Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-20
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
d. B. Hill Anxious to Har-
monte the Democrats.
CONFERENCE JULY l
HIS ACTIVITY MAY BRING BOSS
CROKER BACK.
Great Activity Among Yachtsmen
This Week-Ping Pong Invades
Billiard Halls.
CONFERENCE JULY |
sFecial Correspondence Of TIE Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, June Is, 1902
Former Senator David b. Hill is anxious
to elect a democratic governor in New York
state next fail. and with this purpose in
view has had his friends in Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx at work trying TO
arrange conference OF representatives of
all the factions about July to bring about
harmony and a united effort to elect the
state ticket at least. Among the men who
have the conference plan I'm charge are
Elliot Danforth, John A Mason, secretary
of the democratic state committee: Louis
+. Haffen. one of the three Tammany lead
ers; Hugh Mclaughlin, leader OF the
Brooklyn democracy; Henry ID. Purroy,
and. 1t is said, John c. Sheehan. The pro-
gram now is to call every faction into the
pow-wow. even the followers OF former
Senator Michael ]. Coffey of Brooklyn.
President Haffen admits that he knows OF
the conference movement and that he is ia
favor of 1t. He did not know whether tle
plan was practicable, but thought il was IL
the men who call themselves leaders are
willing TO give and take and forget their
private grievances. Whether the harmony
movement will result in new leadership for
Tammany is uncertain The general opin-
ION is that the primaries in September Will
bring new leader to the front.
III Hill assumes charge of the CAMPAIGN
1t may bring Croker back. prominent
democrat on the inside of affairs at the
hall said on this subject:
There Is not a single chance OF Croker
coming back TO claim his old job If IN
Senator Hill does not try to gain control
of the organization and hitch 1t to his new
state machine. Every man who has any
thing to do with the management of the
organization unders stands this perfectly
III Hill tries to manipulate the organi-
cation through other men who have
openly antagonized Croker, it is a good
safe bet that Croker will not only come
back. but that he will be invited 10 do SO
by the majority of the district leaders.
There is a lot Of fight in Croker, and ANY
activity on the part of Hill to control the
Tammany organization will prove it."
Bitter Pill for Croker.
A hard pill for Croker to swallow will he
w. Burke Cochran a Tong talker' at
the Tammany pow-wow on July T. 1t
means Cockrans return to Tammany from
whose fold he was driven by Croker nearly
eight years ago. The feeling between Crok-
er and Cochran has been bitter 1t was Of
personal nature and arose I'm Washington i'm
medlately after Grover Cleveland was inaug-
urated a second time, on March 4. 1893.
Before that Croker had fretted under one
or two remarks alleged to have been made
by Cochran, which were said TO have re-
Elected on Cookers photography and chirog-
croker was sensitive TO Such per-
sonal criticism and yet il was not until
after the democratic state convention Of
1894 that Cochran was sent adrft by Crok-
err That convention was stampeded for
Hill for governor. and Cochran for Tam
many led the stampede Hin had spoken
of Croker as "a race track statesman
Hill was showed under in the election.
Since those days in interviews and speeches
Cochran has frequently melted Croker to
wrath. He has held Mr.. Croker up to
ridcule and that's the last ditch with Crok-
er.
Busy Week for Yachtsmen.
This is busy week for the yachting
world. There will be eight days OF the big
gest events of the season in local waters
with the annual regatta of the Atlantic
Yacht Club today and the annual regatta
of the New York Yacht Club on Thursday,
followed two days later by that of the
Larchmont Yacht Club. Then on Sunday,
June % there will be the Morrisinia Yacht
Club regatta and on Tuesday, June ~, the
races for the Glen Cove cups, under the
auspices of the New York Yacht Club. The
New Rochelle regatta will bring out every
thing from the 51-footers. the Humma and
Affair the Herreschoff rivals of last year,
to the latest thing in the lark" class. There
will be all sorts of race boats including the
several one-design classes, the special New
port thirties, which for a few seasons have
been affording such excellent sport, and
the prospective challengers for the Seawan-
haka cup. now held by the Royal ST. Law
renee Yacht Club of Montreal Special in
terest is conferred in these boats, because
while built within the same limitations,
each comes from the hand of a diff
ferent designer.
Ping Pong in Billiard Halls.
Ping pong has invaded the pool and bill
lizard saloons and threatens to become a
serious rival to those games. The innova-
ton was started by pool and billiard ,oom
proprietor in Broadway three weeks ago,
and, according to his story, has proven a
success.
I'VE have only one table as yet" the pro-
prietor said, but the results thus TAR at
tanned have convinced us that there is
money in it-more money, in fact. than in
either pool or billiards. We charge SO
cents an hour, which is 10 cents more than
the schedule charge for the use of a bill
lizard table, and the table Is never Idle.
Indeed, last Saturday the demand for ping
pong was so pressing that We were COM
PEELED to convert one of our billiard tables
into a ping pong table. That is easily done.
All We had to do was to put the net in the
middle of the table. and. prestoi there you
had the ping pong table. Ii is a curious
fact that by far the greater maj3city Of
our ping pong customers are billiard play
ers. The pool fanatics care very little for
il. OF course, il is all a fad. and / think
We are the only people in the pool and bill
lizard business who have yentured to add
ping pong to our list of attractions. But
the result has been gratifying In that it has
greatly increased the number Of our pa