New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-14
LITTLE SUPPORT FOR WEED.
BOTH FACTIONS OF THE STATE DEMOCRACY
DESERT HIM.
CLEvELANDS FOLLOWERS BRING OUT LA
MAYOR THACHBR, OF ALBANY, AS THEIR
MAN-FEARING FOR THEIR
SMALL PLURALITY.
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Albany, Nov. 13.-Smith NJ. Weed whiie per
sonally liked by the Cleveland Democrats. is hov
receiving the support of many of them for ohi'e"
States Senator, because he is a Protection Dem
ocrat Mr. Cleveland being Free-Trade Democrat
they see it would be especially consistent, do
the moment when the Democracy has won Free
Trade victory for them to give their support 10
Mr.. Weed for such a place Senator For a
week past, therefore, they have been looking about
for another candidate for Senator, and today
perhaps. they found him in the person OF John
Boyd Thacher. former Mayor of this city, senator
Chase. of Albany, said this afternoon:
Il shall vote for Mr.. Thacher for United States
Senator, and it looks to me if he would receive
the votes not only of the three Democratic Az
sembymen from this county, but also those oi
Democratic members of the Legislature in other
counties of the State. Mr.. Thacher would be an
ideal candidate. lie is young, only foity-two
years of age. and one Of the most scholarly men
in the State. Besides, he has had experience
in public life. having represented thls
county as a Senator in the Legislature
and having been for two years Mayor of this CITY,
Beyond that, he has had experience in politlcal
life. At the present time he is the president oil
the Democratic clubs of the State. The esteem
which is felt for him outside of this State is plain
ly evident by his appointemnt in company WIN
Chsuncey NJ. Depew as one of the two Worlds
Fair Commissioners of this State"
Assembyman Hit, one of the three Democratic
Assemblymen of the city, said 1t will be great
pleasure for me to support Mr.. Thacher for SEN
ator lie is one of the ablest Democrats in the
State, and would make an excellent Senator
1t is said that Assemblymcn Nolan and German
will also support Mr. Thacher. If this is the case
Mr.. Thacher will have four votes at the beginning
of his canvass for the Senatorship. What Is
significant about this bringing-out of Mr. Ihacher
is that it is done unquestonably at the suggestion
of ID. Cady Herrick, the Democratic leader In
Albany County. Mr.. IIerrick has great influence
with the Cleveland Democrats of the State, and
it may be he will be able to unite them upon Mr.
Thacher for Senator. At least, this nomination
shows that Mr. Weed will not receive the unani-
nous support of the Cleveland Democrats With
the Hill Democrats opposed to him, it is hard to
see where Mr. Weed Is going to get sufficient votes
to nominate him.
Another significant feature OF this nomination
is that Mr.. He-ricI; scrvcs notice upon Edward
Murphy, jr,, of Troy. chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, who has been reputed to be a
candidate for Senator, that he will have to cease
making his attacks upon the Albany Democracy
They hold commanding position. when the fact
is considered that if one Democrat bolts the
Democratic Senate caucus, the candidate of
that caucus viii not have sufficient votes
to elect him as Senator. Mr.. Murphy has
greatly incensed all the Albany Democrats by
invading their city ard depriving them OF the
patronage of the Canal Department. Lately he
had the audacity - dismiss from Office canal
bridge-tenders who paid ny the city of Albany.
and put Troy Democrats in their places. The
Albany Democrats naturally regard this ac-
ton by Mr. Murphy as little less than robbery.
and therefore say that the Democratic organiza-
ton in Albany County will take stern measures
in the matter of the Speakership of the Assembly
and the Senatorship unless David b. Hill checks
Mr. Murphy and prevents him from deprving
them of their patronage.
The leaning Denocretc OF the State are Tem %
bling lest their party should lose the small plurality
by which they hold the Senatorship. senator
Chase said to-day: The Democratic party has as
had a great deal of ill-luck i'll the matter OF
Senatorships If we have a small margin of
votes we almost certainly lose 1t. We have
just sufficient votes in this State Legislature 10
elect Senator, namely, eighty-one. IL wouid
the Legislature to up and die between now ana
January, and then we should have tie upon the
SenatOrship."
is evidently leading the Democrats TO seek to
manufacture n larger majority In the Assembly
All the official returns in the close Assembly dis
trluts are being closely scanned and the Democrats
in the counties in which Republicans have been
elected as Assembymen by small pluralitieS lave
been instructed to prepare evidence upon which a
contest Of their seats he made il one is deemec
necessary in the interest of the party. The plan
is TO have the seats of several Republican Assem-
bymcn contested and To have them expelled from
the Assembly and Democrats put in their places
before the LEGISLATURE votes for United States
Senator. Quick work will have 10 be done. but
then a Democratic committee on contested seats
will "railroad" a case in such an emergency.
One of the Assembly districts which seems to have
been selected as field of operations for collecting
evidence to contest the seat of a Republican is
that of Montgomery County. There w. Barlow
Dunlap. the Republican candidate for Assembly
man. has I23 plurality. II is alleged on trashy
evidence that he gained his seat by bribery. Even
Smith NJ Weed is in the Democratic court with
comnlaints of bribery in Clinton County lie
saws tha, there was agreement in that county
nv the Republicans and the Democrats that no
money should he expended. Mr.. Weeds friends
aIlegc that the Republicans broke this agreement.
ThiS is denied by them. The county is Re
nublican one and in view of the small plurality
ppf the Republican candidate for Assembyman,
thcrc is far better reason to think that the Demo-
Gratis themselves broke the agreement.