New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-13
Says Offer to Buy Drill.
Was Strongest Thing rh,,
Passed Between Them
Justice Nears Decision
Plans to Issue Statemen, n.
fining His Position a,
Mayoralty

ANN Oh lencral.
was the strongest thing that n,,,.,
between Governor Whitman ana ,,
tice James c. Cropsey when thew :.
at the ziegfeld Follies SATURDAY. MIA,
In view of the reports that a ,oIy,.,
colloquy occurred over the Fusion 81,
alton when they met in the lobh, :,
the theatre, Governor Whitman =.
terday told Of the incident OF nj, :,
fer to buy the justice sl,,, :,
lemonade as proof that he had -.
walked away in anger" as rsno,,.,
Has High Regard for croO.r
The Governor and Major HopuiD. u,
military secretary, were coming An, :,
the theatre when they met Ju,,i..
Cropsey and Senator Alvah W RI,
lingame, jr, Of Brooklyn, in III. loAb,
The Governor appointed Mr.. c,o,,..
to the Supreme Court bench. ana !.
always entertained high regard .,
him, except that he did not approx. :,
his possible determination to .n.., ~.
Republican primaries against Ma.
Mitchell. Governor Whitman All =.
deny yesterday that he had told n.
justice so at their meeting Sst,s.,
night, declaring that Mayor NO..
would run, irrespective of the RsnnIT
can primaries, and that Justice e.,
sey had then accused him OF a,r,
rendering to the money bund" H.,
was Senator Burlingame's yer,ion !,
the affair, and the Governor refu,,s "a
comment.on what the Senator had al
about it. AZ
81 certainly did not walk sw,y ,
anger" said the Governor when +.
ceased talking. And the best proof |,
that / asked the justice to hay, ,
drink of lemonade with me. being ,,,'
sclous Of the fact that Major Houu,
my military secretary, was in uniior-
| certainly would not have asked b,
justice to have a drink IL | had ~,
angry. / can only repeat that, 50 h,
as | am concerned, il was all in h,
spirit of cajolery."
Justice Crcpsey apparently went q
the roof of the New Amsterdam m.
atre TO cool off. He was met NJ,
after his encounter with the GOysr,a
by Robert S. Binkerd and Leonard n
Wallstein, Commissioner of Accouu,
two stanch supporters Of Nave
Mitchell. Hands were shaken all ro,,I
but when the Mitchell men appro,,ss
the subject Of Fusion-in a jocuu VI
the countenance Of the Brwsyl
jurist assumed a court sternnem (
was said. The Fusionists wen "
aware of the meeting of the Goara
and Justice Cropsey, they declsrt "
they would not have trod on dangers
ground
"The justice looked as if he wsris
70 bite a nail in two" one Of them NIL
in describing the second episode.
Cropsey's Stand in Doubt
Silence prevailed in the Crorw
camp yesterday as TO the Justices Dee.
sion in regard TO the primaries. I.m
generally believed that Governor Wit
mans statement Saturday that he W
decidedly for Mitchell and the Fusa
ticket had put crimp in the Cropig
boom.
The Fusion leaders were wondering
yesterday, however, whether the Whit
man-Cropsey incident Saturday nigs
might not strengthen the justices tt
termination 10 enter the primaries ire
spective of other considerations !
was understood that Justice Cropsg
would issue a statement early thh
week and decide the matter one wsyH
the other.
According TO some Of his friends, q,
justice has been wavering in his dee'
sion recently, and in their opinion tsi
meant that he probably would Elia'
draw. They pointed out that pgeHs
opinion adverse 10 the position vhle
Justice Cropsey has assumed IN ~
Fusion situation had strengthened ven
materially during the last few days
Ransom in Race for Prosecutor
II was announced at the hesdqusr'tn
of the Fusion Committee Of 1917 yesr''
day that ex-Judge William /. Rsni's'
counsel of the Public Service Connr
sion, who had been approved BY G','
ernor Whitman. would be the candia'"
for District Attorney
The nominating COMMITTEES OF W
Democratic Fusion COMMITTEES OF ~
which will name the Tammsny cana.
dates for the city ticket, will hola !
executive session tonight, and y
expected to report back slate T" W
full committee tomorrow night ~
nominating committee finished Us o2..
hearings on candidates last week Wy
rames Of a dozen different men W. W..
suggested for the Mayoralty n0nin'
ton.
The opinion prevails in Ismns,.;
circles at the present time that M S, y.
has passed the word for a suS.s .v.,,
ganization candidate. In that eve,
Sheriff Alfred Z. Smith is the NV
EkeIv candidate