New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-01
MAY FIGHT 1T In CONVENTION
BUT CROKER WILL FINALLY NAME MAYORALTY CANDL
DATE-GENERAL SUPPORT FOR LOW
NO DECISION BY CROKER
CONFERENCE FAILS TO BRING OFT q
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.

contest in open convention for the mayors
atty nomination confronts Richard Croker ana
MS district leaders. as result of the confer
ence Of representatives of all the boroughs at
the Democrats Club last night
The conference broke up at 9.3O o'clock. Tbs
faces OF Senator McCarren, James Shevlin. ex-
Senator John McCarty and John L. Shea four
of the Brooklyn conferrees. betokened disap-
pointment the nights DEVELOPMENTS.
Messrs Shevlin and McCarty hurried out of ths
club and were driven toward Brooklyn Messrs.
McCarren. Shea. Hester and MOffatt fingered
to talk over the situation further with the Nam
haitian leaders.
Everything is In statu quo said Senator Mo-
Carren grimly To Tribune reporter lust before
he started for Brooklyn. There is prospect oc
coming to a decision with reference to the make
up of the city ticket on Wednesday night. when.
we come together again. and then there is a.
strong probability of the contest for the r1av,-
orally being thrown into open convention. with
the delegates voting they see fit"
rs Coler beaten?" Senator McCarren
asked
NO. he IS not the answer. He is iusx
as much In the as ever. The list of pos
bic candidates is the same it was. and t::a.
situation is practically unchanged"
Was Charles W. Dayton talked OF tonight -.
Yes. his name was mentioned among othsrs.s
said Mr.. McCarren. His name has been on tha-
list for some days. :
rs Mr.. Hendrix out of the races
We'll. we understand quite definitely that Md
Hendrix will not accept a nomination "a
Mayor"
Has Mr.. Croker been Informed by you-ss& 4
or any one in position to speak officially that tho
Democrats were likely to lose Kings County 70
Coler were not nominated?'
He has been informed that. IN the opinion OF
candidate that could be selected" was the an
swer
rs there any wavering the part OF tho
Brooklyn for the CONTROLLER -
None, SO far as I am able TO Judge. Mr.
Mclaughlin has said right along that he va
in favor of Mr.. Coler's nomination and r he
leve that it is no secret that he will rnairea
that attitude until he is convinced that NJ
Coer cannot be nominated"
Are the Brooklyn delegates unit for NJ
! CoIer's nOmina tion?'
Il understand that they are In my distris
! think that every delegate will cast his vo,s
| for Coler"
Has Mr. Croker Of late shown any perxor
dislike for Mr. Coier?"
None whatever. far as have been ak
| 10 observe. Mr.. Croker listens 10 all susges
| tions and says nothing that would indicate hc-
| he feels toward the men mentioned as eliziSss
! candidates"
And YOU think that there is 2 prospecz
the mayoralty candidate not being selected@h
fore the convention meets9'
II think it quite probable that the contest "
be fought out in open convention"
Even with the fight to be settled in open con
vention. Senator McCarren suggests, Croks-
would dictate the nomination unless the KIns
County able To make coalition wit
some powerful district leader like Senator sulIi-
van. There will De 6;i1 delegates in convention
OF these Manhattan and The Bronx will contros
371. AS II requires only DO TO nominate it will
be seen at a glance that Croker could allow
considerable of a detection and still have con-
trcl. Brooklyn. Queens and Richmond together :
could muster 261 votes IL they made air-righr
combination. sullivan, Nasle. LautTy and other
leaders favorable to Color would have to get
together at least nfty-f1Ve votes IN order TO get
A bare majority of one. From whatever point
of view the proposition is viewed il i. difficult
to figure out anything but a Croker victory IN
an open convention fight
The spinelessness shown by the Tammany
district leaders indicates that there viii be no
breaking away from the old man., as Croker
Is called SULLIVAN IS the oIN slLsl5 leduer
powerful enough TO make an effective fight. even
allowing that he could do So and the chances
that he finally would lose by the breaking
away of Individual delegates from the Brooklyn.
Queens and Richmond delegations
The situation last night at the Democrats
Club was i'm a strained and unsatisfactory con-
dition. Croker does not seem to have told any
one whom he favors for the head Of the ticket
In 1897 IL was not until the day of the conven-
ton that Mr. Croker named the candidate. ana
n was predcted by many Of the Tammany
leaders last night that Croker would repeat his
tactics of 1897.
The long list OF names Of possibilities which
Mr. Croker and his conferrees are looking over
Includes Lewis Nixon. Controller Coler. Charles
w Dayton. c. H. Knox, John W Keller. Cogd
Never Justice CSiegerich Edward Y. Loew. Ed
ward Bell J. Edward Simmons, Justice Dusro'
Justice McAdam, George b. McCieIlan' Jonn n
Sutphn, Miles NJ. O'Brien. Randolph Gusgsn-
beiroer Park Commissioner Clausen. Mayor van
wick and George NJ. Van Hoesen-