The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07

Albert B. OVitt, the attorney, returned
yesterday from an extended business trip
to New York and Washington, and to
Globe reporter whom he met at the
Merchants hotel last night he talked In
terestingly in regard to recent events In
the East, being a spectator of the first
attempt Of the yachts in the contest for
the Americas cup, and also witnessing
the parades in honor of Admiral Dewey
in the metropolis. Speaking of the Dewey
reception, he said:
II never saw such a crowd of people
in my life The streets were packed for
eight miles, and the enthusiasm was ire
mendous. One thing that pleased me
especially was to hear the applause which
greeted Admiral SchIey more enthusiastic
than that for Admiral Sampson. l should
say that it was second only to that given
welt and Gen. Miles were greeted next In
cordially. There seems to be sentiment
in favor of Schley on account OF the IN
cidents following the battle of Santiago
No doubt Admiral Sampson is entitled
to all the credit he gets Tor planning the
engagement, yet the fact remains that
Schley was there to carry 1t out, ana dlo,
and the people seem to have given him
large share in the credit. But the oVa-
ton given this modest man Dewey was
far and away above all OF them am
inclined TO DSI6NS, Will d lldli1bCl -
Democrats whom 1 have talked with in
the Eastern cities that If the Democrats
had not given up Dewey SO soon, ne
would have made a. winning presidential
candidate. There Is a wide feellng IN
New York that Bryan, however magneuc
he is, cannot be eIer,ed, and the Eastern
Democrats feel that they should not only
carry the states they won In 1896, If pos
by a large element Of the Democracy of
the East
with regard to local politics of New
York, my impression is that the coming
leader Of the Democracy in that city is
the present comptroller, Bird S. Coler,
who was elected on the Van Wyck ticket,
and who has proved very popular man.
| believe he is the strongest Democrat in
New York city today, and that means the
strongest man, politically. There is a
considerable feeling against Croker.
Many men IN the organization, hlgh-miino-
ed Democrats, who believe in organiza-
ton for the purposes of party work, but
are not content to have the terms Croker
and Tammany used as synonyms, are
would like to have the organization with
another leader if possible. Mr.. Coler is
a man who does not wait, apparently, to
see what is going to strike the popular
fancy, but goes into important questions,
assumes his position and then sticks to 1t.
He took up the rapid transit problem,
made it a study and when he reached a
conclusion as to what was best for the
people he held to it. Similarly he went
into the Ramapo water contract and has
made that a study. r-"s ".-
"The Mazet inquiry has degenerated in
to good deal of a farce. 1t has spread
suspicion that it is not@so~ fffael1~an
honest effort to- expose nunicpal rotten
mes as to detect sins of Democratic Off
Gals only for campaign thunder. An in
stance, in connection with this Ramapo
contract The bill was passed by Re-
publican Legislature Of which Platt was
concededly the ''boss,'' yet when it came
to invest. eating that he, was not put on
the stand, although Croker was.
1.-THE only way Tammany can be beaten
in the metropolis is by a coalition of all
the necessary bond of the union
Speaking of the first race between the
Shamrock and the Columbia, Mr.. Ovitt
said it was very exciting event through
out and on the boat from which he
viewed it, the observers were divided as
to which boat was ahead. close were
they, when the race was declared off.
The arrangements for policing the
course were admirable he said, the rev.
enue cutters and torpedo boats maintain
ing a Inc within which the unlocking
craft must not encroach. This made the
circle about the yachts so much larger in
its extent that the vessels were at the
same time able to secure a view