation Tor governor on a non-committal
| platform so far as the Chicago platform
| and free silver are concerned. The success
| of Tammany Hall in the last campaign
| on this kind of platform may be taken as
| an indication of what the state democratic
m hn tod IL
| In spite of the fact that congressman will
| be elected in all of the districts of the state
and successor to Senator Murphy select
| ed, free silver and William Jennings BRYAN
| according to the present program, will be
| eliminated from the planks of the plat
| form. As for Perry Belmont. it is figured
| by his friends that he will prove an ideal
| candidate on this kind of a platform The
I nomination will appeal to the ..conserva-
| tive interests they say Then, too it is
remembered that though Belmont gave
freely from his purse and threw the weight
| of his influence against Bryan, he did
| not vote at his Long Island home. Hence
| he cannot be accused of voting against
Bryan, when the fierce white light which
beats about the throne forces him to the
| front in the heat of the canvass
This conversation occurred between Bel
! mont ana newspaper man not long ago:
| Are you a candidate for any Officer it
was asked. There is only one office with
| In the gift of the American people that 1
would accept at present-the office of gov
| ernor of the state of New York" Would
| you not accept a nomination for the presi-
| dency?" was asked. Il said there was only
one office that l would accept at the pres
| ent time, said Mr.. Belmont, stroking his
| coat with a self-satisfied air.
Democrats Will Split.
The nomination of Belmont will mean
| that there will be two democratic candi-
| dates for governor in the field in this state
this year. The followers of William Jen-
| nings Bryan are already organizing for the
| conflict. They do not propose to be caught
| mapping. 1t is known that it requires a
| vast deal of time, energy and money to
place an independent candidate in the field.
| The followers Of Seth Low discovered that