New-York tribune., 1902-09-06
HILL RUSHES TO COVER.
,,,r7, BY THE PUBLICATION OF HIS
coLER PROGRAMME

-1r-r OF THE ANTI-HILL SENTlME->i
r,,r s7ATE-sULLIvAN SOUNDING
7FaDERs ON HIS PROGRAMME
-or+roI1er Coler's friends. to the nuInoei
.,,r5rad or more, either called on him per
-o,ouv or communicated with MIN ofei ~
.o,onhone yesterday. and congratulated mn, o-
= ,-,11ian+ prospects for the Democratic 10Y
ernorship nomination .,.u CO.
ro3econoeried by the publication oI Li7--
- mans the friends Of Coler and bls I'm
s-uivan hastened yesterday to deny lla' '1e-'
- any hard and fast combination afhol5
Hiu Sullivan and Coler for the naming OF ooisi
Gov the first place on the ticket
Ex-senator Hills orders are for prompt ana
,,-,A,,,i,,oca1 denial Of any story that WouIo
-.o,a him arrlear as wire pulling boss me
"a sr+f-TluI sentiment is arising all over the
Go on6 th, premature publication Of HilIs
-.,rs for The nomination of Coler is something
+to+ tho Albany man has studiously tried to
5z In order to allay comment over frequent
-,AAt7rgs between himself and Mr. Hill eA-
controller CoIer has taken up temporary quar-
-ers at the Hoffman House. 50 that whenever
Mr.. Hill comes TO town the TWO may collPdi
notes 81 breakfast without attracting unusual
,otica Mr.. Hill visits New-York frequently
.hese aavs, and Mr.. Coler ard Mr. sullivan III
1,ariatlv are on hand 10 welcome him and con-
suit with him
As announced in The Tribune yesterday Co
,er,s rrincipal hacking IN this city comes from
big Tim Sullivan, whose ambition Is 10 oe
che raa1 leader of Tanmanv Hail He now has
the only compact following Of consequence III
that dernoralized organization He runs Tam
many affairs below Fourteenth-st- pretty much
as he likes. While AIr. Coler was Controller ne
aud Tim, got on farnously Sullivan was out
snoken in favor Of Coler for Governor TWO years
apo but was afraid 10 make a fight for hlm IN
the convention II may be remembered mat
Croker overawed Willoughby Street then With
tbe threat Of cutting off certain patronage, and
Mr. Coler got a small minority of the votes
when if came 10 the show down"
Sullivan now sees an opportunity TO work a
combination with Hill that will give Coler the
nomination for Governor and at the same time
make himself the virtual leader Of Tammany
Hall. If Coler by any chance should be elected
Governor, ne would carry out his end of the
COMPACT and use the power Of the State govern
rnept to rehabilitate Tammany with Sullivan as
leader The old Tammany gambling outfit then
would be once more in clover.
The Hill men were IN a state Of mind yester-
day over The Tribune's story. They foresaw a
sudden uprising Of the anti-Hill element in the
State They set about placating the anti-Hni
men at an early hour. James X Mcclure was
an early caller at the Office Of Borough Presi-
dent Cantor. What took place could not be
learned. but Mr. Cantor's friends said last night
that he had received assurances that the Onon-
6aea County delegates would be for Cantor IN
the State convention If Cantor shouid De d
candidate. As set forth IN Inc Iri2lhe some
time ago Mr.. Cantor will speak for the CieNe-
land wing Of the party in the State convention
Mr. Cleveland sent for him prior 10 MS I!1Hth
club speech, and soon after that MT, cantor $
that Mr. Cantor would be the ant-Hin leader IN
the convention. Hill has had more lfan d
rough and tumble fight with Cantor, ana mas
learned TO respect him. While Cantor Is be
Heved to stand little chance Of getting the nonl-
nation for Governor. there is no DOUBT that l ne ne
is preparing 10 fight Hill in the convention on
the issue Of anti -bossisn- Certain IaTnI4ahy
district leaders who nave been receiving Coui
tesIes from Mr. Cantor as borough preslaeilt
called on him Yesterday and asked him If he was
q candidate for Governor. They Went away say
ing that their delegates would be Cantor men IN
the convention
Big Tim" Sullivan felt so gleeful over his
latest political move in getting Hllls verbal
pledge for Coler hat he went TO Tan7many Hall
to look over things. The tine IS drawing near
for the dissolution Of the trIUrlVirate Devery
Characterization Of them has made them little
more than a political memory i I'M talrtd
matters over with Charles F Murphy. Edward
C. Sheehv Frank J. Goodwin, Thomas T. Smith,
ex-Sherif Dunn, Florence J Sullivan James j.
FraUlpy and one OF TWO others They wanted 70
know about Hill and ColeT. and Sullivan spoke
enthusiastically Of the former Controller as
candidate
Word came from Kingston last night that cor
roborated in part the story about Hill, Coier
and Sullivan and the plan 70 nominate Coier
A dispatch from the hOr7e Of Chief Judge Parker
was printed in The Brooklyn Eagle" saying
that Judge Parker had just sent ex-senator
Hill an invitation TO visit him at RoSernont, ms
summer home, near Fsopus, on the Hudson pre-
sumahly for the purpose Of telling him th9t N
no circumstances would he accept 4 nomination
for Governor Judge Par1er's friends say thaI
he is fully convinced that Governor Cdel VIII
be renouinated and reelected, and that he mas
no desire 10 make q fruitless attempt TO re
juVenate Eilrs waning political fortunes ~
heading the State ticket
In order to hide the fact that the nomination,
If il comes TO this city. has been promised ~
Coler il is likely that the plan to have him VISIT
several county fairs in company with eX-0en-
ator Hill viii be aba ndoned- The anu-HlI men
all around the State are getting angry: a-l1
Colers appearanCe with Hill in any hlppooFoIl-
ing trip among the farmers would be too trans
parent to be Of any use.