New-York tribune., 1900-07-04
CROKER HUMILIATES HILL
Continued from first pnge.

supporting Van WyCk. Just vote was taken
Mr.. HIN got up. There was an impressive ST.
Ience for a moment. and then Mr.. Hill turned
to Mr.. Croker and started in to talk. He spoke
for forty minutes in impassoned manner
| in favor of his being placed on the committee,
and was frequently interrupted by Mr. Croker.
In one Of these interchanges Mr. Croker said
| blunty: We'll. you can't go on the committee,
| because don't trust you. We remember how
you sulked in 1896"
That is a matter of Judgment said Mr. Hill.
| with incisve Il never go abroad"
CROKER TAKES THE HOME THRUST.
Mr. Croker jumped to his feet and said: Now
you have said It. You have been talking IN the
past about Democratic leaders who go abroad
and race horses there and spend half their time
there. When asked If you meant me- you have
always denied It, Now, do you mean me?"
Yes. do" said Mr. HILL looking him square
| ly in the eyes.
We'll" said Croker, "in 1896 telegraphed
! over to the Tammany leaders. urging them to
support Bryan"
I'VE cannot afford TO go home and have it said
that we shut out one with whom we differed as
to certain planks in the platform when such
ones presence in the field inspires sort of
! fdence. He does not deserve to be treated in
| this fashion. Judge Van Wyck has not solicited
this position, while Senator Hill IL an avowed
candidate, and has come here to ask this honor
at your hands"
AN APPEAL TO CROKER.
Turning to Mr.. Croker, Mcclure said, dramat-
| ically:
Il appeal to you who are the leader Of the
Democratic party in New-Yor City; I appeal
to your sense of fairness and gratitude to sup
port the only under whose leadership the
Democracy Of the Empire State was successful
for seventeen years"
Senator Grady, speaking in support of Mr.
Van Wyck said:
Conditions are such that Judge Van wycks
presence on the Committee on Resolutions will
be enough to secure certain notifications of the
platform, which Mr. Hills well known hostility
to the Chicago platform would make impossible
were he elected The friends of the Presidential
candidate prefer Judge Van Wyck rather than
Mr. Hill"
Here Mr. Hill interrupted and asked what
notifications Van Wyck would be able to Sc
cure. Grady lodged the question and went on:
The New-York delegation wants these modi-
hcattons, and it has desire to have it's action
construed as an attempt TO humiliate Senator
Hill His position in 1896 and since that time
mas made his selection impossible"
l aIso wrote to the State chairman and Off
GERS of the State Committee urging them to
work for Bryan" said Mr. Hill, and l ask Mr.
Campbell and Mr. Danfcrth to verify that"
| the affirmative Mr. Hill then Went on and
made strong plea for support He said he had
not intended to appeal to the gratitude of the
party. but as the matter had been brought UP
he asked the party to recall his services as Gov
ernor and Senator. He declared that his only
the State
When Mr.. Hill had concluded Mr Croker
said:
I'VE cannot let you go on this committee
Mr.. Bryan does not want you on the COM
mittee."
Il defy you" cried MIR, Hill Ito produce
| letter or telegram from Mr.. Bryan conveying
any such information"
I have no letter" admitted Mr Croker. but
Then you wish it to go before the country"
said Mr.. Hill to Mr.. Croker, that you Mr.
Bryans personal representative in New-Yorl1
State in this convention
Mr.. Croker denied this and said: We can
not let you go the Committee, but if you say
the word that you are 4 candidate we will sup
port you solidly for Vice President and we VIII
ask Mayor Mcclure to nominate you"
Mr.. Hill jumped his feet his face was
livid. he shook his fist in Mr.. Croker's face and
Mr. Croker you are trying to humtliate me-
and your position is not to be misunderstood
msconstrued. You are denying the honor of a
place on the Committee on Resolutions, say
ing you fear to trust me and that goes before
the whole country and in the same breath
you talk Of nominating me for Nice-President.
Mr.. Hill then left the ROOM and Mr. Nc
CURES motion to substitute MT HIls name
for that Of Mr. Van Wyck as a member Of the
Committee on Resolutions was voted down.
Mr.. Van WyCk by the same vote then
selected as New -YOrks member of the Com
mittee on Resolutions.
ENDORSEMENT OF KELLER.
The defeat of Hin for the Committee on Reso-
lutions followed by Endorsement by the
Neyv-YorI1 delegation of John w. Keller a for
mer newspaper man. now Commissioner of
Charities of New-YOrk City, and active Tam
many politician, for the nomination for Vice
President, This is regarded as part of the
Bryan Croker plan to throw the nomination for
second place to the West While the boom for
Congressman Sulzer has been regarded as a
personal advancement project and has been
looked upon as Joke, the Endorsement OF Kel-
Ter is not regarded here by many delegates as
serious proposition.
Keller hardly be taken a bona fde
didate. His Endorsement keeps the New-York
delegates in line and prevents this big batch
of delegates from being swung to other Candi-
dates whose nomination would be Objectionable
to the Bryanites The Endorsement of Keller
does not present attractive New-YOTk Candi-
date to the conservative element but il elimt-
mates from the possibilities Elliot Danforth, who
Hil's favorite; Congressman SulZer, who
has been his own personal choice. and Judge
sibility in the search for a harmony candidate
Keller is Croker's personal candidate. The
Tammany boss is said to have Keller in mind
for his Mayoralty candidate Of New York
and he possibly believes that this Vice Presi-
Dental boom may help him at home. The only
possible contingency upon which any would
count upon Keller receiving the nomination for
Nice-Presdent, would be Bryan taking him up
as his personal choice. Keller is a friend Of
Bryan. He worked hard for him IN 1896, and
his recent visit to New-York, when other
Democrats fought shy 0f the Nebraska man.
Keller entertained him. got up a reception in
his honor and helped TO make Bryan's visit a
success. Keller is just such a man as BRYAN
might take up remarked NewYork dele
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