The sun., 1896-09-17

IN Jne house OF Representatives. In return no
is 70 be allowed TO be the permanent Chairman
AT one time to-day Frank campbell of steu-
pen did not believe that he wanted the place of
National Committeeman to succeed William +.
Sheehan. This was another complication, and
ply, at Elberon, asking him IL he would accept
the place Of National Committeeman. Senator
MURPHY wired the following despatch to Mr..
"Will not accept 1t. Your selection will be
ssahssfhaStory shash. to me- have telegraphed John c.
The little big four-NInck. Chase Norton, and
thStt.are thsx fnssing I about ana declarlnE that
morrow. Just what they, are to upset they
themselves do not seem to know. The Conyen-
ton 10 to endorse Bryan and the Chicago plat
form, and they all appear friendly to Mayor
Thacher's nomination; and so for the life of
upset. They have their man Rockw as per-
manent Chairman OF the Convention and II is
belieyed that this should be sufficient honors
John G: sheehan has face that is always
grim fashion. He had one Of those grim smiles
to-day when he told his friends that the man.
sSers ,SG Of the fve Tammany specials; which shot
ported TO him this morning.
The managers of these trains" said Mr..
sheehnn N to hi, friends. report that their trils
As for this Convention here. it Is the coolest and
All sorts of stories are aiioat late tonight as
to what may happen in the Convention to-mor-
ernor of this Convention. stand. on any but the
money Democrat. @ viii lp" nSminaie a 'nS aenddae
against him and bury him out OF sight. This
has has caused some hesitation in certain quarters,
put there fs as yet no warrant for changing tho
William Henry, Clay sulzer is hustlinE
William B. Kirk and Thomas Ryan Of Syracuse
Mr.. Kirk says he will have fifty or sixty votes
win have very many more than that. and Ryan
believes that he will eventually land as the
Sine. RdSwa7
lin Shevlin, Tony Barrett and Barney York OF
Convention have offered their support to him
for Lieutenant-Governor
It is said hero that Mayor Thacher himself is
hesitattng about taking the nomination for
Governor on n platform which endorses Bryan
and the Chicago platform in any way; It is the
tail tho friEhtrul features of that platform.
derstood the game that is being played here.
and they have sent word that they are not to be
prsns II til. ea' ot those familiar ia with sHf
the situation. II by sunrise tomorrow morning
the best %s. laid plans as to Thscher might se mp
viii occur. aud those on the inside say that only
tion for Governor. AS to the candidate for
Lieutenent.Gov nothing has yet been de-
Late to.nirh.. after the Sub, COMMITTEES on Re-
solutions reported the financial plank, a boom
Ju.tice Stephen L. Mavham Of schoharie.
o..a ShSary ,t after md4'Eht conference inf h was
esived that Mayor Thacher Of Albany desired
the nomination for Governor; and this cleared
The .snSton His friends said he would ACCEPT
were empowered to speak for him.
This was made mad i, a. The
that and that was to lassoo candidate for for
| runners out "in search for a Dutchman in
Monroe or Erie counties who would accept
man." Then the conference settled down to a
Kirk and Ryan Of syracuse. and as to whether
they could not be Dutchmen enough to &C, &C,
not care for the the nomination. and XIX
said he didn't either. II was ehaf1ing
pabep n Kn fsRos has sesn al
| decided to endorse Judge Vann for the Court Of
AHpeals; NORMAN Mack and o. other RI ButtHlO5ians
this question will give them the lone.sou Eht,io
opportunity to make believe they are influential
| The conference is bent on forcing the nomina-
tlon for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on ex-May"r
| to put his head in the moose: He says he wants
time to consider the proposition.
left in the lnrch. scouts were again sent out to
| hunt up a Monroe Erie county Dutchman.
of bed at his home. and told that be was the
"Dutchman" to accept the nomination for
Leutenant-Governor.
! Mr.. Shire Is known here as Nose" and he
| did not know what to make OF being pulled out
| of bed at O'Clock at night and told that he was
| the Dutchman" to accept the nomination of
this Convention for I.ieptenant-Governor. He
| rubbed his eyes over the proposition to make
| him famoue. but his Dutch" sense came to his
rescue, and he said lie wanted until the morn
| ing to give his answer.
So Kirk the Syracuse Dutchman." and
Nose" Shire. the Buffalo Dutchman." are
| to decide before breakfast time IN tho morning
whether they will be laasoed. Either one can
| have the job. but the powers seem to favor
Kirk. the Syracuse Dutchman." He is as
| much OF Dutchman as rail fence Is loco
| motive.