The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-16
SHEA DON'T WANT MCCLELLAN.
BROOKLYN NEEDS 4 HIGH-CLASS,
INDEPENDENT NAN 10 WIN.

Prefers NIXON. O'Bricn or simmons KINGS
Ia Have Nomination for Csmpt roller.
and May Name Hendrix or Fairchild
Mclaughlin Seems 10 Fight for COlcr.
A fiat declaration that King county
Democrats do not want George b. McClrl-
, Ian nominated for Mayor was made yester
day by John l.. Shea, chairman of the Kings
county Democratic Executive Committee.
Mr. Shea IL tho former Bridge Commits
| nionor who nominated Bril- s. Coler for
Governor in the convention year ago.
He said Brooklyn was willing that Man
| haitian should nominate the Mayor. but
wanted a man stronger than Mcclellan.
Il suppose we shall have to accept any
man Tammsny gives us" said Mr.. Shea
"but We shall ask for a man who will he
, stronger in Brooklyn than Congressman
Mcclellan will be- We shall say nothing
! against the character or record of Con-
gresham Mcclellan. but We believe that
' he is weakened by his personal relations in
Tammany.
I'VE have no candidate and Brooklyn
shall not present one from our borough.
as we realize that the nomination belongs
to Manhattan. We have a hard fight
ahead. The people OF Brooklyn make
| peculiar constituency. We want Tam
many to give US high-class, independent
man for Mayor so that we can win in
Brooklyn,
Either Lewis Nixon, Justice Morgan j.
O'Bren or j. Edward Simmons would be
acceptable to us. We would regard Mr..
Nixon as a very strong candidate. We
hope to persuade Mr.. Murphy not to nomi-
nate Mcclellan"
Brooklyn is to have the nomination for
Comptroller, Mr. Shea said and he thought
Fairchild would be the nominee.
| The interesting political game in which
! the Democratic statesmen in Brooklyn are
engrossed was under full Roadway yester-
day in the Willoughby street auction room
The Hon. Hugh Mclaughlin, as is his wont,
| excitement, although he worries con,
! sderaby over the situation, as ne cid
two years ago over the Mayoralty problem
and year ago over the GOvernorship.
In each OF these years he was confronted
with strong opposing element in tn CT.
by James Shevlin. his closest pe7ho7dl
friend and first lieutenant, and Senator
p. Fl. McCarren, one of the strongest dis
trict leaders in Kings county. All through
the controversy two years ego Mr.
Mel aughlin advocated the nomination of
Bird s foler for Mayor, and only at the last
moment reluctantly Consented TO the
compromise on Edward NJ. Shepard, The
ignominio,,s defeat Of Shepard by nearly
20, 900 plurality in Brooklyn, Mr., McLsugh-
lin believed ,vindcst ed his ant e-election pre-
dict ion hat he reform" candidate would
not make good showing IN Brooklyn.
Last year Mr.. Mclaughlin bod to put I'D
another stubborn fight fo' his protege:
finding that it WIS ever necessary to hend
the Kings county delegation to the state
convention TO slave of the bitter hostility
of some Of his lieut. enants to the nomination
of Coler. The result Of the election was
great feather in Mr.. MrIaughlin's cap.
Coler sweeping the borough by plurality
of 26.5l4 over Odell.
In this campaign Col"r is again dis
turbing influence in the auction room,
although again and sgnin il has been semi
officially announced thot he is not in the
pOlit ical race this wear.
still the best vote-2ctter for the Dem"c-
racy in Greater New York, and be- will not
be allowed to remain in the back ground II
Mr. Mclaughlin can prevent il when the
final conference meets 70 decide on the
candidates for Mayor aud Comptroller,
Mr.. Coler made his accustomed call at
the auction room yesterday. Another visi'
tor was ex-Justice Augustus Van Wyck,
who IL credited with desire to regain
the place on the Supreme Court tench
which he abandoned TO accept the Guber-
Material nomination three years age. Mr.
! Shevhn was also on hand, having come
| down from saratoga to see that tho prl-
| maries passed off smoothly. Former Po-
lice Superintendent Patrick Campbell, one
, of the shrewdes' political observers IN
| Brooklyn, also spent couple OF hours
, with Mr.. Mclaughlin.
While he is not prepared at this early
stage in the game 70 make any definite
| predictions, Mr.. Campbell said that in his
opinion things locked highly encouraging
for the Democracy, Of Greater New York.
f, Mr. Mclaughlin declined to make any
statement in reference TO the political
situation or to enlarge on his views in
! opposition to the nomination of George B.
! Mcclellan.
In speaking Of Mr.. CIRCUITS return from
| Europe, Mr.. Mclaughlin was understood
| as denying that any overtures had been
made to him of n nomination for the SUI
preme Court II he would abandon the fusion
cause.