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

II the present plans OF the Shepard
wing Of the Kings County Democratic
party are carried out Brooklyn voters
viii have an extra ticket at their dis
posal on election day. 1t was officially
given out this morning that the lea iers
Of the party had decided to run a local
ticket for their own candidates in pppu-
sition to the regular nominees.
The Republicans claim that II such a
plan Use arried out they Will swamp
Kings County with a tidal wave even
greater In its majority of votes than 1t
was last year.
The Shepardites. however, are not to
stop with the work in Kings County. rs
the entire State may be organized to OPP
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 MIR. 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
State ticket will be decided. MIR. Ed
wards said. by the General Committee
Monday night Then resolutions will
be passed. either approving or dcnounc-
Ing (mure probably the latter. he saiD
the action of the Convention in refus-
ing to recognize the Shepard delega-
| ton. he Committee will also decide
when the city, county and Assembly
conventions are to be held
nInlu MI Tat antt IN
Is Justice Edgar NJ. Cullen to, succeed
himself on the Supreme Court bench.
The 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
I of Appeals? II was also discussed
among the regulars.
-, 81 do not see" said Secretary Edwards
''how, Justice Gaynor could conscien.
who are the enemies Of what he is sup.
posed to represent. 1t Is n Tammany
| nomination, and came from men who
/ politics.
Justice Gaynor is too brilliant not to
see through the scheme. They never had
for Governor-neverl He was put on
the tail of the ticket to gather in his
| friends.
|
men turned out OF the hall yesterday
There were Mr. Shepard, Mr.. Patterson
Mr.. Fairchlld United States District
! Attorney Bennett, Mr. Healy and Others
| equally as prominent, and highly re-
! spectei In National politics. He must
have seen 10000 votes slipping through
his grasp.
we propose to nominate local
! ticket from stem to stern to beat the
machine candidates same old figh,
with the SAINT old crowd
Charles j. Patterson, Mr.. Shepard's
| right-haud man, said:
Justice Gaynor, I do not believe will
accept the nomination. How could he
| accept it? The Convention was dom
| mated by Tammany Hall from be-
ginning to end and we were turned
down We are now out for bl--. bust
ness and war. We intend to go right
on purifying. local politics and defeat
| the machine"
Edward NJ Circuit. formerly Justice
! Gaynor'S law partner when seen by an
! Evening World" reporter, said:
| 81 d. not know whether Justice Gay
! nor VIII accept the nomination or not
| but ! wish to say that 1t IL the duty OF
| the shepard organization TO support the
| ticket nominated at Saratoga. Whcr
they went to the Convention they
OF the majority, ana II they bolt tn,
ticket, II Is proof that the Convention
| did right In refusing to recognize them
| ! could say this. perhaps, with less re
serve If Justice Gaynor refused to &c
| Cept"
Mr.. Grout said that he believed tina
there was dissrnson In the ranks %
the Shepardites, AS n great many wer,
In favor OF supporting the ticket.