Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
GOSSIP From GOTHAM
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The Goal of tie Democrats Will Be
Governor and, Legislature.
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INDICATIONS OF STUBBORN FIGHT
Croker Wins First Round in the
Fighf,Wffh Hill.
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T A MMANY IN TEAR


| a governor and state ticket. Especial eff
forts will be directed toward capturing the
state legislature. For this reason national
issues will be subordinated as far as pos
sible to state issues. An effort is being
made to induce men like Edward NJ. Shop
ard of Brooklyn, Carl Schurz and Bourke
Cochran to return to the fold. In fact, 1t is
even limited that Shepard can be nominated
for governor this fall provided he will so
elect. Just at present. however, the chances
seem to favor the nomination of Bird S.
Coler of New York, on an anti-Ramapo
PLATFORM provided State Senator Mackay
of Buffalo is not selected.
Senator Mackay has the Tammany Hall
support. This is the result of a deal in
which Norman r. Mack united with Croker
to support Judge Augustus Van Wyck for
New York member of the committee on
| resolutions ms cad of David B. Hill. Senator
Mackay will have the support of Erie
county and western New York. If it comes
to a fight between Hill and Croker much
will depend upon the action of Kings coun-
ty. Coler is from Brooklyn. and naturally
Kings county would favor the comptroller.
But questions of New York city patronage
may enter which may make the outcome
doubtful. Coler is Hill democrat and will
have the support of Hill in case it comes
to a fight in the convention In addition to
this it begins to look as though Coler
| would have the support of the powerful
Merchants Association. This organiza-
ton has decided to demand pledges
from every candidate of opposition
ect Coler first achieved national fame
as the man who blocked the $20O,0tOO0O
Ramapo scheme. State Chairman b. b..
Odell, who is slated for the republican NOM
nation for governor. is constitutlonaily OPP
posed to giving pledges in advance upon any
subject, but he may yield in the Ramapo
matter and declare in favor of municipal
ownership of the water works system for
W. oft In hat
of the Merchants Association would be dl-
vided along party lines.
All the state leaders are agreed on the
plan of campaign in this state, whatever
their personal differences may be. Every
thing else will yield to the determined effort
to elect the state ticket and a majority OF
the senate. The congressional districts of the
state are to be reappOrtioned by the .eglsla-
ture elected this fall. The present appor-
tionment was made by democratic legis
iature and the democrats do not want the
districts changed by the republicans They
can prevent it by having the senate or the
governor. They are coming together for
hard and stubborn statt'campaign, in which
it is their purpose to make Bryan and his
troubles only an incident.
Croker Wins the First Round.
In the arena of sta politics. Croker has
all the better of the frs, round in his setto,
to a finish, with Till. The latter had pre-
vailed upon his friefs}ld. Frank Campbell, chair
cali the commit ee stogsther at the Hoffman
House on August 16.-As soon as Croker
heard of this heIueaadad that the committee
should meet at Saratoga, because, as he
would be in Saratoga aauring the month of
August. it wasJ HitTe e9nvenient FOR him to
have the mountain go to Mahomet. and, be-
sides. this would rub II in a little deeper
into Hill. A trusted friend of Croker's
therefore negotiated quietly and successful
Iy for the change of date. He communicate
ed with Chairman Campbell and convinced
him that it the desire of a majority
of the state committee TO meet in Saratoga
for the purpose of issuing a call for the
state convention. Croker had wanted the
committee to meet on August . at Sara
toga. Hin had the date changed to August
III and the place of meeting to New York.
Cookers representative at once set to work
and got the unanimous Endorsement of the
Buffalo, Brooklyn and several other COM
m.ttee men. who, with Tammany, form a
majority, and let Campbell know who is
boss Croker's communication reached
him before he had issued a call for August
IL at New York. The differences between
Hill and Croker since this last locking of
horns said to be more than strained:
they are broken. and broken beyond the
possibility of repairs While at no time
during the present campaign was it poss. be
to bring Hill and Croker together, there
was still the possibility that they might be
induced to work independently along paral-
lei lines for the success of the ticket.
This they could have done without coming
into personal contact or resulting friction.
1t is said that at one time Croker was will
ing to concede so much. Through d repre-
sentative he sent word to Hill to come to
this city to take charge of the campaign in
person. To this Hill answered. No: why
should II" Instead Hill sent Mayor Nc
CURE of Syracuse to take charge of the
campaign. But while Mcclure is Hill
man. Croker did not want a dummy upon
which Hill could shrk responsibility when
the time (about November % came. Nc
CURE has been very successful cam
paiSn manager in Syracuse and he imme-
diately proceeded to introduce Syracuse
local methods into the state campaign. The
typewrters and stenographers We're i'm
ported from Syracuse. the colored door
keeper who guards headquarters is a SYRIA
cuse man. although Robert Mcintyre a
New York man. had strong backing for the
place: the money Mcclure has collected
has been deposited in Syracuse bank. in
stead OF In New York bank: the station
cry first provided was furnished by a SYRIA
cuse firm: and when 1t was decided to give
out the printing contracts Mcclure wanted
to let them to Syracuse job printing office.
where number of Mayor McGuire's con-
sttuent: are employed The Tammany men
here drew the line. They told Mayor Nc
CURE that they had not objected to his en-
pioyment OF stenographers. typewriters and
door tenders from his own town. and the
placing OF the campaign funds out of the
reach of local looters. but when it came to
the printing they made a protest. Mcclure
has also made himself unpopular by raising
as heretofore. to 500 There are fifty COM
mitteemen. from whom he collected 10000
which he sent to Syracuse for deposit All
the other funds he received also were sent
to his favorite home depository. The ac-
ton OF the mayor of Syracuse has intensi-
fed instead of m9Eified' the feeling against
Hill and his gangs' "a,
Tammnny's fearful Plant.
We're buncoefs cry the Tammany
braves.
II
Gold bricks weFf cheap in Kansas City,"
say the others of 1.-THE New York delegation
to the democratic national convention, land
we bought the highestlpriced brick in the
let ri ST
What they mean isI9hat they voted IN
seat in the convention the delegation of
William A. Clark from Montana; that they
expected. becausei, ofln stipulations, that
Clark would puth enoagh money into the
Bryan treasury I'd make it worth their
while; that their work and votes seated
Clark and his people, and that Clark calm
ly sailed away without having contributed
a cent toward theI election of Bryan 1t is
said that when Richard Croker, Senator
Jones. former Governor Stone and others
We're in conference in the Hoffman House
the other day there was leak. through
which floated the rumor that Croker had