The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-24
HILL And CROKER.
The Tammnny Chieftain up Against
a Hard Proposition. z
0UTGENERALEDI THE STATE.
Fighting Desperately to Maintain
His suprcmacy-Co ler Only m In
cident Of Hills Great Fight for su-
premacy-overthrow Of Tammany
Generally Expected. Z

0tue1ahy GAPeSteos y t;eji
NEW YORK, Aug. !23.-Richard Gro
Ker. IT report be true win stack up"
against. the hardest proposition 4 to
maintain his leadership this fall he has
ever had to, encounter. 1t maybe stated
almost positively that he has broken
with the vast moneyed interests which
he served during the 4iife Of the late
Roswell P. Flower. He now begins
political fight, In which his leadership
and the influence Of his Organization In
local and state politics are at stake.
The4hght in the Democratic party. in
which the nomination OF Controller CO.
Ter for governor is only an accident; is
the most momentous since Tilden meas
ured swords with Tammany. Stripped
OF every influence save Tammanys
vote and patronage, Croker begins his
battle with Mold attack on the mo-
neyed interests that have heretofore
been behind him. ;5js
Proposition to Wood.
At Saratoga, It is said he asked Eu-
gene D. Wood. Of Albany to prevent
Hills election as delegate to the
state convention. To his amazement
Wood refused and intlmated that Al
bany county would send q Hill delega-
tonSto the convention. When Croker
heard that he realized that Hill had
outgeneraled him by patching up
truce with the group of Democratic
capitalists which had formerly opposed
him because OF his aversion Of Grover
Cleveland. SIS Is sf..9f - r
y have had no dealings with Wood
said Croker In his rage. He is the
paid lobbyist Of corporations and In
surance companies and tells what he
does for them. j regard him as ;fit
subject for the district attorney OF AL.
bany county, ~ ~ 4
When Croker gets angry and begins
to abuse people he is hit hard. 1t was
so during the mayoralty. campaign. In
this case the man attacked is member
OF the Democratic club and has hereto
fore been the boon companion OF the
Tammany leaders.
His political associate in Albany is
Anthony n. Brady the capitalist. Mr..
Wood is the legislative and political.
representative. of big corporations. His
intimacy with the Tammany lead
efs was based on this fact; he dealt
with yTammanY as the representative
OF the Traction, Telephone, Gas and
Electrical Companies Of Greater New
York. Cookers attack on him means
the severance Of political fellowship
between Tammany and these interests.
sheehan Men With Hill.
William C. Sheehan, who stole Erie
county from Croker, us preliminary
to his remittance to state politics, ar
ranged the alliance between Hill and
The Democratic corporation interests OF
'he state. HeSsaid the day following
the meeting Of the state committee:
The fight on Croker has just begun.
Influences are ut work which will put
an end TO his bossism in state and city
politics. I'D E
Crokers break with Eugene Wood
shows Just what Sheehan meant. The
former lieutenant governor is the rep
resentative In the Hill Sheehan-Coler
combination or William C. Whitney.
Thomas F. Ryan, Hugh J. Grant. An
thony Brady, Thomas F. Cummings
and the Flower estate The political
programme of the combination is the
nomination of Coler for governor,
which means the control OF the. state
party machinery. the overthrow OF
Tammany by votes OF the vast army OF
employees In the Whitney interests COM
bined with ;heflndependeHt and anti
Tammnny Democratic vote OF New
York: tho clactlon OF an anti-Tam-
many. mayor of Greater New York In
1901 and the nomination OF David B..
Hill for President In 1861.
Collar Is only an Incident OF Hills
great fight for political supremacy. He
was trained for politics by Hill, and
has turned out most valuable candi-
date for rallyIrg the batter elements OF
the DemocTatlclrarty for'thc assault on
Tanmany.
Realizes His Extremity.
II Is said that Crol;er realized his cx-
trEml,y bafo-c he left Saratoga. He
brought Senator Grady and Augustus
Van WICK away with him. The for.
mer wns Dropped oil ut albany to call
on judge D. coty Herrlck and per-
ouade htm to accept the nomination for
governor.
The justice. a Grover Cleveland Dem
ocFat, who carried Albany county
asaInSt Hill until recent primary, 1t
Is claimed by the Hin people. refused to
see the Tammahy representative. and
on learning his mission made public
refusal 70 stand as a candidate. Aug
ustua Van wyck. IT ls assumed, was
D'onsht down to carry II message of
Cancellation to. colcrj IN. the event that
~ could rot persuade the controller TO
withdraw from Tie race in the interests
OF harmony.
me controller dlncd with Judge Van
WICK and Bridge Commissioner Shea.
OF the Brooklyn Club. Monday. but 1t
" SAID the Tammany Representative
Hade no Impression on him. Controller
Co!er refused IN 4,,Il. noit,t.g. Eta