Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-18
CONVENTION OPENED.
Republicans to Choose a Candi-
 date For Governor Today.
THE MORTON BOOM HOLDS OUT.

Place-saxton still Confident.
 SARATOGA, Sept. 1s.-The Republican Btate convention was formally opened here today. Lemuel Ely Quigg, tho young congressman from New York city, who had been selected as temporary chair man, called the convention to order. The regular order of business which precedes the actual fray was then begun. The pro gramme arranged at the preliminary caucus carly this morning was carried out
 Unless the hard work that was to Do done by candidates last night and which was continued early this morning has very great effect on the situation, tho Re publican state ticket will read like this:
 For Governor-Levi P. Morton.
 For Lieutenant Governor - Francis Hendricks.
 For Judge of the Court of Appeals Albert s. Knight.
 Within tho past few hours there has been n very decided change in sentiment, and the tide has changed so much in Mir. Hendricks favor that there seems to be but little doubt that he will be nomi- mated.
 As to Mir. Morton's chances, tho senti- ment seems not n bIt changed by the active strife for lieutenant governor, and Mir. Platt, who is himself manager for the Morton boom, is perfectly confident and smiling. He said:
 ''The arrival of the latest delegations has only served to strengthen the cause Of MT. Morton. Many of tho leaders of dele gations not instructed for Mir. Morton have been here and assured me of their support"
 Asked If he had any preference for lieu tenant governor, he said:
 II have none, and l will not interfere with 1t in any way
 The Saxton men, however, say that they can push their man through if Mir. Platt does not interfere. By that. they say, they mean to argue that if left alone and presented on his merits tho senator can win, but if, after tho nomination for governor is made, MT. Platt wants to dis play his hand in favoring the nomination of any particular candidate 1t will not be MT. Saxton, and that gentleman's chances will be injured.
 AIdridge Men Confident. The Aldridge mon laughed when told of the feeling of distrust of Mir Platt' s attitude by tho Saxton adherents. They are confident that they can obtain n great deal of the Morton strength for their can didate and also believe that they can get the assistance of MT. Platt. So the Aldridga people in this belief are very confident, even though Queens coun- tvs delegation has been to MT. Saxton l and assured him that they will vote for him q unit.
 The Wadsworth people are not quite as jubilant as they were yesterday and not quite so confident that MT Platt's infiu- ence is to be turned over to them as soon as the nomination for governor is made In this belief they are upheld by frequent conferences with Mir. Hackett of the state committee.
 The other candidates are still in the race and declare they will stay there. There was not much jubilation in Mir. Fassetts quarters last night, although he is still candidate for governor and will be placed in nomination before the con- vention.
 Ono of his supporters said Ut is any mans race yet, and we believe that a sen- timent against one man will stampede the convention in favor of Mir. Fassctt" " McssrS. WnOdford, Buttcrfield and Rus sell are still in tho fray and say they in tend to stay until a nomination Is made For judge of the court of appeals Judge Haight is in the lead, with Judge Kellogg second. and Jesse Johnson of Kings is to get that county's complimentary vote. Hendr'c<. Enters the Fight. Things took very different turn for those interested in tho candidacy of the
 
 Francis Hcndyicks of syracuse, who had been in frequent conversation with Mir Platt. announced late last night that he was certainly candidate for the office and with such n show of confidence that the delegates who favored other candi- dates went into panic and began to argue that he was n slate candidate and would receive the same support as that given to Alr. Morton.
 This theory gained such ground that before midnight there was n strong senti- | ment for withdrawal on the part of many | of the other candidates, especially tho w Nadswnrth adhercntS It was then almost | certain that Mir. Hendricks would be the | nominee for lieutenant governor It was | also said that tho buoms of Senators We'd der and COggcshall wcre simply run Co keep MT. Saxton from receiving too many votes
 The Erie county delegation met at their | rooms, and after n stormy session, lasting for some time, declared themselves as a | unit against MT. Morton and as unit for Judge Haight for tho court of appeals They, however, expressed themselves as not favoring any particular candidate for the lieutenant goyeI norship. Almost at the same time the Fassett adhCrents had a meeting at their rooms to look over the situation, and after it was over declared that in addition to the votes heretofore held by Mir Fassett there were 57 votes from New York, 3S from Kings and 3S from Erie that would be against Morton
 Two new candidates for lieutenant gov ernor were announced last night-Gorton ". Allen of Cayuga and Senator Cogse- shall. George N. Green of B:nghamton is still in the race. Senator Eugene O'Con- nor will present his name and says that Mir Platt has assured him of his personal vote for Mir. Green.
 At late hour last nig,., Senator Sax tons friends claimed that he was gaining strength right along despite the an nouncement of Hendricks candidacy. The delegations from Orange Rockland, Sul- livan, part of Westchester and part of Rensselaer, held a conference and decided to stand solidly for Saxton, with Morton for first place. Jesse Johnson of Kings has the solid backing of that contingent, and some of those in the conference just spoken of say Johnson will probably be their choice for judge of the court of ap- peals.
 The Republican state committee met last evening and transacted very little business excepting the naming of a tenn porary chairman. For this position Mir Bellamy of New York nominated the Hon. Lemuel k. Quigg of New York He vas unanimously named