The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-13
TAKE Me CROWN, SAYS HILL
NV. SAYS CROKER, DON'T WANT
m; SANE As JULIUS CAESAR.


CROKER mclaughlin Disappointed Hiii.
The Hon. Richard Croker. whose victory
oyerthe Hon. David Il. Hill Mt the meeting OF
tbe Dem ,cratic state Committee at the Hoff-
r,r House was recorded in the newspapers
Yesterday morning, declared yesterday with
much emphasis that he was not the leader OF
the Democratic party in the State OF New York.
and that he didn't want to have anything to do
with the state leadership. The Hon. Frank
Comrhru Chairman of the Democratic State
C,mn,i,tpe and other friends OF the Hon. David
u Hlll, declared that the meeting showed
mainly that Mr. Croker had gained control OF
the committee and that he must now be
a,know edged as the leader OF the Democratic
Jar'y in this state
In other words the friends OF tho Hon. David
T. MI seemed DESTROYS Of permitting the
irrrc..t,n TO get abroad that from this on. In
this caN,I aign at least. 1t is IN to Mr. Croker.
mi; hl,. whatever the outcome may be, Mr..
Croker mast take the rcsponshility The
friends Of Mr. Hill declared further that II the
rrolossrd friends OF that gentleman on tho
committee had kept their promises the result
orrho meeting would have been different. and
there wpuld be no dispute about VINO IS the
democratic leader OF the State.
The dincultlc, connected with the reporting
orratir State Committee we're responsible for
,,lna errors in the reports and fora fine collec-
tou Of elongat,l necks around the Hoffman
House Aswas stated in THE Sun Yesterday
morning the meeting was secret. 1t did not
begin until haIf-past nine at night and
il was not over until nearly one O'Clock.
At every State Committee meeting there
are several hundred gentlemen. more or
less, on hand ANXIOUS 10 get the first intor-
Iation Of what occurs They come from all
rarts the state aud are usually politicians
interested in the situation. When the meet
ing is secret tl.ry are driven TO that eXpedient
commonly known n 'rubber-nccking." and
the situation around. about and above and
beneath III" committee room at the Hoffman
House where the meeting was held. was more
o. less comic Onn side Of the meeting room
crcre ON SHAFT which runs through the centre
q the buiu!,ug. Another side opens on shaft
rear which there is an extension. with a roof
On a level with the windows of the meeting
room The hotel office is immediately under tho
meeting room and ,entilators open into the
first shaft. Windows IN each corridor IN to
the roof also open on this shaft and both shafts
were fine speaking tubes
Now l. YOU want 10 know Just what it look ed
ike. here was the situation. Assem- bled in the
meeting room were the members OF the
committee. Assembled In the hallway.
perrng through the glass doors to the
meeting room was one crowd: in every
window w the shaft were other listeners. on
the roof ut the rear shaft was another crowd.
in the Office down under the ventiators were
others and on the fire escapes at each story
above the meeting room. in the outer shafts
were citizens in night dress. They were not
''ruhber.ng. lut were guests of the hotel and
all In ! h.. . n
on the sprcch-making committeeman who
wouldn't let them sleep.
Well there were not enough points OF van
taSe for all the crowd who wers Interested in
this meeting. and so the FOLKS on tho roof and
the folks in the windows, who could hear. re-
Ported to those behind who couldn't hear as
well. every time things got really eXcit-
ing; and the folks upstairs who could hear
angry ordinations and couldn't see anything,
kept calling down To those who were looking
through the glass doors and who couldn't hear
hut who could see 10 know who was takin
Up through the airshaft would come a voice
numbering:
You can change your mind once, Mr. Cro-
kcr. You can change it twice. Mr.. CrOk r.
lou can change 1t three times. Mr. Croker.
lun have changed it twice in the last six
months"
"llev, BIZ. who's that talking now"
voice would come up the stairway saying,
It's Ill., He's shaking his finger under Cro-
ker's nose and IN return for that the crowd
upstairs would send down word what Mr. Hill
la said The hotel folks. of course. would
have stopped this il there had been any objec-
ton 10 II, but it was encouraged by the gentle
men insli" some Of whom occasionally put
their heads out Of the window to roar: Get
an ~ ha
you aie'
one, " the blunders that was made by the
upWu was the MlStHking OF the contestant in
ne Forty fourth Rochester district The Hon
EnTLi J. hilIS man Was sad to be ] Miller
nR and ]. Miller Kelly was cIasseI with Mr
Of f, tho Hon. Gr., " ,AIdridec. it was Sir. Ger,
ing 'nh no, Sir. Kelly that got the twenty
vote" votes that showed Mr.. Hills strength in the
committee.
II camo out Yesterday that on "Wednesday
Formerly CHAIRMAN OF the State Committee.
SS"hI 10 hr@ok'yn as the, Representative Of cX-
.hd to ask Mr.. Mclaughlin for his support. in
G"Sr more was To be any trouble. Mr.. Nc
,Ga,n IN it was said. assured Mr., ,Dan'orth
ssitrlens.d his hands were on This being
Tne cas-. Mr. lill'S friends believed that the
,Trn.h il wasn't, Mr. HiI's friends say also
,nat hsIDamin 7. Speaker. the committeeman
nr' Montgomery county. went back on tho
,A'Sthh'uL All 81 several conferences with him
ssnI that Mr.. lTill had plainly understood that
SlIGHrr was on his side. Mr. Hi's friends
u uD, that Mr.. ,McLauGhIin's, reason Tor
s ,," lhSirNGtnE the Kings county delegation 10
eHriE.m Mr. Hin MAS that he feared Mr.
,t,NeEs power in the matter Of distributing
Er nag" u the greater city for the rest oil
"aIrt Van Wyck's term.
al lac Laler~ reported yesterday that en-
"h"."r illl was defeated in the tayuCa
.LNl'F matter Us was stated in the 81 y
tn''" are Two Democratic tickets nominal ed
~ anu N" committee was asked to decide
TT,l.'h ne Wns tn" regular Democratic ticket
hnt tuh''rrie IN tn" courts Ex-senator Hill
ynnt"ried that tn" State committeeman
rom ne district should have a chance Il
on "h|"h ticket was regular and that
Lm1utGsy demanded this. He talked at some
ir'e'h About courtesy and informed Mr. CrOkP
~ 80 many words that that gentleman had de
WIZ me sam" courtesy to his leader in IN,
Sntlh district when he insisted, as was lii
iSn' on ,amInG the election inspectors in hii
WNt!ci Mr.. HI made motion that n com
zoe live he appointed TO go to Cayuga ant
~" l"s'Im"ny IN the case and that motion pre-
W, Iii.! won out again when Mr.. Croke
",Ll'l 10 l"new the lie Of the old canpaI x
,En,t. zee. SHhStltutc was offered dirrctinl
'lI hartman Campbell OF tho STAT Committc,
rTDI.' m polnt that comm ttep. and this wa,
,EI.rl Nr croker was not very insistent II
Wsma'i"r, however
,nNeh N rRm" to the establishment OF
WrnaIt"i STATE headquarters. the friends .
- I"krr and Mr.. Murphy contended that /