New-York tribune., 1888-08-27
A HIGH LICENSE PLANK.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS WOULD NAIL A
sTOITT ONE TO THE STATE PLATFORM.
v,yws OF WARNER MILLER. SPEAKER coLs AND
oruvRs-eErrING READY FOR THE coNvEN-
ZION AND GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SLOAN
TO NOMINATE MIR. MILLER
FOR GOVERNOR.
rfnY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrRuNE.l

FOR OOVERNOh.
resv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNE.t
Saratoga, Aug 26.-IIish License was the chlei
,heme Of conversation to-day among such of the
delegates to the Republican State Convention as
h.vs arrived in Saratoga. 1t superseded for the
moment al talk about candidates for State oices.
The question debated was whether or not plank
should be put in the Republican platform COM
mending the action Of the Republican Legislature
IN passing a Hlgh-Liccnsc bill, denouncing Gov-
ernor Hill for vetoing the measure, and pledglng
that the Republican party will pass fligh-Lcense
law II Republican Governor is elected Ex-oen-
ator Warner Miller sat in shady corner Oh 'he
broad piazza Of the United States liotel most VI
the day, conversing with circle OF ms irienus'
the debate upon the proposed plank meah"h'ie
soinr on around him and elsewhere IN the hotei'
This evening when Mr.. Miller was asked what MS
opinion of the suggested plan. aca was nc rs license
r.nk Ordinarily man named possibly the candidate
of his party Governor does not feel at hoeS ~ US
cuss the platform in advance OF its aoopuoh oy
,,on hut a. have not the position oil candidate
= A not consider am bound by any such ruies.
On the contrary feel free to express my oeeis n
70 what should be the platform ON such an important SUI
tect as this one think we snoua DC e.ns ~ ,,as @
sebt IN advance should refrain from adopting ish
Ydcense rlank Of the pronounced Description Inc
Democrats have taken the SIDE OF 'he WV, nuuo' -
dealers They intend to nominate Governor nm rS S
the champion Of the u,. mau.. ., the saloons
q, r.tcs n that Of the churches We must accept the
eh,ileneea Hill just as much as iorcca Us ~ao
,hs side Of temperance by his acts as OieVeiao % MS
free trade message forced us 70 taKe inc su0 "a p
tien TO American industry
ATTITUDE OF SPEAKER COLE
o.h., p.npb,;can leaders were equally frank
md 6.cided in favoring High License plank Ap-
rarentlv the rural Republicans will be unanl-
mou.lv in favor of such plank and the only
orrosition that will be made to 1T in the con-
r.ntion vill come from the cities. 1t was from
@he cities mainly that the few votes came laso
x;n+er that werc cast by Republicans IN the
Iedssturc against the High License bill II
auy earnest opposition TO such plank Is maoe
this wear in the Republican State Convenuon' i'
viii oome from the cities. especially from New
York. BROOKLYN and Rochester. But there Will oe
division on this subject even in the cities Chafes
I. Mitchell, a delegate from the With Assembly
District Of New-York. said to-day:
Il shall earnestly support High License PLANK
We must adopt one. The temperance sen'imon'
of the State will back it"
The opinions held on High License by rural
Rsnublicaus. who, it may be observed. cast nine
tentbs of the Republican vote in this State. Were
we'll expressed to-day here by Fremont Cole,
sneaker of the Assembly. He said:
an, for indorsing the action taken by the Republican
senate and the Republican Assembly In passing tne
Hish License bill, and say failure 10 40 30 "oui1
b an insult to the Republicans OF tne Se; no & ~
proved Of the action Of the Legislature Ihis Is no .
10 bolt We have the liquor vote and am gad oi
A. for We lost 1t a good cause We can anoro I" pe
beaten on the issue Of restricting liquor selling out !,
DO not believe we will be. In my speeches 'ns ial'
have dwet especially upon the temperance legislation
Of the last Republican Legislature, ana nave 'o'u ~
voters that Republicans have burned thei oriuE
behind them this question. ana tnaS we mean " p
.v.tened great enthusiasm think the farmer Repup-
lcans greatly desire the passage OF High License PAM
The LIQUOR dealers are on the DEFENSIVE IheS ,. ~
David B. Hill buiwsrk against any 'emperaA'0 20 ~
iaton. We mus. adopt High License plank ana we
shall be sustained by the temperance sentiment oi Tic
State
ARRIVAL OF DELEGATES
Tbere WAS a little shower Of delegates this even
,nr. Congressman John B. Weber. OF Buhaao'
a candidate for Leutenant-Governor, arrived III
company with o. G. Warren, proprietor OF Inc
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, and ex-senator
Daniel Fl. Mcmillan of Buffalo. Mr. "eper
friends stated that he would have the support Vi
every delegate from the counties OF hre anu
Oswepo Mr.. Weber engaged parlor No. 40 OF
Cons press Hall as his headquarters during the Con-
vention. Assemblyman Robert Ray Hamilton ana
Hamilton Fish. ir.. arrived from New-York and
cxpresscd themselves as strongly favoring a Hlgh
License plank Mr. Fish, who IS delegate from
Putnam County, said:
We cannot aord to stradde on the liquor Ques
,on The have all gone over to the Demo
cratic party and could gain nothing by noncomm''s
plank o the temperance question oehe'o We ~
come out nstfooted for high-license
Among the other delegates who arrived were
Senator George b. Sloan, Of Oswego; ex-Congress-
man John NJ Bailey, Of Albany; John w. 'roo-
man. of Herkimer, former clerk of the Senate; I;
o< Na.y- Xortx
the National Republican Convention; ex-Assem-
blyman Wheeler, of Pawling; ex-senator James
Otis. of Bellport, who, it is said, is " dark
horse candidate for Lieutenant-Governor; S. "
R. Cruger and Robert G. McCord, Of New-York; |;
George B. Beatty, of Poughkeepsie; John A
Nichols. of Brooklyn; General Henry A. Barnum,
of New-York; ex-Assemblyman Mann, OF Troy {;
General Joseph B. Carr. of Troy, former Secretary
of State John w. Jacobus, of New-York. There
also came ex-Congressman Edwin Enstein, OF
NewYork. one of the candidates for Lieutenant
Governor. The proprietors of the United States
Hotel received dispatch from Senator William
NJ Evarts engaging a parlor ana bedroom from
the proprietors of Congress Hall from senator
Frank Hiscock and ex-senator Thomas =. fntt
1t is clear from the engagements that Congress
Hall will be the headquarters OF the hePuoncan
leaders Ex-senator Miller has engaged rarlor
of that hotel, Senator Hiscock Parlor No lOe,
ex-senator Platt Parlor E. Newman =. n,or Allen OF
Paflor G. and f. A McAlpn. of New-York,
another candidate for Lieutenant-Governor
Parlor No. 124. The Republican State Commit
tee will use large parlor in the same h hotel as
their headquarters, and will hold their first meet
ing in it tomorrow.
GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY.
It Is stated that there will be grand Repubi-
can rally here on Wednesday evening" at which
speeches will be made by ex-senator Miller and
Senators Evarts and Hiscock. The tide in favor
of nominating Warner Miller for Governor was as
strong as ever to-day, and there is no reason to
doubt that he will be nominated by reclamation
on Tuesday. He has no opponent The contest
over the Leutenant-G -Governorship promises to be
q warm one There are many candidates, with
no one having a decisive lead Robert o.. Nc
Cord said to-day that he thought K. A. McAlpin