The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-24
DELEGATES ALL THERE.
Promises of Great Strife Be-
tween Tammany and Its
Opponents.
NO CONVENTION PROGRAMME.
Senator Hill and "Boss" Croker
Among the Men Who Are Ex-
pected to Fight to Finish.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 3d. The
Democracy of the Empire State is here
in full force. Crowds fill the streets, flags
fly from housetops, bunting is plentiful,
and as for enthusiasm and candidates
there is a surplus of both.
Of all recent conventions the one which
will meet tomorrow promises to be the
most interesting. It will be a convention
run by the delegates. There is no slate
with an invincible machine behind it and
no cut-and-dried programme.
Platform and candidates and the con-
tests will be fought over on the floor of the
convention. There will be strife between
Tammany and the State Democracy. Sen
timents all over the State seem to favor
liberal tire atment of contestants, and at
least partial recognition of the Grace
Fairchild people of New York City, but
Tammany men say No." and to all en-
treaties and appeals Tammany again says
No."
Senator Hill is for admitting the Grace
men. Senator Murphy is for shutting
them out. ''Boss" Croker is not here, but
his influence is felt, and it is all against
letting in the men who helped to defeat
Tammany yesterday and shared the VIC
tors spoils with Republicans.
Upon the admission of some the Democ-
racy depends in a large measure on the
action of the German-American Liberal
treatment of the Grace-Fairchild men.
which will mean the gain of many Ger
man votes. Another great question to be
settled which will affect the German vote
is that of excise and Sunday opening.
From all that can be learned the Demo-
Gratis will not dodge the issue, but will
make the most radical utterance that has
found it's way into a party platform in
some time.
All the big leaders are here-Senators
Hill and Murphy; Ex-Governor Flower,
who will be permanent chairman; Edward
M. Shepard, who leads his faction into the
convention with one-third representa-
tion and all the big Tammany leaders are
ON the field ready for the business of the
morrow.
The preliminary draft of the platform
has been made. Some of the planks are
being smoothed down, so that no one need
trip over them, but the material is in place.
United States Senator David B. Hill at
tended the meeting of the Democratic
State Committee tonight for the first time
in ten years. The committee was called
to order at s o'clock by Chairman James
w. Pinckley of the Democratic State Com
mittee. The committee resolved to rec
ommend to the convention the selection of
a five-pointed black star as the emblem of
the Democratic party in this State, which
is to head the column containing the Dem
ocratic candidates on the blanket ballot.
The committee named the Hon. Perry
Belmont of New York as temporary chair
man of the convention, which is to con-
vene tomorrow. The Richmond County
contest was settled by submitting one of
the names of the contestants in place of
that of one of the regular delegates. At
1920 o'clock the committee adjourned un-
til $50 tomorrow morning, when it is un-
dersIood that the scheme for enlarging the
membership of the State committee will
be considered