New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
4 PROGRAMME FOR COLER.
TO RUN FOR MAYOR; IF ELECTED, TO
RESIGN IN A YEAR-THEN RUN
FOR GOVERNOR

Controller Coers friends irA Tammany Hall.
hacked by the Mclaughlin machine in Kings
nave arranged the following political programme
Tor Richard Croker's considerations:
F1rst-Mr. Coler's nomination for Mayor
the Tammany ticket.
second-If elected. his resignation of the may
orally year from next fall TO accept the non-
inatton for Governor
Third-The nomination of a trusted" Tam
many man for president of the Board of Alder
men, who will succeed Mr.. Coer Mayor and
run things wide open" for at least one year Of
the two
Fourth-A businesslike and straightforward
administration of city affairs under Coler In
order to increase his prestige as a Democratic
candidate against Governor Odell. whom Croker
ardently hopes to defeat.
1t can be stated on the highest" authority
and that means Mr.. Coler's own word to his
political friends. that he wants to be Governor
and that the mayoraIty is not attractive TO him.
The Controller has been deeply impressed by the
strong position in the State and nation attained
py Governor Odell He wants a place in the
public eye relatively as conspicuous. With the
national and State Democratic organizations in
disrupted condition. he aims being po-
litical Moses
Senator Hill sustains a rather anomalous re-
Iation to the programme up to date. Realizing
that personally he cannot do much in his own
state he is willing to push Coler whom he
backed for the Governorship nomination at
saratoga year ago. AS national character
already. Mr.. Hill would hope overshadow
Coler, even if CoIer should have the strange
luck to become Governor. which Republican
comedies as a political probability.
Meanwhile Controller Coler now wishes he
hadn't been quite so hasty in writing his arti-
r ff1If- Doll In
article he won the applause of the retormers
and the maledictions of Croker's friends.
But argues Coler's friends, Croker knows
how to forgive when it pays to do so. He once
forgave Otto Kempner who wrote a book about
him. and he forgave George F. Roesch after
Roesch squealed' before the LeXow Committee.
and Jimmy Martin. HilIs friend, still is inside
the breastworks"
This, Coler's friends say warrants the belief
that Croker. fearing the effect of the latest
police scandals will take on Coler. first for
Mayor, and, secondly. for Governor.
At Jamesport, where he Hugh McLaugh-
lin on Friday Mr.. Coer said for publication:
Il cannot help being extremely gratitied at
the public sentiment which has expressed itself
recently.
1T has seemed strange to that. elrn-
mating myself from the situation, no one who
has been prominent in the three great nights
for good government-the Ramapo steal, the
confessions II judgment matter and the West
ST grab-has been considered seriously for the
nomination by anv of the organizations
Good government in the city OF New-Tork
can hope for little If success II those who make
SuCh NSntS IN ltS interest anu MAKE tIl-lIll'S
thereby are considered unavailable because OF
having antagonized such interests
With Coler the Democratic candidate TOT
Mayor Tammany carttail orators would say;
our man killed RamapO and the West-st
franchise grab. and stopped the raid on the
Coy treasury.
The man with the iron gray stubby beard who
works for his pocket ali the time, VIII have
served up 10 him at the Democratic Club on his
return Coler fried with onions. COler on the
half shell Coler hroiled with mushrooms, Coler
dressed with choice bull pups, Coler with baked
zTl .fyNar TRl
and CoIer very hot The district leaders who
are afraid OF the effect Of the last police scandal
will dingdong for Coler until the visitor from
Vantage either surrenders or revolts.
Nothing that Coler has said or done OF late
lends any color 10 the assertion that the fusion
forces could make use Of him Various anti
Tammany conferrees know that Mr.. Coer has
information about mis- Political associates which
II published would call for any amount OF eX-
planning They argue that II he were honestly
opposed 70 Tammauy he would long ago have
made these figures public