The morning news., 1892-02-22
HILLS LITTLE PICNIC.
TIE DELEGATION TO BE BOUND
BY THE UNIT RULE.

No Attention Likely TO Be Paid to the
Protest of the Cooper Union Element.
The Latter to Issue an Address TO the
People and Call Another Conven-
ton.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 2l.-There seems
now TO be little doubt that the entire state
delegation to Chicago will be bound by the
unit rule to the fortunes of Senator Hill.
Topics Of speculation to-day have been the
personnel Of the delegation at large and the
possible action to be taken tomorrow by
the anti-Hill forces. E. Ellery Anderson,
ex-Mayor Grace Of New York. ex-Superin>
tendent of Insurance Robert A. Max we'll,
o. d. Whitney and ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Fairchild have been
during the day maturing a protest to be
offered tomorrow against the coming con-
vention. The protest, as also possible adj
dress to the people. will not be completed
until advice shall be had Of some anti-Hlll
men, who are expected to arrive tomorrow.
No one expects the state committee to give
serious consideration to the protest referred
to.
A MEETING OF THE BoLTERS.
The anti-Hill people will meet at o'clock
Tomorrow afternoon after receipt OF tidings
from the state committee as to its action
upon the protest. 1t is then expected,
although the leaders against Senator Hin do
not say so, that an address will be issued to
the democrats of the state in which the
time and place of another convention will be
named and voters will be asked to hold
primaries for the selection Of delegates
thereto.
The convention tomorrow will be called
to order at noon and after a temporary or
ganization has been affected and the COM
mittees named, a recess will be had, donbt-
less until o'clock. 1t will be during this
recess Of the convention that the opponents
of Senator Hill will have their meeting Ia
Union hall, where the convention Ia to be
held.
HILL IN CONFERENCE.
This afternoon Richard Croker and Ed
ward Murphy, Jr, chairman Of the state
committee, came in from Troy and re-
paired TO the rooms of Senator Hill at the
Delavan hotel. They were Joined by w.
Bourke Cochran, James 8. Martin, rhomas
F. Gilroy and Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan. A
conference of three hours duration
ensued. The subject of the tenn
porary and permanent organization was
considered and settled. The temporary
chairman will be Judge Beebe of the state
board of claims, and Gen. Daniel Z. Sicklee
OF New York will act as permanent chair
man. Clerk Defreest of the state commit
tee will be secretary. Though the personnel
Of the delegation at large was canvassed, a
decision was deferred, pending the arrival
Of Hugh Mclaughlin of Brooklyn, who
was expected as 10 O'Clock tonight.
MLAUGHLIN ARRIVES.
Along toward midnight Hugh McLaugh-
lin came to town and soon was in confer
ence with Senator Hill relative to the choice
Of delegates at large. Referring to the
make-up OF the delegation at large Senator
Hill, at late hour, stated that it would be
impossible to announce tonight who the
four men would be, for the reason that it
would not be known until tomorrow.
TAMMANY TO GO UNPLEDGED.
Tonight it is understood that Tammany
has decided not to go to the Chicago con-
vention under instruction for any one.
''Of what line of reasoning is such a de-
termination the results" was asked a prom
inent Tammany man.
In response he said: POSSIBLY it would
be better politics for Mr.. Hill to go to Chi
cago simply as a democrat and not as the
iron bound choice of any organization end
possibly, too, Tammany may prefer to go
there as a powerful organization not
determined to press any one man
but at the same time with a warm and.
If needed, earnest friendship for Senator
Hill. Neither would then be the champion
of the other and the power of each might
asa result be greater upon the delegates
from the other states.
Thirty-six state presidential electors will
be named by the convention tomorrow.
RALLY OF TIE OPPOSITION.
The opponents of an early convention
have been gathering this afternoon and to-
night there have been many arrivals.
Many more are expected upon the morning
trains and their purposes and plans will
then commence to crystalline.
A rumor drifted about tonight to the
effect that there has been some Withdrawals
from among the early convention oppo-
nents, but at their headquarters such talk
was denied absolutely.
Late tonight there seems good reason to
believe that the opponents OF the present
convention will tomorrow discuss the fea-
sibility Of calling convention on May /.
open to all democrats of the state, at which
a delegation shall be elected who shall go to
Chicago with a petition and protest, with
over 100000 signatures, againsT the nomina-
tion of David B. Hill. The convention, II
called, will probably be held in Albany.
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