New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-14
NEW-YORK AT MINNEAPOLIS.
WHO ARE LrKrLY TO BE DELEGATES.

prpFw. PLATT, .;ILLER AND HIsCoCk AGAIN
SPOKEN OF As EGATEs-ATLARGE-SoME
OF THOSE PROPOSED IN TIE DISTRICTS
IRON TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF The rkiSVNE'
Albany. March 1.-the Republican state tCn-
vention. 10 bc held here on April - Z" eeo' "o'',
rates 70 the Republican National ConNehuoh az
Minneapolis in June. is beginning TO u p,o"n'-
ncnt theme in the talk political suoec's % U'o
Republican members OF the Leslslat"Ic'
,y,ck GOOD many letters were received by them
asking for their advice respecting the proper N'lc
70 hold thc Congressional District conventions a'
which sxty EIGHT ont of scvc,tN-two ce'cS''c' iron
Vcv-Yorl, State 10 the National Convention VIII
y. cbo.en The district conventions Will NEE, De
f,re Tho Statc Convention i held, and Whch 'he
ys+ter is called 10 order all the task before IL III
the matter Of delegates 10 which 1t Will nave TO
attend will b~ the election of the toui delcsdcS-
at-laree But us is well understood the H'"'e
Convention will also elect a new KepGolc"n oIAoc
Committee for the purpose of setting IL motion Tic
machinery for Organizing the party lor the rI'S-
a.;., oo,cuaion IN lSeS the Republican party IN
NGcbican was organized for the PRESIDENTIAL c"ul
noicr the preceding winter ana tnls eN'ellcH' cN-
annie the party in this State purposes ioilV"iA1'
The State Convention therefore VII auoP' pi'''''
70 nut the party in this state III am comp "V
IN 1855 the four dclegates-ar-laree 70 tie Nd
.,.a, Convention were Chauncey NJ. Dcpew.
Thomas q Patt. Warner Miller and Frank HIS
cock. and at Chicago these prominent Eepunhoahs
and their fenow-dclcgates from the Congressional
Districts acted with union which secured New
York great weight in the councils of the conVen-
ron. They early brought over large proportion
OF the New-York delegation 70 the support OF
Bcniamin Harrison, and voted for him on the iinal
ballot. The union thus obtained at Chicago was
preserved throughout the campaign when fol-
lowed. and contributed largely 10 The fact that
Harrison carried the State III November.
Naturally under these circumstances there Is
a movement in the State among Republicans 10
select the same big four" 10 head the newborn
delegation 10 Minneapolis this year and tins move
ment was decidedly perceptiblc last week among
the members Of the legislature So cautious d
man as eX-Speakcr Hustled said on Friday
think Depew. Platt. Miller and HiScocll will once
more be our delegatcs-at-large: at least al the
evidence of popular feeling which comes 10 me
from Republican sources seems 10 SHOW IL. IheIc
las been some talk Of changing the
delegation in some respects. mus the names
have been suggested Of J. Sloat Fassett,
Cornelius q. Bliss and Benjamin T. Tracy, and
they are certainly worthy of the honor. But 1t
~.
eatesat-large; it being argued that they repre-
sent admirably every element of opinion In the
Republican party in tns State in 1892. IiSt as
,bcv did in 1855 We want delegation which
will be truly representative OF Republican feel
ing in the State. and we want union Ia the party
after the National Convention. II VIC have every
shade of Republican IDEAS expressed at Minnc-
apolis in the choice of candidate for President
we shat be most likely to have the candidate
Whoever he may be, heartily supported by every
Republican. | hoTe the same principle VIII oe
followed in the selection ot the delegates Honi
the several Congressional districts Of this State
There is already talk as 10 the repre-
septatives Of the districts. AssemblymAn Pierson
s,id Yesterday In the LIST Congressional DIS
trict the men most prominently mentioned ior
dc,erstes from Suffolk County, Queens County
also having one of the two delegates. are 4. ~.
Carpenter. Captain I'd Hawkins and Captain
Henry Hunting The last one Of our dele
ra;es in 1883.
Tbe New-York and Brooklyn Hepublcans said
on Friday that there had been little talk yet on
lbe subject among the Republicans of these cItles.
Secretary Tracy if ne would accept the position
is said would be a delegate from one OF the
Brooklyn districts and Nlce-PTesldent Morton
from one of the New.Nerk districts.
The XIVth District foT COED many years has
II.
as lis deleyates and the reports from that district
Show, :, viii make the sa,ie cnoice this year.
In the XVIth District. which comprises Putnam
Dutehess and Columbia counties, among the candl-
dates for delegates mentioned are General D'hlc
Butterfed AssemblyInan Obed Wheeler and LOUIS
F. Payne. In the XVlIth District, which Is com
posed Of Ulster, Delaware and Greene couhteS
there is talk Of General George H. Sn3Tpc aJlu
Samuel ID. Coy Kendall. of l,ter County fIFIl
II. Sewel, OF Delhi, and K. NJ Grant, OF Hooart
Delaware County.
In the XVIIlth District the candidates mentioned
are CONGRESSMAN QuaCkenbush. isaac '. Baker
Henry G.. Burlegh and Senator Derby, In tne
&Ath District two of the pel prominently n2med
are Congressman John Sanford and Senator Don
aldsOn In The AXlst District the chicf names
mentioned are those OF Frank : NltherSec. o1
Lssex County, and Congressman Never OF III III
ton County In the XXllId District there are a laI9c
numter OF candidates the two most prominent
being ex-CongreSsman Sherman, Of Oneida ountY'
and Charles 4 Chicl<ernS. Of Lrwir County
In the XXIVth District, Hcrkimcr, Schoharc ana
OtsegO Counties. among the men talked "I l"I
delegates are A--cmblyman Brown. OF Otscso' ana
Titus SLeard. Of UCriimcr.
From the XNNth District there il a suspicion
that James J. BeldeD and Francis hendricks VIII
20 to Nmneapo rIere are several men nitn-
Toned for delegate in the NNNllth District, tne
chief being Congressman Payne Clinton H.
McDougall, Senator SaNton ana ex-senator george
B. Sloan.
delegates from the NNNITth District, and Henry
c. Noyes will probably be the other; Inc AAlAth
District has several candidates the chlci bcln@
Franklin d Sherwood George p Lord and Con
rressman RaiEes Ia the XXXth District, Monroe
County. il seems likely that GcorSe e Buell. VIII
be- one of the DELEGATES In tie AAAIst DIstiict
the promircat candidate, are Conerc Wads
worth y S Rcard,lee. Of Warsou and ex-senator
f. L. Pitts In the XXXlId District tiie promI-
nent candidates are q G.. Warren and James A.
Roberts. in the NNXITId. Harvey J. Ilnrd and
lanes Low Of Niagara County; in the AAAINth,
Charles A. Bal, OF Allegany County, ana eH-Judse
Barker.