The evening world., 1894-09-27
Flower First Disposed OF, then
Whitney Was Put Out
of the Race.
sLATes MADE TO BE BROKEN.
The Evening Worid' Predicted
Before the Convention that
Hill Would Be Chosen.

When the inside history of the New
York State Democratic Convention of
1894 is published some peculiar facts viii
be revealed in 1t, and the wonderful
enthusiasm with which the body nomi-
mated Senator Hill for Governor will not
show quite SO much spontanelty as ap-
peared upon the surface.
Political critics in this city have al
ready begun the task of picking holes
in the gaudy curtain Of personal popu-
larity" that the leaders in the Conven-
tion dropped upon their deliberations.
and some OF these critics are declaring
that the peep thus obtained Of the Con-
ventlon machinery has convinced them
that Senator Hills nomination was as
much OF a cut-and-dried AFFAIR as that
Of Levi p. Morton.
Just here 1t may not be amiss to call
attention to the fact that THE Evening
World" on Sept. 10. last. said In Its
news columns:
Here Is the Prediction.
It need surprise no ono II David Bennett Hin
Is named By the State Democratic Convention
next week a. the par;y's candidate for Governor.
The Impression seems to be general among
local Democratlc pollucihns to-uay tnhN wv.
Flowers withdrawal from the contest for the
nomination. made public yesterday. after he had
had a conference with Senators Hill and Murphy.
was tor the purpose OF clearing the way for
Hllls nomination.
The reasons for this impression are not hard
to hnd mrs ambition is to become President.
a-d the logical candidate OF the Democracy for
President in 1895 will be the Democratic Gov
ernor OF the State OF New York--f. Indeed. New
Ycrk should happen to elect a Democratic Gov
ernor this Fall.
Gov. Flowers determination not to try for .
| denomination was reached very suddenly, and was
| announced at q time when every one supposed
he had what Is. In raee-track parlancs. termed
"a cinch," His recent tour OF the farming dis
tricts and his speeches to the farmers seemed to
| indicate that he was stumping the State to win
delegates, and now his sudden change Of heart
and mind is Interpreted to mean only that he
| has been notified by the machine bosses that he
must stand aside and let Hill try for the gcai.
Hill is the acknowledged leader Of the machine
| in the State and his personal popularity. It IL
confidently believed. would strengthen the machine
| and perhaps heal or bridge over the differences
| that now exist between certain Of the party lead
| ers In the State.
Senator Hin haf not announced his candidacy.
but some of his friends In this city. who usu-
ally speak by the card" are saying to-day mot
for publication however, that Hill Is almost
certain to be pittsd against Morton for the Gov
ernorship
Some of the Incidents.
The same authority is to-day declaring
that Mr.. Hill's candidacy might have
united the Democracy Of the State but
for several unpleasant Incidents that the
leaders prepared as a prelude to dis
| tract attention from the real slate.
The authority referred to enumerates
these incidents In this way:
1T was the purpose Of the party man
ayers to demonstrate deliberately that
there was no other available candidate
but David b. Hill, and how they did II
is a matter of record. The record may
be interpreted differently. however. by
| different persons.
My own view is this: Flower was not
in the secret, and so while the others
were plotting he was going ahead with
a personal canvass, on the supposition
that he was to be renominated.
Flower Crushed.
when the leaders had perfected their
plans the first thing they did was to
crush Flowers hopes. He was told
that his record was bad: that the
Brockway investigation and his veto OF
the bill designed to supply the Lexow
Committee with funds had killed his
chances, 1t may be he was told out
right that Hill was to get the nomina-
tion. but doubt II the managers would
intrust him with so important a secret
at time when he was SO bitterly
chagrined. Anyway, Flower declined tQ
run for personal reasons
with Flower out of the way the next
man to kill on was William c. Whitney.
who had been talked OF as a Candidate
for Governor. Well. / believe that a
friend OF Mr.. Whitney was indcued to
ask him by cable II he would try for the
nomination, while at the very same
time another friend was prevailed upon
TO cable Mr.. Whitney the danger OF such
a course, and the information that Hili
and the machine leaders were prepared
to night him tooth and nail and down
him In the Convention.
| Dummy Candidates.
BE this as It may. It 10 . matter q
history that Mr.. whitney at once put
himself On record. while still In Europe.
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