The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-25
IT LOOKS LIKE WHITNEY.
JUDGE eAYNOR Is oUToF THE RACE
 FOR GOVERNOR.

porsry Chairman Of tho New York Dem
 ocrstio Convention. Which win be Held
 To-Day-His Name Has Been Mentioned
 fin Connection With the Governorship
 Aftsr is Became Known That Gaynor Had
 withdrswn-Wiiliam 0. Whitney is n
 Strong Candidate.
 Saratoga, Sept. A.-The democracy has arrived and Saratoga is overcrowd- cd. Broadway is black with people. The hotel corridors are filled with surging crowds. Mobs besiege the din- ing rooms. Rooms are only to be had at cottages and small boarding houses Political henchmen from all parts of the state are here and in the words of one Of them "democratic prospects grow hourly"
 The Grand Union Is the heart of the turmoil. There the state committee, Tammany Hall, the state democracy, the Kings county democracy, the demo- crats of Erie and score of other coun- ties have their headquarters and there David B. Hill is stopping. At the Unit ed States are several hundred demo- crats and nearly thousand Unitarians, who are here for their biennial confer ence. More than half the Unitarians are women and the mixture Of demo- cratic politicians and ladies of religious tendencies is amusing to contemplate.
 All the afternoon special trains have brought in crowds of delegates and democratic shouters Tammany came late, but has made ample amends for tardiness. There was little noise be- fore Tammany arrived. Politicians this evening blocked the streets and talked at the top of their voices. Kick CTS mixed with regulars. boomers marched with brass bands, and the quiet Unitarians from New England were shocked at the hilarity.
 On the eve of the convention, after talking with the party leaders and ex- hausting every avenue of information nothing can be 50 predicted with cer- tainty as to its action. Several men will be named and voted for. according to the belief of the delegates, as to their ability to win in November. Every va riety of democrat is in favor of the man to win. ,sss:,-s>s
 If there is a slate it is certainty Con cealed. At midnight 1t Is anybody's race. ...
 David B. Hill arrived little after o'clock. He talked with Mayor Gilroy, Corporation Council Clarke, Police Com missioner Martin, District Attorney Tel lows, ". Burke Cochran and Delaney Nicoll. 7, 4t.g.
 After the confersnoe MT. gFsicSll said that ssnator rfiii discussed the different candidates who had been named, and though he expressed friendly feeling for John Body Thacher he indicated no preference. Senator Hill afterwards talked with scores of statesmen, big ard little, and not one of them seemed to gather any definite idea of who was the choice of the senior senator.
 Judge Gaynor undoubtedly had the strongest support and was regarded as the candidate most likely to win by the influential men of the party during the day and evening. The story regarding the divorce had apparently not injured HE Cu&uCoo. M1IdbCdu As 4OWAo u Brooklyn said tonight:
 Judge Gaynor wants me to say that all rumors or statements in circulation ref1ecting upon the character of the lady to whom he was first married he con- denns and pronounces unfounded and false. Whatsoever of blame may be attached to that divorce he claims for himself and begs his friends, his ad- versaries and traducers to spare the woman."
 All day long various rumors and sto- ries were circulated concerning Judge Gaynor, and strong efforts were made to stem the tide which was fast setting his way. At 10 o'clock to-nighta tele- gram was received from Judge Gaynor announcing his withdrawal from the race. When 1t was shown to Senator Hill he expressed no surprise. He had a. talk with Edward M. Shepard short time ,afterward and with other Kings county men.
 The withdrawal of Judge Gaynor was received with smiles by the Tammany men. They had industriously. but quietly worked all day to put him out of the way.
 The fact that Unitarians will only allow the use of Convention hall for the preliminary convention tomorrow afternoon, necessitating the postpone ment of the permanent organization un- til "wednesday morning aroused the talk of William c. Whitney for the head of the ticket. Mir. Whitney is on the Majestic, which Is due at New York wednesday morning. John D. Grim nlins, a close friend of the ex-secretary, said:
 when MT. Whitney went abroad Governor Flower was understood to be the candidate and MT. Whitney would certainly not 50 into fight for the nomination. Since the governor has withdrawn and the conditions are en- tirely changed. What Mr. whitney's attitude is now no man can tell until l he arrives and sees things as they are"
 With Gaynor out of the field hope re- vived h the breasts of the other aspi- rants, and the talk Of Whitney increas- cd. The Albany men arrived with the John Body Thacher boom this after noon.
 D. N. Lockwood is quietly awaiting l developments without posing as an am bitious aspirant for gubernatorlal hon. ors. Frederick Cook ia now more talked | of for second place than for the head of | the ticket.
 senator HiH l. still talked Of. in spite Of his many positive annoiincements |