New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-20
THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CANDIDATES.

lBl JELEGhAPH TO THE 1RIBUNE'I
| SYRACUss, n. Y, Sept. 10.-There Is consider
| able life about the hotels tonight. over 100 del
egates and outsiders having arrived to attend the
| Democratic State Convention. Among those on
| the ground are Daniel Manning, ID. 3. Lamont
and Mayor Nolan, of Albany; Edward Cooper,
Hubert o. Thompson w. p Mitchell and John
| Tracy of the County Democracy, from New-fork
| General Spin0a Edward Cahill and other Tamnany
| representatives; Peter Bowe and Colonel NJ Z.
Murphy, of Irving Hall; Thomas Kinsella and Sen
ator Jacobs, of Brooklyn; f. X. Apgar and many
other prominent Democrats from the interior OF tho
State.
| The talk about the hotels is confined
| almost wholly to the question of Tammanys
admission. and who shall be nominated for
Governor. The advocates of Mr Flowers
nomination for Governor in a consider
| able majority about the hotel corridors James
| O'Bricn. Mayor Nolan, Alfred Wilkinson and
| Mr. Truman, of Binghamton, are in COM
| mand of tbs Flower brigade They feel
confident of his nomination. IF you
don't want to get left" Mr.. 0Brien says, predict
the nomination of Mr.. Flower for Governor" AT
the risk of getting left" however, 1t is safe to say
| that Mr. Flowers chances are not of the best. 10
all appearances he will lead in the convention On the
first vote but unless he get the votes at the COM
| mand ofSIr. Manning and Hubert o. Thompson he
will not b. nominated 1t would not be safe to say
that he cannot do this, but the probabilities are
against it leading Flower adherent said
| tonight: These politicians arc all en-
| gagged in looking out for themselves They arc
in politics for what they can make ont of It, Now
if we can make it n sufficient object for them they
will go for MIR. Flower 1t is merely question OF
whether we can or cannot. | think we can"
This is the plan of the Flower canvass; and 1t
must be admitted that at Democratic convention
it is a telling one. But Mr. Flower does not have
bigger barrel than other candidates, and
cannot make any more PROMISES hence his plan Is
not sufficient of itself to nominate him. Then he Is
handicapped somewhat because of the very men who
have charge of his canvass Should he be nominated
for Governor and by any blind chance get elected,
| Jimmy" O'Bren and Mayor Nolan would right
fully claim the credit of securing him the place, and
they would be the powers behind the throne. M;yJ1
| Daniel Manning, Hubert o. Thompson and
| the other Tilden leaders do not relish
such a prospect There rumOrs, however,
| that Mr. Thompson has had inducements held out
to him to swing the vote of the County Democracy
over to Mr. Flower in case Mr. Cooper cannot
| be nominated. The Flower assert that
| this will be done. 1t Is one of those
things which it would not be safe to make any pre-
dictOn about. Corporation Counsel Whitney and
one OF two other Leading members OF tbs County
| Democracy are favorably inclined toward Mr.
| Flower. Edward Cooper is the choice of the
County Democracy, and will get its entire vote for
| Governor providing he becomes an active candidate
| He will also have the support OF Mr. Manning III
that case. The intention is to make q careful can
vass of the vote and not to place Mr.. Cooper In
nomination unless he has a good chance of success.
1 He, in company with Mr. Thompson and others. is
coseted tonight with Daniel Manning ut the Globe
| Hotel considering what to do.
| If Mr. Cooper actively enters the he will be
| n formidable candidate. Next to him in strength
comes General SlOcum, of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn
delegation said to be earnestly in favor OF his
nomination, Though there is considerable doubt ex-
pressed here that point. Mr.. Kinsela will pre-
sent Mr.. Slocums to the conven-
| ton. Mr.. SlOcum now has about sixty-seven
votes, made up from Kings Queens, Richmond and
| Onondaga Counties. If Mr.. Cooper is not candi-
date Il considerable part of the vote of New-YOrk
will 20 to SlOcum. He will then be long way short
! of the 1913 votes necessary for the nomination.
| Solomon scheu, of Buffalo, is here looking after
| Mr. Clevelands canvass. Considerable merriment
| was caused tonight by the arrival of large num-
Der of Autographs of Mr.. Cleveland for distribution
| among the delegates His friends, however, assert
that he not party to this manner Of conduct
ing his canvass. Mr.. Cleveland will enter the
| vention with about sixty votes. The atmosphere is
rather chilly for his friends here, and the indca-
tons are that be will have to take the Lieutenant
| Governorship which he can easily get or
| nothing. He is quoted as saying that he will not
| accent the nomination for Lieutenant Governor
| I'm the same way Mr. Kinsella, who has been fre-
| quently mentioned for COngressman-atL Large, as
serts that he will not under any circumstances ac
ccpt that office The Brooklyn delegates pretend to
| believe that Mr.. Kinsela's name has been used by
the Flower men to break down SlOcum's canvass.
| There are unbelieving persons However. who say
4 that Mr. Cleveland will accept the nomination for
Lieutenant-Governor and Mr. Kinsella that for Con-
| grcssman-at-Large
Mayor David B. HILL of Elmira, and George
Raines of Rochester both at work for the Office
| of Lieutenant Governor. Unless Mr. Cleve-
| lands declinatiOn Is positive, the chances Of
| Hill and Ranes are not good. f. X. Apgar,
| Que of Mr.. Tildens former confidential agents, Is
now a strong advocate of Mr.. Clevelands nomina-
| ton. :" Mr.. Flower will not be nominated" Mr..
| he should be nominated he cannot be
elected. lie would make very weak
| candidate. lie scannOt at most, III my opinion, get
more than ninety votes in the convention. Outside
| OF New-York and Brooklyn, Mr.. Cleveland would
| be much stronger candidate before the people,
| and that is why think he VIII be nominated. tie
| is strong in Buffalo, whore the Republican dissen-
sions are great. aud if nominated he would poll
| several thousand Republican votes"
| " Do you think that Tammany Will be admittedF
No, io, do not think So If Mr. Kelly were not
| membec of it part of the Tammany delegation
| might be admitted; but there is strong feeling
| among the rural Democrats against John Kelly
! figuring in a Democratic convention again. 1t
| would lose the ticket many thousand votes"
| New-YOrk Alderman who heard Mr. Apgar
| sneak OF Cievelands strength before the people
said: "To = with the people. Can they get
| noininaton in Democratic convention pa
poser that Mr. Apgar could not answer satis-
factorily.
| The County Democracy leaders are working hard
| in "A quiet way against the admission of Iammany,
On tie surface they profess harmony, but they fear
| the sentiment of the rural Democrats in favor of
| Tammany's admission. Not wishing 10 be defeated