New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-02
HILL GROWING CAUTIOUS.
HIS NEW POLITICAL PLAN.
APPARENT CONCESSIONS TO BE MADE TO
CLEVELAND MEN AT SYRACUSE.

Al tOIN1TsD>lONO ~ De MADE ~
CLEVELAND MEN AT SYRACUSE
TWO ANTLSNAPPEIS TO BE ALLOWED ON THE
STATE CoMMITTEE-sCHEMEs FOR RALLY
ING VOTES FOR MAYNARD-No CLEvE.
LAND MEN DESTROYS OF HEAD.
ING THE STATE TICKET.
ERoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF rHr rR1BUxEJ
Albany, Oct. 1.--1hcre are signs here that David
b. Hill thinks that his Democratic machine will
| have about as big load as il can carry when
Isaac H. Maynard has been nominated for ASCOT
ate Judge of the ro:rt of Appeals, and that there
fore caution must be observed in running the
State Convention. which meets at Saratoga on
Thursday of this week. and care must be taken
in nominating the candidates upon the State
! ticket
Mr. lillls policy OF caution was first revealed
here eally IN the week. when he decided not TO
wrest from JJdgc ID. Cady IIerric of the Supreme
Court, the place OF membcr of the Democratic
Stale Committee, now practically held by tie
Judge. and to permit the latter to confer it upon
some other strong Cleveland man at the approach
ing State Convention. One of the interesting
circumstances connected with this decision of
Mr.. Hill wris that his colleague, Senator Murphy
| had previously sent word to the Hill Democrats
of Albany County to contest the seats of all the
Cleveland Democrats who were coming as delegates
from the county to the convention. l,ut Mr. Hill
ccuntermandel this ordcr and doubtless before
this date has given Mr. Murphy satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION for tins thwartng him. Mr. Hill also
countermanded orders which Senator Murphy had
given that Smith NJ Weed should he robbed of
| the right to name tie State Committeeman from
| his district. Mr.. It'll has thus formally given
| MS consent 70 the election Of two Cleveland men
| TO the state Committee, which has thirty four
members A feeble minority Of two Cleveland
Democrats, however. will not be able to accomplish
mucn for the National Administration
Mr. Hill also proposes. his followers here
say, to give the cOntesting delegations which
are coming from the counties where the Ceve-
| land Democrats had the courage 20 make a con-
test with the Hill Democrats ample opportunity
to be heard before the Committee on Contested
Seats. This policy will probably lead to the
convention being in session two days, Thurs
day and Friday. On the latter day the Re
publican State Convention will be in session at
Syracuse There will he contesting dclcgates in
the convention from Monroe, Livingston, Yates
Orleans Clnutauqua Essex, ChenangO, (ienesee
Wayne. Oswego, Schnectady. Senaca. Stenben and
other counties While there may be an af-
fcctation here and there among the counties
OF treating the Cleveland Democrats with JUS
ticc, the prediction can bc made safely that
Mr.. Hill will always contrive that his own sup
norters shall be majority OF the delegates in
each Congress district except the Albany dis
trict and Smith w. Weeds. The Monroe County
Cleveland Democrats have unqncstior ably carried
their Congress district, but they Will not have
the power TO name the State Committeeman. It
gees without saving that Mr. ITiIl's attempt to pla
cate the Cleveland Democrats by giving them an
opportunity TO talk before prcludiced Committee
on Contested Seats will be failure.
One disappointment Mr.. Hill has thus far had
that he has been unable to trupt any wealthy
Cleveland Democrat TO accept the post of candl-
date for Secretary of State. Nor has any
wealthy Cleveland Democrat sought the nomna.
ton for State Treasurer Rich men are sought
because the Democratic State Committee needs
an extra large-sized fund to in bribing vot-
crs, when such "rImIna Isaac III. May nard is
to go upon the ticket Mr.. Maynard nam" will
he sandwiched between the names of the caldi
dntes for other State Offices and for delegates-at-
large to the Constitutional Convention but his
felIow-nomnees will have reason to fear that
the Democrats who will scratch his name will
incautously scratch other names upon that ticket
as we'll Indeed the friends of some of the men
who are to be nominated express the fear that
Maynard will swamp the entire Democratic State
ticket"
Another reason why Mr.. Hill desires to nominate
Cleveland Democrats for Secretary of State and
State Treasurer is, of course, if possible to get
some votes from Cleveland men for the ti,!sc.
as whole, and thus TO get votes for Msyaard.
But as already said, no Cleveland Democrats ihllS
far have come to Mr.. Hills aid in this n!ltter.
Indeed. they seem rather to be avoidinq ti"
Senator's hand when it is stretched ont = drag
them upon the ticket Mr.. Hill, Therefore. is
apparently to be compelled to nominate for Sec
rctary of State Thomas T. Benedict, the present
Deputy Secretary who was Mr.. Clevelands lirst
Public Printer and for State Treasurer William
b Kirk Of Syracuse Mr.. Kirk at one time was
an ardent Cleveland mar. hat his efforts in Mr..
Clevcland's behalf died away about two years
ago, when Mr.. Hill gave him the control of the
canal patronage at Syracusr; and evidently was
extngnished when, as New-lOrk delegate to
the National Convention last year, he si.ned
the MAJ ifesto declaring that Grover Cleveland
could not carry the State Of N"wNmk.
Mr. II however. proposes 10 ~ornklc soodly
number of Cleveland Democrats N among ms
fifteen candidates for delegates-at-lar2e to the
Constitutional Convention and thus. if nossihle,
10 catch some OF ;!c Cleveland vote for Maynard. |
Possibly tho, name of Frederic r. Coudert my BE-
that IN view Of NJ Coudcrt's frank expression |
of his belief that Judge Maynard stole the election
returns Of Drtchess County. the JUDGE NAV o'lect
70 having the two names upon the same t,ci"t |
One man, who has been selected as a c1niidite |
for ,cl.gat,-at-large. il is said. is john Bigelow
a former Secretary OF STATE ana a frl"nd OF en-
Governor Tillen. The opponents OF Judge May |
u,rd i'm the State Convention NAV nonlnatc some
other candidate AGAINST him. Whatever opposi- |
tion there is 10 Judge Maynard in the State Con-
vcntion will come from cleveland Democrats |
Smith W. Weed has y candidate. il Is inmored-
Pobcrt l.. Hand. of Elzahcthtown Tie Qrnngc
countv C1evc and men NAV nominate T. IIlcry |
Anderson in opposition to MAYNARD
II il said here that L'entonant Governor eian
may ne the presiding og;orr of thc convention
Mr. She,han is in political trouble in his own |
county of Eric. the home rule Democrats intend. |
rg 10 run candidates for the Ieg'sl'turH ag,in''
biS candidates II is therefore dermcd best to
rive hIm an advertisement, such as an election "a
chair nan of the convention.
SENATOR HILL WILL NOT PRESIDE.
HE REFUSES TO YIELD TO w. f. sHEEHANS |
URGENT APPEALS THAT HE RUN THE
MACHINE At SYRACUSE IN