Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-04

wIS-So PROMINENT CANDIDATE FOR THE Re-
PUBLICAN NOMINATION..
Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
ALBANY, n. Y, July Unlike Ohio, Iowa
and other western states. New York seldom
opens its campaign until autumn. and this year
will not be an exception. The prohibitionists
have called their state convention to meet at
Albany on August 25, but neither of the great
parties will hold its state convention before the
middle of September. Here and there some
republican newspaper prints a demand for
early convention and n long campaign, but
back of this there is nothing more substantial
that the desire of young voters for the cam
paign to begin so that they can 60 into training
o. cast their first ballot. The men on both
sides who know what 1t costs in money and
labor - manage a canvass in a state where
I.250.Ooo votes are to be poled have no desire
To begin operations until cool weather sets in.
Ex-senator thomas c. Platt. who controls
absolutely the republican organization of the
state. has said that September 10 is early enough
for the state convention. and II will be called
for that day or even more probably for Sep
tember IL. The present disposition of the
democracy is to hold their convention during
the third week in September.
FLOWER PROBABLY THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
With the long summer vacation thus to in
tervene before active political operations be-
gin, there is little tangible in politics at pres
ent. On the democratic side it has been vir-
tually conceded until recently that Congress-
man Roswell r. Flower would receive the NOM
nation for governor. His management of the
congressional campaign last year chairman
of the national congressional committee won
for him the esteem of the large body of demo-
Gratis Ia this state who are already looking for
ward to next years struggle. and right after
the campaign of 1890 was concluded he received
pledges Of support If he should be a candidate
for governor. Since March many of the friends
of Gov. Hill have also enlisted under
his eolors, and he has had until re-
Gently apparent walk-ovsr. The only
events that have occurred lately to change the
situation are the entrance of Mayor Alfred C.
Chaplin Of Brooklyn into the field as a candi-
date, and the remote possibility, of which some
of his friends are speaking. that Gov. Hill him
self may endeavOr to secure the nomination for
governor for another term. Mayor Chaplin
will be q formidable candidate against Mr..
Flower only In one contingency. Iammany
Hall now has four members of the state COM
mittee and the County Democracy have four.
The attitude of the latter organization during
the last mayoralty contest in New York city will
probably lead 1smmany to attempt to per-
suade the state convention to exclude tie
county democrats from the state committee
and give to Tammany all of New Yorks eight
members.
For many years it has been the policy of the
Kings countydemocrats to keep New York city
divided, for the obvious reason that if New
York were united Brooklyns influence would
be oyerslaughed. without Kings countys
aid the aim Of Tammany to secure this year
the entire New York city representation can
hardly be attained. The situation thus adj
mits VI an arrangement by which Kings could
give Iammany the entire representation for
New York city in return for the support of Mr..
Chaplin for governor by Tanmany. With
Kings So delegates and New York's ~ dele
gates, total of los out Of a convention of 3S4,
obviously Mr.. Chaplin would be formidable, es-
pecially as Iammany might undertake to in
duce Mr.. Flower to withdraw in his favor
from the contest. The obstacles in the way
of the execution Of this program are too nu-
merous to be considered herein fact the en-
tire scheme cannot be said to have yet been
seriously considered. 1t is, however, a recent
possibility that family clouds the certainty
hitherto that Mr.. Flower would be nominated.
GOV. HILLS INTENTIONS
The other contingency is that Gov. Hill
should attempt 10 secure the nomination him
self again. This, however, is SO remote and
involves SO many elements of danger to the
party that il Is not worth considering. IL
attempted it would, Of course, mean that the
governor wished to convey the impression
abroad that he Is the only democrat who can
carry New York and to use it as a club over the
democratic national convention. No state con-
vention, composed of representative democrats
~.
and the governor Is too wise to make the effort
In fact there Is little credence placed in the
impression held in some quarters that Gov.
Hill is an active candidate for President in 1892
III he aspires to that office at all the hypothesis
Is much moro reasonable that next year he
would be willing that the nomination go to
some other state, in the belief that the
party would be compelled to turn to
New York III 1896. The rest of the ticket is
largely in the air. Deputy Attorney General
Isaac II. Maynard, who served with Secretaries
Manning and Fairchild in the Treasury will
probably be nominated for attorney general.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
No one wants the republican nomination for
governor. The June talk is all about naming
New York city man for that place, but when
the convention meets in September the chances
Will be strongly against q man from that quar-
ter. No New York city republican could make
any impression on the solid democratic vote
of the metropolis. The republican strength is
all In tine country and In rural New York the
republican voters would not take kindly to a
metropolitan candidate for the first place on
the ticket No city man has been nominated
for governor by the republicans since the time
Of Gen. Dix anu none is likely to be this YEAR
Perhaps as good a July guess at Septembers
fact as could be made would pick ont Senator
Geo. Is. Sloan VI Oswego the likeliest repub-
lcan candidate. The republicans are in no
shape to make a fight this year and have no
hope Of doing more than holding their major
ity in the state senate and possibly recapturing
the assembly.