Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-22
I'd EDITION.
--latest T6lGglallS to The Star,
The Failure Of the New York City Dele.
gates 20 Concentrate ON . Candidate
Gives His Lieutenauts Strong Hopes
Plans OF the Afthur-MOrtOn Crowd.
special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.

Plans OF the Arthur-MOrton Crowd.
Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
SARATOGA, Sept 22.-The republican state
convention met at 1890, completely at sea as
regards the governorship. The New York city
men, after conferences lasting through the
night, gave up all hope Of agreeing upon a cam
didate to present to the convention. This fall
ure ended for the time the prospect for Corne-
Illus N. Bliss, whom the Arthur and Miller men
wanted to nominate. The rural delegates, who
are ready to take Bliss IL New York united ON
him, became disguised and went back to Carr.
Warren, Davenport, Wadsworth and others,
proposing to ballot until they could see where
they. could concentrate.
THE CORNELL MEN AGGRESSIVE
TheOornell boom continued to grow strong and
vigorous and the skilled lieutenants of the ex-
governor waxed confident of his nomination.
They had worked for a divided opposition and
had succeeded. Their plan is to force the bal
loting and beat the disjointed factions in
The Arthur and Miller men still hope to
md the man to play. against ex-Gov.
# Bliss is impossible they may 90 to s Wads,
worth. They will scatter their votes for a few
ballots and then seek to adjourn and combine.
Carr and Warren will lead on the first ballot or
two, but the Nomination of either is improbable.
The fight will finally come between Cornell and
the man selected by the Arthur and Miller peo-
pie.
HARMONY ON THE SURFACE.
The convention is harmonious and peaceable
on the surface but the old faction fires still
smoldering and may break out at any moment.
The platform will contain an anti-silver plank
and strongly favor civil service reform. Senator
Miller the temporary chairman. made a strong
bloody shirt and protective tariff speech.
By Associated Press
Opening Of the Convention.
SARATOGA, Sept. 22.-At 1920 Mr.. James d.
Warren, chairman of the state committee,
called the republican state convention to order.
Kew. DR.. s. V. Leach, OF Albany, invoked the
Divine blessing upon the labors of the cCnven-
ton. He implOred that the hands of the Presi-
dent and other members of the federal govern
ment be upheld by grace from above. The rev.
erend gentleman also alluded to the delegates
blotted out the irreligion of slavery from the
nation.
The roll having been called, Chair
republican state committee had agreed upon
senator Warner Miller for temporary chair
nan nan Of the convention The chair appointed
NJ Lapham to escort him to the chair. Mr..
Miller was received with much enthusiasm. In
his his address Mr.. Miller called attention to the
fact that the republican party OF the state of
New York for the first time in 25 years was
confronted by both the federal and state gov
racy. BY future generations the heroes
Of the late war, he said, would
be placed alongside of the revolutionary
adherence to the protection of American indus
tries and the American laborer. Loud cheers.
"When We turned over to the opposition the
civil service of the government" he said,
mo better civil service existed under the
sum-" Referring to the political complexion of
the southern states Mr.. Miller maintained that
throughout the length and breadth of that land
there was not to be found single government
which holds the rens of government by the
will of the people. The republicans he said, to
prove this statement, only asked for fair
field and fair fight. Continuing in reference
To alleged illegal ballOting in the SOUTH Mr..
Miller said the men who have managed the
polls in that section would not continue to do
the work without pay. Upon the question of the
civil service of the government, Mr.. Miller
said the republican party had put the law into
practical use and were committed to it. He
would suggest, however, that the civil service
commissioners be at once summoned together
and directed to add a clause providing that ''all
jail birds and eX-convicts are forbidden to hold
Office This, he thought, would greatly relieve
the President OF the United States. Mr.. Miller
closed by predicting grand victory in NOvem-
Der next. The chair was authorized to appoint
the several committees, and the convention
took q recess until 4:3O pm.