New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-18
DTCIAL NOMINATION.
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Morton at the close Of the day was still the COM
In, victor in the contest 1t Is evident that Mr..
Morton will be nominated for Governor upon the
first ballot Yet he Will have opponents. Votes
will he cast for J. Sloat Fassett. Cornelius ~
Rliss Daniel Butterfeld, Leslie w. Russell ana
Stewart L. Woodford All these gentlemen VIII
no mt formally In nomination against Mr.. Nor
TON .except Mr. Bliss. who. It is said has made
II q condition Of his permitting the use or MS
name that no speech nominating him shall be
made
The minor candidates think they will poll 1I5
votes against Mr.. Morton. This would leave
Mr. Morton with 557 votes. or far more thah
sufficient to nominate him. 1t takes 3e' votes
TO nominate a candidate in the convention
which will meet tomorrow
TRACY TO PUT MORTON IN NOMINATION.
BENJAMIN +. Tracy. of New-iorK' lorher
Secretary of the Navy. will make the speech
nominating Mr. Morton for Governor. 1t had
been reported that Chaunccy NJ. Depew would
,nake the speech nominating Mr.. Morton. but
William H. Robertson stated this morning that
no had not heard that this was Mr. Depews
,rtention and he doubted the truth or the re-
mort little later in the day ex-senator
,horas C. Platt announced that Mr.. Tracy
wouId make the nominating speech
Tho situation in regard to the nomination Tor
Indigo of th.. Court Of Appeals Is also pretty
clear Judge Albert Haght. Of Buffalo, a Tor
NOR Judge Of the Second Division OF the Court
- Anpeals is sufficiently FAR in the lead for that
mamma lion TO make his success in obtaining II
nrohable Nevertheless, his rivals for that nom-
nation Tesse Johnson, Of Brooklyn; ,. Alohzo
Kellogg of Plattsburg, and Pardon c. Williams,
~ Wctertown do not cOncede his nomination
and will test his strength by ballot. Mr.. john
son esnec,allv is confident that II he receives
the sunport of the big Brooklyn delegation with
its rinetv votes ne will be able with other votes
h, can pick up in the interior Of the State 10
obtain the nomination.
A LIVELY STRUGGLE FOR SECOND PLACE
A struggle Of large proportions mas broken OUT
over the nomination for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
There are three prominent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
r saxton. Francis Hendricks and James ".
Wadsworth-and a large number OF minor cdhui-
dates These minor candidates are George w.
Aldrdge. Commodore F. Vedder, Gorton W. Al
len Arthur C. Wade. Hamilton Fish, A. ID. Shaw,
Azariah c. Brundage Henry J. Coggeshall ana
caorge f. Green. II is apparent that the nomi-
r,tion will 20 into the hands either Of Mr. sax
70, Mr. Wadsworth or Mr.. Hendricks They have
oach nowerful political friends, and these friends
u.ore hard al work tonight obtaining votes for
,ho,, Mr. Hendricks edged into the conflict over
IN. Iieutenant- Governorship to-day. 1t has been
,,sooct.d for two or three days that he would
no candidate and his present rivals nave
,,a,ved his proceedings with great attention. IL
nas Yesterday however before there was hluch
a,,,dence Of Mr. Hendricks's candidacy Ihen
ox-Irnited States Senator Frank Hiscock. OF
Syracuse began limiting that Mr.. HendricKs
would make a good candidate for Lieutenant
Governor Politicians remembered the sKiiui
manner in which Francis Hendricks managed
Frank Hiscock's successful canvass for united
states Senator in 1887. and wondered II Mr..
,,,scock would be similarly successful in his at
,empt to nominate Mr.. Hendricks
,.xcovrpED THE HENDRICKS BOOM.
To-dav the Hendricks candidacy was uncoV-
ored by Mr. IIiscock by his having the ohoh-
,o,o Countv delegates meet and formally an
nouuce that he is their choice Tor Lieutenant
coyorror In order to advance Mr. Hendricks
rho Onondaga delegation abandoned Judge
Irving c. Vann as cahuidate io'
Iudge of the Court OF Appears. MI TiScooh
no,,ry thus launched Mr.. Hendricks as candi-
date engaged a Hendricks headquarters IN Cot
,oge No. 81 OF the United States Hotel and in
OF all
Onondaga County Republicans then went hard
10 work to obtain votes for MT. HehuiioA'' ''
Hiscock said late tonight:
"I am confident that we shall nominate NIL
Hendricks for Leutenant-Governor
The friends of Charles T. Saxton. of clyde
however had been engaged in their canvass lof
vo,es for him for several days. and had rolled up
q largo number They were not dsmayed py
o,thor the movement to nominate Mr.. Hendrlcks
49, that ~ nominate Mr.. Wadsworth They
oroped HEADQUARTERS to-day upon the ground
eoor of the United States Hotel facing the central
court and began a systematic canvass tor votes
for him Mr. Saxton's nomination was pressed
on the ground of his having been a soldier III
the War of the Rebellion. on the ground that he
Is an orator and therefore would be ape 10 hu
Mr. Morton by his speaking abilities, anu
further that he has had experience by virtue OF
his position as PresideDt pro TEN or the state
Senate in the work OF presiding over that oouy'
Mr.. Saxton received proffers OF support from the
counties OF New-York Kings and good many
in the interior OF the State. Senator I'exow' oil
Rockland County. 1t was said. had promised 10
mako the speech seconding the nomination OF
Mr.. Saxton.
MIR. WADswORTHS CANDIDACY.
The friends or James W. """'" ''o
out. supported by the delegates from every couh-
~ IN his Congress district. II Mr. Saxton was
soldier In the War OF the Rebellion. so also. they
said. was Mr., Wadsworth. Furthermore MT.
Wadsworth had a splendid record as former Con-
,oller OF the State Mr. Wadsworth was active
ly supported by ex-senator Warner Miller OF
Herkimer County. and by other prominent fe-
nuh,icans Near to midnight his friends were
.ocadan, that he was in the lead for the nOfnl.
nation. But so also, were confident the support
era Of Charles T. Saxton and Francis Hendricks
T, u,u take a ballot In the convention to deter
mine who Is in the lead for the nomination.
ANTI-MORTON MEN IN CONFERENCE.
The anti-Morton men and leaders had con-
ference late this evening at the Grand Union