Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-25
WAITING FOR WHITNEY.
Democratic Convention Assem-.
 bles at Saratoga.
AN OPENING SPEECH BY MIR. HILL.

AN OPENING SPEECH BY MIR. HILL. The Refusals of Gaynor. HUI and Flower to He Candidates Are Not Accepted by
 All. but n Majority Want to Hear From Whitney Before TaISing Action.
 SARATOGA, Sept. 25.-The Democratic state convention was called to order short ly after noon today, with scarcely bak- CTS dozen of delegates absent from their seats When Senator Hill, as temporary chairman, came forward to make the opening address, he was received with great enthusiasm.
 As soon as he had finished committees on credentials, permanent organization and platform wore appointed.
 It is not expected at this hour that any nominations will bo made today, but that m adjournment until tomorrow noon will be taken.
 Thero Is not n man vcrscd in the ways of conventions of political parties that ever saw a situation like that which con- fronts tho convention. Tho prcdicamcnt was explained this morning in a very few words by Lieutenant Governor Sheehan.
 He said: "Thcre ia not n man or poll tician here that knows who the nominee of the party will be until the convention meets. It Is anybody or any faction can didate, and the convention will be n Dem- ocratic one in every sense of the wort.''
 It is perfectly probable and not at all out of the limo of impossibility that thCre will bc n repetition of tho convention of 1876. when the galleries nominated Scy- mour for governor. he aftCTward declining to run, and Robinson being selected as the candidate.
 The reception that will be accorded Senator Hill by the convention will un- dOubtodly take on n remarkable phase and will be n sceno long to bo remembered by every person prCscnt, and 1t is perfectly probable that he will bc nominated by ac- olamation from the galleries. That he will decline. however. is almost certain. and then there will have to Dc new nomina- tion.
 The senator arrived and has opened headquarters at the Grand Union hotel. From the time of his arrival until late last night he was bcsiegcd by crowds of delegates.
 To n reporter ho said: II received word that I was to bo tho temporary chairman of tho convention. I know nothing about who is the most prominent candidate and have no opinion to express as to who will be the nominee of tho convention. ''
  ing the declinatiOn of Mir. Gaynor. and he said laconically, It seems that the proper thing Is to refuse to ho n candidate,
 Tammany For " h they.
 Tammany's braves struck the village in three sections of n special train, each con taining 10 coaches. The crowd numbered in all nearly l,5OO. There werc no bands on board, but enthusiasm was rampant. and thero was plenty of excitement. Scv- eral of their delegates wcre seen in regard to the placing of Tnmmany's strcn-th, and overy man favors William C. Whit ncy. When asked as to tho Flower boom, which started in mild way and incrcas- cd with no little encouragcmcnt, they seemed to be unanimous enough, but OK pressed little hops of his rctracting his withdrawal
 "Flower could bc nominated hy accla mation," shouted enc Tammanyitc en- enthusiastically. but ho will stick to his word. So WIG arc all for Whitney"
 Senator Timothy sullivan said: "Thrro is very little doubt that William C. Whit ney will Dc nominated. Hes tho strong est man in the state to.lay-that is. of possible candidates. They arc talking quite strongly of Flower, but he c!a : b,' induced to take the nomination even with the great influence that Is being brought to bear upon him.
 EX Speaker SulsCr said. William C. Whitnry Is the man. senator Hill except cd, he is the man to carry tho state this fall lIc will make his personal wishes suhservient to his party's demands. ''
 Tho TammanyitcS are now holding n conference, which began this morning at 10 o'clock, and will probably come out as one man for William C. Whitney. Thcrc is one significant fact in all this startl!-y boom for Whitney, and that Is that Mayor GilrOy, who was in Europe with Mir. Whitney during the past month. has noth- ing to say when asked as t0 the candidacy of the man, but smiles and says. Wait until he comes homo, and he will spcak for himself '
 It is announced by the Tammany people that Mir. Whitney will be home today and will be in Saratoga on Wednesday, This is in itself significant. for Mr. Whitney was not expected to Do n visitor at the convention.
 Further. thosc who arrange for the meetings of tho c invention have decided to wait n whoir ,,.y IcfuTe they takc up tho nOIninat."n oi candidates. and it is urged that this is in favor of the Whitney boom. bccausc the wait is evidently to let Mir. WhitnCy's decision bc known bcforo final action IS taken.
 The other Rooms.
 The Flower boom Is not without some significance too. It is urged that in the interview given out by him in Albany he did not seem avorsc to withdraw his dcr- linatiOn if the party desired him to. His private secretary. Colonel Williams, is hero, and in response to tho inquiries of your correspondent said:
 II am positive that the governor has no intentions of withdrawing his decision in the matter Of n nomination. It is doubt ful 1T anything could induce him to change his mind on that point"
 Tho Thachor boom In the shape Of about 200 fine looking men in now silk has and armed with inexpensive ban boo canes ar rived in the town last evening and added to the rather forlOrn festivities by bring ing brass band with them. They were led by Congressman Tracey, cx-Asscm- blyman Hit, who will make the nominat- ing speech, and tho newly appointed col lector of the port of Albany, John F. Masterson. There Is a good deal of en-