New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-14
ALBANY GOSSIP.
ABOUT PROBABLE DELEGATES TO THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION,

uRow THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or rHE rnrBuN.J
ALBANY IAN. 13-Already there Il some gossip anoat
about the election OF delegates from this state to the Re-
publican National Convention This Ia natnra ~ with
districts this win begin To eject their delegates
to the convention and April the Republican st@e
Convention of this State win he held 10 eject four dele
gates 2trlarge II the National Convention
There are thirty Con gressonal Districts this
State each of which viii hold separate convention to
elect delegates to the National Convention In the
interior of the State these little conventions promise to
make quite a scramble among Republican politicians for
the honor OF going Chicago. Conversation with tho
Republican members Of the Legislature shows that there
general belief among them that Senators Evarts and
Hscock will be OF the four delegates at large from
this State to the National Convention The friends OK
Warner Miller that he viii go as dele
gate from the Hermer Congressional District In this
it is said that Congressman David Wiber WI DO
the other delegate from the district.
The Republicans from westchester County say that
Senator william H. Robertson and Speaker James '"
Hustled are likely be the delegates from that district
Coming up to the XVIII Congressional District com
posed OF the counties Of Putnam Duchess and Column
ha one ands those named for the position Of deesO
among others to be John b. Catcher OF Paving; Con
gressman John IT. Ketcham of Poughkeepsie; Hamilton
Fish, r. OF Garrsons and Louis T. payn or chatham
In this district the XIXh, Albany County alone there
Eugene Burngame the member OF the Republican State
Committee from the district The Xvlllth Congress
sonal District formed of the counties Of Rensselaer,
and Washington. The fgends OF exCongressman Henry
G.. Burleigh, OF whitehall, Washington County are
pressing FOR the position OF OF the delegates
from tho district; and Rensselaer, County there mas
been a suggestion that e1Congressman Martin Town
send who nominated President Arthur for the Presr
dency in I3sl or Jonn " Francis. Editor OF The Troy
Times, should be sent In the XXIst Congressional
District consisting OF the counties OF CLINTON Essex
Warren and Franklin the northeastern corner OF the
State the Republican politicians say there IS some ike
ihood that Congressman John IT, Mofat will be dele
gate The counties OF ST. Lawrence and Jefferson com
nose the XXIGd congressional District There are
good many ambitions Republican politicians In the as
trict and 10 looks II there wout be strlsse over
tho choe of DELEGATES from the district Some OF the 81
Iawrenee Republicans favor sending Senator Erwin,who
promises 10 6e leader in tue State Senate tos wigter
In toe county OF Jefferson the men mentlonea Tor dele
man Charles r. skinner and A. d. SHAW
In tho XxuM Congressional District Oneida ard
Lewis Counties, there has been iitte SAID mus Is aD'
the convention The friends or Congressman 1Ierniss
l. may be said would like him to be one OF the deieges
but he IS not pressing himself ior tae hoe az tu
OF the state is the XXVIth Congresslons Dsorc
composed Of the counties OF IlOga MADISON SIshsnso
and Broome It elected ex-senator Thomas T. FsSi rs
one delegates in les4 and there IS every lhuSd
ton that II will do again II he desires me PtSe no
XVIII District consists OF the counties OK 9swe5
Cayuga aud wayne The Congressman, PIT. Nu, t M
lives in OswegO County, and therefore IL is ssu tne
selection Of tie delegates has been accorded 20 me
AMI Cayuga Countess ext onsressi.au I'M "a -
Dnngsl OF Auburn Cayuga County, u Is SAID - can
dd3tr but he is reported to be opposed by John y
KnanD " Auburn, chairman or the Executive COFunIe-
tee 81 the Republican state Committee VINO also desires
70 be DELEGATE 70 the Chicago convection keplO.
lican politician OF Cayga county Wuo Was meI ho
week said: U looks TO me az II Mr. Knapp wou'i Do
eecei a. Cayuga Comtys representatives and exCOn-
gresham John II. Camp, OF Lyons wayne county ds
the representative OF that county
Thsre il no convention gossip from the other Congres
si0nll Districts TIL reaches the ANAisO DSt,''
which embraces within its borders the countries Oh L
iugsfon. Genescc. Orleans and. Wyoming. EX-SENATOR
Edmund T. PITS, who -epesent- ed TINS district az TUG
chicago NatORa Con Yenton OF 1854, SAID last week:
do,t knoyy who will 20 from the district but do know
ths-tEat whoever has got 10 De re-hOI nlttne
man The district may be SAID to De unanimously 'r
Mr.. Blaine"
The friends OF o. G.. Warren, Editor of The Bnnalo
Commercial" who were hero rev oaJs ago. sAu CHAe
they should push him for the Pc cn OF decsa1e Hy
ona of fhe Buffalo Confessional Districts 1ir
Wr-rsn'. father. tIo late james ID. warren was Ins
leader az the Arthur delegates at the National hePuD-