New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-19
THE UTTHDR4WiL or FLOWEE.

Governor Flower has improved the oppor-
,nnty afforded by the assembling ~ IN cn'huSi-
astlc and confident Republican Convention III
So,,,topn 10 announce innt h. Will not hc Il can
d,dote for denomination before the Democratic
Convention which will dcspondrnlly assemble
In the same plac" next week Whatever Inc?
may choose Ia say about II, Democratic leaders
Of course. do not share the surpri-" when inns
withdrawal has generally created. The Gov
cruor saws: Il am convinced that my n1niinn-
";lon would not be- likely 10 command IA"
"fuIl vote Of rhc party as would the nomination
"of some other Democrat" and In his behalf II
is said that he accordingly summoned Senators
Iill and Murphy into his pr">"n'" ANA com
muncat-d To- them hia solemn and inagnahilnouN
determination. The real meaning 81 III" irahs'''
tion is thai the leaders Of The Democratic party
had become convinced. perhaps With regret 'h1'
Governor Flower could not possibly be- rr.""''-
c,l. and AT a time winch seemed To them suit
able instructed him 10 Withdraw. Thus "nd'
his delightful vision Of another term preparatory
10 "A further advancement. AMI from maj p"iht
~ view The Governor mny Il" colhInis"ra'FI'
But considering The present situation only. we
cannot say that he i = lit "hicct for pity. lie
has AT least escaped humiliation In far NOR"
grievOns form
The Withdrawal, Of the candidate whom the
leaders were GENERALLY expected To nominate
lnrenslfes interest IN The Democratic 'onv"n-
ton. cxStcs great curiosity rs 10 their real
choice and suggests several names at once to
those who have followed occurrences within th"
inner circle II New York Democracy during tile
summer We published dispatch last week
settling forth some reasons beyond mere gossip
~. f,,,t Il.
bring out senator IIIll at the last moment rs the
only Democrat IN the State who could rescue
his party from impending ruin II might bc
urged In support Of such manocuvr" that he
had led his party In Ncw.York 10 successive vie
tories. and that 1t did no; begin to disln"grae
until he was compelled To leave it 10 some .x-
tent In other hands that H. had enhanced his
rcpuiaton In the field If National politics by II
courageous and consistent opposition To schemes
which had succeeded only 10 disgrace and de
moraliZe his party in ;hc Nation. and That the
| merits Of the sacrifice which he would make In
| cOnscntlng TO run once more FOR Governor would
| not bc diminished by the certainty that If he
won. nothing could prevent his nomination for
| President two years hence. II may be- conceded
that such programme would not be destitute
| Of attractions for Senator Hill
| There is another hypothesis which Democratic
| leaders suggest by dscarding Governor Flower
Mr. William c. Whitney is generally supposed
| to have partially recovered from his infaiuation
for President Cleveland, but he Is still Identified
| sufficiently with the Cleveland interest and con
| tinecnt by reason OF his share In the last com
| paratively respectable, Democratic Admnstra-
| ton and his prc-cmincnt services In the cam
paign Of 1892 TO be presumably acceptable To
that branch Of the party. while at the same time
not obnoxious to the other Mr. Whitney has
been In Europe during most Of this period Of
| Democratic gloon and disgrace, and II Is not
| strange il Respondent Democratic leaders look
| I'm his direction with some degree Of hope His
latest public uticrInce on political subjects was
n declaration that he WAS out Of politics, and his
| well. recognized astuleness has seemed 10 war
rant the assumption that he would not effect n
rc.cntrancc this year But one Of the noticeable
! Incidents Of the time has been the sudden oil
crimayes Of Democratic statesmen to Europe ON
mysterious errands. Mr. Croker. Mr. Grace and
| Mr. Gilroy have all been within easy reach Of
| Mr. Whitney in the course Of the summer and
| TO Mr. Grace, We understand, he Is still nc.
cessible The Mayor has taken pains to say
since his return that he saw Mr. Grace only In
n barber shop while he was In Europe. and Mr..
Whitney not at all; nut such disclaimers are
sometimes held to be- Justified In politics by con-
sidcrations OF state. ard In any case there is
nothing to prove that negotiations have not been
I'm progress under conditions satisfactory To
those who may have taken part I'm them.
The fact OF chief interest at this moment Is
that Governor Flower has been withdrawn. and
that his withdrawal is a striking confession on
: the part Of Democratic leaders that their cause