The evening world., 1894-10-06
BOTH ARE GRACE DEMOCRATS.
The State Committee in Wrangle
Over Senator Hills Har-
mony Plan.
WANTS TO CONCILlATE SHEPARD.
The Committee Holds a Short Ses-
sion and viii Meet asain
This Afternoon.

The State Democratic Committee,
which will name a candidate for Judge
of the Court of Appeals in place of
Justice William j. Gaynor, declined,
held short session at Democratic head
quarters at noon to-day. The meeting
began at 12.15 o'clock and lasted only
until 1925, when 1t was announced that
an adjournment had been taken until
4 p. NJ.
The reason for the adjournment is
said to have been that several of the
State Committeeman indicated a dispo-
sition to ignore Senator Hillss harmony
plan. To avoid the semblance of a
wrangle 1t was decided to adjourn SO as
to give time to win these Committeeman
over to Senator Hilrs way OF thinking.
There was some lively caucussing
done before the State Committee held
its meeting, and innumerable confer
ences were held by the various commit
teemen and Tammany leaders with
Senator Hill in a room upstairs.
Among those who had short talks
with MI Hill was State Committeeman
Bell OF Brooklyn: Mayor Gilroy. Bourke
Cochran. Major Hinckley and Lieut.
Gov. Sheehan.
AS result of all this activity it be-
came noised about that Senator Hill
desired to conciiiate the Shepardites by
ct,
State Committee. 1t is understood that
he insisted upon the State Committee
receiving the designations of the four
State Committeeman who are objected
to by Mr.. Shepard, and for whose re-
moval demand was only the other
night made by the Democratic General
Committee of Kings County.
The Objectionable committeeman are
p. II. McCarren, Michael ]. Coffey, John
Mccarthy and John Delmar. 1t is under
stood that Committeeman Bell favored
the removal OF these men, and that Sem
ator Hill demanded the substitution Of
men selected from the ranks of Shepard
| ties.
Those who opposed this move argued
| that as Justice Gaynor was off the
ticket the Shepardites would be sure to
| knife 1t anyway. and that there was no
| use wasting time in trying to placate
| them. The overtures already made, 1t
| was pointed out, had been refused, and
| the claim was made that 1t would be
unwise to put 1t in the power of Mr..
| Shepard to administer a snub that might
hurt the ticket outside OF Kings County.
Senator Hill renamed firm, and after
two hours of argument. pro and con.
| the Committee held a session with the
result stated.
Jas. ID. Bells Attitude.
When James d. Bell. who is also
| Chairman of the Kings County General
Committee, came to New York this
morning to attend the meeting Of the
State Committee he brought with him
copy OF the resolutions calling upon
the big four" to resign.
III these gentlemen refuse to resign
to-day" said Mr.. Bell. Il shall at once
issue a call to the General Committee
to meet and designate a date when
the matter shall be settled by a meeting
of the delegates to the State Conven-
ton. They shall be forced out and new
State Committeeman elected in their
places"
Mr. Bell said he mad waited patiently
for the State Committeeman to resign.
and had hoped that they would not wait
to be forced out"
As TO GaynUrs Successor.
All this time there was more or less
guessing in the corridors of the hotel
as to whom the Committee would name
as Justice Gaynor's successor on the
ticket
The names most frequently mentioned
in this connection were those of eX-Cor-
poration Counsel Henry X. Beekman
and Frederic Il. Couiert. both of the
Grace Democracy. and this fact revived
the talk about a Grace-tlll deal.
They are both god men, and either
would, / am SURE suit Mr., Hill," said
one OF the State Committeeman when
spoken TO on the subject. But as you
value your life don't say who said So"
he added.
Others whose names We're mentioned
as the probable choice of the Commit
tee were James c. Carter, of the Good
Government Club; Calvin Frost OF
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