The evening world., 1894-10-10
E.P.WHEELER'S
CANDIDACY.
1t Causes Worry for the Hill
Managers and Gives Joy
TO Republicans.
WHAT THE NOMINEE HAS TO SAY
The Notification Committee Will
Find Him Ready with a
Letter of Acceptance.
HUSTLING NOW FOR INDORSERS
Shepardites Claim to Have Already
Over 1000 OF the Necessary
1900 Signatures.

The nomination of Everett y. Wheeler
for Governor by the Democratic Party
Reform organization otherwise anti-ml-
chine Democrats) has made jubiant the
managers of Levi 7. Morton's cam
paign and is having a Correspondngly
depressing effect upon the machine
Democratic leaders. The Endorsement by
the Porty-Reform organization of the
other candidates on the Hin ticket
makes all the more pronounced the in
tention of the reformers TO knife the
Senator at the polls.
AT Democratic headquarters in the
Park Avenue Hotel there was no at
tempt made to conceal the Chagrh felt
at the action of Mr. Shepard and his
friends 1ns.nuations were freely thrown
out that Mort Ins barrel did it." and
the qu astion, Wonder how much he
gets for it?'' WIS asked in IA scornful
way In spite Of the anger displayed
there was a disposition to belittle the
Party-Reform movement. and it was
predicted that Its candidate would not
roll 1900 votes.
ThRchrr Alone Cheerful.
Mr.. John Boyd Thatcher, Chairman of
the Democratic Campaign Committee,
alone was cheerful. His logic is as
peculiar as his temperament. Said he:
"The nomination of Mr.. Wheeler for
Governor will help Hill in this way.
He will receive the votes of those per
sons who are dissatisfied with Mr.. Nor
tons candidacy Morton Will suffer and
not Hill"
Lieut.-Gov. Sheehan, who came
around about 10 o'clock, looked glum
He was asked what he had to say about
MIR. Wheelers nomination.
a. Not word" was his short reply,
and he couldn't be made to talk about
it, either.
over at Republican Headquarters. at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Chairman
| Hackett said he didn't want to he CON
sidered as eXulting over the news, but
| he couldn't disguise the gladness in his
| voice, wnen he said
! " We have no cause to complain about
the nomination Of Mr.. Wheeler That
Is all l care to say Just now
what Candidate wheeler Says.
When Everett +. Wheeler entered his
Office at A. William SUI this morning,
he was met by an Evening World" re-
porter, to whom he said:
Il may be said to have begun my cam
palgn already. | feel confident that this
movement means the Regeneration of the
Democracy. We expect that in the iu-
tuIe politics nill be lifted to a higher
plane and nominations viii not again be
dictated by the baser elements of the
party.
THE movement will. | am sure. result
in better Democratic party in the
State. | have been Democrat all my
life, and will take no step which Is calcu-
lated to injure Democracy. However |
would prefer to postpone a statement of
my views until write my letter of ac-
ceptance, In which | shall cmbOdy them.
II expect that ! will be formally noti-
fed of my nomination tomorrow or next
day when | will formally accept in writ
inS:
II shall not make political campaign
in the sense of touring the state, as a
lawyers first duly il to his clients /
explained TO the gentlemen who nomi-
mated me that it would be impossible
for me to neglect my law business, as
| have Il any important cases pending
in the courts here and in Washington.
as many as ] can find time .or, but |
will leave the campaign work to
Others
Shepnrdites Are JubiIant.
There was rejoicing among the rank
and file of the Reform Democracy in
Kings County-the Shepard wing-ths
morning over the new third State ticket.
ters. 2Ul Montague street. Brooklyn, to
discuss the situation, and as each cap
tain OF the 6s5 districts filed in with the
they stopped to learn If Justice Brown
and Mr.. Lockwood would accept the
nomination. In answer to the same
question put by an Evening World' re-
porter Secretary Charles ]. Edwards
you may say positively upon the
best authority that the two candidates
win not decline to run on the third
! ticket.
with a third State ticket in the field
the apportlonment may be defeated
as it, will bring out. Democrats who
would otherwise remain at home"
The petitions with signatures neces-
sary before the third ticket can be print
ed by the State were pouring into the
Montague street headquarters this morn
At $50 o'clock Robert Baker, who has
charge of circulating the petition, es-
required by law had been obtained
Mr. Baker expected to have over 800
signatures before the petition was sent
to the Secretary of State, ms the petit
at the primaries in Brooklyn last night
Several thousand petitions have been
distributed about New York city and
up the State for signatures.
y queer feature Of Mr.. Whce.er'S can
didacy Is, that while Charles : Fair
Chill is Chairman of his Campaign Q M
mittee, others Of the state democracy
self is qu.tei today as having SAT-
that he would use his personal influence
to nave the state Democracy cam
paign Committee lndorse Mi. HI for
Govern r.
In the event of Daniel n Lockwood
! and c. Frank Brown refusing to accept
the Party Reform nomina lions, their
places on the ticket will be filed by
Il. NJ Shepard, Franklin ID, Locke, of
Buffalo, and John Brooks Leayitt, of
New York. who have been appointed a
committee for that purpose. +. NJ.
| Shepard said to day that he did not
think either gentleman would refuse to
run on the ticket.
NEWBURG, \. Y, Oct. lO.-In refer
ring TO his nomination for Judge Of the
| Court Of Appeals by the Shepard fac
| ton, Justice Charles F. Brown, OF this
city, the regular Democratic nominee,
| said to-day: ~ have no information on
the subject which would enable me to
give any answer on the matter"
Want Col. Browns Scalp.
The Congress OF knights OF Labor. as we'll as
the otaesrs Of d. A. 25s, X. Of l., which takes