Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-22
A GREAT RATIFICATION
Will Mark the Opening of the Cam
paign in Gotham, Wednesday.
CLEvELAND'S LETTER is COMING,
But Can't Be Positively Looked for Till
Stevenson Shows Up.
ALL THE POLITICAL GOSSIP OF A DAY
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prsp.

rsPFc1AL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcE.l
NEW YORK, Sept N-Hon. Tom Carter
assisted by ex-senator Platt, ex-senator
Warner Miller, Whitelaw Reid, John L
Davenport, and Chairman Hackett, of the
Republican State Campaign Committee,
took up to-day the situation in New York,
Kings and Hudson counties When the
conference, which was held at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, was under way, Dave Mar
tin, Quay's right bower in Philadelphia,
appeared and shortly afterward came e1-
Police Justice Patterson, Chairman of the
Republican County Campaign Committee.
The work of Patterson up to date has not
given satisfaction, and he was told so.
Patterson, it is understood, said that he had
had too much to do; that he could not find
time to look after the naturalization Of
voters He has not appointed the usual
committee on naturalization.
When the conference was over it was ascer-
tanned that power to appoint naturaliza-
tion committee had been Withdrawn from
Patterson and entrusted to Dave Martin.
Martin and Davenport will take charge ofthe
business in the three counties mentioned.
They are also to prevent attempts to colon
ize Democratic voters in New York, Kings
and Hudson counties.
Speaker Reeds First Appearance.
Ex-Speaker Reed made his first visit to
Mr. Carter's bureau to-day. Mr. Reed and
Davenport conferred exhaustively before
Davenport went to the conference.
The Republicans are to have their first
general ratification meeting in Cooper
Union, Wednesday evening next Ex-Sen-
aTn lo+f fo 10 ,of
the evening will be made by Whitelaw
Reid, Warner Miller, and possibly DR..
Depew.
Ex-Postmaster General Don NJ Dickin-
son does not now know when Mr.. Cleveland
will make his second visit to town before
he leaves Buzzard's Bay for the winter.
When Mr.. Dickinson left town, Monday
afternoon, for the East, it was with the ex-
pectation that Mr.. Cleveland would be at
the Victoria Hotel to-day. 1t is now
thought that Mr.. Cleveland will defer his
visit until some time next week, and that
General Stevenson will be in town. That
will be good time, it was said to-day, to
hand out the letters of acceptance for pub
lication.
| NJ Dickinson returned to town to-day
! in time to attend the first meeting of the
Campaign Committee held in some time.
He presided and with him were Mr.. Har-
rity, Lieutenant Governor Sheehan, Mr..
Whitney, Mr.. Smalley, MIR. Quincy and
Treasurer Robert B. Roosevelt
Rich Men Coming Up Too Slowly.
One thing was manifest at this meeting
the wealthy Democrats are not coming for
ward as rapidly as had been expected. One
check for S., 600 was received from prom
inent drygoods merchant, but beyond that
the amounts received are almost insignif-
cant, and in the aggregate wholly made
Quate for the purposes of the campaign.
After finances the talk turned upon the
proposed meeting of ex-Mayor Grace's anti
Snapper State Committee to he held to-
morrow evening at the headquarters in East
Fourteenth street. 1t was made known
that neither Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Whitney,
nor any of the gentlemen in charge of the
national campaign wishes Mr.. Grace to run
third candidate for Mayor in New York
county this fall Mr.. Whitney is especially
emphatic, and Mr.. Cleveland, after fire.
quent consultations, is in full accord with
Mr.. Whitney.
Mr.. Grace, it was said, is inclined to re-
spect the wishes of Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.
Whitney and the others in charge of the
national campaign. Mr.. Cleveland, in his
letter to ex-Secretary Fairchild, which the
ex-Secretary was asked ''to pass around"
expressed his appreciation of the services of
Mr. Grace and of the anti-snap movement
Those in charge of Mr.. Cleveland's cam
pagn believe, though, that the electoral
ticket can be served best by running only
one candidate for Mayor against the Re
publicans. 1t was not known by the men,
bers of the Campaign Committee to-day
Just what course Mr. Grace and his friends
would adopt, but it was the general i'm
preston that the wishes of Mr.. Cleveland
and his friends would be regarded