New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-04
THE CONVENTION NOT OVER.
JOHN SABINE SMITH SAYS THE GOV
ERNOR Is NOT YET NOMINATED.
REPUBLICANS. HE DECLARES. WANT TO PICK
THEIR OWN CANDIDATE AND MAY

REPUBLICANS. he DECLARES, WANT TO PICK
THEIR OWN CANDIDATE AND NAY
NAME CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw
There was considerable discussion In Republl-
can circles yesterday about the Governorship and
an i-.~easng interest was shown In the result
Of the canvass for that important nomination.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel corridors buzzed las,
evening with animated talk about the probable
outcome OF ex-VicePresdent Morton's candl-
dacy. One of those who interested group Of
politicians and newspaper men was John Sabine
Smith, president of the Republican County Com
mittee last year. and also ex-president Of the Re-
publican Club.
There is a growing feeling among Repubi-
cans" Mr. Smith said. ION the subject OF Mr.
Morton's canvass. and the way in which 1t Is
being conducted. There is a good deal OF I'M
easiness manifested and 1t is on the increase
| see in it danger TO MIR. Mortons success
People who have lo0kel INTO the matter BY
no means sure that the contest is settled in favor
Of Mr.. Morton. although that is the impression
that his friends are seeking to give throughout
the State. 1t looks 10 me. confess. as il Mr.
Morton will get the nomination. but mus; not
forget that there a good many days yet be-
fore the State Convention meets on September
time in the determination OF previous conven-
tons.
IF the field should unite on Chauncey NJ De-
pew and make the fight which under certain con-
dtiOns it Is capable of making Mr.. Morton might
not be the man after all II the friends OF Fas-
sett. Saxton. Roberts Russell and other candi-
dates should conclude to turn their support over
10 Mr.. Depew. we should have a lively convention.
and that Is what the people want to see. TX
there IL anything that they dislike X Is TO have
things completely cut and dried for them. Mr..
Morton Is an excellent man in almost every re-
.spect, and would make q noble Governor. but
the same may be said OF Mr. Depcw. Besides.
Mr.. Depew's personal popularity must not be
moderated If he should decide TO declare HIM
self candidate. and to say 10 his friends that
he in the race to the finish. Since Horace
Greeley name has been such a household word
In this State as Chauncey NJ. Depew's There Is
not farmer in the Empire State who would have
to ask his neighbor who Mr. Depew Is II he should
be placed In nomination.
Il have no information which leads me to be-
leve that he has any Idea of being candidate,
but II such should prove the fact when he re-
turns from Europe, l think that some OF our good
Republicans might discover that there was
another Office beside the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to be settled by the State Convention.
Il do not wish 20 be misunderstood In what l
have said in respect to the popular feeling re-
garding Mr.. Morton's candidacy and the methods
by which 1t has been pushed forward. do NOT
think that 1t arises wholly from the fact
that Mr.. Plat il one of the promoters OF MI
Morton's canvass. and is looked upon as inter
ested in urging 1t. 1t proceeds rather from
dislike. the part of Republicans OF independ-
ence and backbone to having their candidates
selected for them in advance. The majority or
the Republican party In the State OF Newly ork
do their own thinking and tfey IKE 20 maze
their own nominations when their ticket IS
placed in the field. They like free. untrammeed
conventions. and this Is the kind that we are
bound 10 have this year
Nh Depew Is expected bacl: from his Euro
pean trip he last Of next week on he American
line steamer NewYork.