New-York tribune., 1900-04-30
PUSHING COLER FORWARD
MORE TALK ABOUT CONTROLLER AS
CANDIDATE FOR GOvERNOR-PLAT-
FORM FOR WHICH DEMOCRATS
HERE ARE WORKING
HERE ARE WORKING.

While Richard Croker will not be home until
the first week in June at the earliest, and mat
ters relating 10 Tammany's part In the coming
State and National campaign are at a standstill
pending his return. the State Democrats are ex-
! ceptionaly active in preparing for the coming
struggle. While there wore few prominent Dem
ocrats in the city yesterday, there much
gossip about Democratic affairs in the State.
Ex-senator HILL who was in New-York the
greater part of last week. had gone home. and
Frank Campbell chairman of the State Com
mittee. and Elliot Danforth chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Democratic party
We're also out of town
Ex-senator Murphy the only prominent
Democrat at the Hoffman House yesterday. Il
think the prospects for Democratic victory in
the State and Nation this fall said Mr.. Muir
ply ARE Frightening every day. 1t is too early
to predict what the platform to be adopted at
Kansas City Will be- but it is evident that Will
lam j. Bryan is far in the lead for the nomina-
ton. 1t is too early also to talk about who will
be nominated for Governor the Democratic
ticket, but a strong able will be named.
and he will have the enthusiastic and harmoni-
Gus support of every Democrat in the State, and
think he will be elected. whoever he is"
WORK OF MIR. HILL.
1t is now pretty well understood that ex-Sen-
ator Hill is to have absolute freedom as State
leader, without interference from Richard
Croker. Mr.. Hls plans have been outlined in
The Tribune. He knows that Bryan will be
nominated it is declared. and that nothing
can defeat his nomination. He is working
his friends add, with this knowledge to secure
the adoption OF a platform by the Kansas City
convention which will be conservative enough
to permit of its support by Eastern gold stand
ard Democrats. Mr.. Hill is trying 20 have
uninstructed delegation sent from New-York
and from all other States where the leaders are
working, in harmony with him. He is convinced
that all of the delegations must in the end vote
for Bryan, il is declared, but at the same
time he wants to have as large a number of un-
instructed delegates possible in the conven-
ton, so that, welded together, they may make
a formidable combination to bring about the
adoption of a satisfactory platform in return
for casting their votes for Bryan. If this be eff
fected, and the prominent Democratic leaders
saying that it will be, free silver will
receive, it is asserted. perfunctory reaffirma-
tion in the platform and then trusts, imperial
ism and other issues will be trotted to the front.
1t is believed oy ex-senator Hill and his
friends in this State, so it learned yesterday,
that free silver will be practically slurred over
at the coming National convention, and trusts
ard imperialism will be made the issues The
of financial reputation hanging around their
necks they can go into the campaign with bet
ter will Many Democrats are now saying that
great aggregatons OF capital and trusts will be
the main subjects under debate and that Demo-
cratic artillery will he trained on them as al
legged products Of a Republican administration.
THE CONTROLLER AND TRUSTS.
In the light of these assertions, it is interest
ing note that there are being put forth quietly
and tentatively certain views and ideas of Con-
troller Coer in relation to trusts. This is said
to be a carefully prepared plan Of certain Demo-
cratic leaders to push him to the front as the
leader upon this subject. believing that when the
issue becomes clearly defined in the fall cam
paign his nomination for Governor will follow.
The Controller says that he does not desire the
nomination. but many insist that he VIII be
forced take it in the end. The Democratic
leaders in the State and city are none too fond
Of him. on account of his independence, but
number of them say that he is probably the
strongest candidate the Democrats could name,
and would carry with him large independent
vote.
In speaking last night with Tribune reporter
the Controller. after denying he was candidate
for Governor. referred to the speech of Governor
Roosevelt in Chicago. He particularly alluded to
what he said Governor Roosevelt's state
ment that was training with Tammany.' Ihen
he continued: For a fair fighter / think his
statement was q blow below the belt. Every
thing that the Finance Department has been in
it has won out. And never had to effect any
compromises" he added, with a twinkle in his
eye
The Controller in referring to trusts,
quoted yesterday suggesting that trusts be
submitted by State laws to State inspection as
National banks are now inspected by Federal
officials He will seek to have a plank embody
ing his idea placed in the Democratic platform
of every State in the Union in the approaching
campaign it was added and he will lay the
proposal before the National managers Of the
Democratic party for their approval.
The Controller further said, according to the
article:
The time has when the great corporate in
terests of the country that are united under the
general designation of trusts must be compelled
in legitimate way to recognize tlat essential
masses superior TO those of the Individual or
the classes, and therefore must prevail Popular
evil that stops short of effective ana Intelligent
action is as senseless it is useless. The adoption
of a sound political platform does not make good
government, and general denunclaton, no matter
how well founded. will never destroy trust or re-
our present system of corporation laws puts a
Inents in of the sDecula ton in trust stocks
put emphatic emphasis this danger. so long
many instances of late where officers of these cor
porations holding only comparatively small in
terest have the business Of their concerns in
the interest of stock speculation instead or leglt
! mate development Mills have been shut down and
men thrown of work simply to affect prices on
| the Exchange.