The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-07
cOLER BEATEN, THEY SAY:
INNS ENEMIES SURE or 1T
uIAUGHLIS MEN ASSENT.

,rs oytle most important Democrats who
,,y.,qted the nomination 81 Comptroller
,,,,r ~ This city for Governor by the Demo-
s,,,e Convention admitted yesterday
w., The Croker-Murphy-Sheylin combine
-, bs. opposed Mr.. Colers nomination
,c,,i,t Of his a~ntagoutsm 10 Tammany
tIau and his friendship for David r. Hill. would
AMI, =, pravont his nomination even though
-. KS county delegation should vote solidly
-. tJ., ~ this last there Is no probability.
wa. declared by personal friends Of eI-
p .,t.fer High McIAuHhlin Yesterday that he
r.,J NOT throw the delegation TO Coler The
g. county delegates we're elected last even
a. Mr.. Colpr's candidacy was Endorsed by
"a convention H. his district, and the delegates
80 ir.tructed to favor" his nomination for
C,raror. That was the only district In which
~, color candidacy figured at all or h which
.py Instructions we're given.
wall u',rmsd Democrats said Yesterday
cha, ra various factions ~ that party were
sr AZ ,.a in regard to The MAJ 10 be nomi-
r.,st ,,r Governor. and that they were 70
s,sc t-yiny ,o straigh'en ont the tangle re-
,prriny from h row between Hill and Croker
Gao, ,tsy nai lad no time TO devote TO tie
,,,,,or,, or 20 the other officers on the ticket.
.Iu,. friends declared that they were going
:, ogst IN IN, end with Mr.. Coler "a their can
..ia,s rr,sentug bis name TO the convention.
no matter II tncy had only 50 votes for IT,
T., vas said that Mr.. Mclaughlin. in his con
,ersnc,s with MIR Hill, Mr.. Coler, Mr. Muir
nhy Norman {. Mack and other prominent
democrats has used his best endeaTors 10 bring
the two factions together TO support some man
,,r identified with either; that the name Of Ed
ward NJ. shepard was mentioned as a posi-
hIity II this sort Of compromise we're brought
o,,r. and that the ticket shepard andStanch-
rolt- received some thought. When this was
sl,ys.ted to the Bryanite Democrats they
laughed al H. and they said that no man would
he nominated by the convention who did not
support Bryan on the Chicago platform In 1899.
I'M. statement was made positively and ap-
parently disposed of Mr.. shepard. The friends
q, senator Mackey Of Buffalo declared yes
t,rday that his chances we're growing brighter
every day. Mr.. Murphy made a positive an
nounoement yesterday hat Mr.. Coler would
not be the nominee, and said that John B..
stanchAeld supported Bryan in 1898. and was
a good man. But Mr.. Murphy made haste
10 add that ne had no candidate. Last night
there was some revival Of the talk about nom
mating Chairman James K. MoGuire OF the
Democratic Executive COMMITTEES. who Is Mayor
Of syracuse and is a warm Hin man. Mr..
Mcclure has declared himself over and over
again 10 be- for Coler, and has said that he was
not a candidate for the ofice. As a matter
Of fact the Democratic statesmen don't know
who 10 nominate. and they are looking around
for some kindly iuorensive citizen with a Bryan
record and nothing else to his dlscredlt who
can te put w TO be slaughtered this fall. Mr..
HlI's friends declare that Coler Is essential
. ~. .-..a - 49,. .Nal,N NJ rrALNN anA
Mr.. Murphy say that he isn't and Is In fact the
weakest candidate that has been named. Mr..
