The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-24
TAMMANY BRAVES.
Tribes Gathering for the Democratic
Pow Wow.
JUDGE GAYNOR MAY BE THE HEAD
OF THE TICKET.

AAo 40 aH <ActiVe Retormer Dut Has Got
Strong Pull With the'Factions- Move-
ment Started Against Him Because He
Was Divorced From His Wife.
Saratoga, September 23.-ThesDemocratic
state men from Harlem had it all Il cir
own way here today. Tammany leaders and
those of the state Democracy from New
York city and Shepard Democrats from
Brooklyn formed nearly the entire advance
guard OF Tuesdays convention crowd. Not
more than dozen leaders from outside Nof
New York and Brooklyn have put in an ap
pearance. Tammany men and regular ma
chlnists are at the Grand Union Sheperd
democrats from Kings are at the Windsor.
The leader of the state Democracy. ex
Secretary Chas. S. Fairchild is at the Wind
sor. All talk about the candidates today
is center ed in VIM. j. Gaynor for the head
OF the tic ket and, it is admitted on all sides
he has been.slated for the place. Appar
emily no one has been pushing his boom
and 1T has grown to such proportions all
other booms are pigmies in comparison.
The growth of the boom. has many sur
prjsing features. The fact that Judge
Gaynor Is rabid reformer .and anti-ma-
chine man did not apparently prevent Tam
many men and the machine men from ac-
ceptlng him as logical candidate. Refor-
mers on the other hand seemed pathetic
and they are charged with. jealousy then
they suddenly became Gaynor men. To-
day,a new complication has presented itself
Tammany made an assault on the Gaynor
boom which may demolish it utterly and
may even terminate Judge Gaynor's chanc-
es for the political preferment Judge GAY
nor is a divorced man and it is to be used
against.him though the divorce was OBJ
tanned nearly twenty years ago.
a.He lived many years happily with
his second wife by whom he has four child
rem. The story was known in Brooklyn last
fall when Mr.. Gaynor was elected to the
bench of the supreme courtsby an over
whclming majority but it was not published
at the time. The friends of Gaynor said
his course when the divorce was obtained
was that of magnanimous chivalric gent
leman and he deserves nothing but praise.
Iammany men who are circulating the
story say it is betterlto have the story sifted
now than have:it sprung by the Republicans
alter the nomination and declare they are
acting in the interest of party. 1t is said the
senatoraand other leaders! have investigated
the story and find nothing in it to injure
the cnanceS OF tuuge -Gaynof should he be
nominated and sothers say the Democracy
is not in position to conduct a campaign
of defence of character this year and the
assault upon Gaynor will make him un-
available ais candidate.
The availability of Gaynor will be dis
cussed pro and con before Wednesday as it
is not to besbelieved the nomination will be
reached until then. No one here thinks
Senator Hill or Wm.sC. Whitney will run,
other candidates who have been talked of
are of too small calibre for off years. 1t
may be dark horses after all but the gener-
al opinion here is Judge Gaynor will be the
man in spite of Tammany's opposition.
Concerning other places on the ticket is all
guess work. In addition to other perplexi-
ties which beset the Democratic leaders the
Unitarians who are here for their annual
conference have laid claim to the conven-
tion hall by prior arrangement with the
town authorities when the Democratic
state committee met there weeks ago and
the question of obtaining the hall arose
after several conferences withstown:authori-