The sun., 1903-08-09

and. moreover, no 10 daily discussing the
situation with business men, professional
men and others who do not favor the Low
administration.
"The vast majority Of the Democratic
headers in all the boroughs OF New York
thty do not favor the nomi nation OF Mr..
Mcclellan, and Mr.. Murphy has been so
informed.
"If anything we're lacking to prevent
Mr.. McClellan's nomination the latest
,,tterance of Richard Croker in England
through Abe Hummel has done the business.
Mr.. Hummel says he is authorized TO say
for Mr. Croker that he. Mr.. Croker, favors
the nomination of Mr.. Mcclellan. We
l:now in our hearts that Mr.. Croker has
never favored the nomination of Mr..
lfcCleIlan, and we know, too, that Hugh
i. Grant and other powerful men and in
terests would oppose Mr.. McClellan's
nomination.
"Mr Croker, in a spirit of mischief, put
his sign manual on Mr. Mcclellan, knowing
that Tammany and its allies and friends
lave become utterly weary OF this King
George III. style Of running things"
Conversations with other friends of Mr..
Murphy now here give unmistakable evil
ctence of the wishes of the majority of the
Democrats with whom he has talked and
who have announced that Manhattan
borough Democrat is to be nominated
for Mayor. These Democrats insist that
a candidate be nominated who, first OF all,
is Democrat and that his character shall
be of such dimensions as not to give the
opposition the remotest warrant for the
assumption that he is a Murphy man,
Croker man a Mclaughlin man or anybodys
man: that the nomination of such Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor is most urgently
demanded by the great constituency OF
New York who do not favor "the hodge,
podee Low administration, which is but
thin veneer for Republican Capitalization
in the greatest Democratic city IN the
United States," as they put it.
Some of these Democrats declare and
have 90 informed Mr., Murphy that the
battle should be conducted on strictly
partisan lines and that the Democratic
candidate for Mayor should be OF such
exalted character as to make 1t SIMPLY
impossible for organizations like the
Greater New York Democracy and Herr
Rdders organization and all conservative
Democrats "to remain longer outside OF
the Democratic fold"
Rarely do you hear the name of Devery
spoken here. When you do, it is always
in tones of contempt. Seldom in the annals
OF party has a man been boosted out OF
a State convention and out of an organiza-
tion with such grateful sentiments of appre-
citation on the part of the public at large.
II ia known that wives and mothers Of
Tammany leaders prayed for the defeat
OF the Democratic candidate for Mayor
two years ago, because of his failure to
denounce Devery and the infamous Red
light district system. Mr.. Murphy, the
comment runs, may attain political laurels
as a great Democratic chieftain, or he may
meet with disastrous defeat, but it will al
ways be remembered to his credit that he
put Devery out of Democratic State
convention and out of the Tammany
organization.
Devery, it is computed, may get any
where from 10000 to 10000 votes as an
independent candidate for Mayor. and then
again there are political mathematicians
whose experience leads them to predict
shekels, will cut a pitiabe figure on cleo
ton day.
Mayor Low was elected two years ago
by 80 600 plurality The opinion prevails
here that Mr.. Murphy and other Democratic
leaders have under consideration plans
which may minimize if not wholly Offset
Devery's opposition to their candidate for
Mayor and his associates on the Democratic
city ticket.
No new names as to the possible Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor have been heard
You still hear the capabilities and the avail
ability of these men discussed Peter B.
Olney, Judge Van Brunt, Col. Franklin
Bartlett, j. Edward Simmons and John G.
Carlisle
What if Mayor Low does not care to ac-
cept a denomination? In politics the most
doubtful contingency is seldom neglected
or left to helter-skelter expediency. The
story here, gathered from good people
with accurate sources Of information,
is that should Mayor Low decide to retire
from the field, Senator Patt and his friends
in the Republican organizations Of Man
haitian and The Bronx, Kings, Queens
and Richmond would accept from their
Democratic and Citizens Union allies of
two years ago an independent Democrat
az their candidate for Mayor, and that he
would he the present Comptroller OF New
York city, Edward VI. Grout.
In other words, the SIS per cent. dog which
elected Mr. Low in 1901 would permit the
Is per cent. tail in that memorable con-
test TO furnish il a candidate for Mayor
against the regular Democratic organi-
zations in the five boroughs of the city.
Wouldn't that make lovely mess of it?
Hayo