The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
It Is Said a Cleveland Man
Will Be a Candidate for
Governor.
PLANS FOR THE BIG CAMPAIGN.
There Is Promise of Lively Contests
Among Delegates Elected by
Rival Candidates.

NEW YORK, n. Y, March Tt was
reported in Democratic circles last night
that the Democratic State Committee
would meet the first week in April and
call the Democratic State convention for
the election OF delegates to the
Democratic National convention for the
first or second week in May.
County Clerk Henry D. Purroy voiced
the pra ractically unanimous opinion of Tam
many when he said yesterday that in his
opinion the man for the Democrats to
nominate for the Presidency was William
c. Whitney. fMr. Whitney, said Mr..
Purroy, els the candidate of every sound
Democrat in the State, and his popularity
is as wide as the country. believe that
he would accept the nomination if it,were
the expressed wish of the convention, and
if he does accept it / sincerely believe that
he will be elected. l would not have said
this month ago, but now the chances of
the Democracy are improv ing every day,
and I believe that with such candidate
as Mr.. Whitney the result will be Demo-
cratic victory"
Some politicians want Roswell P. Flower
to become the nominee for Governor,
while others think the situation presents
an opportunity for Senator Hill to success
fully seek vindication.
An active Cleveland man from Erie
County said yesterday that he believed
union in the party was nearer of accom-
plishment than at any time for years.
His idea of it is that the Cleveland men
shall be given the candidate for Governor
and Tammany Hall the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, and that an agree
ment shall be entered into that if the
Democrats carry the Legislature by a large
enough majority next fall to elect United
State Senator, David B. Hill will be re-
elected without opposition.
The Tammany men speak well of the
candidacy of William R. Grace for the
gubernatorial nomination, and are also
favorably disposed toward Perry Belmont.
But the men the Tammany Senators and
Assemblymen in Albany most lean toward
is Daniel B. Lamont, if he can be prevailed
upon to run.
Republican Presidential boom managers
have made up their minds, in view OF
their experiences in Florida, Mississippi
and Texas, that the committee on Gre
dentials of the st. Louis convention will
virtually determine who the Republican
Presidential nominee shall be. 1t is fore
gone conclusion that there will be contests
in every State in the South, and the con-
troll of the credentials committee will be
the main point of issue in the organization
of the convention.
The same game, it is said, sill be played
that resulted in General Harrison's second
nomination and his defeat. The delega-
tion sent for Mckinley will be contested by
the Morton Allison Reed combination, and
whenever the combination claims regu-
larity the Ohio men will enter contests.
With this situation probable the predic-
tion is made by conservative politicians
that the st. Louis convention will not be
permanently organized in less than week
from the time it is convened.
Last night was great night for Walter
Damrosch. His opera, 1.-THE Scarlet Let
ter" was produced with scenery, cos
tunes and all accessories, including cast
of singers capable of interpreting the
difficult music well. Nine. Gadski was
especially successful, making a careful
earnestly studied and graceful delineation
of the heroine's role. Her costumes,
though simple, were exceedingly pictur-
esque. and were exquisite in their soft col
orings.
Damrosch was said by the Wagner So