New-York tribune., 1896-10-19
GRIFFIN AND PORTER TALK.
-ur GOLD CANDIDATE PREDICTS A
CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR POPOCRACY.

YORK HE sAYs-THE FREES SILVER CANDI-
pArE FOR GOVERNOR DOES NOT IN
poRsE ALL THE PLANKs OF
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
,,sou TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE.l J
ua,ertown ~ Y, Oct 1S.-The division of the
,uocratic party in the State and Nation into
.o Intensely hostile fsctiOns is emphasized in
,.xsrson County by the residence in Watertown
=. tho two Democratic candidates for Governor,
,onaI q Griffin. gold Democrat and Wilbur +.
p,,,er silver Democrat. who while personally
..ordly toward each other, are. so far as po-
v,,cal relations CO. animated by deadly enmity
There can he no compromise by these two men
=, their political differences, nor OF the differ
..s NJ the factions which they represent. They
mon of firm will. resolute to express their
..,,,c,,ons and keenly desirous Of winning over
=. ,,er support a majority of the Democratic
....srs Of the State. Not only do they give
.o..r Of the present division Of the Democratic
80 In this state but they are also Indicators
:. ascension which will not end until one
tho other faction is politically annihiia'ed al
A.. ro,Is Future years of dissension are thus
.a.or,.d in their persons as we'll as the pres
ent gigantic quarrel
WHAT MR. PORTER REPREsENls'
a.. porter may be considered as the represen-
..uye or the wing of the Democratic part! III
.,,s State controlled by Senator Eo"aru MUIR
,hv r.. of Troy 1t is a faction coihpoSeu hia'''-
=. ~ CITY Democrats-the shoIt-halreo' low
,oued pugilistic element that runs 'he De'iio-
s,,. machine IN the cities ot the state Mr..
ror.er has been five times Mayor or Water'o"h'
"a q "a with no dsrespect to NM 'ha' 'he
-,,,ament Is made that each time ne mas hau
~, sunnort from "the boys or the Deihocra''c
,ortv the saloonkeepers, and the VOTERS WIN
nrde themselves on the fact that ho"soeNei u''-
,snutabe a list Of candidates might be nomi-
mated by the Democratic party. they nave al
~av. voted the straight Democratic ticket.
Naturally this element OF city Democrats ieu py
,ohn c. Sheehan and Henry u. Purroy, IN New
York. Hugh Mclaughlin in Brooklyn norman
r Waov &, Bufralo. and Edward Murphy, jr. in
rrov decided without any qualms TO support
",,o regular ticket" nominated by the Demo-
.-o,,c National Convention Mr.. Murphy had
associated at Washington with the silver Sena-
49,. .na CAV no reason why the free coinage
~, the silver dollar at ratio Of 16 to should not
bemade cardinal principle Of the Democrats Of
New-York
Mr. GRIFFIN'S CONSTITUENCY.
Daniel G. Griffin represents on the other hand.
not only all the factions of he Democratic party
ukc the SHEPARD Democrats of Brooklyn and the
County Democracy Of New-York, which have
bean excluded from recent Democratic State
conventions but also large and influential
hoav Of wealthy and cultivated Democrats who
have revol;ed against the Democratic National
platform in favor of repudation All the Demo-
cratic business men Of the State may be said TO
he backing Mr. Griffin IN his attacks upon the
Ma
Mckinley under his Inspiration. And 90 per
cent Of them viii also for Frank :. Black
the Republican candidate for Governor They
aim to administer a crushing defeat not
only TO William J. Bryan. bat also to Wilbur F.
Porter for they wish utterly 10 dscredit the
Murphy Democratic machine with the voters Of
the State. and upon its ruins create a new or
ganization Of the Democratic party. The lead
ing Cleveland men-Wiam G. Whitney Daniel
Lamont Wilson 5. Bissell Wheeler II. Peck
ham, Franklin d. Locke. Charles s. Fairchild
and Jonn G. Grifin-are therefore assisting with
all their power the National Democratic party 8
candidates. Griffin, Hnrichs and Clinton, the
god-standard men
CHAT WITH Mr.. GRIFFIN
Mr. Griffin and Mr.. Porter have law Offices here
within block OF each other in the central part
soldiers monument and beautiful fountain.
Mr Griffin has just returned from Rochester,
where he made god-standard speech on Tues
Gay night. He was busy at his law Office yester-
DAY when visited by Tribune correspondent.
In reply TO various inquiries he said:
In my judgment the gold-standard Democrats
are actually in the majority in this State.
base that opinion upon what have heard while
making an extensive tour about the State, and
also upon large number Of letters which have
received II therefore follows that the present
democratic machine utterly misrcprcsents the
democratic voters of the State. Senator Hill made
great political mistakea mistake | think
winch within three months he will recognize
"hen. on returning from the Democratic Ma
uona Convention. he did not have the Demo
cratic State Convention held at once and the
Bryan and Sewall ticket and platform repud
ated But he delayed coming to decision and
IN the mean time there drift toward in
oorsng the Chicago ticket and finally the Chi
easo platform was formally adopted.
But the heart Of the Democratic party II
'hls State is absolutely unsympathetic towart
Inc Chicago population platform. thinl
within the last thirty days thousands OF Demo
eras who were disposed, under the argumen
OF supporting a regular ticket. to vote 70
Bryan and Sewa have had their eyes opcne.
10 the downright dishonesty Of the Chlcag
platform. and have come to the decision TO vot
against Bryan and Sewall. The drift in tn
cities Of the State against Bryan and Sewal
Tremendous. NewYork is the greatest Nc
Kinley city In the Nation and Brooklyn Buf
falo and Rochester Democrats also have re
pudiated the Reputation platform"
What majority do you think. Mr.. Griffin, tina
Mckinley will have in this State?'
AT LEAST 10000 MAJORITY
AT least 10000 and l should not be sui
prised at 100000. In fact the votes are pilin
hehi ind fast In "A ha no M