New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
THE SARATOGA CONVENTION
ON THE EVE OF THE STRUGGLE.
AND Panty LEADERS EARLY IN TIE
F1FID-OPINIoNs AND sPECULAT1ONs AS TO TIE
InY rrLreRAru TO THE rnrBuxEr

FIFID--CplNIONs AND Siht tbNli'+N' 80 ~ 'ii'-
ACTION OF TIE CONVENTION.
lBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUNEi
SARATOGA n y Sept. 1G-A few Of the dele
oates 10 the Republican State Convention arrived
here tonight. and with them few delegates TO
the Unitarian Convention, which will also he hed
next week Messrs John J. O'Brien, " Bob Nc
Cord. Nike " Crcgan. John ID. Lawson. and flro
Commission Van Cots, OF the New-Iork delegation
who were among the arrivals, all wore the whl'eS'
of white neckties, and shiny black-slk mats Oh II
rather theological turn. This led to an error III
classification at first by the hotel clerks. Ahiohg
the arrivals alsO was Mayor Parsons Vi
Rochester candi late for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lie swiftly found companion IN Judge d. law
Carpenter, of POughkeepsIe, the chairman Oh '"e
Republican State Committee, who arrived yeN'el-
day Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Parsons spent lhe AZ
ternoon IN close conversation, assuring friends who
approached them, however, that theT carry arrival
had othing to do with pchtlcs
Mr. CARPENTER is also delegate to the conVentoh'
from the LIST District of Duchess County. When
asked by a TRIBUNE correspondent for whom he
would vote for Governor he replied: "Our deega-
ton is uninstructed. Mr.. Platt, Of Poughkeepsie'
explained clearly our attitude when he said in his
speech at the convention, We are not
Folcer men, We are not Cornell men. We are not
Wadsworth men. We are Republicans" Mr.. Car
renter did not explain that the delegation intends
TO sill on the fence in regard to the candidates for
Governor until il is decided that Mr.. Carpenter
himself may or may not DO a candidate. lie Is
one of the dark horses Of the convention.
This evening there also arrived one of Mr.. Cor
noll's chief heutcnauts. ex-Marshal Lewis F. Payn
of Columbia County, who took several rooms at
the Grand Union Hotel. John w. Vroo-
man. the secretary of the Republican State
Committee aud ex-senator Edward Nj. Madden OF
Orange County, also arrived. MIR. Madden said that
he did not intend to select his candidate for Gov
ernor till the day of the Convention. lie was not
instructed if he had been he should not have
come to the Convention. He had been questioned
in regard to his views about all the candidates ex-
cent Mr.. Wadsworth Ii is strongly suspected that
Mr. Madden will vote for Mr. Wadswortb. -,
John j. O'BTien, who Is chairman OF the kePuDll-
can Central Committee OF New-IOrk City, SAID J.: y
have never known year when one was so much
in the dark regarding the real chOice
OF the delegates for Governor Usually one by
taking the press reports. can get pretty accurate
idea of how the Convention will go; but you can I
tell this year Men are promising on both sides. II
is NV opinion that the Administration VIII nave III
its control 2sO votes that the aggregate vote of
Folser Starin Wood aud Robinson
Governor CornclPs tTiends claim that he Will nave
$50 votes Mir. WadswOrths that h will have 20 !;
Mr. Stariu's that he will have y Mr.. WOODS mat
he will have II, and Mr. RobnsOns that
he will have 6. This makes total
of G29 when the actual number of delegates Is only
49S. Among tie well-known Rcpubllcans who
have taken rooms at the hotels intending to attend
the Convention senator Warner Miller. eX-oena-
tor Thomas {. Piatt, Congressman Richard Crowley
John r. Smyth, George William Curtis, Ellis IL.
Roberts. John H. StaTin, Lieutenant Governor
Hosk.ns Walter A. Wood, George Bliss and james
ID. Warren.