Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-31
: GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Independents Talking About Bird S.
Coler for Mayor
seth LOWS FRIENDS ALARMED
Chief Devery VIII Probably Lose
His Official Head.
MRS. M'LEAN'S STATEMENT
MRS. M'LEAN'S STATEMENT


NEW YORK. January 80, 1901.
Some excitement has been occasioned in
political circles recently by the report that
the Citizens Union would hold a conven-
ton in the spring and thai Controller Golfer
would be nominated for mayor of Greater
New York by that organization. The re-
port is probably not web founded for the
reason that the followers of Seth Low are
still strong in the Citizens Union. and they
will probably be able to prevent any action
likely to injure the mayOraHy chances OF
the president of Columbia University.
Should Controller ColeY be nominated in the
spring by the Citizens Union however, it
looks though 1t would mean three-cor-
nered or possibly four-cornered fight, and
In a three-cornered OF fouF-cornered fight
Tammany invariably wins Hence the
chamber of commerce, the committee of
fifteen and Bishop Potter worried over
the report that the independents may not
act i'm connection with the republicans.
Out of the whirl OF vice investigation and
playing for political position, however, it
seems certain that Chief of Police Devery
is to go at last. Indeed, 4 is now believed
that he will lose his head az the official
chief OF police within the next week or ten
days. OF course. II will be possible for the
mayor to delay the game for ten days by
vetoing or refusing his signature to the
singleheaded police hill soon to be passed
at Albany by the legislature But this
clause which gives the mayor of Greater
New York the right to veto any act passed
by the state legislature which affects the
interests of the metropolis does not amount
to much where the mayor Is a democrat
and the governor and the state legislature
republican. The bin will be passed
over the head of the mayor Of Greater
New York promptly. And then comes the
day of fate
Few Tears for Bevery.
Over the downfall of Devery. over the
political and official grave eff the chief of
police. few tears will be shed. 1t Is doubt
full whether any executive IN the history of
the city has made himself SO heartily dis
liked. Mayor Van W,sk. since the ice
trust exposures, has found himself heartily
despsed, but he has not succeeded In max
ing the personal enemies that the chief of
police has stirred up for himself. The re-
publicans hate him because he opposed
Superintendent of Elections McCullagh and
favored Bryan In his rulings at the recent
elections. The Brooklyn democrats hate
him because he insisted upon the transfer
OF certain police officials in that borough
without consulting Barney" York. The
gamblers and the pool yeom proprietors
now hate him for the reason that he has
stopped their games at last. They care
nothing for the protection that he has
afforded them for the past two or three
years. That is history now, And they are
looking TOT 1aEofS present ana TO come ana
caring nothing about what the chief may
have done to help them last summer. The
committee of fifteen Is after Devery's scalp
for the reason that he has so long afforded
protection to vice in all its forms. 1t cares
absolutely nothing fer Deverys recent
orders against the pool rooms and the
dives 1t considers 1t On a level with a
death-bed repentance. And the committee
of five, of which Lewis Nixon is the official
head and the personal representative of
Richard Croker, Is after the Tammany
Hall chief of police for the reason that
everybody else is denouncfng him. and that
il seems to be the fashionable and the pop
ular thing to do TO demand his scalp.
1t Is announced by a personal friend of
Richard Croker that the Tammany leader
Will not return TO New York until July but
that he will direct the nayoralty campaign
by cable.
Saw Queen Victoria Crowned.