The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-18

REPrBLICANS GLAD 70 LOSE HIN
If NE rs 4 LOSS.
Once Had Ills ESe on the 60, errOrshIp
Himself and saw the Presidency Ahead
tits Own Congress District Turned
Him Down Only Two Years Ago.

| Himself and saw the Presidency Ahead
Ills Own Congress District Turned
Iiim Down Only Two Years Ago.
Madison Square sank foo, Gen Worths
monument quivered, the foundations OF
| the sky>crapers trembed. and tho marble
floors of the Hoffman House titillated last
night over a stupendous event. Editor
William J Corners OF the Buffalo Courier
toddled into the Holman House. leading
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany. named
after Aaron Burr's crony Of hundred
years ago.
Mr.. Corners il big. burly and hearty
| spoken. He could have put Mahany in his
coat pocket. Instead, he toted Mahany to
the elevator and the two were shortly in
the sanctum of Birdie. Mr.. Corners ex-
| hibited his find" TO Birdie. with all his buoy
ant nature. Mahany had forsaken the
| Republican party. which had taken him
from bleak obscurity. given him a mission
to South America and elected him twice TO
| Congress.
Mahany a, one time used TO say that
ie intended to be the Republican Governor
| Of the State of New York. After that he
he WAS to shuttle around in the goloshes
| of Thomas &. Plat. "a senior Republican
1
he was to he the Republican President.
But here he had forsaken all these ambi-
| tons. and under the massive wing Of Mr..
Corners he was there to tell Birdie how
much he would do for him in Erie county.
! And Birdie accepted II all.
On Nov. =, 1900, THE Sun, under the head
ing, "A Mercifu Escape" spoke OF the de-
feat of Mahany as the Republican candi-
| ia, 10 a - in ha ;r,x E,;.,
! district Mahany was beaten by William
| II. Ryan. Democrat. The Sun further said
| at the time:
| "Mahanys persist ent efforts 10 get him
self back to Washington have been watched
with apprehension by Republicans all
over the country. The party is safe from
| him for at least two yearsilonger. II now
| appears that his purpose. in case OF his
elect ion, was to attack the Administra-
tons policy in the Philippines and 10 up
| hold Mr.. Bryan's ideas AZ to the proper
| treatment of those American islands. The
| Republican President whom Mahany in
| tended to attack carried Erie county by
| five or six thousand plurality. while the
| alleged Republican who intended to attack
| him was showed under in the Thirty
second.
The Republican majority in the mex,
House will I've large enough to enable II
| to dispense easily with the presence of
| Rowland Bennerhasset. By his continued
absence from Washington it will prof;
| immensely in dignity and comfort
As a matter OF fact, Mahany is not a new
| find" 10 the Democratic party, Here is
what William c. Warren OF Buffalo, Repub-
| lican State Committeeman for the Thirty
sixth Erie district, said Of Mahany yester-
day:
| As to Mahany, he has gone over 10 the
| Democrats, and all We hope IL that he will
stay there. But this is really nothing new,
for Mahany opposed US in the municipal
on behalf of Bissell, the Democratic candi
date for Mayor, and spoke all over the
| East Side. Nevert heless. the Republican
Mayoralty candidate. Erastus G. Knight.
was elected by over five thousand ma jority
So you see il doesn't count much what
| Mahany does"
| Birdie said concerning himself: 1T il
| not my present intention To make speeches
throughout the State. | have received in
vitations to visit 50 many localities that IL
would be impossible to accept them all in
so short a campaign and 1t is difficult TO
make discrimination. MY views on pub
| lie questions are pretty well known. and are
| fairly stated in the Democratic State plat
form and in my, speech of acceptance.
| Besides, my public record Is before the
people and needs no defence or explanation.
prefer to remain at home, as did Govern
ors Tiden, Cleveland and Fowler Birdie
meant Flowerl and Morton during their
respective Gubernatorial campaigns.
why Croker is against me''
"No"
| well. can tell you" said Mr.. Coler,
Iit Is because Croker doesn't want me 10
| be President Of the United States.
| Last fall Mr., Coler wanted the Tammany
nomination for Mayor Mr.. Croker was the
| absolute master Of Tammany at the time,
and Edward NJ. shepard was selected az
the candidate. Mr.. Croker has been in
| Europe since January.
A report was circulated at the Hoffman
| House last night that MIR Hill has directed
! his candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary OF state. Comptroller,
State Treasurer Attorney-General and
| State Engineer and Surveyor. when they
visit New York and other cities in the State.
| to wear silk hats and frock coats Should
these candidates find it necessary to visit the
county districts, though, they must put
on derbies or SLOUGH hats and wear sack
| coats.
The Brooklyn Eagle said last night:
Bird S, Coler has refused to resign from
the presidency of the Guardian Trust Com
| Democrats and Republicans in the director
ate This IL understood to indicate that h.
% and NO viii sod on on NJ sa d SS
az long as he can. The Guardian Trust
| Company is u aemi-political institution and
| yet several Of the directors see danger in
| running 1t on political lines The request
for Coer,,s retirement came from both Demo-
| The fact that Mr.. Coer was so largely in
| volved in Wall Street schemes and that he
! holds large blocks Of stock in several other
! institutions was given by many Democrats
ss reason why he should not be nominated
| for Governor, but IT did not influence either
! Joor or Hill and the present attitude Of
| the Democratic candidate seems to be in CON
! nict with any element which would disturb
| his business connections.
| lie is, besides president OF the Sandstone
| Trust aud il about as largely Interested in
| corporations a. Georg" X sheldon. TO whom
/ Lieutenant Governor
| The positive announcement that Coler
| would stick was made to-day by Ludwig
| Ni~sen, one of the directors of the trust com
| pany and a Republican who last year opposed
| the nomination OF Coler for the fusion ticket
| Mr.. Nl-sen Is an independent Republican.