New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-29
FLOWERS PLACE NOT FILLED
TRYING TO INDUCE sLoCUM TO TAKE IT.
HE TAKES THE MATTER INTO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GOVERNOR wORKING For HARMONY.

House and the adjoining corridors locked last night as
though the Democratic State Convention had adJourheu
mt Saratoga TO reconyene FIJI New-York Two or three
hundred Democrats of high and low degree Jostied
each other, smoked cigars ana crank "nisAo'
while they tried to explain how 1t that the party
had fallen 40 low that even Roswell p Flower declined
its nom nation for In room on
the floor above was Governor Hill surrounded by per-
sona friends chief among whom was Thomas f. CRAZY
the Butler champion Of last year.
With Grady and the Governor were shrt-Coilar
suinola. Tim Campbell. the agent Of Tweed; Dick"
Crooter " Rourke Cochran, Controller Chaplin ex-
District Attorney Downing, whom Governor Cleveland
removed from Office, and the uneasy State treasurer
known among the politicians as Crazy horSo
Maxwell. In tho barroom ana corriaors
we're Lester b. Faulkner. of Livingstone hlKe
Twomey, Fatty Walsh, Brotherin-law Wood, TAX
ommissIoner Feaer the great nomlnato- and discov"
erer Of Cleveland. handsome Dan Lockwood, OF
Bualo who was refused the mission to France because
an ex-Rebel wanted ~ those friends OF low re-
sorts Excise Commissioners Haughton and Mitchell,
the wouldbe State Treasurer and the exemgrant train
Conductor Cook OF Rochester whom Inspector Gen
eral Theodore Hamilton. the pre- agent OF the Pubic
Works Department condusted to Governor Hills room
to make the acquaintance of the Boss" Gsneral E. f.
Jones' OF Binghamtol, walked about rs 10
show that his shoulders were broad enough
10 take up the burden laid down py
Roswell p. Flower He had competitor IN mayor
"a.
he was tho man for the place.
ct spriggs OF Utica looked aud tired as ne ex
pained over and again that 1t was another case
like that OF 1876 when Seymour deciineo tne
Governorship. "You remember" he repeated TOE INC
seventeenth time to knot of iDcredulous-looking poll
tioians among whom was the sphinxliko Twohey
that Seymour declined and they blamed me forit But
we earned the State by $4,000. owing to the
strength OF the head Of the ticket This
Is exactly another such case. 1 tell you
boys Hin is the only of Tlden lie will carry
the ticket through just as Tilden did"
"No Flowers at this funeral exclaimeua oystAnoer
and the knot at once broke up.
Senator Jacobs Of Brooklyn walked through the cor
rfdor lookn like a crushed tragedian and mysteriousy
disappeared. Ex-senator Roscoe Conkling paused
at the Twenty y-ffth-st. entrance as though
shifting danger in the air. and espylng ed" Stokes
conversed with him a few moments and passed on
Senator Gibbs walked through and smiled all over as he
.nauired Of ed" Moore If 1t was ga wake" Ex-Sena
tor Murtha Of Brooklyn, looked though he thought
II was o Just retrbution for the betrayal
OF Jacobs Commissioners Porter aud Brennan, ex-
Surrogate Hutehins, Register Reilly, Prince "Hal"
Genet Mick" Muller, Thomas ]. Costgan Senator
Thacher of Albany; John Keenan,, who made the stub
born fight against Hill at Saratoga; exRegiser Demar
of Brooklyn; exMayor Wickham and others conversed
together 5000 Thompson did not show himself among
the boys" but remained secluded in an upper room
and sent for those he desired to see
*,
gate Parker Of Ulster. General Farnsworth, Partner
w. I. Miller State Treasurer Maxwell and Senator
Homer A. Nelson accompanied tho Governor
TO this city. They went to the Holman
House and by urgent request General slocum
was there meet them The Governor talked with him
for long time and sought in vain to tempt the General
with the offer of the place which Mr. Flower had
spurned. Moth witbstanding the vigorous language
which General socum used Saratoga in declining to
hermit his name used second place. tho Governor
thought that he could persuade BIN to accept But
General sloeun away refusing to permit himself
TO bo used to bolster up the totteriDg ticket He also
iptmaed that he supposed that the State committee and
not the Governor cred make the nomination
Not satisfied give up the chance TO catch the soldier
vote the Governor sent Coon -ni sh-the-tcket
Spriggs and Congressman " Jack Adams as commit
tee 10 persuade SOcum to accept. While they In
Brooklyn John II. Mooney, the private secretary
of John Kelly, was sent to Mayor Grace, who
had once before declined the nomination. 10 see
IL he could not be induced to change his mind. Mr.
Mooney had long to wait, as the Mayor promptly
time the busy Governor set about TO heal the
differences between the local Democratic organiza-
fIOps and 10 force agreement on union ticket He
sent for the leaders OF each organization 10 call upon
him. The delegation to respond from the Comfy De
mocracy was made up OF Hubert o. Thompson, Police
Justices Power, OReily and Murray. District.
Attorney Mar4S and e1snpen1cndGat int 6HerpSr OF
impaired his wishes. The interests of the party and
bc he could % not OF ao to its own state de-
manded that a union local ticket be placed in The field
leaders, and their Willingness to take no more
than belonged to minority organization. The Gov;
ernor said that insist that Tammany have equal
representation the ticket with the County Democ-
raey 1t was Tepor'od later tIat ne 'SVermGf e,np
Thomas F. Grady for Congress TO succeed Mr.
as the County Democracy leaders refused to whether
The Governor met Tammapy Hall, composed Of
Charles +. Loew, Register Reilly DICK" Croker,
Ore 11y mayor Kirk, John H. Mooney. General + II.
spinoli and Senator Cullen. The meeting with these
fSsY the Governor and the
ana an was S as sSa
was about to discover longost brother with straw
oS G after an esvc shaking Of they began
tax business They AS assured , the
there would I've harmony. end that whatever might hap
pen Tamnany would give nm % t9e Dsses TUe ~ ever d
harily got through with their promises when a
sS 9s Bob @ NooSty snd ScR
ton After they had received their instructions the
Governor turned his attention once moro To the state
There was a contest going over the chairmanshiP
Governor %Sc did not want o'Bren but was anxious
Thompson Tho NV was ineTorabe and after hours Of ne;
eotatons it was finally arranged that obrien Should Should
be made secretary. and an exeeutye committee committee
should be appointed to conduct shG Least anVSs ans
o.Ler member should be designated by the
Governor IL said tnat state Treasurer Maxwoll
ud eu rogate Parker of Ulster will be the outside
10 be named by the Governor TO go Oh the Executive
hbout the time the chairmanshp had been settled,
s,rjrgss and Adams returned from their struggles
M s:encra slocum aud announced that with the aid
of oss Mclaughlin they had induced slocum to take
the matter into consideration until morning. a
new trouble came up then the report
thai majority OF the State Committee dspleased
with the Governors assumption .Of power and would
moi vote fo slocuD These members 1t said wanted
William L. Smith. the popular law pIn. partner
Rut ths Governors friends thought that
they could secure the choice OF slocnm
have ii. though his affiliations have been with Boss
Thompson. With that understanding negotatons were
Varied in character. when asked If he
as diseoncetcd by Flowers decnation the Governor
.iiaa IN a,nile In leRstn When asked II