The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-07
HINRICHS FOR COMPTROLLER.
FUSION ABDtT AGREED on Ell
INQUIRE FOR FORNES'S PLACE.
One. sIsre Conference Before tho COnyep.
sion Reassembles Tonight to Dis
pense With Grout and Fornes-l,rout

Frederick W. Hinrichs of BROOKLYN wa,
agreed upon last night as the fusion candi
date for Comptroller in place of Edward
NJ Grout, who nomination is to be with
drawn by the r publican city convention
CT Carnegie Hail tonight and by the Citi
gems Union convention at Cooper Union.
Edward j. Mcclure of Manhattan wa,
practically agreed upon In the fusion
conference for President of the Board OF
Aldermen. but this nomination was lef,
open until 3 O'Clock this afternoon, whe,
the fusion conference Committee will NEE,
again,
Mr.. Hinrichs's name was suggested by
fhe Citizens Union members of the con.
ference and was entirely acceptable to the
Republican members. He is an indie.
pendent Democrat, who in the campaign
Of 1886 stood for the gold Democrat ticket
Of Palmer and Buckner and ran for Lieu
tenant Governor with that ticket. He
SUPPORTED Low in the campaign of 1901, In
slNs ol M strong personal friendship
for Edward NJ. shepard
When the nomination of (omptroller
was taken up IN the conference yesterday
afternoon Eugene A. Philbin was sue-
gested as well as John c. Mcclure Of
Brooklyn and John {. Kelly of BROOKLYN
After an hours canvass of all the candi-
oates, Mr., Hinrichs was the unanimous
choice.
The rest of the session was spent in the
cons liberation Of candidates for President
OF the Board Of Aldermen Mr.. Mcclure
Ia an Assistant Corporation Counsel. He
was formerly secretary of the Catholic
Club, and now has charge of the actions
brought by the city against the street and
elevated railroads.
The Staten Island delegation presented
the name OF Alderman Joseph II. Maloy.
who has stood with fusion in all matters
Ill the board. M. Linn Bruce raised the
Joint that this would give Staten Island
four votes in the Board of Estmate-two
for the President of the Board OF Aldermen
and two for the President of the Borrow Oh
of Richmond The conferees we're practi-
cally agreed on l.. j. Mcclure when hunger
forced ali adjournment.
!; was runOred all day Yesterday that
comptroller Circuit would try TO stay the
convention tonight by an order from the
courts. Some OF his friends said this was
e., but those closest to him said the Comp
.f' Her would! not appeal to the courts. The
'onrtrcller would not answer any
quest 10 y about it.
l.. Woodruff, the chairman OF the conven-
ton, he said
Il shall be either at my Office or at places
which can be reached by informant ion from
my office all day tomorrow. II any one
wishes to serve papers on me he need not
wait till the convention corvenes for he
can find me at my office, cS7 Broadway,
or by telephone he can ascertain from my
Office where am. My telephone number
is 500 Franklin
Mr.. Circuit limited himself to this state
ment. --..-, ---.-..-..
Il have not altered my position in the
slightest, nor shall until the polls are
closed. Every party has commended my
record as ptroller in terms Of praise
which would rever have ventured to hope
for. l shall stand upon this record as a
candidate for reflect ion
Comptroller Grout. when informed last
night that Mr. Hinrichs had been agreed
upon as the candidate for Comptroller on
the fusion ticket, issued the following state
ment:
Il do not believe that Mr.. Hinrichs can
accept the nomination. The first man that
/ met, a week ago Sunday, after tho news
papers had published the news OF
the proposed Endorsement Of me by
the Democratic party, and my statement
of the unconditional terms upon which
J could accept, was Frederick W. Hinrichs.
He thought that was right and his every
expression and opinion was precisely tho
same as mine. In view OF that conversa-
ton do not believe that Mr., Hinrichs
will feel that he can accept the nomination.