The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
LEVIP. MORTON 'SBOOM'
An Assertion That New York Will
Favor Him For President.
UNION LEAGUE OPPOSITION.
A Publication In the New York Sun That
Has Set All of the Politicians Of
That City to Discussing Gov
ernor Morton's Chances.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Political circles
today are greatly worked up by the publ
cation of the following article in a prom
inent position on the first page of The Sun
(Dem.):
The Hon. Levi Parsons Morton, govern
or Of the Empire State by 156, 900 plu-
rality, will have the votes of the New York
state delegation in the national Republic
an convention next year If he wants them.
The Hon. Thomas Henry Carter, chairman
Of the Republican national committee,
was at the Hoffman House along with tho
Hon. William j. Campbell, the Illinois
member Of the committee, and the Hon.
Sam Fessenden, the Connecticut member,
now speaker Of the legislature at Hart.
ford. All agreed that the national con-
Yention should be held in May next year,
earlier than usual, and naturally Mr. Car
ter and Mr.. Campbell favored Chicago as
the place. Mr.. Carter later on had talk
with General Harrison and will 90 to
Washington.
Governor Morton by no word to any OF
his Republican friends has ever intimated
that he has the slightest ambition concern
ing the nomination of his party for presi.
dent. He has been engaged in his duties
as governor of the state, and notwith-
standing the attitude of Mayor Strong
and the factionists who surround the
mayor Governor Norton in the estimation
of his friends has demonstrated that his
Republicanism goes far beyond peanut no.
tions. By the governors forbearance and
his regard for the future oS his party in
the state he has, in the differences of the
last few months, overcome largely the evi.
dent determination of Mayor Strong and
his friends to make things unpleasant
The Union League Opposition.
The Bliss Union league indictments
worked against Mr.. Morton at Saratoga
last September. They took this course
because Mr.. Platt was the swiftest Repub.
hoan in the state to discover the racing
quality Of Morton as a Republican oandi.
date for governor. Governor Morton, his
party leaders say has demonstrated since
his election that he is the representative OF
his whole party and has not failed TO rec.
ognize as governor the just and righteous
claims of even his adversaries, factional
and otherwise.
The authoritative announcement was
made to The Sun reporter that Governor
Morton will be the choice of his party in
the state before the Republican national
convention next year, and, moreover, the
Republicans OF the state will have no Sec
ond choice The vast majority of the New
York delegates will be for Morton, If he is
a candidate, first, last and all the time
Another interesting bit Of news came
out, and that was that certain eminent
Republicans in the south have written up
to New York Republicans declaring them
selves to be for Morton and wishing to be
put in communication with Morton g
friends. The governor is not aware of this
new chapter in the situation, but it is
nevertheless true.
All sorts of rubbish was put into cirou-
lation concerning the incident of the gov
ernor's rSA ,entary faintness on the grand
stand at .%Adison square. Stories of the
governors i'll health are likely to be spread
from now on. 1t will remain the fact that
the governor is hale and hearty, and his
friends said that nobody but the governor
himself can stop the New York state dele
CATION from waving the Morton gonfalon
in the next national Republican conven-
tion, the friends of Harrison and McKin-
ley hereabout notwithstanding.