New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-08

oidate for Mayor perhaps, ex-controller Bird s
Coler came out yesterday IN favor OF placing a
hiro municipal ticket IN the field fall. pledged
TO municipal operation OF all subways and munich
pal ownership in general
M coler is not consulting the Tammany lead
ers about his political activities these days, be-
cause he thinks that the account between himself
ana IaInnany is balanced. When he -an for Gov
ernor in 1902 he poIled so many votes il the city
OF New-Tork that II made Charles F. Murphy. the
successor OF Richard Croker. the real hero OF the
hour. The Democratic figures reached high water
mark The favors extended by Tammany Hall 90
Mr.. Coer since then have not been OF kind TO
warm the imagination. AS president OF the Civil
Service Commission ne drew a modest salary. but
IL was little for who had come within i've
thousand votes of OveTturning the Republican ma
chine in the State.
1Ir. coler. therefore. is quits with Tammany. and
now he is ready 10 head the municipal ownership
tight II the radicals wsnt him. His friends said
last night that his activity with the radicals at this
time meant that Mayor Mcclellan and his friends
would have 20 come out for municipal ownership
early in the campaign to insure the election OF the
Mayor.
Mr.. Coler SAYS ne thinks that such ticket. II
carefully selected and filled out in all the boroughs
would poll one hundred thousand votes and have a
good chance Of election. He refers 10 the disahee-
ton among the Democratic leaders in Brooklyn,
and says that a like disaffection. TO lesser ex-
tent exists in Manhattan and The Bronx.
II the dissatisfied Democrats do not join me in
this fight said Mr. Coler. 4 shall nevertheless
make il alone as frankly convinced that il is
a cause which has the support Of the people and
that ITS ultimate triumph is only question Of
time
Asserting that he Is the father OF the movement
IN this city for public ownership of public utilities.
Mr.. Coler declares:
Both the Democratic and Republican organtEa-
lions in this city are controlled by the corporate
fnfereefs The masses of the people OF every class
and condition are in favor of municipal ownership.
and i regard The moment opportune 70 test the
Issue az che polls.
Mr. Coler says that before public ownership could
be placed on a sound and conservative basis il
would be necessary 10 reform 'our archaic mu-
nicipal finances"
Mr. Coler who brought into politics by the
late Hugh Mclaughlin. and who. after the assump
lion of Democratic leadership in Brooklyn by Sen
ator McC'arren joined in the movement against the
latter which started by Tammany, finally
dropped that and declared he was out OF politics
for good Then Tammany made him head OF the
Municipal Service Commission. but. for some reason
never explained. he had falling out with Charles
r Murphy AMI resigned from that position. The
news that COier had taken the field on behalf or a
third ticket created CONSERVATION in the Demo-
cratic ranks in Brooklyn last night. The belief was
expressed that il a municipal ownership ticket was
put IN the field IL would attract so many Demo-
cratic voters that that party would have slender
chance Of success. The Municipal Ownership
League OF Brooklyn. which started for polti-
cal purposes, has organization in every Assembly
district