New-York tribune., 1902-10-07
HILL IMPORTS MYSTERY.
n.TE OF NOTIFICATION OF CoLER \
DEEP. DARK SECRET.

rx- Senator HnI came down from Albany yes
.sraav afternoon. and last night al the Hoff-
ian House he had long talk with his can
s,set- FOR Governor. Bird =. Coler, OF Brooklyn
~ I'm and Mr. Mclaughlin have decided that
= uiu be- g good thing 10 have lot Of mystery
about rhe campaign. Mr.. Coler walks around
and shakes hands and talks about the weather
is,t he won't even admit that he has been nom
.,stsd He won't know aes been nominated
r7tg he's been so informed by NIr. Mclaughlin
~ some one else Ana when win he be IN
+orned7 sh-h-h' That's part of the mystery
1r- Hin doesn't know NIr. Coler doesn't know.
yVuism r Baker the candidates. handy man.
doesn't know. and "Bim" the button man. saws
bsu be- hanged Il he knows
And then there IS the matter Of Headquarters
AS a matter of fact NIr. CoIer has ENGAGED
parlors A and on The second hoor Of the Hon
nan House. and the state Committee viii have
rooms rrom No. 20 20 = on the second hoor.
The clerk n the Holman House says two par
l0rs have been set aside for Mr. Coler. and Mr..
Coler himself was fairly sure thst they were for
him until Mr. Hin came 10 town with his
satchel fun Of mystery yesterday afterenoon.
When 1Ir. Coler was asked about his headquar-
ters last night he said he didn't know where
they would De
II rUmor can be trusted. Mr Hin and Mr.
Coer, Elliot Danforth ana Charles r. Murphy
had q serious talk about NIr. Coler's early with
draw from the Sandstone Trust. raising money
Tor the campaign and Mr.. Coler making
speeches up the State. The coal strike s
counted on % GO pretty much me whole husi-
ness. ar. Hill seems 10 be completely intatu-
afed with the idea THAT every man. woman and
child in the State vii vote for Coler whenever
any one whispers coal strike All thar MI
C1ler VIII 0e asked 70 do is no look pleasant,
put up plenty Of cash, make a speech II he likes
20 Try Il. and let the coal strike DO the rest 10
matter whether the coal strike VIII prove effect
I'VE or not, ar. Hill has control ~ the State ma
chine and thats go0d enough strike for him. As
- VIII last iii 1904
When informed by a Wan Street friend yes
1erdsy thar there was something like a furry in
The Street MI Hiu looked solemn, vlnked al
yhe craven image 0f the Ethiopian woman car
Tying a basket on her head IN the corridor OF
The Hoffman House. and said.
All you've got 20 DO is 10 vote the Demo
cratic ricket"
Asked when Coler was 10 be Informed. nj Hi
looked mysterious and said that thar and other
important matters would be decided later
Among Mr.. Colers callers last evening were
Congressman George b. Mcclellan. John A.
Mason state Chairman Frank Campbell and
Charles ". Dayton. Mr.. Dayton had this 20 say
about the campaign
II the coal strike continues would not BE-
surprised 10 see es big majority for Coler a.
Cleveland received in lSS-.
Nr Dayton said he falr as II Charles H Knox
and himself We're really entitltd 10 be nominated
again for Justice Of the supreme Court on the
Democratic ticket. EN-lTayOr Van MyCk has
declined 10 run. he said. and in that case he
thought either he or AIr. Knox should be uoni-
crat, however. who could take his medicine
when it comes