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 a
Letter of Acceptance.
HUSTLING NOW FOR INDORSERS
Shepardites Claim TO Have Already
Over 1000 Of the Necessary
5000 Signatures.

The nomination of Everett p. Wheeler
Reform organization otherwise anti-ma-
chine DemoCrats) has made jubilant the
managers of Levi +. 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.
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. Insinuations were freely thrown
out that Mort ons barrel did It," and
the question. Wonder how much he
gets for III" was asked in scornful
way. In spite Of the anger display ed
there was disposition to belittle the
Party-Reform movement, and 1t was
predicted that its candidate would not
poll 10000 votes.
Thnchcr 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:
THE nomination OF Mr.. Wheeler for
Governor will help Hill in this way.
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.
Not word" was his short reply.
and he couldn't be made to talk about
1t, either.
over at Republican Headquarters. a,
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
We have no cause to complain abou,
the nomination Of Mr.. Wheeler. That
Is all care to say just now"
What Candidate Wheeler Says.
When Everett p. Wheeler entered his
he was met by an Evening World" re-
porter, to whom he said:
Il 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.
tuie politics ,ill be lifted to a higher
plane and nominations will not again be
dictated by the baser elements of the
The movement will. l am sure, result,
in a better Democratic party In the
State. | have been q. Democrat all my
life, and will take no step which is calcu.
la tt.d n In iira DamOCrapV HnUaVPr
would prefer to postpone a statement OF
my views until write my letter of &C
ceptance, in which shall embody them
Il expect that ! will be formally noti-
fed of my nomination tomorrow or next
day, when will formally accept in writ
ing:
in the sense OF touri Ing the State. as a
lawyers first duty Is to his clients.
explained to the gentlemen who nOmi-
mated me that 1t would be impossible
have many important cases pending
in the courts here and In Washington.
l shall make few speeches, however,
as many as can find time for. but |
others"
Shepar,lites Are Jubilnnt.
There was rejoicing among the rank
and file OF the Reform Democracy in
Kings County-the Shepard wingHthis
The leaders gathered at the headquar-
ters, POI Montague street. Brooklyn. to
discuss the situation. and as each cap
tain OF the 6S5 districts filed in with the
returns from the primaries last night
they stopped to learn II Justice Brown
and Mr.. Lockwood would accept the
nomination. In answer to the same
porter. Secretary Charles j. Edwards
said:
You may say positively upon the
best authority that the two candidates
viii not decline to run on the third
with third State ticket In the field
the apportionment may be defeated
would otherwise remain at home"
The petitions with signatures neces-
sary before the third ticket can be print
ed by the State were pouring into the
Montague street headquarters this morn
ing.
At $50 o'clock Robert Baker. who has
charge OF circulating the petition, es-
timated that 1000 OF the 900 signatures
required by law had been obi Aimed.
MIR Baker expected to have over 5000
signatures before the petition was sent
to the Secretary of State, as the petit
lions were circulated among the voters
at the primaries In Brooklyn last night.
Several thousand petitions have been
distributed about New York city and
up the State for signatures.
A queer feature Of Mr.; whee.ers can
didacy Is, that while Charles s. Fair
chili is Chairman OF his Campaign C5m-
mittee, others Of the state Democracy
self is qu3ted to-day as having said
that he would use his personal influence
to. have the State Democracy's Cam
paign Committee indorse Mr.. Hi: for
Govern,r.
In the event OF Daniel n. Lockwood
and c. Frank Brown refusing to accept
the Party Reform nominations, their
places on the ticket will be filled by
Il. NJ. Shepard, Franklin d. Locke, OF
Buffalo, and John Brooks Leavitt, Of
New York. who have been appointed a
committee for that purpose. +. NJ
Shepard said to day that he did not
think either gentleman would refuse to
run on the ticket
NEWBrRG. n. Y. Oct. lO.--In refer.
ring to his nomination for Judge OF the
Court OF Appeals by the Shepard fac
ton. Justice Charles +. Brown, OF this
city. the regular Democratic nominee
said to-day: II have no information on
the subject which would enable me To
give any answer on the matter"
Want Col. Browns Scalp.