New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
GATHERING AT SYRACUSE.
.o,n DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN CON
VENTION TO-DAY.
,r,reA71oNS OF THE LEADING MEN OK THE
PARTY IN THIS STATE PRESENT
THE PROGRAMME
rsr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNEl

,.prY IN THIS STATE PRESENT
THE PROGRAMME
INV TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNEl
,,se Aug 30-The gold Democrats OF
e,.,s as represented by delegates. began
IL" ".n,ne here tonight for the purpose Of
s~.,ur repudiatng Bryan and Sewall and Of
,,,sa State Convention tomorrow. At this
n.",, convention delegates will be elected TO
-. national Convention Of the National Dem
cratic party. TO he held at Indianapolis on
usdnesday next. From present indications. a
.o,d electoral ticket will a'so be nominated at
.mo-row's Convention here. al thus the reg
,lsr" Democracy of the State who apparently
,r,end TO nominate silver electors favorable
o. Brvan and Sewall at their State Convention
.o he held at Buffalo on September l6. will be
challenged 10 a contest representatives of the
Democratic party of the State. The delegates
uho will arrive here tomorrow will represent
q large and influential body OF men. That is
anparent when 1t is known that Roswell p.
Flower. Ex-Governor of the state. and Charles
s Fairchild, ex-Secretary Of .he Treasury. Will
take part in its deliberations. Mr. Flower and
Mr. Fairchid have sent word here that they
rll arrive tomorrow morning Perry Belmont,
who at one time sought the Democratic romi-
nation for Governor. but now emphaticay de
~,
few moments tonight and consulted with such
Of his friends as are In attendance at the Con
vention. He expressed his hearty support in
advance Of whatever nigh: he done a the Con-
vention. and said that he regretted an engage
,nent in Indianapolis precluded his remaining
here and taking part in the deliberations Of the
Convention Mr. Belmont will probably be
elected one OF the delegates-at-large or alter
hates to the indianapolis Convention from this
Convention
METROPOLITAN DELEGATIONS
A big delegation of 100 persons. repre-
tenting the County Democracy Of New-York.
arrived here from New-York tonight. and
another big delegation of 100 persons from
Brooklyn. representing the Shepard reform or
sanization Of that city. The most prominent
Democrats from New-York were Maurice j..
Power. Shipping Commissioner: Wallace Mac
farland United States District-Attorney; Rob
ert Grier Monroe. W. F. Grote, Coroner Hoeber
Alfred Bishop Mason Edward Crosse and
Charles r. Miller. 1t said that w. Bourke
Cochran did not intend 10 attend the Indianapo-
lis Convention although sympa thiZing with its
objects Corporation Counsel Fra, els NJ. Scott
of New-York will be here tomorrow morning
John r Fellows. District-AttOrney, of the
delegates TO thie Convention, it was reported
New-York Roswell p. Flower arrived from
Watertown tonight with Daniel G. Griffin. for
mer charmen of the Executive Committee of
the Democratic State Committee
The Brooklyn delegation which arrived had
among its members Edward VI. Shepard Charles
J. Edwards, George Foster Peabody NJ. j. Orr.
Jacob s. Van Wyck. w. V. p Bennett. Theodore
s Nye, Thomas Z. Kenna and James Stanton.
From Albany there came ex-Congressnan
Charles Tracey. member Of the National Com
rr.ttec o' the Nati0nal DeIno'fatt- parry JdHrs
W. Eaton. ex-District-AttOrney; Henry A. Peck
ham. son Of Judge Rufus w. Peckham Of the
United States Supreme Court: Simeon HOlroYd,
David McCredie. Edward F. Hackett. r. w.
johnston Hubert L. Pearsa J. A. Mcmahon
and Henry Q. Stats There will be large
delegation from Buffalo here tomorrow morn
ing headed by John G. Milburn and Franklin
3. Locke. Henry G. Richmond, Of Buffalo. ar
!ived here tonight.
a delegate who is having considerable infu-
tnce is Horatio c. King Of Brooklyn the Demo
cratic candidate for Secretary Of State in 1850
end therefore the man who headed the Demo
cratic ticket Year ago.
FROM CENTRAL NEW-YORK
The Syracuse Democrats are heartily sustain
3ng the movement of the gold Democrats.
Among their delegates are William A. Beach,
Collector Of Internal Revenue: John w Yale ".
II. II. Warner. r G. Meacham and Paul r.
Brady. Another distinguished Democrat who
Is delegate to this Convention and IS already
here is ex-senator John J. Linson of Kings
stOn
There a good many caucuses held to-
night to what should he done tomorrow.
Some favored putting UP electoral ticket
now, and others opposed il. Mr.. Richmond of
Buffalo. thought that no electoral ticket should
he nominated until ii was seen whether or not
the Democrats at the Buffalo Convention in
dorsed Bryan and Sewall and nominated sill er
electors
Ex- Congressman Tracey. of Albany. said. Il
do not see why we should not nominate an
electoral ticket composed Of gold Democrats.
No doubts that the regular Democrats at
their Convention to be held at Buffalo on Sep
temher l6 will indOrse Bryan and Sewall and
approve of the platform upon which they stand.
We. therefore. ought at once to put a gold
electoral ticket before the people of this State
GOLD ELECTORAL TICKET
The general opinion late tonight was that
morrow The Convention will elect seventy-two
delegates "a the National Democratic Conven-
tion 10 be held al indianapolis on Wednesday.
The four men who will probably be elected as
delegates-at-arge are Roswell p Flower of
Watertown; Edward NJ Shepard OF Brooklyn;
George Magee. Of Watkins. and Abram 5.
Hewitt Of New-YOrk. If Mr. Hewitt cannot
70 70 indianapolis TIN agreement Is that Perry
belmont shall act his alternate. gold
democratic State Committee Will be elected 1t
nominate gold Democratic State ticket. The
proceedings of the regulars at Buffalo on Sep
tenbef III will be awaited in this respect. If
they nominate State candidates on a silver plat
ioIm gold Democratic State ticket will be
nominated
DEPARTURE OF DELEGATES