The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-01
NIXON-COLER THIRD TICKET
WIEN MURPHI PUTS Up M'CLEL-
Ian, CIRCUIT AND FORNES.
Latest Statement OF tho HcllicOsc Pro.
Erammc Kings Has In Mind Says
Mcclellan VIII BE knitted, the or.
EaniZatiOn's Vote Going TO Nixon.

Mcclellan VIII BE Knitted, the or.
ganiZatiOn's Vote Going TO Nixon.
Brooklyn's plan of reprisal was elaborated
yesterday afternoon. According to good
authority it is to run Bird s. Coler for Comp
troller and Herman Metz for President
of the Board of Aldermen openly, nomi-
mating them by petition and officially to
support Mcclellan for Mayor, but really
to knife him and support, for Mayor, Lewis
Nixon, who will run Independently il the
Brooklyn organization sticks to its plan
to run Coer and Metz. This. of course, is
subject to the contingency that MIR.
Mclaughlin may back down.
In the convention Tonight Brooklyn will
present either Lewis Nixon or Judge Gaynor
as its candidate for Mayor, Julian D. Fair
child for Comptroller and Herman Metz for
President of the Board of Aldermen. When
voted down Kings will move to make the
nomination of Mcclellan unanimous, but it
will make strong protest against the
nomination Of CIRCUIT and Fornes on the
ground that they are Republicans. Kings
will announce that it will not feel bound by
the action of the convention to support
them.
Immediately, if the be!igerent Kings men
have their way, petitions will be put out for
the nomination of Coler and Metz as in
dependents. The reason that Coler is to
be taken instead of Fairchild is that Mr..
Fairchild does not care for the excitement
of such a campaign and declines to become
a nominee by petition. Mr.. Coler is not
anxious to run Independently, for he does
not believe that he can be elected, or at least
he didn't think so yesterday. But Mr..
Mclaughlin insists that he shall run
MIR. Nixon, on the other hand. is disposed
to think that if Grout and Fornes are forced
off the fusion ticket and are nominated by
Tammany, the fight will take place on a
phase which will give good chance for
the election Of Nixon and Coler. The
independent movement which will put
Nixon in nominal ion will indotse Coler ard
Metz, so that in all Greater New York NAL
contents. independents and boilers will
have chance with one mark of the pencil
to vote for all three.
Among the promoters of the Nixon-Coler
Metz ticket there is a confidence that fusion
will get rid of Grout and Fornes. so that
the three tickets will be made up like this:
Tammany-M Mcclellan Grout, Fornes.
Fusion-Low, Swanstrom and some one
vet to be chosen for President Of the Board
of Aldermen.
Independent Nixon, Coler, Metz.
With Devery running and polling few
thousand votes. almost entirely drawn from
Tammany sources, the contest might become
highly interesting by election night.
Mr. Nixon did not care to outline his
position yesterday and was waiting for the
action Of the convention tonight.
Bird S. Coler, for whom Tammany piled
up great plurality last November, was
telling friends last night that Mr.. McLaugh-
lin had asked him to run independently for
Comptroller and that, of course, he could
not refuse to do anything Mr.. Mclaughlin
asked of him.
Mr. Coler was much distressed by the
situation and said he hoped that before the
convention tonight passion would give
way to reason. That meant that Murphy
would give in to Mclaughlin. according to
the Tammany Interpretation of it.
Tammany men said last night that Oliver
II. p. Belmont was the financial hacker of
the Nixon independent movement. They
recalled that when Mr.. Nixon was leader
of Tammany, Mr.. Belmont was a Congress-
man, just elected. Mr. Nixon telegraphed
instructions to the New York delegation in
Congress to have Mr.. Belmont appointed
on the Committee on Naval Affairs. Con-
gresham George B. Mcclellan telegraphed
back curt answer that he wouldn't take
any instructions on such matters and GER
tainly would oppose the appointment of
Mr. Belmont on that committee. Mr.. Bel
mont didn't get on. Mr.. Nixon and Mr..
Belmont both remember that incident.