New-York tribune., 1885-09-21
DEJEGATES IN SARATOGA.
CONSIDERING NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
WHAT THE AIM OF TaE CONVENTION WILL bh 40
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c.p.rocA Sept. 2O.-The two hunored or more
Pepubhcan delegates who have already aiiiSo"
bere to attend the State Convention passe' u" -,
dav in a quiet way. good part OF tne u"S ,n0 .tt
corridors were almost entirely deserted. lo-h'eh'
- hos heon ouiet interchange of views on the
s;.,,ot;on bpt no attempt has been made TO con-
oontroto on any candidates. While so many deie-
rotos oro absent such an effort will be frnltiesS'
Al, nersons appear to realize that upon the deciso
f the convention depends the failure or success VI
the marty in this and, perhaps, future campaigns
Tbere ia an anxious desire shown TO act ior 'no
hest interests of the party. In what way that c''n
he done best naturally gives rise 10 some u'iioi
ence of opinion. But good feeling prevahs aihonR
+hs friends of the candidates, and there is every
aro,risa Of q satisfactory solution of the
nroblem All agree that to win this
year the candidate for Governor must DC
n man who will do something more than poh Tue
average party vote. It is recognized thaV INC
Democrats with the aid of the National, Sla'e anu
New-York City patronage, will make an unusuaniy
vigorous effort to carry the election and that i'
who will probably be their candidate, will poll the
full party vote while the Republicans VIII DC
handicapped because thousands of their voters arc
holding Office under tt3 Democratic Administra-
tion Ass1stance will be given by the Democrats
10 the Prohibltionsts with tho hope OF iurtner
weakening the Republicans. To win under such
circumstances it is generally agreed that the caui
date must be a man who will successfully appear W
the business men and to tho Independent voters ID
both parties. For that reason he must 10 n''n
who viii fity represent the reform IDEAS tna' IL Is
proposed to incorporate in the PLATFORM ana oe III
sharp contrast with Governor HILL. meulrer
of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club sald To-
day: -,
''The candidate must be one whose personal Iecoru
will stand the closest scrutiny. In pon'ica'
struggle one wrong act will outweigh IN puohc es-
timation many righteous ones He must be man
oualified by useful business life to convince tie
voters that he can do honor TO the office. lie must
he in nerfect accord with the principles of the party
and qualified to advance and defend them. lie
oupht To be q man of positive convictions ana not
one who has been afraid to let the people know
what he thinks, and If he is a man who does not
seek the Office but whom the party goes AFTER so
much the better That is the kind of man VINO
can win. ana in my estimation only snch Que
can wln."
When asked who in his mind, best represented
these IDEAS this gentleman replied:
81 have just been discussing the
matter with Mr.. Hobbs. Mr.. carter
and Mr. Woodruff. three of the BROOKLYN delegates
and they agreed with ME that Andrew d. "hi'o
would be a suitable man. lind that he has many
friends and not a single enemy among those now
here 1t has been said that he would not accept
but his cousin mas assured me that he thinks t'o
much of the Republican party to decline If 1t honors
hun with the nomination. Next 10 Mr. White
favor Cornelins N. Bliss of New-YOrk lie has
SAID thar he could not accept. 1t would he great
sacrifice for Mr. Bliss to leave his business to ac-
cept the Governurship, but believe that he would
make that sacrifice for the party. He's success
full business of positive views, ana not one oI
those who has held aloof from his party. If the
New-YoIk delegation unites on Mr. Bhss' the
Brooklyn delegatonwill follow and that assures ms
nomination Otherwise think it probable that MI
White will get many of our votes. we THINK wen
of Generals Seward and Wadswoith, also' bnt pre-
fer White. or Bliss Many other good names are
mentioned, but several of them have clements OF
weakness in past party dlssenaons, or from other
causes. which 70 my mind ought to be conclusive
against them"
This expression, from a gentleman who Is
well acquainted with the feeling IN New
York aud Brooklyn, does not dlfler
materially from that expressed Dy many
others present. Almost everybody here comedies
that the platform must take high grounds on Civil
Service reform and other sucn issues, and that 10
make these declarations of any service in the can
yass the candidate must be truly representative OF
them.
1T is no year for standing on your personal
friends" said Congressman BurlelGh to-day.
"unless those friends can win.
have personal friends IN the field,
Int don't believe they can win, hence l am for
other candidates"
This is the kind of talk heard here on all sides.
What will be the outcome cannot now be foretold.
One thing is apparent and that is. if New-York
shoud unite on any candidate that man would be
nominated. The probability of such union de-
pends in a measure upon the fact whether or not
C. n Bliss can be induced to accept. At least. the
New-York men now here say that, while 1T would
be easy to unite Mr.. Bliss, 1T might be difficult
TO do so on any candidate in the field. There is talk
of considerable vote IN the Brooklyn delegation
for Andrew ID. White, and one of the Westcbester
delegates, +. W. Hollis. who is outspoken for Mr
White. says that he will get supportfro that
eouuty. Jacob Hess said that outside Of Mr. Bliss
a union in New-York could best be made on Morton
INT with the exception of Cornelius
Van Cott no other New-York leader seems to agree
with Mr.. Hess that question. If there IL no
union in New-York, complimentary votes will prob
ably be cast on the first ballot for the following
candidates: Andrew ID. White, General Car. Levi
r. Morton, Ira Davenport, James W. WadswOrtb,
Henry G. Burlelgh. James ID. Warren, Silas b.
butcher Joseph w. Drexel. Alonzo B. Cornell,
Judge Noah Davis Judge James Q. Smith. Senator
Law, General w. II. Seward, John Swinburne,
Henry j. Scudder, Frank Hiscock. William NJ.
Evarts and perhaps Others. of course. in many
cases the names of local candidate will be used,
as silas Is. butcher says, for an anchorage until
the strong candidates are developed. In this way
some complimentary votes may be given Mr.. Dut-
cher, from Kings; Mr.. Scudder, from Queens; Mr.
Bureiqh, from Washington Judge Smith, from
Ontario; Senator Law. from Orange aud
Sullivan Mr. Swinburne, from Albany, and for
others, some of whom do not consider themselves
candidates.
RELATIVE POSITION OF THE CANDIDATES
1t seems TO be agreed here that Senator Evarts
will not be a candidate, otherwise his nomination
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