New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-15


the convention from the City of New-York, adopted
| the proposition. There was q fierce struggle, of
| course, over this proposal to make Tammany Hall
/ the sole Democratic organization in New-fork
| City, and the Kings County Democrats especially
opposed it. Mr.. Griffin the personal representative
of Roswell p. Flower, also opposed the adop-
tion of the resolution from prudential reasons.
But Richard Croker was resolved 10 prove that
Tammany Hall, acting through himself and Ed
ward Murphy, jr., is once more the master oil the
Democratic party in New-YOrk State. lt was not
enough for him that Tammany Hall is to nominate
Tammany Hall man for Governor. II must also
have no Democratic rival in New-York. ltmust be
the sole representative of the Democratic party
in New-York City. The Tammany Hall orSaniza-
ton was entitled to thirty-siX delegates and the
County Democracy organization TO thirty-slX dele
gates. by this action of the Democratic State
Committee the Tammany Hall organization gets
the entire representation of seyenty-two dele
gates from New-York.
Prominent Democrats when they heard of this
action Of the committee predicted that j. Sloat
Fassett, the Republican candidate for Governor.
would have majority of $4,000 votes. One Of
them said 1t seems as if the dssension in the
Democratic party would never end. Here are the
Democrats in twenty-five counties contesting seats
in the convention, with Quarrels over State Com
mittee places, with quarres over candidates, and
finally row there comes this insane exclusion
of the County Democracy from the convention
How can we carry the State with such mass
Of quarres upon our heads"
IT, was understood at midnight that general
agreement had been reached among the managers
of the convention that National topics should be
avoided in the plar form, and it be confined solely
TO State topics ole excuse being that this is
State election and that it would be dangerous to
touch National matters. The Democratic bankers
in New-York, therefore, who are looking Tor
bold and fearless denunciation of the lightweight
silver dollar are to be disappointed. According
70 this programme, the Democrats of New-York
are to say to their brethren in other States We
confess that we dare not say word about Mr.
Cleveland's tariff policy nor anything about the
coinage of silver We live in the greatest State IN
the Union, but we must declare that we have no
opinions upon National subjects. We shall dodge
all the burning National questions Of this year"
Mr.. Rldgway. Of Kings, it is said VIII lead a
movement in the convention to add plank TO the
platform praising Senator German, of Maryland,
for defeating the Elections bill. This Is one Of
the planks to which, it is said, Mr. Hill objects.
He thinks Mr.. German is a candidate for Presi-
dent and does not wish any mention made of
rival.
The County Democracy members of the State
Committee gave out stateDent at midnight that
the Kings County delegates are likely to act
to-day before the Committee on Contested Seats
in favor of admitting thirty-six County Democ-
raoy delegates The County Democracy leaders
then held meeting and drew up formal and
dry statement in which they give the clrcum-
stances of the admittance of the County Democracy
to the Democratic party in this State, as repre-
sentatives of a section of the party in New-York
City. In this statement they also give an account
of the meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee tonight at which that committee resolved
to exclude the organizations delegates from the
convention to be held tomorrow The state
ment is Of a mild character and denounces no
one. merely setting forth the facts of the eX-
clusion.
THE VILLAGE OF SARATOGA TRANSFORMED.
Saratoga has undergone an amazing trans
formation to-day This morning it was
a quiet little inland village, with a few Dig
hotels scantily tenanted and with population OF
only about J. 600 Tonight it's streets are blocked
with hundreds of strangers and its hotels are
throneed with hundreds Of others Suddenly the
ponulation has doubled. The beautiful village
now has 0,000 inhabitants. Whether the moral
sentiment of the place has doubled In intensity may
he doubted There is this to say, that half an hour
after the first Democratic club arrived here to-
dav placard was put up in one of the chlet hotels
nournfully procaiming that a purse containing
a good deal of money had been stolen, Every pas
eenqer railway train that entered Saratoga to-day
brought some of the delegates and their friends
Gradually the streets became black with pedes-
trans and the hotels were crowded. The head
quarters of the Democratic State Committee were
in the Grand Union Hotel. and this naturally at
tracted to that hotel the largest number OF the
delegates The committee had its rooms on the
second floor of the Grand Unlen. VI course
Edward Murphy, ir., of Troy, the chairman OF
tbe committee was the presiding spirit in these
rooms He graciously permitted Daniel G Grimm
of Watertown, the personal representative here OF
Roswell p Flower. to occupy the rooms with him.
Nothing could have made more patent the fact that
Mr.. Flower is the machine candidate for Cover
nor. Mr.. Croker. who with Mr.. Murphy now man
ages the Democratic party in this State, David
B. Hill having been deposed by them, occupied
rooms near at hand in the same hallway. But
Mr.. Croker a large portion of the time was in Mr..
Murphys room assisting that gentleman and Mr.
Griffin to receive the visitors.
1t was of course natural that the boss of
Tammany Hall, about to nominate Roswell T.
Flower, Tammany Hall Congressman. for
Governor, should take on active part in shaping
the proceedings which were to lead up to the
nomination. The Tammany Hall leaders called
upon Mr. Croker to receive his orders. II was
no wonder that the front of the Grand Union
Hotel outside of the Democratic State Committees
room had this big placard upon it: "deadquar-
ters Of Tammany Hall" Every one recognized
the fact that Tammany Hall was once more, as
in Tweed's day. the =" boss Of the Democratic
party in the State of .New-York, and therefore
intended TO nominate Tamany Hall man for
Governor The good old times should return, the
Tammany Hall men exultingly proclaimed, when
Tammany Hall would rule, as in John T. HoH-
mans day, both at Albany and in New-YOrk, with
ample power to change New-York's charter at
will Perhaps there might even be in store for
the Wigwam the naming of a Tammany Hail
candidate for President That seemed possible in
1871 until ribald press disclosed the fact that
Tammany Hall had stolen millions from the State