Evening journal., 1896-09-23
HILL IN AID Of THACHER
Defeats a Direct Vote For His
Withdrawal.
AN EXCITING POLITICAL FIGHT.

After Hot Session, the New York Demo-
cratic state cominittee Appoints a No
tihcation Committee to Notify the Gan |
didates and Report Back on Sept. 2s.
NEW YORK, Sept. 93.-Such conditions /
as confronted the Buffalo state Democratic /
committee when it met last evening have I
probably never existed in the political his |
tory of this state. The declaration Of John |
BOYD Ihacher the nominee for governor,
that he could not accept the entire ma
uonal platform; the assertion of Tam
lnany organization that unless no accepted |
the platform they would repudiate him;
the contrary assertion of the gold standard
men on the state committee that Mr.
Thacher S attitude would paoify the gold
standard men and gain moro votes for the
ticket, and, last but not least, the fact that
in an this complicated mess of state poll
tics Rational politics and tho Democratic
national ticket was involved made men
knit their brows and look serious last
night
The rumor of Senator Hill being a
proxy for Mr.. Chase was dispelled little
while after Mr. Hills arrival by the ap
pearance Of Mr.. Chase himself. IL was
then learned that Mr.. Hill was proxy for
State Committeeman Flanagan of UCica
and he answered to that district when the
roll was called. It was nearly O'Clock
when the committee got together, and the
first work done was the election Of a ma
tional committeeman to succeed William
+. Sheehan Frank Campbell of Bath was
chosen without opposition. The several
contests were taken up and after much
parleying Messrs Hinkley and Smith were
seated as committeeman in the Monroe
district tt was believed that the vote up
q on this contest would demonstrate just
what strength Mr. Hill could hold In the
committee when the fight against Thach-
er was preoipitated. The vote on the seat
:. ing of the Hill men was % for and 10
& against, and the silver men who intended
TO demand Thacher's resignation looked
glum.
The Letter Read.
& 1t was very nearly IL O'Clock when the
q fight over Mr.. Thacher was precipitated
3 by the reading Of his letter addressed to
Mr.. Danforth and defining his position.
y The reading Of the document was listened
& to very mtentively, and then John B.
Shea Of Tammany introduced a resolution
calling upon Mr. Thacher to resign his
nomination. In an instant there was a
81 tumult, a dozen members striving to speak
at once. The resolution was mild in
terms and merely recited the fact that
n Mr. Thachor, not being IN sympathy with
the platform, should not attempt to re-
81 main upon it as the candidate Mr.. Shea
made few remarks, saying that the dele
gates to the convention ct Buffalo had
been grossly deceived and that Mr.. Thaoh-
81 or could have given his views upon tho
financial question before the nomination
had he intended to be honest. "Why, "
said Shea, "he was telegraphed to and
written to by several people and declined
to answer at all. L don't call that honest
When Mr. Shea, who was proxy for and
represented Mr.. Purroy, had finished, SEN
ator Hill took the floor, and there was al
most a deathlike silence as the senator be-
gan to speak plainly and distinctly in fa-
vor Of tho retention Of Mr. Thacher upon
the ticket For 30 minutes he held the at
tmtion Of his auditors, skilfully avoiding
any reference to his views upon indorse-
ment Of the ticket or platform of the Chi
oago convention, but basing his whole ar
gument upon the ground that the oandi-
date for governor in the state this fall
should be a strong man upon state issues,
and that there was no need Of forcing ma
tional issues into the campaign.
"There is altogether too much Populism
in the platform. Every leader and every
man Of common sense in the party knows
this"
Senator Hill In all made six speeches.
There were a number of amendments pro-
posed TO Mr.. Shea's resolution. They were
all withdrawn, and the substitute offered
by Bernard J. Yorke Of Kings was adopt
ed by vote OF 46 to ?. The amendment
was as follows:
Resolved, That a committee of five be
f appointed by the chair TO notify the candi-
nation, and that such committee report
back to this committee at a meeting to be
held on Monday evening, Sept 2S, the re-
suit Of its action"
The following committee was appoint
ed; Yorke Of Kings. Grady Of New York,
Cotton Of Chemung, Molloy of Rensselaer,
and Beokwith Of the Thirty-third congress
sional district.
shea's Resolution.
Mr.. Thachor's letter proclaimed that he
would vote for the Chicago ticket, and
his only allusion TO national issues had
been his reiteration of belief in bimetal-
lism The great aim of the purity in the
state should be to keep intact the state or
ganization, now threatened with disrup-
ton. and 20 make national issues the
dominant features I'm the campaign would
mean violent disruption He was positive
that Mr.. Thaoher would be loyal to every
part of the state platform. Senator Thorn
as f. Grady replied to Senator Hill.
1t was asked that the resolution be put
to a vote, and it was read:
Resolved, That we hereby request Mr..
John Boyd Thacher to Withdraw from his
candidacy for the governorship in order
that the state committee may name one
in his place who is in entire accord with
the Democratic platform adopted at Chi.
cagO."
John L. Carlisle of Watertown and
Charles ~ Bulger tried to modify the reso
luton and aid the Hill movement, and be-
fore the vote was taken Senator Hill asked
leave TO speak again This time, evident
ly provoked by the opposition, he gave
some indication Of his sentiment on tn,
national ticket by saying:
"A man must not be condemned fol
disagreeing with the national platform
il has things in it that are in direct oppo