The sun., 1900-12-07
HILL Is AFTER DELEGATES.
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DtRt NOT var eON WOffD


| TIM" meant something. politically Ilhut
I b1uforth i' responsible Tor this estimate ot
, Mr. lIills prr-cnt Wat Mr I'M hadn't
been ~ town thirty minut"s befor" r. we'll
! known Democrat va, reminding hls friends
| 81 n remnrt made by Nr IIill IN the recent
! BRYAN campaign Mchnrd Olney. 'leve-
| lands Secretary ~ state from 1903 to 1897.
! had come out nat-footcd for BRYAN and all
! the doctrines of Chicago. 1870. and Kansas
| ,itv. 1900
What's Olncy mixing up In th. nsht for.
| auerilously said MIR. I'm NJ the time. what's
! he up to? What does h" want
| Olnev. according to this narrator. wanted
| Just what Hill is now after the Democratic
| Presidential nomination IN 1904.
! Mr. nm said that he was In New York on
! law business He had talks with former
! Lieut. -Gov. william +. Sheehan. John {.
! Sheehan. Elliot DanfortA. Comptroller Coler
and ex-SheriT James O'Brien,
| The Democrats who talked about Mr..
! Hllls presence In town said last night that
| he was quite ready to he allied to any move
| ment which in the end would give him the
| delegates from New York state TO the Demo
| cratic National Convention In 1904. Mr..
! Coler, II was added. Is just as eager TO be-
| come associated with any movement which
| In the end will give him renomination Tor
! Comptroller Mr.. hin does not propose
| 10 become prominent in any municipal fight
| against Richard Croker OF Tammany Hall.
# bv so doing he will leopard his chances
of getting the New York delegation to the
Democratic National Convention In 1904.
and. for that matter. Mr.. Coler s almost In
the same boat MIR Coer. Of course. would
like TO be nominated for Mayor by the anti
Tammany forces next autumn. but II Ia now
known that he has given up hope OF that and
will be very well satisfied II the anti-Tammany
people give him a denomination 10: Comp
trolcr.
MANY Democrats saw they do not believe
Mr.. Hiii's name is good one to conjure by
in an anti-Iammany movement. and the
same sentiments are expressed concerning
Comptroller Coler. Mr. Ilill went to the
Chicago Convention In 1899 arrayed with the
Sound Money Democrats. Last July he
went TO Kansas city ana hooked up with
BRYAN and Organism. 10 to /. the smashing
o, the Supreme Court OF the United states,
the hauling down Of the American flag and
all the doctrines which met such crushing
| defeat on Nov. d. there are many eminent
Democrats In New York city who are friendly
TO Mr. Hll and would favor accer ting Mr..
Hill's assistance in the matter OF organiza-
ton against Richard Croker and some OF the
more intolefahle features Of Tammany Hall,
But a. a matter OF fact IL would be necessary
for the success OF any such movement. they
say. tor Alr It'll to remain In the background
Mr. Hill Is known to he a good organizer
and he is a shrewd politician in many ways,
but II is known that his participation In any
p~lltical movement has for it's ultimate out
come the acquisition Of the New YORK dele
CATION 10 the Democratic National Conven-
ion Of 1904. 1alnmany people do not seem
To fear either Mr. Hill or MIR. Croker, whose
personal ambitions they cay are not forces
strong enough To- move the voters of Greater
New York in solid columns against Richard
Croker and Iammany Hall
MANY we'll known Democrats believe TINT
there should he change Of administration
ia the municipal affairs OF Greater New York
but il ~ altogether too eaIly.it was said last
night, for movement OF this kind 10 take
There Is a bunch OF ,well-kno wn Democrats
any one OF whom could be dominated on an
the names mentioned are eH-secretary OF
tho Treasury Charles :. Fairchild. George l..
aaG GHi ten "ef sH haVa such G ,mber a.
seth Low. Charles 4. Schler~n and Frederick
u Tappen. There has been good deal Of
tax Of nomin stinv some Democrat forAlayor.
with Mr. Col"r hard To set out of the way "a
his associate on the ticket for COMPTROLLER.
and tho rest of the ticket given TO the Repub-
Leans. AstGte politicians said last night that
II was altogether too early To force the stua-
Mavor James X. Mcclure Of Syracuse was
IN town n moment. He IL 10 resign n chair |
man of the Executive Committee Of the Demo
a.G Gear, and nd" soul WITH iii in any S mov.ment
in which Mr.. Hill may engage on the ground |
that Mr., Hin viii outive Mr. Croker phvsl- !
Stamchlrld was At Tho Hoffman House last !
night lie Is between wind and water. II |
has nsep h unGsrS,"%H m his |n"i for ne
crnor az Saratoga with the understanding |
that II defeated he should have Il renoni- |
In the meantime the opponents Of Mr..
Croker IN this city arr, takin the field. ES- |
E%wn norl1ha IE hT1 rrrI6 t6s Tpner Wno has n
OF the county, has called a public meeting |
of all cti2"ns who are opposed TO the present
inerconary,. eNtravasant and vicious rulr
of our city, md who desir. 10 participate
in the organization Of an earnest effort To
secure decent municipal government" The
meeting viii be held on Monday evening at
2jil " cbstar avenue, near the fordham depot.
ats o'clock. The Democrats in the upper part |
Of the city are particularly angry at Mr
croker and his advisers because or the M enpt
TO knock Senator-elect il.nnessy out Of the
President Iiaifen Of tho borough Of The Bronx
s nsGSd ,Ss 4o 9aa Gs9r nsa %ry
name put on the ticket by the Police Com
misso and their decision was de-
laycd that 1t was thought tho courts would
not be able to upset IT, They did upset il, !
though The,r decision was not made until
hs aGF ks M wond % leave @ nmmany 20 rather a thn
submit longer to such treatment by Mr..
Croker, Mr., IIanen,s friends are still very
I
movement which has for its object the over
throw OF the existing management Of Tam
many Hall Mr.. Purroy was once power
In Tamnlny. by which he was elected County
clerk like many another OF the old timers
In the Hall he could not stand the methods
pursued by the present management and
was practically forced out This was in
1870
4 good many mel. who are Interested In
the non PARTISAN canpaign of next wear do |
not tniuk that ex-senator Iiill will succeed |
In get INK Coltrol Of II. Some of them think |
that ny Hill as a boss would not he much |
better thnn Mr.. Croker.
This talk OF a movement under the lead |
ership OF Mr.. Hill, said James Il. Revnolds
= NesterdaY, apparently oriI iaated in the !
idea that all the evils of which we COMPLAIN !
could be cured by III" overthrow Of Mr. roker |
Mr.. lIiIl probably thinks that there are enough |
Iersou- VINO mold MIR Croker personally rc- |
sponsible for tn" present condition to make !
the attempt to overthrow MIR Croker sue |
ce es-lul. Nr. croker l. really only an Incident !
Of Iammanv. 4 substitution Of bosses !
would not improve the conditions which !
IA lrn allowed rammauy t. ii-ten an immoral |
There are now at least dozen strong move
for ia. overthrow OF Mr. troker. The Sitrl-
alton in the second district, where Congress
man Rordau and Councilman Foley are out
aQains, T. uivvcr. and thus against Mr. Croker
lius sclf, i not ~" only one of the kind The |
She'hal equalization In the Ninth district |
il strong one. a. vas shown AZ the last ri