Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-15
Controller Coler VIII Fight for the
Democratic Nomination.
TOURISTS ANXIOUS 10 GET home
Smugglers Ply Their Trade Along
BrookIyn's Water Front.
REVISED FOOT BALL RULES
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


NEW YORK, August IA, 1900.
Controller Bird S. Coler has not only an
| nounced his willingness to accept the dem
ocratfc gubernatoriaI nomination, but has
| declared that he will fight for it. He will
undoubtedly have plenty of fighting, as
Tammany and Croker are against him at
the start. In this connection there is con-
siderable talk about Senator Grady, who is
Croker's mouthpiece. and his hasty visit to
| this city last week from Saratoga From a
Tammany ex-state senator it is learned
that Grady met Chairman Odell by ap-
pointment. He says that he learned from
prominent republican that Grady and
Odell had conference and that immedi-
ately after it was over Grady returned to
Saratoga. The conference between Grady
and Odell is regarded as bearing out a re-
port that Croker and Plat have entered
into deal whereby neither party will
nominate an Independent for governor In
der this alleged agreement the republican
state convention will nominate Plat man
for governor and the democratic convention
Will nominate Croker man. AS the re-
publican convention is to be held Septem-
Der and the democratic convention later
1t Is very important for Plat to know be-
forehand just what kind of a candidate the
democrats will nominate. If he was GER
tain that Coler would be the nominee he
Platt made a statement last week that
the convention might yet nominate Odell
and compel him to accept This 1t Is now
thought, was made on the strength of an
understanding with Croker. Before Sena-
stor Gradys visit he had apparently acoui-
esced in Odell's withdrawal In the event
OF the democratic and republican conyen-
tons nominating machine candidates the
politicians of both parties who use the leg
ls!ature for money-making purposes would
win a victory, no matter which candidate
won Such schemes as the Ramapo steal,
the confession Of Judgment lob the fran
chise tax repeal, would be rushed through
the legislature with no danger of being
killed In the executive chamber Croker
1t Is said, notified Platt that the democratic
convention would not nominate Golfer and
That there would be no necessity for hin, to
name an Independent republican for gov
ernor.
Tourists May Have Trouble tn Cot
Back.
Just how some Americans are tn conoa
home from the Strand and the boulevard
Is a proposition that is puzzling experts in
the question Of transatlantic steamship
travel The tide Of travel began to turn
last week, and in few days the rush
noneWard Will reach enormous proportions.
An Old steamship man echoed the senti-
ments OF the entire collection when he re-
marked today that it took three months
and hundreds Of ships to get the American
amy VI tIdNeleTS abroad, but that they ali
want TO come home in the same boat The
Paris. London. Liverpool and Berlin agents
OF the various lines are now unable to sum-
ply thousands of applicants with return
Passages that call for sailing dates from
the other side before September Is Those
who have depended upon the cheaper grad,
ships to get back reported to be in
trouble, because Of the extraordinary de-
mands for westward travel on the re-
sources of these vessels. Within the next
fortnight the rush homeward will he un-
precedented. Tourists will come back to
TINS port alone on an average Of 800 cabin
passengers per day.
One of the chief reasons for the rush
within the next ten days Is the desire of
parents to get home In time to have their
children attend the opening days of school
others are anxious to top of their entoy-
ment with few days in the mountains or
at the seashore before returning to business
ire The agent of a steamship line run
ming to Boston who returned from E,urone
the other day says that many New Workers.
have engaged passage on steamers going
to Montreal. Portland, Boston Phiiadei.
phia and Baltimore.
"First-class accommodations between An
gust Is and September ! were not to be had
al any price when left says this agent
The bookings are simply. remarkable. 1t
was great deal worse as to intermediate
or second cabin travel and met any num-
Der of Americans who had made up their
minds to come over in the steerage rather
than be held up abroad. and wait for the
tio"u " 30 n.y. All Will get nome eVentu-
ally. but 1t will take time. 1 heard one
chap say he was preparing to come out on a
plank. and he wasn't joking. either At
the beginning of the season no great rush
abroad by the thousands this last month.
and every big city abroad is now alive with
them"
Smusglers In Brooklyn
Smugglers have been working along
Brooklyn's water front for years. Govern
ment detectives and secret service men
have tried to run them down, but the dod-
gers Of the customs outwitted them every
time. OF course, these smugglers are not
great criminals. They do not bring in
much booty at time. But the yearly
swindling of the government amounts to
many thousands of dollars The smugglers
have regular headquarters-some on At
lantic avenue. others on Hicks street and 4
few on Amity street and other thorough
fares adjacent to the water front. These
smugglers consist of men who are en-
ployed on ships which dock at the big
store houses. In some cases they are
stewards, stewards clerks and first mates,
but frequently captains do not hesitate to
turn an extra dollar by evading the Gus
toms inspectors
Cigars brought from Cuba find a ready
sale in stores along the water front, and
after while they find their way into the
tobacco stores Of the city. Many a sailor
leaves his vessel with suspiciously heavy
are gray-haired old fellows who meet every
ship which comes up to the docks. These
are the men who gain largely by swindling
the government. They have secondhand
clothing shops and jewelry stores, and their
stock is repeatedly replenished by men who
go down to the in ships. A watch is
secured here, some fine cloth there. a hun
bred cigars from this ship. gallons of bay
oil from that. rare birds and feathers from
a liner fresh from the tropics. opium from
an Asiatic trader, ivory and diamond or
two from another. and so it goes on. There
is another evil which these men encourage.
1t is the robbery of ships. Often stewards
and keepers of linen chests aboard ship
have an understanding with these men.
They pilfer whatever stuff they can on the
voyage and then smuggle it ashore and
secure pay for it from these fellows. On
Atlantic avenue there is a little old-fash-
toned man who has made a fortune out of
this Illicit trading. He owns several houses
and keeps a dingy. Insignificant shop down
in cellar. This Is filled with all kinds of
goods brought from aboard ships. Incom-
ing steamers always ind him awaiting
them. His pockets bulge with cash. and he
is always ready to assist tar in distress
and tell him how he can make a few odd
dollars. Once in while the officers gather