Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-05
new YORK POLITICS
Republicans Said to Be Still
Badly at Sea
OVER THE MAYORALTY
EFFORTS TO FIND SACRIFICE
CANDIDATE UNAvAILING.
Latest Gossip From Gotham Over the
City Convention, Which Meets
Tomorrow Night.
OVER THE MAYORALTY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 5.-With their city
convention only few hours off. the re-
publicans are still badly at sea in Their
efforts to find sacrifice for the mayoralty
nomination. Last night former Governor
Odel1 and Michael ]. Doody of Brooklyn
thought they had discovered a burnt offer
ing in the person of Joseph Aspinall
county judge of Kings county, but at noon
today Aspinall. following the lead of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff and JUS
tice Gaynor, declared he would not be a
candidate. He SAID he would not stand
for any such cold-blooded arrangement as
the one proposed, whereby he should resign
his judgeship, and then after his expected
defeat, be reappointed by the governor.
He said, too, that If he were such strong
candidate they tried to make him be-
lieve, why had they tried everybody else
first and chosen him at the eleventh hour?
state Senator Elsberg and two or three
other lawyers were willing to make a hope
less race for the office of mayor If assured
that in case of defeat the victim of sacri-
fice would be appointed United States dis
trict attorney for the southern district of
New York next January, when the term
OF Gen. Henry L. Burnett expires. But
no such promise has been made and Sem
ator Eisberg will not take the nomination
of mayor. The situation has not yet
cleared, and for the offices of controller
and president of the board of aldermen not
one name has been whispered.
Woodruff Will Take a Hand.
Timothy L. Woodruff is on his way to
the city to take a hand in the work of
dragging for candidates. There is still
afioat the report that possibly at the last
moment Mr.. Woodruff, under pressure, will
change his mir nd fa,
will be a number of conferences this af-
ternoon and this evening and some kind
Of candidate may be found before the
republican city convention meets tomorrow
night.
Some work has been done on the plat
form. 1t Is reported today that the munic-
ipal ownership plank that was in the orig
mai draft has been cut out and will not be
restored. Officers and speechmakers for
the convention have not been selected.
The question of indorsing District Attor-
ney Jerome is still unsettled. 1t has been
made clear to the republicans that the dis
trtct attorney need not formally accept the
nomination of either party in order to have
his name on the official ballot under the
emblem of that party. If nominated by a
party the nomination stands, unless Mr.
Jerome should file formal declination.
The Democratic Convention.
The democratic city convention will meet
in Carnegie Hall at 7:30 o'clock this even
ing.
Ex-District Attorney Eugene Philbin will
make the speech placing Mayor Mcclellan
In nomination, and Controller Grout will
make a seconding speech. State Senator
Thomas f. Grady Is to be chairman of the
committee on resolutions.
1t is settled that Herman A. Metz of
Brooklyn is to be nominated for controller,
and as soon as Tammany agrees on a can
didate for president of the board of alder
men the slate will be complete.
Mayor Mcclellan is to appear on the
platform before the close of the convention
and make brief speech
This afternoon the Tammany leaders had
not been able to agree on the candidate for
president of the board of aldermen John
7. Mccall is the likely choice
The democrats tonight will leave open the
matter of nominating candidate for dis
trict attorney Next week Tammany may
make selection 1t may indorse Jerome
Jerome's election is one of the foregone
conclusions 1t is almost as sure as the
election of Mcclellan. who will win, men of
all parties and factions concede, by rous-
ing majority. rousing even in democratic
New York city.
Hearst and the Nomination.
Late this afternoon William R. Hearst is
to receive formal notice that he has been
nominated by the mass meeting held under
the auspices of the Good Government
League last night "A prominent leader OF
the league said that he was confident that
Mr. Hearst would take the nomination. II
he should refuse Justice Seabury or John
Ford will be the candidate of the league.
The campaign proper will be spiritless
The league candidate will probably do q
good deal of speechmaking, with gas as an
issue (no pun intended). providing the nomi-
nee is Seabury or John Ford and DIR. Park
hurst.
Parkhurst may throw few dashes of ta-
basco into the arena. The republicans will
go through the form of making fight only
Should Tammany put out a candidate
against Jerome there may be something do
ing, but this is not very probable
Nobody can beat Mcclellan and probably
nobody could beat Jeorme. The Tammany
ticket is as safe as II 1t had already been
installed in the offices.