New-York tribune., 1901-09-22

KINGS COWS CROKER.
SHEyLIN HOLDS A CLUB OVER THE
TAMMANY BOSS.
PROTESTS AGAINST THE NOMINATION OF
LEWIS NIXON AND INSISTS THAT
KINGS NAME HEAD
THE TICKET

mated he displays unmista ka BILE signs of anxi
ETY. and distress. The situation in the Wigwam
is becoming so complicated that Croker is wor-
rieo. Added to the revolt against his dictates
within his own organiza tion he now faces a.
sulen stand taken by the Kings County orga-
nization which he cannot ignore Those who
Know Croker. who are in his confidence and who
see him daily and talk with him. say they have
never known the chief to be so harassed and
worried as he is at the present time. He still
refuses TO talk to any extent for publicatio
AT the club last night he said that he had no
Idea who would be nominated for Mayor by
Iammany; that he was waiting to see what
the fusion forces finally accomplished before he
took any action.
Ihe situation has developed TO point where
hihgs County is the great disturbing factor.
croker wants to nominate Lewis Nixon but
1rom indications he will be unable to do so. In
.he hrst place the leaders of the big East Side
districts, such Sullivan, Engel. Foley and
others, have bluntly told Croker they cannot roll
up big majorities for Nixon in their districts.
Ihey recall that Nixon was head of the purity
committee of Five appointed by Croker. This
committee never did anything. and thor
oughly discredited. But the leaders tell Croker
that their voters won't stand for any man such
as Nixon. who wants to clean up the town.
wide open town is what they and their followers
want, and they cannot get votes for Nixon.
They say that Nixon would be called "Croker's
nice. clean young man. and that would end
him in their districts. These leaders are power
full. and, what is more they control the districts
which roll up the big Tammany majorities
which help to offset the Tammany minority in
other parts of the city.
AN EMPHATIC PROTEST.
To the question of Nixon Kings County puts in
emphatic James SheyllQ
for the Kings County organization, visited
Croker at the Democratic Club Friday night.
He talked with the Tammany chieftain from D
o'clock until 1 o'clock in the morning. After
this conference Shevlin went back to Brooklyn
and left the Tammany boss to reflect upon what
he had said. In the language of Tammany,
Shevn put 1t up to Croker good and hard"
What shevlin said was practically this:
In 1897 Van wyck for Mayor poled 761s5
and Tracy secured 81 Gil votes The forces that
supported Low and Tracy in 1897 united
this year: Supposing the same vote Is poiied
Kings will have anti-Tarrmany majority or
something like 2T.000 votes. Added to this is
the fact that Grout has been put upon the flu
sion ticket Grout who is the present Demo
Kings He Is a good carapaigner and Will help
the ticket This would indicate an even greater
toll - enough in Manhattan 10 offset
his shortage in israosslyn. Kings County would
office Of President OF the Borough Is great OF
hce. with rich patronage Aside from this there
all the county offices to fill. Kings cannot
afford lose the county offices and the Presi-
dent Of the Borough Kings believes that Nixon
would be the weakest who could he put
M and he would entail upon Kings the loss of
all its county Offices as we'll President of the
Borough The only salvation for Kings is to
have the head OF the tickee and Kings dema nds
the head of the ticket. The only man at the
head of the ticket that Kings thinks can win
in Kings is Coer
That is the situation just Sheviin laid II
dowr TO Croker. Kings has in the last National
and State conventions of the party stood with
Croker against ex-senator Hin. This has made
Croker dominant in the STATE organization.
Kings stands ready TO continue this bargain.
hut Kings won't continue to stand by Croker if
Croker is going to put Kings in a position in
which it will lose all the local offices, which
mean so much to the organization. Croker
asked ShevIin II Coler would not take the sec
ond place on the ticket, and Shevlin said en-
phatically that he would not. Croker then
asked II Edward NJ. Shepard could not be con-
sdered instead of Coler. Shevlin replied, that
this was something that Kings would take un-
der consideration. but that Kings felt it was
entitled to name the head of the ticket, and the
Kings County lea 1ers think Coler is the man
who carry the county for them. Croker
promised to take the matter under advisement.
ana tnere III was allowed 10 rest Later 1Iphel
talked with Senator McCarren and John l..
Shea. He asked both If Coler would not take
second place on the ticket, and they told him
Coler would not.
Added to this demand for Coler from across
the bridge comes support for Coler within the
organiza ton Croker has poled the leaders of
Tammany, and last night it said that nine
teen of the thirty five leaders had bluntly told
the chief that Coler would be the strongest man
to name. Croker probably aware of these
facts when asked the other night if he still vio-
lently opposed Coler, and replied:
circumstances sometimes alter cases"
DISTRESSED BY THE TURN OF AFFAIRS
The Tammany chieftain is deeply distressed by
this turn of affairs. 1t is said that he realizes
the logic of the situation. Last night Wigwam-
ties declared that Coler would be able to capture
the Citizens Union Convention. In that event so
Tammany say Croker cannot stem the tide
even if he wants to. It was freely predicted that
in the event of Coer being named by the Citizens
Union Kings County would give Croker the al
tentative of taking him or going it alone. Ii
Croker refused to take COler, in he is nomi-
mated by the Citizens Union, it is said that Kings
County, rather than lose the president of the
borough and the county offices would indorse
Coler nominate county ticket and go it alone.
This. it is said. would be last and desperate
resort.
1t was evident last night that there will be
no decision for several days to the Tammany
ticket 1t is believed that Croker will fight hard
against Coler and try to circumvent the attempt
to force him on the Tammany ticket Coler is
personally popular with the Tammany leaders.
They know he has always been fair in the dis
tribution of patronage. All contractors know
that any fair bill that goes In to the Controller
will be audited. The leaders and the contractors
are powerful influences in Tammany, and his
support from this contingent means much.
There a large crowd at the Democratic
Club last night. In the course of the evening
Mr. Croker talked a good deal while with Con-
q. Mcclellan and