Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-07
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Odell's Nomination Satisfactory to
Republicans Of New York.
CROKER SAYS he WILL BE BEATEN
Hills Candidate, Bird CoIer, Turned
Down by Tammany.
S C A CITY OF G A NJ E
special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
] NEW YORK September 5, 1900.
/ The nomination of Odell for governor has
been foregone conclusion for some time,
and there is very little comment on the
outcome of today's convention. Richard
| Croker was asked what he thought Of the
republican ticket, and said:
I'VE can beat that ticket, and beat it
badly"
/ OF course. this opinion is not shared in by
The republicans. Mr.. Odells candidacy and
/ that of the other minor state officers who
have been renominated will send the party
into this campaign with unity and enthu-
siasm. and this is consideration Of great
/ Importance in a presidential contest. The
/ one issue that overshadows all others this
year Is Organism, and In the presence of
| that all other issues must be put in the
background. AS one of them said today:
| mo patriotic citizen, whatever may be his
opinions and personal dislikes in regard to
| state politics, will take any action that will
| fmperil the result In the nation. Whatever
else he does, he will see to it that Bryan's
defeat is made certain There is only one
| way in which to do this, and that is to vote
! for Mckinley, and to work to the best of
your ability with the forces that are carry
ing on the Mckinley and Roosevelt cam
| paign."
! There is one aspect in the situation in the
] state, apart from the national result, which
| Is likely to impress itself on Independent
voters. Any man that Croker and Murphy
| and Mclaughlin may agree upon as the
| democratic nominee for governor must be
| one upon whom they know they can depend
| He will be man, in other words, who will
give us a Tammany state government in
| connection with our Tammany city govern
| ment. What that would be 1t is scarcely
| necessary to specify. The voters of the
| state were led up to contemplation of this
| prospect two years ago when Croker offered
| them ''Br'e Augustus at Albany as a du-
plicate of Robert Van Wyck in this city,
and they SHE'D at it. One Van Wyck was
enough for them then and their experience
| with Croker mayor is likely to make
| them cautious about investing in Croker
governor now.
Mclaughlin Gives Hill Cold Shoulder.
Hill visited his old friend Hugh McLaugh-
| lin in Brooklyn yesterday and got the cold
shoulder. The former senator. 1t is said,
| was told that Willoughby street had de-
| cided to stick to Tammany Hall in the
present campaign; that he was not regard
ed favorably by the organized democracy
| of Greater New York and that his candi-
date for governor, Controller Bird s. Coler
| would not get the nomination. 1t was a
| bitter blow, for Mclaughlin was Hills last
resort. Revied by Croker, Hill has been
Inundated by Mclaughlin, and, practical
!
to realize that the machine that makes a
man also can unmake him. He dis
| appointed bitterly at the result of the in
terview, which had been expected by
| Croker, who has provided for 1t by sending
James Shevlin post haste from Saratoga
to Brooklyn in order to prime Mclaughlin
| and to report the outcome.
Coler out of the way, the talk turned
| to VIM. F.. Mackey, the man in the case
when the Kansas City deal was made. At
| this writing the wind at democratic head
| quarters seems TO be veering around In
| that direction.
| Tammanys campaign fund already
amounts to 100000. 1t is said that this
sum has been placed at the disposal of the
| organiZatio by voluntary contribution, and
that not a dollar of it has been derived
from assessments. John c. Sheehan had
| less than 100000 to meet the expenses of
| the entire Tammany campaign in 1896. AS
| sessments upon the salaries of Tammanys
| 10000 office holders city employees will
| be levied on October 1, when the Septem-
| Der salary checks have been made out.
| These assessments will vary from 5 to 10
| per cent of the annual salary received.
| There will also be issued early in October
the regular appeal for campaign funds,
and this is expected to yield a considera-
BILE sum. In addition. there will be levies
upon pool rooms and other similar institu-
tons which are enjoying police ''protec-
ton The size of the fund to be collected.
1t was said last night. will be limited only
by Tammany's ability to spend it.
Game Likely to He Dear.
New Workers who delight in sitting down
to hot bird and a cold bottle are likely
to have to go deeply into their pockets to
pay for gratifying their appetites this fall,
and game suppers seem destined to become
a rarity. Game dealers In this city de-
clare that the federal game law which
enacted last winter and virtually went into
effect with the opening of the game sea-
son on September / will make it impossi-
BILE for New Workers to get more than one
quarter or one-third part of the game that
has heretofore been consumed here, and
that so far they see their business
has been killed. Heretofore New York
has been the greatest game market in the
country. More game of all kinds was con-
sumed here than in all the other cities of
the country put together. Though state
after state passed strict game laws, and in
some cases prohibited the expectation of
game, these laws proved insufficient. ex-
cept to restrict the shipments somewhat
and game found its way here. Smugglers
were found in plenty, who continued to
ship venison from Wisconsin marked as
fence posts Prairie chickens went out as
choice dairy butter, and quail We're packed
in egg cases instead of the product of the
hen. All of these shipments centered in
Chicago, where the law protected them,
and when the open season began here there
was a ready source of supply that was
equal to the demand. The new United
States law is designed to end all this and
dealers declare that they see no way i'm
visions every package must be marked SO
as to show the name and address of the
shipper and the contents of the package
and it makes 1t a penal offense for any one
to ship or for any railroad or other COM
mon carrier to transport any game the
shipping of which would be unlawful under
the statutes Of the state from which it
IS taken. The penalty is fine of not more
than $500 for each offense, to be laid upon
both shipper and carrier.
Prize Fighting Going to New Jersey.
Boxing in Jersey is the next on the cal
| endar. There is a lot of money in the sport
for matchmakers, politicians and Others
and Jerseyites OF power are aware of il.
They intend to make hay while the sun
shines and during the lull Of the game in
New York they will try to keep the sport
before the public across the North river
Prominent sporting men intend to have a
bill pushed through the legislature some
thing similar to the Horton law for the
purpose of having boxing contests decided
in that state. The instigators of the bill are
very popular men across the river and as
their influence in political circles is every
whit as great as that of the persons respon-
s;ble for the game here there is no doubt