The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06

inimical to the perpetuation of Tammany
hall methods, should he be elected mayor.
There has been considerable specula-
ton how Coler could consistently accept
a nomination at the hands of Tammany
when he is known to have such a decided
leaning toward reform, and when his
record as comptroller shows him to be
against the methods of the Democratic
organization in Greater New York Hugh
Mclaughlin, who is at the head Of the
Coler enthusiasts from Brooklyn, explain
ed this evident Inconsistency by saying
that he believed Mr.. Coler Shout be NOM.
mated for mayor by the regular Dem
ocratic organization; that he did not be-
lieve that Mr.. Coler would suffer in the
opinion of tht Independent Democrats by
running a ticket which is supported
by Tammany hall; that in taking such
nomination he did not believe Mr.. Coler
would jeopardize his political future, and
that he and the leaders of the Kings
county organization would leave no
stone unturned to bring about his NOM
ination.
When asked if he did not think Mr..
Coler would lose the confidence of in
dependent Democrats, should he accept
nomination that comes in part from
Tammany hall, he said:
Suppose you had a clerk for a number
of years that you knew was absolutely
honest to the penny and faithful to
your interests. Suppose some outsider
came along and said, 4 don't like that
clerk would you discharge him?
Suppose that clerk you knew to be
so trustworthy and honest that you could
go into court any day and make aff1da-
Wit as to his honesty and loyalty and that
clerk was being voted for Suppose the
old boy himself came up from down be-
low and said, TIL vote for that clerk
would 1T keep you from voting for him,
all because the old boy voted for him?
Here is clerk continued Nc
Laughlln, still referred to Comptroller
Golfer, employed by the people, who has
done his work well. His every act has
been honest and justified. He has no
master We know him. He is a Brook
lyn boy, raised and educated in Brook
lyn schools and Brooklyn churches"
Senator Timothy D. Sullivan, big
Tim" who has doomed UP as boss of the
East Side, has come out for Coler His
weight added to that OF the Brooklyn
contingent which is insisting on the
comptroller's nomination as an offset to
Low, has made a decided impression
Cookers admitted choice all along has
been Lewis Nixon. He has insisted on
Nixon and fought every suggestion of
Coler. But the Coler men could not be
put off.
Conferences and meetings at the Dem.
ocratic club have been in almost con-
tinuouS session since the Republican
and Citizens union convention nornin-
ated its ticket. Cookers friends have
been casting around in every direction
for compromise candidate, one whom
the boss could be sure of and who would
also satisfy the Coler men.
One of the latest announcements given
o+ fha III,
delegation had shelved Coler as candi-
cate for mayor and that Joseph G. Hen
dirk, president of the National Bank of
Commerce, had been agreed on by Kings
county organization. But Mr. Hendrix
is reported to have declined to have
his name mentioned. Other possibilities
presented by the Brooklyn delegates in
their game of politics with the old boss
were: Justice w. J. Gaynor of the SUI
preme court, who has eight years vet
remaining of his judicial term; Julian
D. Fairchild, who declined the nomina-
tion for comptroller four years ago;
James Z. Mcclure, who was surveyor
OF the port when Grover Cleveland was
president and anti-SfcLaughIin Demo-
crat, and who stumped for Seth Low
when Mr.. Low was the mayorality
candidate in Brooklyn against Joseph c.
Hendrix and these five representatives
u IAAO OlliHCHS 0IllOA Geo.
Foster Peabody, A. Augustus Heaiy,
Alexander e. Orr, Henry Hentz and Har-
rington Putnam.
To meet this evident bluff on the part
of the Brooklyn men Squire Croker
played card of his own. After the
eight 'unavailables'' from Brooklyn had
been presented Johnny Carroll in be-
half of the squire, presented those of
justice George c.. Barrett and former
Justice George NJ. Van EToesen.
Several Tammany men who are sup
posed to be in the 'squires confidence,
at once declared that Justice Barrett
was Mr.. Croker's preference for the
nomination.
What threats have been made to Gro
ker at the club conferences are not
known. but it is believed that the Kings
county men will form an alliance with
the Hill forces in the state if they do
not get the nomination for Coler. On
the other hand the comptroller is I'M
der deep suspicion OF being a Hill man
at heart, and in either event he is des
tined to add to the troubles of the ex-
Datriated Tammany boss.