New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-12
LOCKWOOD TO NAME HILL.
MEN SWALLOW THEIR CROW.
\ SWARM OF DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES POUR
INTO BUFFALO - THE GUIANA
DRIED PROGRAMME
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city, to-day and If any ono doubts that statement &c,
him attend the Democratic State Convention which VIII
meet In this hall tomorrow
Mr.. Bashford addressed these words TO inc ITO
hbItionsts of Western Now-lorS. who wcrc hoioihg
mass meeting in Music Hall this afternoon. Miss
Frances f. Willard, tho president OF inc women
Christian TEMPERANCE Union aftcrward described tho
Democratic party at the same mccting as one Uouh"
Together by the slaves Of whiskey barrel ana sam
that tine Republican party had In II "a grand temper
ance sentiment Yet both Mr. Bashford, who seemed
much disturbed by the reduction Of the Prohiouo'
vote in Vermont and Miss Willard indirectly aVsod
their hearers TO aid the Democratic party by voting for
W. Martin Jones, tho Prohibition candidate for "o'-
crnor rather than for Warner Miller tho temperance
candidate for Governor OF the Republican party
The delegates TO the Democratic state Convention
who arrived today showed by their talk that the Rev
Mr. Bashford was right when he declared that thcy
favored the Saloon They also hanhy cNprcsscu
their preference for David b. HILL the nauor-dcaier'
champion as a candidate for Governor. IT. was cleT
that the fact that David b. Hill had the support Tor
Governor of the liquordeaers Of the State made him
especially attractive to the delegates and 10 the leaders
of the Democratic party. Some Democrats frankly
said that Grover Cleveland, by his free-trade A.
tttudc had lost the state of NewYork to the iemo-
cratic party and that the only chance OF saving the
state was TO nominate David b. Hill and get the sup
port OF the quordcalers for both the National ana
tho State tickets. Ex-Rcgster Reilly, of New-York
City, who one Of the delegates who arrived ths
morning, said later in the day
"There IS no stronger Cleveland man in the state
than myself and yet it my opinion that Cleveland
would be beaten unless Hill is nominated
Yet eminent Democrats see that the Democratic
party will great risk by nominating MI iiii'
Ex-Judge Nelson ]. Waterbury, of New-York said this
afternoon: Mr.. Hill will lose thousands OF Democratic
votes but think the liquor-dcalers Will more than
mako them good for us. No ed should be PAID 10
this protest against NJ Hnl's animation made by the
Reform Club of Ncw-York I'd by those Democrats
who attend tho Cooper InStit meetings They have
no standing in the Democratic party and no attention
shoud be paid TO them. Who is John D. Herman any
how NoAing more Than the son Of his iather'
met that fafher ox-Uncd states senator Herman, OF
Utica Yesterday and he altogether dsapproved OF his
sons action and said there was no reason why Mr.
Hill should not be rcnominaed The liquor plank
that We shall adopt will be good deal like that OF
last year.
Tho "nouor plank Of the Democratic state Con-
venton of 1887 was distinctly modelled upon that OF
the Personal Liberty party. which demanded the open
ing of the liquor stores upon sunday
The delegates to the Convention arrived at fast
rate all day. and by nighall all the liquor stores In
buffalo wcro doing roaring business Anthony
schmidt a liquor dealer, OF No $50 Man-st, who Is
chairman of the executive committee of the three
luuor dealers associations OF BuEalo, ana as euch
took leading part in the state Convention OF inc
LIQUOR dealers here last week decorated MS Saloon
with flags and put out large signs bearing the words
Welcome. VISITORS The portrait OF David i.
