The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-15
DEMOCRATS IN SARATOGA.
1000 ON HAND TO CHEER on IN.
FLUEyCE TIE CONTENTIOUS FORK.

It - . Gathering OF Denocratio Leaders.
with No Boss. No Machine. No Slate
Tho Only Disturbing Elements Visible
Arc tho Brooklyn Delegates. who with
Their Leader. Demand the NonIuation
ofCharin for Governor. and will Listen
90 Nothing short OF That-The Counties
Demand their Present Representatives.
on tho State Committee and Hair OF tho
Delegation I'm tho ConventIon-Kiuga
County's 100 Parade with hand Mnsidr
-Tammnny on Hand with $500 BrAvsa
Tho Parade OF tho Counties ConsIste6
or a Rand. Tom CostIEnn. and Aboux
FIFTY Men-It Looks Like . Two.Da1
Convention, and That Flower will Head
tho Ticket, with Sheehnn In Second
Plnce-The County Democracy to Have
No Representation In tho Convention.
SARATOGA. Sept 1l.-Thore is slight difrer-
ence In timc between the events in Saratoga
to-day ard the landing OF tho Norseman ON
tho French const. and yet ono ovent recalls the
other. 1t will DO remembered that when those
| earlier Democrats landed upon what are now
the sands OF Normandie. tho natives gathered
mt the seaside to meet them. Tlioy asked Of
tho invaders. who is your klnE?" To this the
Norscmen made the reply. I'VE havo no
king. but choose among us to- lead US
in baltic" In writings that nrc very raro
1t Ia recorded that whom tho Mucwumps Of
that period heard this remark they drow to one
side and remarked to one another. "Therc.
you see, this Norse racket Is played out. Those
people must hnve king. but thoy have owl.
IDENTITY soured on him. We will 20 in unto
thom anu lie to them and they will become
Mugwumps like ourselves" They did not
amount to any moro in those days than Mug.
wumps do now, and tho Norscmen continued
on their con1uerinG. all rervading progress.
The situation in Saratoga was very similar
to-day. There was evidence that the Demo-
Gratis aro 10 hold q characteristic Convention
to.morrow-a Convention in which tho leaders
will be numerous and close to the people. act
ing US their several judgments dictate. and
selecting candidates from among those whose
districts send them to seek tho honors OF the
gathering. There Ia no machine. no slate. no
prenrranged formula of action.
The Mugwumps. still standing apart as they
did centuries ago. have heard the boast I'VE
have no king" and have leared to the conclu-
sion that the doughty battle chiettain David
i. HILL has been degraded and shorn of his i'm
fluence and his craftsmanship. Over this In
genious but unwnrrantcd theory the Mug
wumps are cacking like a hen house that has
been invaded by starving fox. They
IRE assisting in making the prelimina-
ries to this Convention the most interesting
political event Of many years. but II is not
nearly so certain that the Convention will
como up to tho expectations that are now
being raised. When the confusion is stilled
and the smoke and dust are blown away it
will be seen that the situation is only peculiar
when it Is compared with tho Conventions
which Messrs. platt and Quay are in the habit
OF holding in tho name OF the Republican party.
Those are machine conventions. where states
that have been made to order days BEFORE
hand are rapidly and smoothly slipped past
the approving delegates. 10 insist upon pur-
suing the comparison is only to gloriiy tho
Democratic method. because at SARATOGA, in
stead of one supreme ruler like Platt the peo-
plo see a score OF chieftans. Instead OF
a prearranged schedule. such as is set up
for railway trains to run by. they sec
half dozen tickets in tho field. Instead
Of convention OF marionettes they see body
OF representative men holly engaged In rivat-
ry that Is to result in the selection OF tho nttest
candidates.
The basis OF the noise OF tho anti Hill mon IL
TINT Gov. Hill favors Donald McNaughton or
Alfred c. Chapin or Charles T. McCleland for
the Lieutennnt-G Governors place. while infu-
entail men like the Hon. Edward Murphy.
Richard Croker and others insist that it should
60 to Mr.. William L. sheehan OF Buffalo.
The Governor ana Mr.. Sheehan have been
warm friends and allies for years. and the
question OF Mr. Sheehan's fitness for the
place has rot been raised by Gov. Hill. The
point he had advanced in discussions with
those leaders who have called on him in AL Z
Dany is that Mr.. Shcehan would be OF moro
service 10 tho party in the place he has Just
won anew. rs tho rGhtful representative OF
Eric county on the State Committee.
AS to another place on tho forthcoming
at thAr 10 c p,iln bv ~
opinion. The Governor has declared a prefer.
enco for Mr.. Maynard for Attorney General.
whereas others, who assert that Maynard
would wenkcn tho ticket. proiGor tho name Of
Simon W. Eosendale OF Albany for that place.
These nre not differences that arc thought Of
MS likely 10 consume tho time Of the Conven-
ton. though in this un,rammelled gathering
there will be liberty to dispute every step that
any enc proposes. and some, like Mr.. Nc
LnuGhlin OF Brooklyn. who havo favorltcs not
agreeable to tho majority. will doubtless carry
their minor battles into tho Convention.
In Il sentence. tho differences about which So
much bother is being made by the lshmaclitea
on tho edge OF the party are wholly Oil the sur.
face and are indications OF what IN Irish dos
tor once called tho good health @. tne patient.
AS far as the party organization 10 cons
cerncd there are no hostile pinns. As
far as tho ensuing plan Is concerned
feelings other than enthusiasm and q detcr- 3
mipation to pull together The reporter Of
InE SnN mas soon every man concsrned In the
las TIC ha IN III bss ind
complexion OF the now State Committee will |
not diner from that Of the Ola. and that noth-
durnnce beyond the agreement on the ticket
and platform.
Mr.. Mclaughlin OF Brooklyn must be OK.
csp.cd from the above statement. lie Is nngry'
Tonight. and his attitude Is most belligerent.
But all his fellow chicfluins declare that lie IL ,
not u boiler; that he never bolt-d a Democratic :
ticket In his life: that he is merely sx ercisInS
parently unanimous choice OF Mr.. Flower iors
Governor. and that after the Convention is over,
no has everything to loso by letting Plett RIM 7
away with his county. aud everything to gain
by going home and working With his Darty.
1t is believed by tho best politicians here
that the brooklyn boss will foitie Ills ditYer.
cnces with the Convention while no is In IT, and
70 his future attitude toward tho majority on
the state Committee He will forgive his purty'
n toe L.. -