Croker paid his compliments 70 MIR Soler yes
The Comptroller has been trying TO. put me
and tie 1ammany organization In a false posi-
uon before the pu6ilG am asalnst hlm Lot
him He talks about 'oommerdalism In poll
tics and says that the city government is
yrs T5 nOT than tina t va va dI N the BE- I S9r tbe d 9ysp z,
know about II and 10 let me know about y. He
has not done So one OF his charges IL that
Tqmmany HL has put business into politics and
tries 20 make MONEY out Of. everything. lie
"a worse a. that than anybody else, He
went into The city Trust Company and bought
.,ock at par and sold 2 It for zee lie n e2giEf4t
Fud Guaranty Company when il was at 100,
When hat stock got to 40 MI Freedman sold
sore OF Ms because he needed money. Nj,
that The raIa would appreciate the value OF the
stock. Coler came 70 me and complained of
Freedman. told Coler that he ought to get
out o.! tie company because he wa a city on
cial and people in hi, Office were bonded In the
company am told that Coler i Interested in
ne G9nS'ruction COMPANY tha! Is building tho
ested IN the Rapid Transit Tunnel Company
lie Is also Interested in other companies which
ar doing work tor the city have the doCu-
msnts 70 show IT, and at the proper time they
As Mr.. croker said this he took a package
q khist F coat. led he'd them il 'front.' Of him Tor p a mo-
ront, and then put them In the left hand inside
pocket Of his coat.
nominated those things would come out. lie
would be q weak candidate. Coler sets himself
w 70 be- the only honest man in politics. he
tries 70 make out that all the rest Of us are
thieves and saws we are worse than thieves.
u he knows these things 1t Is his duty rs Comp
troIler 20 let h" public know the facts and 10
&. v f &c Do '9 ifI9, i should be Il so not hHbm Svs S saiS
nnythinE about il II he had not tried to put me
Mr.. Col,r Was much annoyed by what Mr..
Croker said about him. He would not make
Any reply. When an evening newspaper CON-
tAni1s tho attack was presented to him he
= wtl not bother my head with such stun
Ne SAD ! have said. all there IL o. say about
ny holdings In the City Trust Company. end
se,rt nv bond IN Freedman's company, This
stun Is not worth answering
MI ,roker will 20 10 Saratoga tonight
o. De train leaving the Grand Central station
~ no NAAi ~ NAAFA' -
row, morning, and will open headquarters
Z, te Grand Union Hotel at once When
Ar Nrok"r l. AZ Saratoga he always lives at
w" cottage u ire Commissioned John }. Scan
heu. senator Murphy will also go ~ Saratoga
ds IN g"t there some time tomorrow The
L3hiEaly delegation and rooters who will
q on Monday IN special trains Of Pullman
GaIs "N. number at least 1890. This is a Dig
ur'S non, aud the idea Of taking so large a
Tar is 10 show the upstate delegates how big
Chairman Frank Campbell Of the Demo-
N!A,' STATE committee and Chairman Mcclure
"a I.r Ike ulNe IN called on eN-Gov.
,nniti. d stone and his fellow members of
tue Ndtlouu Democratic Committee In Parlor
90 me Holman House Yesterday and had a
~ AZ hands said that IL was a social talk.
ms Is ne way that all conversations be-
wen Democrats in New York are
,'e VO'd nowadays. The Democratic Ma
nottl NuWnhttee has not selected its head
sArler yet IL was said yesterday that Il
r.,"' not S.'eot them until ex-senator Cor
t - Maryland got here on Tuesday The
90 j. I'd" head .uurtors win not be- selected
~ ait'r p" Democratic State Convention.
re Sg'l.nal Committee is djSgustcd with the
~ ,"rF D.mocratiC quarrel Il doesn't
ra.I .. Mend senator fills friends, Chair
-. aNth"A and Chairman Mcclure. because
So. . VA" u'lo"i1 OF the regular Democratic
" .o'.'.i'." On the other hand, il doesn't
I 20 mend Mr. Croker and Mr. Murphy,
'"T1tt~' They have the money.
ma, i'hal raupaigners are not the only
VINO are ~Ii~gu-t'l. MIR Mclaughlin
D. W.'' disguised Last night. edition Of
~. ~ t.'.-eD, which Il accepted a. the
~ VIZ Mclaughlin and his friends, con-
90 N.- -"''"N"" so far Mr.. McLaughlin'S
S., o"nnllatlou have failed EX-
DIV nm law Mr Mclaughlin on Weine--