New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-02
ANGRY FACTIONS IN ERIE.
CLEVELAND DEMOCRATS CHARGE HILLS
MEN WITH TREACHERY.

ARE GOING AHEAD WITHOUT THEM
THREATS TO KNIFE THE ASSEM-
BLY, AND PRESIDENTIAL
TICKETS
v,ox . sr.ry CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE
Buffalo Aup 3l-Grover Ceveands frlenos l"
Rnfralo the last three days have been dehouhoi's
IN unmeasured terms what they declare 10 De .''e
work of David B. Hill and Of Edward Murphy
ir the chairman of the Democratic STATE Coin'
mittec. in sending forth from Albany ias' ou''ua'
,,rht IN. renort of Charles +. Peck. Democratic
c,n.r;ntendcnt of the Bureau Of Labor Statlsncs'
.bowino that the laborers Of the State earned $o-
400. 600 more in wages the year following tiie
MASSAGE OF the Mckinley Tariff act than they dld
the year previous
at seems to me-" said Franklin ID. Locke. one
~ Mr.. Clevelands most intimate friends ana ear
nest supporters upon being informed on Aiohua.
:, the nature of Mr. PecIys report and of the part
,I,eoed N have been taken in its publication by
Mr. Hill and Mr. Murphy. that there is more
reascn than ever why Mr.. Cievelands friends IN
New-York State should push his canvass indie
pendently of the so-called regular Democratic or
canization, controlled by Mr.. Hill. And it will
y. done The provisional State COMMITTEE" electeu
nv the Syracuse Democratic State convention pos
siby may not act. but various county orgahiz'-
lions of Cleveland men formed at the time OIL ''i'
Syracuse Convention will 60 to work o"r co'''
nittee here Is already at work. and VIII meet every
week benceforth until November for CONFER
encc" .,
Another Cleveland leeder said toby. regard
fno the Peck report I" / regard MI iilhs ae'ion
In sending ont that report as the blacklist poii'
ical treachery Mr. Hill undoubtedly went 10
Albany 10 look over Pecks report '1u !"
strengthen it if it needed any adoed venom ,''"
Dow n,re wears has been one of Hills two or three
confidential agents in political work among De'i'
ocrats and workingmen. and at political coh>e".
.;ons He WIS the first Hill man who appeared
,r CHICAGO prjor 70 the Democratic National Con
xantion and there gave out an intervie" OF
column and a half for publication in the Chl
caco newspapers declaring that Hill was the sole
oho.re for President of the New-(ork Democrats
In this interview he artfully said he was appointed
to office by Mr. Cleveland but concealed the i"c'
that Hill suggested the appointment AccoruinT
IN "Tbe Ne~-York Worlds Albany dispatch
P.ck,s renort was first to have been Published
upon Wednesday, August 81, but MI. I'LL "u"
Edward Murphy. jr., changed the DATE on us
publication to Monday, August ~. mat ch"hSc
was undoubtedly the result of Hills he"Spapci
experience AS publisher for many years oil Inc
Flmira Gazette" he learned that ordinarily there
MONDAYS. and therefore had PecSs report printed
rror Nond,v so that il should attract the most
attention and do the most harm. Some oil MI
(leveland's friends here think that the publication
i marely a piece of political blackmail; that
Hill desires Cleveland 10 pledge TO him the en-
,clusiye control of the Ncw-York patronage II
elected President But ! think otherwise Mt
Hill. to my mind deliberately stalls Mr.. Cleveland
with the intention Of defeating bis election az
President the Peck report is of too severe
character to allow any other interpretation Inc
publication of the Peek report shows ccnclnHiF'N
that the Hill Democrats do not intend Loyalty 70
support Mr. Cleveland for President, and that MIR.
Cleveland's friends will have to get to work
outside the regular organization II they purpose
to carry the State for Cleveland"
The Cleveland leaders in Erie County. as MI
Locke stated are already at work outside the
regular Democratic organization, when III t''i'
comfy is completely in the control of William
T Sheehan-and therefore Of David Il. Hill. Inc
Cleveland leaders in the county have IN their
ranks Manor Bishop, of Buffalo Wilson 5. Bis
soil the former law partner of Mr.. Cleveland :
Franklin D. Locke John G.. Milburn. Frank VI.
Thorne and hundreds of other prominent Demo
Gratis All these took a leading part In tbe"r-
ranization Of the Democratic State Convention
which was held at Syracuse upon MAY 81 last an l
l elected delegation TO the Democratic Natlohai
] Convention which subsequently contested at Uni
caoo the right 10 their seats of David HIS own
machine-made delegation Having secured the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland at Chicago. these
Erie County friends Of the ex-Prcsident returned
home happy. But the neglect of the Sheehan- liilt
n<chine in Erie County to do anything for Clevc-
land as week after week passed gradually
alarmed them. Then there we're sinister move
A. 9 In nls
where in the State. They had thought that Dan
iel &. Griffin. of WatertOwn. personal friend Of
Mr. Cleveland would b. elected chairman OF the
Campaign Committee OF the Democratic State
Committee bu, Mr. Griffin abruptly SET asic
end Mr. SheelIan was put In his place. Thus the
control of the machinery of the Democratic party
in this State was put substantially in Mr.. Hills
hands Then Mr.. Sheelan decided to take va
cation for two weeks and announced that the
Democratic campaign in Ncw-York state would
not begin until September l. \ paralysis Of all
work for Cleveland followed. All the Hill Dem
ocrats in the STATE seemed to have gone a-fishing
with Sheehan, aad the Democratic campaign
lanenished.
The Cleveland leaders in Erie County observed
this inacton OF Sheehan and his followers with
mach Indignation, ana resolved finally to set in
notion the political machinery which they put TO-
gcrhcr in Mey last 10 elect delegates TO the Sy-
racuse Convention. The following letter accord
lngly, was sent out by John c. Collins, the sec
rotary of the "Proylsional Committee" Of Eric
County:
Eric County Democratic ~'cldquprtcrs,
Committee Rooms, Asa Main-st.,
Buffalo. August II, 1892.
Dear Sir: Nou are especially requested to at
tend a meeting of our county committee next Fri
day evening, August 10, 1892, at ) O'Clock, at
Which time the committee will he requisite 70
pass upon Questions of great importance. The call
Ing Of this meeting al an earlier date than was
contemplated is dOrc for the reason that the sit
nation in oar party throughout the county an
state has become serious There seems 10 be
Int one course left for Clcrelanis friends TO plr