The evening world., 1894-09-27


him to accept was gone through with.
and the other candidates were all elini-
mated except Senator HIS mask-John
Boyd Thatcher. He was reserved for
the last
Then Came belmont.
"Thcn a strong effort was made to
strengthen the mask. Perry Belmont
was solicited to allow the use of his
name for second place on the eleventh
hour slate Then came a complication
the leaders hadn't counted on.
" Why not FIRST place, asked belmont,
"'Btcause that Is promised to ThhCh-
"Na att %Hy Sir. Belmont grew iniis.
nant. Thachcr. indeed Wasn't he
better man than Thatcher and did they
think for moment that he couldn't
get bigger vote than the cX-Mayor OF
Albany? Bush!
And so Belmont declared himself out
Then Charles T. McClelland. Of
Westchestcr. County, was approached,
and not being in the secret he con-
up to be smashed was completed, by
the addition of the name of Judge Rob
ert T. Titus. OF Buffalo. for Court Of
Appeals Judge.
THE leaders then entered the Con-
vention, the slate carried very care
fully In the van, lest 1t should fall to
pieces Of its own weight before the time
agreed upon.
Letting Out the secret.
while MIR. Hit was pronounclng the
benediction, according to programme,
upon Mr.. HIS mask. the machine
agents were letting some of the 'bOys'
into tho secret, and telling them that
Hin was to be surprised by a stampede
for him that would compel him to ac-
cept.
80 willing were the boys that they
could hardly contain themselves until
Thacher's obituary had been finished.
They ,whooped things up. with what
result all of us know.
THE newspapers have told us of the
| antics of Mayor Gllroy. Senator Murphy
our own Bourke Cochran, Jacob Cantor,
ment on this part of the deal is un-
whether this 'hurrnh Convention has
picked the winners remains to be seen
The ticket viii meet With some opposi
tion in New York. Kings and Queens
! counties, and may come out of the cam.
paign badly dishgured."
Col. Murphys Opinion.
A little different view Is taken by
Col Michael c. Murphy, Excise Com
missioner, and man who stands very
high In the counscls OF Tammany Hall
He was enthusiastic to-day In speakinl
of the action Of the Saratoga Conven
tion Yesterday; lie said:
up to - o'clock. noon, the Demo
cratic party was in "A state OF chaos
| About that time the leaders had agreed
on IA hybrid ticket, which, in my opin
ion. could not have carried ten countie.
In the State.
When the rumors spread that tn,
ThaCher ticket had been decided upOr
Il gloom spread over Saratoga village
as well rs over the minds of the pCOpl,
there assembled, that was appalling
The managers began to see that n bis
mistake had been made. and they he
gan to consider seriously II there wal
not some way to reCtify 1t.
"Fortun8tely for the Democratic party
there were some clear headed men Their,
who saw that the situation demanded
: decided action, and that "a remedy mus
be quickly applied.
Talk Of the Lenders.
Mayor Gilroy. Burke Cochran. VIII
lam ". Clark and James j. Martin go
together and talked the situation over
They quickly came to the conclusion
mat Inn ought to be the candidate fol
Governor. Then they found that Oar
, Lockwood was the most available maj
for the second place on the ticket, con-
ing, as he does from the section of thu
state that has only recently been IN re
hellion and WHICH defeated the regula
state ticket by an Overwhelming ma
jority last Fall. So they selected tn,
man man, from Ell" COUNTY Then thei
who. m to that time had been tn,
selection for Governor, and they select
ed him ~ the very best candidate fo
the office OF Judge of the Court OF APP
peals.
Mr. Gilroy and others, but principal
ly Mr.. Gilroy, consulted the leadin,
men from all over the state as to tn,
availability Of the ticket AZ agree,
upon by the few. 1t was received l.!
all AS II IT was an inspiration from tn,
Almighty, and everybody agreed tina
the problem had been wisely solved.
Gilroy IL Pleased.
Mayor Thomas +. Gilroy returned thi
morning from the Democratic tornad
AZ Saratoga; lie hadn't a word to sa,
about the ticket he helped to nominal
except that it was n good one.
what effect 10 YOU think the nomna
lions will have on the local ticket" h
was asked.
u haven't given the matter
: thought" ne replied.
suppose" Qucried the reporter. "th
TammGny convention should follow
suit and force the nomination for Mayo
on you
II don't want to answer that question
The Mayor was in IA very uncommuni
The anti-Tammany leaders are OF tn
opinion that Tammanys local ticket vii
not h" strengthened by the nomination
Of I'M Had i not been for nm an
there would he no anti-machine orguni
zltion in the state.
l They predict that nm will not po
more than the fun Tammany vote TO
the Tammany ticket. and believe tina
Tammany was injured rather than bene
iitcd hv hiF candidacy.
, The State Democracy and other Dem
/ ocratic factions have promised loyal sur
port to the nominees OF the state con
I vention, but not to the local candidate
OF Tammany.
Talk of Compromise.
story was current to-day that Tam
many might compromise with the S'a;
I Democracy by giving them "A certal
number OF congressman, Assemblyme
, and Aldermen in return for their SUP
port Of the Tammany nominee 70
Mayor.
This, however. is merely gossip, a
? Tammany is not likely to recognize tn
State Democracy here after having rt
, fused TO do so at Saratoga.
q The readers of "rhe Evening World
2 were informed before the Convention
I I went into session yesterday that a STAN
4 pedc 10 lin was contemplated.
| once started. nothing could SION tn
1 hin enthusiasts. The fact that senate
4 Inn swOrc at his friends for forcing hin
against his VIII would make 1t sect
that he was not iu the secret IL II wa
! all planned hcfur, hand,
Old politicians VINO have been going
I conventions for a quarter Of Ccntur
. ana more, only remember Onn Simila
g scene to that of Yesterday. That was n
A the Democratic Convention in 1879 whT
! Luclus Robinson was named for Cover
o nor, and an attempt was made to stan
K pede the Convention for the late Senat,
/ Jacobs, of brooklyn,
+ GAYN0R is WAITING.