The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-09
WHITNEY URGES HARMONY.
The Present no Time for QuarrelinF in
the Ranks.

New York, Oct s.-The state demo-
cratic committee is tonight sending out
a letter written by Ex-secretary Will
liam C, Whitney, dated at Roslyn, L. I.
The letter is addressed to Mr.. Hinclley,
the state chairman. Mr.. Whitney explains
why he did not accept either the chair
manship or a membership on the state
committee, stating that 1t was not from
indisposition to assist in the campaign,
but from reasons purely prlvate.t He re
minds Mr.. Hinckley that he, two years
ago, refused a similar position on the ma
tional committee for precisely the Same
reasons. He adds that he desired TO re-
main in the ranks, Mr. Whitney said that
If he ever felt inclined to break away from
any rule which he had made for himself,
II was during the present campaign. He
thought that never before in the history
of the party had there been a time
when democrats should sink party diff
ferences and stand together for the com
mon good as like the present occasion.
Mr.. Whitney said that he might criti-
else in detail the manner in which tho
party had during the past year performed
the trusts given 70 its keeping, but the
present was not the time for discussion
of differences. IL was a time, he thought,
Tor an attack upon the common enemy
New York state he believed to be the piV-
otal state, and defeat here would mean
discouragment for the democrats and
announcement for the republicans
throughout the entire country,
Mr.. Whitney said that he would not at
tempt to disguise the fact that there is a
great deal of disaffecton In the party
ranks. He said that many considered
the state organization management mar
row and arbitrary. He did not propose to
quarrel with any one for manifesting this
feeling, but he wished to remind all that
the policy Of the republican leaders had
been even more dictatorial. Had they
shown disposition to meet the indepen-
dent voters of the state and city of New
York half way, they could appeal to the
people on non-partisan basis. In
stead of doing this they have insisted
that the Tammany Hall machine shall be
succeeded by republican machine, This
is not the conduct of men who place the
general welfare above the greed Of pub
lie blunder."
Mr.. Whitney then cited the work of the
constitutional convention as another i'll
lustration of the extreme partisanship of
the Republican party. To those who
were disposed to fear the dominance of
Senator Hill in national politics Mr.. Whit
ney said:
Neither Gov Hill nor anyone else
would be able to secure two-thirds of the
votes in the next national convention un-
less he stands clearly for the intellec-
tual and moral issues of the party, or has
pre-eminent qualifications for the per-
formance of his duty to both people and
party. As to Gov. HILL whatever may
be the individual opinion of him, the fact
is that through no efforts of his own he is
the standard-bearer of the Democratic
party in the contest which our opponents
have insisted upon making a test of
party strength and party loyalty"
The conference committee of the New
York state democracy met this afternoon
in Cooper Union. Ex-Mayor Grace drop
ped into the meeting for few moments.
About tifty-four out of the sixty-eight
members of the conference committee
were presnt. 1t was intended that Mr..
Grace should preside at the meeting.
He announced, however, just before the
meeting began, that it was impossible
for him to preside Before he left the
meeting he talked with member of the
committee.
Don't take any stock" Mr.. Grace is
reported to have said, sin the rumor
that | am negotiating a deal with Tam
many hall. We are going to have a ticket
of our own and stand up and be counted
anyway"
The only business the committee did
was to discuss the report of the com
mittee appointed on election laws The
conference committee was then adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon.
After the meeting Col. Robert Monroe
said that there would be full ticket prob
ably reported at to-morrow's session.
I'VE will make our final preparations,
said he, "at to-morrow's meeting and have
everything in readiness for our conven-
tion."
Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. S-By a vote of
Al to tonight the anti-demoerats de-
cided in favor of third state ticket! The
meeting was called to order by Edward
NJ. Sheppard. Thomas M. Shearman
was elected chairman and he offered the
following resolution:
Resolved. That the delegation declare
in favor of the immediate nomination of
a third state ticket and that a committee
be appointed by the chair who are hereby
authorized, in consultation with demo-
Gratis from other parts of the state, to
put such ticket in nomination.
The resolution was adopted By the above
vote, after nearly two hours debate. The
committee, when appointed tomorrow,
will be instructed to confer with other
delegates from the state, who meet here
tomorrow.
NEBRASKA HoLTERs.