The evening world., 1894-09-27
SHEPARD MAY BOLT.
The Turned Down Delegates Dis
cuss an Independent Ticket.
Judge Gaynor Expected by Them
to Refuse to Run.
Secretary Edwards ConsuIts Fair
child on the situation.

II the present plans Of the Shepard
wing OF the Kings County Democratic
party are carried out Brooklyn voter
will have an extra ticket at their dis
posal on election day. 1t was officially
given out this morning that the leaders
OF the party had decided to run local
ticke. for their own candidates In oppo-
sition to the regular nominees.
The Republicans claim that IL such a
plan isc arried out they will swamp
Kings County with a tidal wave even
greater in its majority OF votes than 1t
was last year.
The Shepardftes. however, are not to
stop with the work in Kings County as
the entire State may be organized to op-
pose the nominations made at Saratoga
yesterday. with this view Charles j.
Edwards. Secretary to the Shepard De-
mocracy, went to New York this morn
Ing to confer with Mr.. Fairchild.
Before he started Mr.. Edwards said
that the organization may put "A State
ticket in the field. This plan he did not
think feasible. as the Convention must
be held within the next five weeks.
What action the local party will take
as "A whole In regard to supporting the
State ticket Will be decided. Mr. Ed
wards SAID. bv the General Committee
Monday night. Then resolutions will
be passed, either approving or denounc-
Ing tmore probably the latter he said
the action OF the Convention in refus-
ing TO recognize the Shepard delega-
ton. The Committee will also decide
when the city. county and Assembly
conventions are to be held.
About the only candidate settled upon
Is h,,ss,t Justice Edgar M. Cullen. to succeed
hlinself on the supreme Court bench.
me entire Shepard delegation had re-
turned to Brooklyn this morning, and
many expressed their disgust at the
action OF the. Convention. The question
In their minds was: Would Justice Gay
nor accept the nomination for the Court
OF Appeals? 1t was also discussed
among the regulars.
90. II do not see" said Secretary Edwards,
how Justice Gaynor could conscien-
tlously accept a nomination from people
VINO are the enemies Of what he is sup
nomination, and came from men who
politics.
Justice Gaynor is too brilliant not to
the remotest idea of nominating him
for Governor-never! He was put on
the tail of the ticket to gather in his
friends.
."I wonder what Mr. Hill thinks to-
day when he reflects upon the kind OF
men turned out Of the hall yesterday
There we're Mr.. Shepard, Mr. Patterson,
Mr.. Fairchild, United States District
Attorney Bennett Mr.. Healy and others
equally as prominent and highly re-
spected in National politics. He must
have seen 100000 votes slipping through
his grasp.
we propose to nominate local
ticket from stem to stern to beat the
machine candidates--the same old fight
with the same old crowd"
Charles j. Patterson. Mr.. Shepard
right-hand man. said:
Justice Gnynor. l do not believe will
accept the nomination. How could h,
accept 1t? The Convention was dom
mated by Tammany Hall from be
down. We are now out for bl--. bust
ness and war. We intend to go righ
on purifying, local politics and defea
Edward NJ. Grout. formerly Justic,
| Gaynor's law partner, when seen by al
Evening World" reporter said:
| Il do not know whether Justice Gay
but ! wish to say that It is the duty o
| the shepard organization to support tn
| ticket nominated at Saratoga WheI
| they went to the Convention the,
| bound themselves to support the wishe
or the majority. and II they bolt tn
| ticket, II is proof that the Conventio,
Old right In refusing to recognize them
i could say this. perhaps, with less re
serve IT Justice Gaynor refused to &C
cept,"
Mr.. Grout said that he believed tina
mere was dlssension In the ranks @
| the Shepardites, as a great many wer
IN favor OF supporting the ticket.