The evening world., 1894-10-06
LAST EDITION,
COUDERT OR
BEEKMAN?
Each Has Been Mentioned as
Gaynor'S Successor on
the State Ticket.
BOTH ARE GRACE DEMOCRATS.
The State Committee in a Wrangle
Over Senator Hills Har-
mony Plan.
WANTS TO CONCILIATE SHEPARD.
The Committee Holds a Short SEES.
sion and viii Meet again
This Afternoon.

The State Democratic Committee,
Of the Court of Appeals in place OF
Justice William ]. Gaynor, declined,
held short session at Democratic head
quarters at noon to-day. The meeting
began at 1215 o'clock and lasted only
until 1925, when II was announced that
an adjournment had been taken until
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The reason for the adjournment In
said to have been that several of the
State Committeeman indicated a dispo-
stion to ignore Senator Hills's harmony
plan. To avoid the semblance OF
wrangle It was decided to adjourn SO as
to give time to win these Committeeman
over to Senator Hills way OF thinking.
There was some lively caucussing
done before the State Committee held
its meeting. and innumerable confer
ences were held by the various commit
teemen and Tammany leaders with
Senator Hill in a room upstairs.
Among those who had short talks
with Mr. Hill was State Committeeman
Bell, OF BROOKLYN; Mayor Glroy, Bourke
Cochran, Major Hinckley and Lieut.
Gov. Sheehan.
As result OF all this activity 1t be-
| came noised about that Senator Hill
desired to conci.ate the Shepardites by
giving them representation on the
| O. A.
he insisted upon the State Committee
receiving the designations Of the four
State Committeeman who are objected
to by Mr., Shepard and for whose re-
moval a demand was only the other
night made by the Democratic General
Committee of Kings County.
The Objectionable committeeman are
p. IL. McCarren, Michael j. Coffey, John
Mccarthy and John Delmar. 1t is under
stood that Committeeman Bell favored
the removal of these men, and that Sem
ator Hi demanded the substitution Of
men selected from the ranks OF Shepard
ties
Those who opposed this move argued
that as Justice Gaynor was off the
! ticket the Shepardites would be sure to
| knife 1t anyway, and that there was no
| use wasting time in trying to placate
them. The overtures already made, 1t
was pointed out had been refused, and
the claim was made that 1t would he
unwise TO put 1t in the power of Mr..
| Shepard to administer snub that might
hurt the ticket outside OF Kings County.
Senator Hill renamed firm, and after
two hours of argument. pro and con.
| the Committee held a session with the
| result stated.
Jas. ID. Bells Attitude.
When James D. Bell, who is also
| Chairman of the Kings County General
| Committee, came to New York this
morning to attend the meeting Of the
! State Committee he brought with him
a copy of the resolutions calling upon
the big four to resign.
| IF these gentlemen refuse to resign
to-day" said MIR. Bell. II shall at once
issue call TO the General Committee
! to meet and designate a date when
the matter shall be settled by meeting
of the delegates to the State Conven-
! ton They shall be forced out and new
State Committeeman elected in their
| places"
Mr.. Bell said he had waited patiently
for the state Committeeman to resign,
and had hoped that they would not walt
! to be forced out"
As 10 GaynOr's Successor.
| All this time there was more or less
guessing in the corridors of the hotel
as to whom the Committee would name
as Justice Gaynors successor on the
| ticket.
The names most frequently mentioned
! in this connection We're those Of ex-Cor-
| poration Counsel Henry r, Beekman
| and Frederic r. Coudcrt, both Of the
Grace Democracy. and this fact revived
the talk about a Grace-Hill deal.
They are both g"0d men, and either
would | am sure suit Mr.. Hill" said
one of the State Committeeman when
! spoken to on the subject. But as you
value your life don't say who said So"
| he added,
Others whose names were mentioned
as the probable choice Of the Commit
tee were James c. Carter, of the Good
Government Club; Calvin Frost. OF
Westchester County, and Edward l..