New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-16
BLAINE FIRST, THEN DEPEW.
ATTITUDE OF MEN WHO MAY GO TO THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT ELECTIONS OF DELEGATES
TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
lay Is..leigAfL TO The TRIBUNE


TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
lIY !sL.sssAfI To The rKIBUSE
ALBANY, April 15.-Ihc first Of the Assembly
district conventions for the election Of delegates
TO the Republican State Convention have been held
in the last two days, and mere of them will be
held the coming week. The conventions which
have been held were those Of the Id and lid AS
sembly Districts of Westchester County and OF
the Hid District of Washington County. On Thurs
day of the present week the RepIbhcans living III
the five Assembly districts of Erie County Will
elect their delegates. Inc delegates OF these con-
VentiOnS come from widely separated sections Vi
the State-from the region about New-lO Ork Cltys
from the farming country at the southern emu Oi
Lake ChamplaIn and from the laads that bound
the eastern end of Lake Erie Yet, they all, from
present Indications, will have common character
istIc: they Will favor the nomination of Chauncey
VI. Depew Tor President il Mr.. BlaineS letter OIL
dcclndtlOn Is accepted.
The delegates to the Republican National Con-
ventiOn will be elected in the Westchester COh-
gressonal District next Saturday or on April 20
The convention will be held at White PlalnS
The Congressional district was formed from the
three Assembly districts Of Wcstchester County
and the XNIVth Assembly District OF New % otk
City Republican politicians Of Westchester O0uhty
who have been here lately say that Senator Nlshaii
H. Robertson and cX-SpcalIcr James w: Husteu
will probably be the National Convention delc
gates as they were III 1884.
{" ! am for Blaine first said Senator Robertson
a few days. ago, and for Depew second ana
have no third choice a,,o
Mr. Hustled it Is understood, holds the same
The Second Assembly District of Washington
County forms part Of the Vlilth Congressioio 81
Washington, and Rensselaer,. In the AsSemg% tbS
district the delegates elected 3oi,,oad eng
Republican State Convention are Kallroad
Congressman Congressman Henry G. Burcigh eX-Assem- m.
blyman james II. Manville nnd Charles Il. PCris G
These dcepatcs il is reported desire that exTon
pressman James 6 Smart Of Cambridge, who IlNes
IN, the list Assembly District of gt",n county
shall be ono Of the two delegates from the dlstrct
10 the National Convention. Mr.. Smart Is a strong
Depew man The Rensselaer, County RcpuoohcaIns
NAV rresont John NJ Francis eXMnster to Greece,
and Editor Of "The Troy Times as their cioio'
for delegate.
An eminent Erie County Republican who WA was
here last week said: " 1t looks as if o. e. war
rem Of The Buffalo Commercial and ex-senator
D. H. Mcmillan would represent two OF ,ntinai me n,1
County Congression&M M dlSrG,s ss az sno1cn % approy
inrlv of the Depew canvass in his paper. ua
There is n so some gossip aflOat here IN regard
TO other Congressional dlsrlc'S& wi WIZ crntor Van
vet called their conventions thus sen 2eha,Oe J%
Cott and John D. Lawson, the New ork menlper @
Of the Republican National Committee; ere men- H
toned as strong U9 NnTYork for delegates to
The National Convention. . NJ, v,r1,
IN fbr Nth Congressional District OF New lort rs
fbe candidatcs for National delegates are sag 10
be John II. Hamilton. one o. tnr IT. -argcsI w Mcnd
in Ncw-YorlI sheridan Shook Clarence w. M,IIir I
/ and ex-senator Frederick IlDhS HhphS ,
NeTv.Yorll CITY candidates mentioned are y. - r.
whitney John F. Plummcr and Scion d, SrltIi.
There seem to he enough candidate IN tne 10 :
Island Congressional District. known rs the isi
comnosnd IF the counties Of SuHCik queens ana
! Ricbmond The candidates talked about, az
Colonel William CoEgeswcu, GN,NoIEtnoI ct :
e Mccormick Of Arizona: John BIrdSaH S'ale
Committeeman Of the district; aud Senator haW-
kus.
There is district in the northern part OF the
State-tbc XNIet-which has within lts p0tuet
Inc counties of Clinton EsscN. Warren and Frank
lin In this district il looks rs If Congressman
John II. Moffott of franklin County. ana eA-Coh eC.i
gresham F. A. Johnson, OF Warren county, "oui'
be the delegates IL, ,o
The Democratic State Convention is held one
dqv earlier than the Republican State CohNehtloh
but as vet only one set OF delegates TO IL mas
been elected They are from four Of the five
| Assembly districts OF Albany County and may
he designated as " solid for Cleveland" Inc
machine will grind ont hv their votes TWO
! Cleveland deleeatCS TO the Domocratic National
Convention. The Cleveland Democrats say tnaII
| thcv have already fixed the two Congressional
districts OF Buffalo and that Governor lilH can
not unfX them if William +. Sheehan WoiIis
Z tin Doomsdav They say that Wilson =. biSseA'
the Presidents former law partner, can 90 as \
delegate-at-larqe if he desires and that three ol
the men chosen TO go from the Bnhalo CGnTGirS-
sional districts are eX-Alavor Solomon Scheu;
| lanes Jackson former canal inspector; ana
/ John NJ Wiley, O member Of the democratic
! State Committee MP Wiley was n delegate 10
! the Democratic National Convention in 1884 ana
voted for Cleveland.
II is said that the National Administrator
| leaders have promised the Buffalo Democrats that
! thc Democratic State Convention at which a
| candidate for Governor shall be nominated TINS
! fall shall be held in Buffalo. This IS 10 console
! them for the loss OF the spring convention, wilch
! has gone to New-York