The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-01
CLEVELAND In NEW YORK.
MET AT THE VICTORIA HOTEL.
BY MANY DEMOCRATS.
The Independent Local Ticket PrOpO-
s1tiOn Laid Before Him and
Discussed.

Discussed.
By Telegraph to the State Chronicle
New YORK, Sept. 80 -Ex President
Grover Cleveland, accompanied by MIR.
r. w. Glider, editor of the Century, Mr..
Charles f. Chichester and Daniel j. Grif
fin, arrived on the Fall river boat, Pilgrim,
at 7 o'clock this morning. On landing the
party was driven to the Victoria hotel.
Callers began to arrive early at the hotel
and kept coming all day. Most of the
members of the Democratic National
Campaign Committee are in this city.
Shortly before 10 a. m. exMayor Grace
called at the hotel and remained closeted
with Mr.. Cleveland for fully an hour.
Shortly after the exMayOr's arrival,
Don. NJ. Dickinson, of the Democratic
National Campaign Committee, went up
to Mr.. Cleveland's room. 1t is under
stood that the local situation and the
proposition to run an independent
local democratic ticket was dis
cussed. Mr.. Grace, however, when
asked by reporter of the United
Press if it were true that the conference
in relation to the nominating of third
local ticket, said that the local situation
was not mentioned, adding: 81 would
not embarrass Mr.. Cleveland by asking
him to express an opinion as to third
( ticket" Replying to a note of inquiry
r sent to him by representative of the
United Press, Mr. Cleveland stated that
as yet he had made no arrangement
with regard to making speeches during
: the present campaign. He did not know
: whether he would make speeches or not.
t He might possibly, but no positive ar
; rangements had been made up to the
+, present He did not know just how he
: would employ his time during his stay
1 here.
!, Several important conferences were
: held with Mr.. Cleveland at the Victoria
hotel 20 day. The national campaign
h committee, locluding Messrs. Harrity,
y Dickinson, Gorman, Brice, Whitney,
r. Smailey and Quincy, the only absent
d ones being Senator Ransom, of North
o Carolina, Congressman Gable, of Illinois,
u and E. G. Wall, of Wisconsin, had the
/, first consultation, which lasted ovel
two hours. Immediately after theil
departure a delegation of the New
n matters pertaining to the State
4 campaign were discussed. The chic
n topic of discussion was the proposed
IS third ticket of the county democracy
o 1t was urgently recommended that Mr.
- Cleveland could influence the abrogatiol
s. of such measure. Delegations from
lg Iowa and Kansas called on Mr.. Cleve
J., land. Mr.. Cleveland was busy all tn
, evening until mid night. William G
: Whitney never left the room Throughout
) the evening. During the evening repre-
| sentatives from the regular Stat
j organization and from that of thos
who favored the leaders of the Syra
cuse movement called upon him
Among the former were at
!. torney general Simon w. Rosendal an
Robt. B. Roosevelt, among the latte
~. M Simon ID. Locke and G.. NJ. Baldwin
[e- treasurer of the county democracy. NJ
h, Richard Crocker FASTENED over to tt
~ Victoria hotel Immediately upon the az
W iournment Of the State committee, an
ad proceeded to Mr.. Cleveland's room
ito where he remained about half an hou
MS AS he descended the stairs to depart,
o1 encountered Don NJ. Dickinson, who
~ be followed back to Mr.. Cleveland
e's room. When he again emerged he W
els questioned regarding the nature
To- his hurried visit. He repli,
ao .an that he had an important stat
ment to give out but wished fiji
Ids to secure Mr.. Cleveland's sanction VIII,
tra to make it public. When questioned
/ "a n to whether he had reference to any 8
az. ton taken by the State committee, N
Crocker refused to state. After leavi
81 the hotel Mr.. CrOcker met Mess
ao Murphy and Sheehan and it was report
ON that Senator Hill also was at the conf,
use ence. Late in the evening a commit
ne of six, representing the state league
EN- democratic clubs were admitted to n
,er az Cleveland's apartments. The delegati
lon was headed by p. T. Wall, of F
f Island fame, and Commissioner F.
:. Lee, of Brooklyn.