New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-28
MURPHY LAUGHS AT COLER
CROKER FOLLOWERS OPENLY RIDICULE
THE CONTROLLER.
MR. CoLER SAYS ALL RESTS WITH THE
DELEGATES-MURPHY REPLIES To W.
F. sHEEHAN WITH sNEERs.

F. sHEEHAN WITH sNEERS
The Golfer boom has collapsed. II was only
wind and buster. Golfer never wanted TO nc
Governor I'm the first place, and Hin took MN
up because he thought he was strong with
the pcople Golfer ought to have Ind sense
enough to know that.-Ex-senator Murphy 10 the
reporters yesterday.
The entire question of my candidacy for
Governor rests with the Democratic voters
rs represented by the delegates fin conven-
Coler the reporters yesterday after
Taking the cue from Murphy. the Tammany
leaders. with the cheerful acquiescence of Rich
ard Croker, are openly ridiculing Controller
Coler, asserting that he never had any chance
of getting the nomination for Governor. and
asking where his delegates are, If he is such a
popular candidate
Controller Coler. without any local machine
back of him. is at the mercy of the machine
leaders, who declare they will tear him and
Hill to pieces at the first opportunity.
The Controller returned TO town from Liberty
yesterday, bringing his family with him. As
soon as he had signed few papers at his office.
talked with ex-Sheriff Dunn and listened to a
delegation from the Franchise Tax and Munich
pal Ownership League. he started for some
where in New-Jersey." as he expressed it. Be
fore going he was by a reporter for The
Tribune and asked about his candidacy and the
boast of Senator Murphy that he was beaten
already. The Controller, in his usual collected
way, said:
The entire question of my candidacy for
Governor rests with the Democratic voters as
represented by the delegates in convention. If
they want me as their candidate for Governor,
well and good. The matter is out of my hands"
Have you ever done anything to Croker or
Murphy that would tend to make them distrust
you. or to consider you anything else but a
regular Democrat" the Controller was asked.
They're the best judges about that. I guess
people generally understand I'm a Democrat"
said the Controller.
Have you any intention Of seeing them and
assuring them that they needn't be afraid Of
your" he asked.
NO" said the Controller, breaking out into
hearty laugh.
LEAGUE COMMITTEE SEES COLER.
The committee from the Franchise Tax and
Municipal Ownership League that called Con-
troller Coler yesterday told him that the league
had been organized to promote his nomination
and election as Governor. The committee was
composed of Barley J. Wright, E. s. Egerton
and J. L. Freune.
Mr. Wright, who acted as spokesman said
that the league had had one meeting already and
was going to hold another on Wednesday even
ing. and that it was going to boom Mr.. Coler
from now until nomination day. and after that.
If he were chosen, until Election Day
Mr.. Coler said that he was greatly indebted
to the league for it's interest in his candidacy,
and that if nominated he would accept the nom
.nation. ut is all in the peoples hands," he
added.
Richard Croker. ex-senator Murphy, Senator
P. H. McCarren and Thomas F. Smith, secre-
ta-y to Mr. Croker were early at Room No. 800,
Hoffman House. the new Tammany State head
quarters. yesterday. Mr.. Croker, when asked
about the situation, said: 1T is too hot to talk
about anything I'm trying to keep COOL
Ex-senator Murphy asked IL he had read
a statement of ex-Lieutenant-Go Governor William
F. Sheehan declaring Senator Hill to be the
leader Mr.. Murphy said: mo, have not read
it, but I'm going to read IT,.
a clipping was handed Mr.. Murphy, and he be-
gan reading It aloud and commenting on it. He
said when he came to the section that related
to Sheehan's going to Buffalo to purify politics:
Hes a nice reformer. 1t strikes me that he
left Buffalo very suddenly about two years ago
for the good of Buffalo. Now he says he's
coming back to purify politics. That will strike
a good many people as being strange"
Then Mr. Murphy commented on the state
ment of Mr.. Sheehan that everybody knew that
he was going to support the Kansas City candi-
date and the platform.
Everybody knows it. says Sheehan," re-
never come out and declared for Bryan Only
two or three weeks ago he was said 10 be with
Mckinley. Nobody knows whether he is for
Bryan or not. He doesn't say so here
Then Mr.. Croker said:
IF he's for Bryan now let's put him on the
book as a spellbinder. He's a good talker but it
strikes me that he had something the matter
with his voice four years ago.
Mr.. Murphy kept reading the article and
commenting as he went along. He criticised Mr..
SheehaD. and said:
former Sheehan is. He is the kind OF a reformer
people don't take any stock in
Mr.. Murphy was asked what he thought Of the
Coler boom and he said:
1T has collapsed There is nothing in it. 1t
only wind and buster, anyhow. Coler never
wanted to be Governor, in the first place and
Hill took him up because he thought he was
strong with the people, and has used him
catspaw. Coler ought to have had enough
sense to know that"
Mr. Murphy was asked about the charge that
stationery from the Democratic State headquar-
tiers being used to get the State Democrat
to the Croker Murphy headquarters, and there
induce delegates and others to vote for McCar-
rem for temporary chairman. in order TO capture
and control the convention. Mr.. Murphy called
in his stenographer, a pretty young woman, and
asked:
Did I ever use any paper or stationery from
the Democratic State headquarters?"
NO." replied the girl.
It's lie" said Mr.. Murphy. IAN infamous
silly lie. The stationery we are using here is
without any printing on Il whatever"
SAYS PLATT SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT.
At this point Mr. Croker said:
II know who it that stole the stationery
1t was the newspaper men" And then Croker
laughed heartily.
Mr. Croker read an article published In a
Brooklyn paper, In which Mr.. Platt was said 10
have called Coler a fraud" Mr.. Croker said:
That will make friends for Coler. Plat
should not have said it. 1t is funny how peo-