Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-22
TO WITHDRAW TEACHER,
The New York Democratic State Com
mittee Will Meet Tonight.

The New York Democratic State Com.
mfttee Will Meet Tonight.
John Boyd Thacher will, in all probable
ity. be withdrawn from the head of the
democratic state ticket, says the New
York Journal. The state committee will
meet tonight, and the expected result Is
the substitution of Wilbur F. Porter OF
WATERFOWL, the present candidate for lieu
tenant governor, in Mr.. TEACHERS place.
Tammany leaders at many informal con-
ferences yesterday decided to use every
effort to have Mr.. Thacher withdrawn.
The twelve state committeeman of New
York city agreed yesterday to demand the
withdrawal of Mr.. Thacher and to ask for
the naming of Wilbur F. Porter. They
did not decide whom they would urge for
the vacancy caused in the second place
but 1t Is understood the committee will be
free to select any pronounced advocate of
Bryan and the Chicago platform without
advice from Tammany.
Senator Grady's Feeling.
Senator Thomas F. Grady, who as tenn
porary chairman of the Buffalo convention
feels that Mr.. Thacher's letter places him
GRADY in an unfavorable light before the
democracy of the state, made this most
significant remark:
Il don't care to forecast political hap
penings, but l am free to say that If Mr.
TEACHERS letter had been published prior
to the convention he would not have been
nominated. All his friends from Albany,
who were his representatives at Buffalo,
declared he would stand on the Buffalo
platform. In my opinion Mr.. Thatcher is
now one of the weakest candidates we
could nane'
Senator Samuel ]. Foley said: II never
realized the strength of the silver senti-
ment in this city until Thacher's letter
was published"
Privately. Tammany leaders were vigor-
Gus in their denunciation of the course pur-
sued by Mr.. Thacher and his friends. They
said their great mistake was in putting
their trust in the protestations of the
Cleveland and Hill democrats of Albany
county, who were in Buffalo urging
TEACHERS nomination.
Tammnny Indignant.
1t is clear Tammany thinks 1t has been
tricked and is boiling with Indignation.
Norton Chase and Louis w. Pratt. col
lector the port of Albany, have rolled
up burden for themselves 1t would seem.
when 1 read John Boyd Thachers let
ter at my breakfast table this morning
was astonished beyond words" said Chair
man Elliot Danforth of the state commit
tee to a Journal reporter, last night. Il
had supposed, had all the delegates at
Buffalo, that Thatcher would support the
ticket and platform nominated at Chicago.
l was led to believe he was all right on
the money question, so far as silver was
concerned, and the first intimation con-
corning his present position came to me
in the form of an autograph letter written
on twenty pages of note paper"
Bryan Wants TEACHER Dropped.
Mr.. William J. Bryan wants to throw
up the fight in New York since the ap-
pearance of John Boyd Thatcher, repudiat-
Ing the silver plank. He wired Chairman
Jones of the democratic national commit
tee from Wilmington, Del, yesterday to
the effect that, owing to the letter issued
by Mr.. Thatcher, he did not think there
was any use in making campaign In the
empire state, and was in favor of letting
the state go by the board.
Thacher n Bimctallist.
Regarding the letter which he sent to
Elliot Danforth, chairman of the demo
cratic state committee, defining his posi-
ton on the platform 6 the democratic
state convention, Mr.. Thacher yesterday
said:
It's wrong to say that have declared
for gold. I did not declare for gold. There
Is vast difference. The indianapolis peo-
pie declared for gold. They are the people
who are Hopping. The Saratoga June con-
vention and myself favored bimetallsm."
'1nternational?" he was asked.
Yes. international bimetallism," he add
| ed. Il don't care four cents about being
elected governor. I want to be right IL
| this matter"