HilI-"Our Friendr-appeared in every liquor store
train bearing 800 Tammany Hall Democrats
came steamlng into the city at o'clock 1t Is said
there was halo of whiskey dsccrDblc around inc
Tammany train from the time IT left the Hudson l'Vcr
until IT reached Lake Erie The braves and sachehs
had stopped at Edward Murphy's wtgwam in Troy
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leading Temmany men who came were sheriff
Grant Fire Commissioner Croker, Charities Commits
sIoner Brennan Register Sevn, General John Coch-
rane George II. Forster, President OF inc hoaru
OF Aldermen; Senator Edward F. Reilly, Congress
man Francis Il. spinola, Bernard +. Marun' fohcc
Justice Patrick G. Duffy and John D. scanncn' Iheio
were also Federal officials who thought 1t necessary
to be present al an early hour at the hotels Among
The number we're John A. Mason, Deputy Collector
Of the Custom House Of NewYork; Daniel ~
Lockwood Of Buffalo, DistrictAttorney OF Northern
New-York Charles S. Cary, of Oean SOLICITOR OF the
Treasury Department, and John Hanlon, OF Mediha'
Collector Of Internal Revenue. These onieers "ero
hard at work among the delegates guarding the lh'er
csts OF the National Administration onc rooci" o'"'
caI said in the course of the day:
. The Hill men arc acting like fools. They arc de-
mandng everything; they want both the permanent
and the temporary chairman of the Convention lhey
have the power take them, but we warn them that
it will be bad policy
The Hin Democrats subsequently saw that 1t would
be unwise to press their victory over the Admlnstra
ton, and byc-and-bye It was whispered about tha'
there had been compromise, and that George Ranes'
OF Rochester, a Hin Democrat, would he maze teH-
porary chairman, and d. Cady Herrick, OF Albany
Cleveland Democrat, would be made permanent chair
man. Moreover, II was said that the cleveland men
would show their loyalty 10 Mr. Hill by putting up
Daniel " Lockwood, Of Buffalo, the Federal District
patip
Governor. 1t furthermore said that John X.
Fellows District Attorney of New York, whose record
IS as badly smirched as that Of Mr. Hill, would second
the latteI's nomination, and that other spcecnHcs
seeondas PTor fnr Tsmmany Hail and by District
Attorney Ridgway, OF Brooklyn for the hihss Oouh''
thronG of state officials came UP from Albany:
accompanied by Colonel William G. Rice, the private
@srSnc ran "a Smoothly in its labor of rcnomnans
Mr. Hill. Among these state officials were Controller
Secretary Of state Cook James Connolly factory
Bnrean Of Labor statistics and Florence Donovan.
commissioner Of arbitration IT Is doubtful II , mere
ernor Hill, and he, of course, in spirit is here HIS
private secretary Colonel Rice keeps him Informed
Coo private ,sscrsasg Of ,b, e@is snspa
or S Mr. Gore brings wUa sa Of he
delegates were lnqurng to-day whether Jones would
RaS nI fss did n s' paS S the freight mat
the Democratic state Committee was able to extort IRON
him was a bundle OF advertisements. There Wac
rimor this afternoon that the County Democracy OF
New York might nominate Park Commissioner j.
Hampden RObb. of New York for Lieutenant Governor
The news excited considerable CONSERVATION In the
breast Of Mr.. Coe. but nevertheless IT IS said that
Licutenan 4 Governor Jones VIII be rrnomlnated
Hugh Mclaughlin the Democratic boss , Of
Brooklyn. arrived this evening ard was welcomed al
the Gencscc by District Attorney Ridgway. Corpora
tion Counsel jerks, County Treasurer Adams. Robert
\. Furcy and other leading Democrats Of Droohlyn
The boss" il is said, told his followers that they
mi cht cote for Mr.. HIS nomination. These were
the orders that they had expected.
Some Of the NcwYOrk Democrats said that " they |
thought Governor Hill would not make objections they
would nominate Edward :. Rapalo. Of New York son |
OF the late Judge Rapao. to oil the vacancy in tho
Court Of Appeals caused by his fathers death Gov
crnOr IIill however, appointed John Clinton Gray as
Judge OF the Court OF Appeals and IS doubtful II
he will 10 the settling aside OF Judge Gray
Indeed Mr. Rapallos friends TO might said It looked
raj her doubtful "a them whether they would present
his name the convention. as Judge Gray's nOniGa
seemed to have been decrccd by the powers that
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