New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
GOVERNOR HILLS PLANS.
WITH CROKER AND GRANT
Will, HE RUN FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN AND OFTEN
v,owER HIS SEAT IN THE sENATEf

w,,s. HE RUN FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN AND OFFER
FLOWER HIS SEAT IN THE sENATEf
r.,a "a hin. Governor and senator. who came
- from Albany on Friday evening. and TOOK rOoni'
-, tho Annex OF the Hoffman House. was ho' ~
aa.,y n riser Yesterday morning as some pe"spapos
vsorbers who have taken tho JoD :" ''SN's
49,, model man in all respects would have the In
ocont public believe Unfortunately Tor the sen"'or
ryernor,s fame the clock In the annex dh'ns'roo'i
,s,oa,od that the hour Of 10 had passed before he
reared for his breakfast. Mr. Hill had resuoSs
ana ,everlsh look, and his fsvontc walter opser'eu
49,. ,ho guest he had so often served did not eau
with his usual appetite. Something OF dstuFp'ns
character was on his mind, and that was e'iu'"'
enough even to casual observer.
Having finished his meal. the Governor was ho1 io"S
In sending messages 10 :" Boss Croher anu "
MAYOR Grant that he wanted 10 see V'."
Arrangements were soon mnde for mee'lhe anu :"
conference was held, but not at the Norman i,ouSo
To avoid publicity II was thought best 10 ho'o y
sderably further uptown, so that the Mayor anu 'l
ecker AZ well MS Mr.. Gilroy and Police Commissioners
Marlin. who also came TO add their wisdom anu en-
ner,cnce TO the council did not have so fsr W W "
Tho rain The consultation lasted nearly t"o h'ui'
and Mt It's close the Governor looked as pie"seu "i
nanny as he had before appeared distressed ""u
worried. +,
"Tbe Governor has been in serious quanuhr''
said shrewd Democrat OF Tammhny annatlohs yes,
teriay "and he came to New-YorK !" nav
Main talk with Croker and Grant and ma OUT
- he could, what he may rely OF
so far as the Tammany Hall delegation IN the olae
convention is concerned The fact is that lll mas
all along hoped that something might turn UP VIM"
would Justify him In taking the nomihauo" 'ot
third term, without rendering himself haole !" "'
charge of being an unparalleled hog He vans rle
calf
he runs for Governor and Is elected again Ills
for the Presidency are dim and shadowy.
When Hill came to New York last night ne learsu
that he had gone so far toward committing h'lsen W.
Flower that IL was too late to throw MN OVerpo"'
What consolation the Governor got from INC Hlo"u'
he consulted to-day this point am not at hoerS u
say further than that think he received some en-
couragement that II stampede was hlaue AZ,
him in the convention, the Tammany delegates "oulu
be rs nearly among the first to assist in IL as goou
Judgment should warrant. But 1t Is a cohu'i0i
precedent to the arrangement that the Couh'y D0"
ocracy contingent shall be excluded from the CON
ventIon Some of the seats will probably be awarded
TO the Yoorhis Democracy, but they VIII act enurey
I'm accord with the Tammany men, so that IL Will Oe III
the same. -.
aThe Governor has come to the conclusion that
Flowers nomination and election would prove the
worst possible thing for his political future
Flower should be elected, JIill argues the Democracy
OF the country might conclude that he would De
the safest man to nominate for PRESIDENT
and discard both Hill and Cleveland IheS
would BIO apt 10 say that In Flower the ulScoruaht
Democrats of the State could be more easily uInted
than in either of the others. Then Hill has not LOT
gotten that Flower has had Presidential aspirations
himself, and that he would be less than human II ne
did not make use of the powers Of his ooe, II electeu
Governor TO open his way to the White House
81 have reason to believe that Hlls programme now
Il to bring out such condition in the convention
that his friends rally around him as the only man
upOn whom the party can thoroughly unite Ihls
would relieve him Of the appearance OF graspg every
thing within his rench, for he would be accepting the
nomination to save his party from internal dstnte-
grafton and defeat. This would be- Of course, only
after il had been demonstrated that neither Flower nor
Chopn cOnld be nominated OF his own strength.
"Fower's consent 10 this scheme might be obtained,
however reluctantly, on the promise Of the United
States senatorship, which Hill would resign. Flower
has often been dumped before. The sensation would
NOT be a new one to him. feel confident thaC the
Governor was able to arrange things to his asfacuon
With the seventy two delegates from NewYork solldy
behind him. ne can be nominated with hurrah.'
Mr. Hin started for Albany yesterday on the 4 80
o. M train. on Monday he will be In Buffalo and join
In the celebration OF Labor Day there.