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
Letter of Acceptance.
HUSTLlNG NOW FOR INBORSERS.
Shepardites Claim to Have Already
Over 1000 Of the Necessary
5000 Signatures.

The nomination of Everett P. Wheeler
for Governor by the Democratic Party
Reform organization otherwise anti-ma-
chine Democrats) has made jubilant the
managers of Levi p. Morton's cam
paign and is having a correspondingly
depressing effect upon the machine
Democratic leaders. The Endorsement by
the Party Reform organization of the
other candidates on the Hill ticket
makes all the more pronounced the in
tention of the reformers to knife the
Senator at the polls.
Said a gentleman very near to Thomas
C. Plat this morning:
This will help us tremendously. OF
course, we expected to win anyhow but
Shepard and his friends have made as
surance doubly sure for us by this move.
Mr.. Wheeler ought to poll at least 70, 900
votes, and they will all be drawn from
| the Democratic party With the reform
feeling running as high as 1t is now, the
Republican candidate for Governor
| should be elected by an overwhelming
majority"
At Democratic headquarters in the
Park Avenue Hotel there was no at
tempt made to conceal the chagrin felt
at the action OF MIR. Shepard and his
friends. Inslnuations were freely thrown
! out that "Morton's barrel did it," and
the question, wonder how much he
| gets for it?' was asked in a scornful
way. In spite Of the anger displayed
there was a disposition to belittle the
Party-Reform movement, and 1t was
predicted that its candidate would not
poll 10000 votes.
Thacher 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:
1.-THE nomination of Mr.. Wheeler for
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
Mr.. Wheeler's nomination.
mot a word" was his short reply.
and he couldn't be made to talk about
| 1t. either.
over at Republican Headquarters, at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Chairman
Hackett said he didn't want to be con-
sidered as exulting over the news, but
he couldn't disguise the gladness in his
voice, when he said:
| 1--WE have no cause to complain about
the nomination of Mr.. Wheeler. That
is all l care to say just now"
Thinks II VIII Weaken Hill.
State Senator Henry j. Coggeshall. Of
| Oneida, said:
"wheeler's nomination will certainly
weaken the Democratic State ticket. II
there are any Mugwumps around this
will bring them out"
]. C. Davies, chairman of the Oneida
County Committee, was very much
| pleased over the new ticket. He said
that at the last State election the Re-
publican plurality In his county was
$500, and he had no doubt that the fig
ures would stand this Fall.
John McEwen, who was Fassett dele
| gate from AlleGany County. said that a
,,reat many Democrats in Allegany Coun-
ty who were dissatisfied with Hill and
who were not so sure about Morton
would now vote for Wheeler.
What Candidate Wheeler Says.
When Everett p. Wheeler entered his
office at 45 William street this morning
he was met by an Evening World" re-
porter, to whom he said:
II may be said to have begun my cam
paign already. | feel confident that this
movement means the regeneration OF the
Democracy. We expect that in the fu-
ture politics will be lifted to a higher
plane and nominations will not again be
dictated by the baser elements OF the
party.
THE movement will, ] am sure, result