The sun., 1894-10-01
4 THIRD TIN
CUCKOOS AND 1
VIII DECIDE

....a.,t Muuicipai Tickets !.
,rn,. ,rou, sus - HrookIyn Assur,es
rx.sscretery rairchid refused absolutely
,.o.,srdav IN talk about the proposal made by
,ho Foa,berheads to the CucEoes TO nominate .
s,.,. ,icke, Of their own. He said that no deh.
,,t,.,,o,o-r,inntion Of the course to be pursued
,,,. ,ho Now York state Democracy as an organ.
,..,,o,, ,,ouId he reached until tomorrow, whku
ano,hor conference of representatives Of the
49,. oo,,r,v independents, of New Yort
,,.ss,os and others will be held. II is expected
49,, .,nony tho participants In the conferenc,
III, =. .o,,e pronlncnt Cuckoos from the Ints
w.. =, ,,,o state. probably including Franklin
- to,tc ,f Buffalo. the champion llght-weisht
tioLcr whom Mr.. Cleveland never could re,
along with. g
A. nswald Ottcndorfcr has threatened N
,vi,btlrow his support and that Of his newspaper
rom the t,uckoos should they determines t.run
an independent state ticket, and II 10 kubwn
,hs, most OF the Federal offlceholders beileve
wifi him that the independents cannot AFFORD
,o holt. These latter declare-and their utter
s,cc. are taken to be the voice OF the Admin
i.tration-that It Is the Democratic party, and
nn irdividusl that Is on trial in this campaign
,ha, the Democratic platform has decisrsi In
,.vor NJ the Federal Administration. and that
.,.srv friend Of the Administration should come
forward and support both ticket and platform
with q will.
I'm behaIf Of the advocates Of the independent
a,.,e ticket II Is argued that such ticket IA
vanted not 80 much for the purpose Of defeat
inc the regular state ticket for the purpose of
getting every Democrat to the polls 70 vote for
Ionor,ssmen incidentally they admit that
tbpv desire something that Will attract all the
krkers TO the polls, so that they can show just
bc mel AT the next State Convention with the
argument that their organization Is only on
paper. -, ,,t,. ,,,,. ,..,, 49,.
cbief object Of the ticket they advocate is 70
effect IL possible the defeat OF the regular DEM
ocratic nominees. so do the conservative men,
hers OF their organization. and these deny any
such movement. IL Is considered possible that
their judgment will prevail and that the Feath-
at their county conventions to l,e held this week
will content themselves merely with sulkinR
and simply refuse to pass any resolutions en-
Sopsing tGe candidates named at Saratoga.
Edward VI. Shepard, Charles J. Patterson, and
Secretary Edwards Of the Brooklyn organization
Ticket They find the old heads. like Grace and
Fairchild. at this end Of the bridge trifle moro
conservative. bu! hope to persuade the Cuckoos
The protositon, so far as II concerns the New
York organization, will probably be passed on
sixty at a meeting TO be held tomorrow night,
when the programme to be carried out In the
County Convention the following night will DO
That a straight city and county. ticket will be
named seemed TO he the general idea Of all New
York State Democracy leaders who were seen
yesterday. Such a course has been considered q
likely one on the part OF til atorganization for q
long time. Just what effect IL will have on the
Sn %0rK an al cit subec o
discussion by politicians throughout the city
yesterday.
publicans like Gen. c, II. T. Coils said that the
only fear to be entertained Is that the Republi-
cans may feel emboldened to run straight
:" believe that a union is still possible and de-
srable." said the General. The Grace men
am T not Tss Fsse Comnty sn Ws
the O'Brien people, the Good Government Club
folks, and the GerInan-Americsn Reform Union
can still he depended on TO form aunion with
epres ,ntatives Of the Independent County
On anizltion declared that all that Is needed In
nm ,"..-rammany union to insure success 10
their organization any way.
Regarding the makeup OF the Cuckoo local
M hs ,Sas Wsm ystS T.
their candidate for Mayor.
Mr.. Grace is understood to have said that he
nee. and that he viii try. to sccTre the nomina-
tGn of snme other nan ferft piacv.
The Shepardite General committee does not
be held to!High the cali for which Is as follows:
be ss snd se ,Ss ss
COMMITTEES at the brooklyn Democratic Club
rooms, POI Montague street, ON Monday even
made TO the County General Committee at its
meeting on Tuesday evening. and for the discus
siSn OF the future action OF our organization."
ferenees with Mr.. Fairchild, Mr.. Grace, and the
other leading Cuckoos, and the Executive Com
they may be-. Il has been definitely settled that
whesher an independent State ticket is put In
lhe neld or not the Shepardites will either put
lar Democracy or endorse some Of the Repub-
iican candidates. 1t will he the first time that
VI Ir Shepard and his sheep have had the courage
Dc watched with much interest.
Inc total registration in the county this year
fgnrers think THAI out OF this host the shepard
.s ddaindidates Will not poll more than 10000.
Doo VIII be enough for our purpose. All we are
aiming at Is to give the regulars another sound
The question as TO whether Justice Gaynor
WI accept or decline the nomination for the
onrt OF Appeals continues 20 be the subject Of
nan who is not confident that he will decline.
1ut none Of them claims To speak with any au-
Editor 81. Clair MeKei%ay wat s Of the Eagle. who
has been a close personal friend, of Justice
iaynor for several wears and who has been In
'emblng OF the Saratoga Convention, told O
reporter OF THE SUS on Saturday night that he
was confident that Justice Gaynor had not indi-
'ated to any person what his intentions were.
! is, however. evidently Mr.. McKelway's belief
hat he will not accept the nomination.
Justice William j. Gaynor returned to brook
yn last evening from Bellport. and dined with
'ome friends at the Montauk Club About 0
,'olOck he took his departure and crossed the
treet to the house OF Lawyer Mirabeau L.
Towns where he had arranged to pass the night
During Justice Gaynor's stay at the club
leuse not a word was dropped by him which
y.uld give a hint as to his Intentions In refer
nice TO the nomination. Some Park slope Re-
lublicans who were around seemed TO be conh-
lent. however, that he would decline, while the
Democrats were just as confident that he would
,ccept.