St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-23
No SLATE THERE.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS PRO-
POSE TO SETTLE MATTERS
IN CONVENTION AS
TO TICKET AND PLATFORM.
THE CANDIDATES AND IDEAS OF
THE MAJORITY WILL BE
ADOPTED.
THE EXCISE CONTROVERSY
And State DemOcracy-Tamm
contest Promise to Enliven
Affairs.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 22.-
Where one week ago today the Re-
publlcans at Saratoga had practical
I ly settled all details of their conven-
tlon, with the single exception of
the excise plank, here in this city
forty-eight hours prior to the meet
ing OF the Democratic convention
no details have been settled, and
those few delegates who have ar
rived are absolutely at sea as to
what will be the ticket and what
the platform. There does not seem
TO be any anxiety in the matter, ex-
cept over two points-that of the
disposition of the excise matter, and
the settlement Of disputes between
| the factions.
Even in this latter, the anxiety
| seems to relate to New York city
alone, and the contests for minor
counties are merely looked upon as
temporary matters, which will be set
tied prior to the meeting of the con-
Vention. Perhaps the most curious
feature of this coming Democratic
convention is the fact that none of
| the leaders have arrived in the city.
| Headquarters which were engaged
| weeks ago are unoccupied, and even
the rooms engaged by the smaller
fish that bob and float about the
| leaders are still empty.
Senator Hill is supposed to be in
Albany, Senator Murphy, Richard
| Croker and William F. Sheehan are
in Saratoga; William r. Grace,
| Charles R. Fairchild and E. Ellery
Anderson are still in New York.
None of the Kings county men is here
and the Erie county people who
have harmoniZed their differences,
and have elected mixed delega-
| ton, will probably not be here until
| tomorrow afternoon. The only band
| heard on the street today was that
| of. the Salvation Army; hotel cor
rldors contain only newspaper men
and the general population.
Tomorrow afternoon Tammany,
| 500 strong, will arrive, and with the
state Democracy people, 250 in num-
Der, upon their heels, there is
LIKELY TO BE MUSIC.
First of all in the work to be ac-
complished prior to the opening of the
convention is settling the differences
| between the factions of the party from
| those counties that have elected two
sets Of delegates. There are small con-
tests in Wayne and Oswego counties
which may be settled by threats rather
than moral SuaSiOn
1t is pretty well agreed, so far as the
| Kings contest goes that arrangement
| entered into by the arbitration COM
| mittee of the Democratic state COM
mittee will be agreed to by both fac
tions. This representation gives to the
regular organization two-thirds of a
vote apiece, and to the contestants,
| known as the Shepardites one-third of
a vote. This seems to be satisfactory
upon the ground that the third of a
vote given to the Shepard men fully
reprensents their strength in Kings
county.
The general sentiment among the
leaders, and even among the rank and
| file, is that the New York contest
should be settled in the same manner.
But Tammany representatives here
are loud in their assertions that the
|
cracy in New York by no means en-
titles them to a one-third representa-
ton, and if they were given a one
fourth representation, they would have
even then more than their quota.
There is also a sentiment among some
of the Tammany men that the state
! Democracy should not be granted any
concessions whatever-not that it
would be particularly wise to an
| tagoniZe them-but that it would be a
| confession of weakness on the part
of the machine organization that would
be discreditable to Tammany and the
state machine alike. So far as can be
learned tonight the state Democracy
will tomorrow night
MEET THE TAMMANYITES
and demand representation of one
half. The Tammany leaders will re-
fuse this proposition and the matter
will be referred to the state committees
on arbitration.
Mr. Hinckley's committee will make
the polite offer of a representation of
one-third which is in the nature of a
compromise.
From the list of candidates the fol-
lowing may be picked out tonight as
the most likely to compose the ticket:
For Secretary of State-Gen. Horat!o
G. King, of Kings.
Attorney General-Daniel C. Griffin,
of Jefferson.
Comptroller = Augustus scheu. of
Erie.
State Treasurer = D. L. Dow, of
| Schoharie.
State Engineer = George Clinton
Ward, of Oneida.
Judge of the Court of Appeals-Ed-
ward S. Rapallo, of New York.
The only objection to this ticket that
could be argued is that New York city
does not get the places that she has
asked for. Her candidates so far are
Theo w. Meyers for comptroller; John
A. Mason for state treasurer, Judge
Rapallo for the court of appeals. 1t Is
the general consensus of opinion here
tonight that jority of the delegates
to the convention will favor Local
option clause in the platform as to
Sunday opening saloons.