The sun., 1896-09-16
POPOCRATS STILL AT SEA.
JOHN morn 7HACHER PERHAPS
ron GOVERNOR.

| dorHes the Acts OF tho Chicago Conven
| tion. bnt Passes Over the Chicpgo Pint-
form without n word-Two Kinds OF
nunco for Brynn-A New Mig Four OF
Youthful Dimensions. hut the Old Bin
-Four SIN the Dominating Power The
Gyrntions OF w. Henry Clay suiseF
BUFFALO, Sept. l5.-The Democratic State
| Committee, at it's meeting tonight, formally
| selected Senator Grady to be temporary Chair
man OF the Convention. All day long telo-
| grams have been sent to Senator Hill asking
| him TO change his determination and come here.
| II has been even suggested that the Convene
| tion rs o body should invite Senator Hill to
come to Buffalo, but Major Hinkley and John
| c. Sheohan and others who with Senator
| Hill at Albany last night declare that he will
| adhere to his resolution and remain away from
the Convention.
Tho Tammany delegation are to meet at
! 0:30 tomorrow morning to discuss candidates.
| Mr.. Sheehan said to-night that It was utter
| nonsense TO regard for a moment William
| Henry Clay SulZer as candidate either for
| Governor or Lieutenant-Governor.
Tho Brooklyn delegates are also to meet to-
morrow morning. They are favorable to the
| nomination OF Gen. Catlin for Lieutenant Gov
| ernor, but It Is ascertnined that Gen. Catlin
| himself does not want the nomination. Anthony
n. Brady Of Albany has arrived and has taken
| charge Of the Thacher boom for Governor.
Mr.. Brady is very friendly to MayorThacher.
and inasmuch as he Is the warm friend Of Sem
| ator Hill and Senator Murphy. he is looked
upon here as the representative of ths two
United States Senators.
Trouble broke out In the Brooklyn camp late
| tonight when the friends OF John Delmar de-
| cared that they would make war on Bernard J.
York for State Committeeman. The contest win
| be settled at tho meeting OF the Brooklyn dele.
cation In the morning.
| This Convention will be known henceforth
as the green goods Convention of the Demo-
| cratic party OF the State of New York. All
| the news and all the observations to-day
warrant the assertion that William j.
Bryan is to get the poorest kind OF eawduss
| and brown paper. That part OF the game is to
be carried out to the letter. IL is declared. Tho
| Hungry Joes OF the Democratic marty here.
| however may not be able to deliver the other
| cheap stuff they have brought along with them.
To illustrate these observations. II may DO
! announced that, although they are absent from
the scene this Convention is under the COM
plote domination OF Senator Hill, Senator
Murphy. Richard Croker, and Hugh Mo
Laughlin. the Democratic Big Four Of trS-
State. No State Convention in the last ten
years has been moro completely under their
control than this In order to preserve
| the regularity of the Democratic State machines
Bryan is to be endorsed. but not one OF the Big
| Four believes that he has the slightest chance
Of carrying New York State. They all openly
declare this to their friends. and they
know full we'll. and admit it that
| in the campaign that is 10 follow the adjourn
| ment OF this Convention Bryan and the State
! ticket will receive nc, support from the sound
money Democrats Of the State. They maintain
| therefore that II Is only empty honor that Is
| to be given to Bryan in this Convention. but ct
the same time they have preserved the regu-
larity of the machines and paved the way for
| their further usefulness In the State.
In the estimation of those fully acquainted
with the facts, the leaders OF the Democratic
State machine may be able to give the receptive
| Bryan gold brick. but they will not be able to
hood wink and bamboozle the sound money
| Democrats of the State OF New York. John C.
| SheehRn. the alleged leader of Tammany Hall.
| Is the bearer Of the second gold brick. He ar.
| rived tonight from Albany. where he had passed
a numbe- of hours with Senator HILL Mr. Shee-
| han brought with him q draft OF the platform
| which was discussed at Senator Hill's house last
| night, and this draft. while endorsing Bryan.
merely says in addition that the Convention rati-
hes the acts of the Chicago National Con nvention.
| This draft Of the platform slurs over the plat
| form of the Chicago Convention by merely rati-
flying the acts Of the Chicago Convention. 1t does
not into details at all. This draft prepared
| for no other purpose than to escape the wrath
| OF the sound money Democrats In case this Con-
vention should accept in ali its details the Chi
cago platform-free silver. income tax, Tepudia-
| tion. and the attack on the Supreme Court OF
| the United States. All those undemocratic doc
| trines CLOSED over In this draft which Mr..
| Sheehan has In his possession. 1t is a gold
| brick In that It is the object Of this
| draft to prevent the sound money Democrats.
| who are to assemble in the Brooklyn Academy
| OF Music on Sept. "a, from nominating a second
| State ticket, and also to prevent the nomina-
| tion of second candidates for Congress and for
| the Assembly. 1t is tho present intention to
| jam this platform through the Convention.
| This Is but another chapter In the cowardly
conduct OF the regular Democratic organiza-
| tion of the State. which includes 1ammany
| Hall and the Kings county Democracy. II 10
| not believed here that the sound-money Demo-
| Gratis will be bamboozled by this business. but
| that they will proceed at their Convention to
| nominate a second Democratic State ticket, and
| also afterward to nominate second candidates
| for Congress and the Assembly.
| 1t is certain In the estimation of those who
| have been through the State that the Demo-
| cratic voters will sec clearly through all OF the
| subterfuges OF this Convention. 1t Is true that
| new Big Four was organized here to-day for
the purpose OF seeing to it that Bryan was not
| only endorsed, but that the Chicago platform
was accepted IN all It's details.
| The Democrats OF the state must not laugh
| when the names OF this Big Four are printed.
| They are OK Senator Norton Chase and Internal
Revenue Collector Louis w. Pratt of Albany,
| Mayor Mcclure OF Syracuse. and Norman E
Mack of Buffalo. They are not regarded as
heavy weights, and at times to-day they be-
| lieved that they might be strengthened II they
brought TO their aid ex-CongressmRn II. IL.
Rock well OF Chemung.
| But Mr.. Rockwell cannot be said truthfully 70
| be member Of this new Big Four for the reason
| that Chase, Pratt, McGuire and Mack are ex-
| ceedingly jealous OF their sudden n"torlcty. 10
| is true that this new Big Four have met with
disastrous defeat all day long, and 1t may DO
| that they will be defeated In their efforts TO
| compel this Convention TO endorse the Chicago
platform in all its details instead Of accepting
| that sublerfuge con tenn plated by John c. Shee-