New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
THE THIRD TICKET TALK.
.possIBLE ACTION OF THE pEMoCfAii'
REFORM PARTY

.lf3i .,,rr>,rxr LIKELY ON STATE OFFICERS
tt1e ,,os,,,ox or EX-GOVERNOR FLOWER
- s..,,o,, of the sound-money Democrats repre-
-.oa hy tho Democratic Party REFORM vi
49, whose state Committee met AT '"e ,a
S~uh on wednesday evening. ana 'n'e" rossod
~. Chicago platform and ticket anu o,,,d
ths,r sympathy with the movement VI .,od Wv In
,,oney Democrats at Chicago "" ~ third
soms quarters yesterday as sN'ne W 40 Do,no
eo,,'e a,oc, all .he weight which the z''V- D'',O ~
a.. ,,ho voted for Everett p Wheeler III .'
ro,,,,a n,ace on that side OF the q"es''o'' o.,
grexsnaan John De Witt Warner, VINO - Sa,araav
,aders of the third ticket schefne' sa'u ,
that none of the members Oh u' .n, stata IN
,sn,r,ad at the meeting to represent 'n's o'se , 80
$500 conference had gone on there cNc'p'
s. ..,,r w Hinrichs of Brooklyn put MI
Mar tboueht that the action taken OH ~ .atao,
,,cht on the third ticket question gave 'e 80,
- ,,,nc.u. as strong almost as II 'he "''o -
,,on Rad taken their places in the "es'e'" ''
ence. .. ,hosen IN head the
..,..s. was passing through Chicago from 'he
p.c,sc Coast yesterday when hs heaiu % man
,,o,n,ment by the Democratic faE'', Heo e,.
s.,,on He refused to stop, however s"'''e ~
y. hrcv nothing about the conference anu VIC.
he was going home as fast as 'rsin ,..--.oon w.
IN, xy-,sclsr marty Of 1894 have their minus Oh
-. an ,nportant part In the nomination OF
,n,r, ticket They are getting ready 70 hoiu 'e
convention, which will name fun SET oi De'o
e-a.,c electors and send representatives 10 ''e p'
r,osed Democratic National Convention 10 P."0'
IN the field a candidate for president anu '"
president on q sound money platform 1t Is oeAeVeo
a,so that they intended to name ticket lor o'a'e
o%rc.r, including candidates for Governor anu
YIeutena Mt Governor. The Democratic heior'"
Party Organization, having polled over @'o~ votes
for wheeler in 1894, claims the right to put up lu
Stair ticket electors and all, and nave lts ho"'i,
t,on. printed on the official ballot. Under the
amended Raines Ballot law II would seem 'ha'
these Democrats are entitled to do THIS. haNhs
shou-n at ength in the State exceeding 2oo voters
Tnsir party emblem is full-rgged ship and unoer
mi. as their electoral device their whole ticker can
be printed -,
Ex-Governor Flower, who has been ADVISING
sra,nst a third ticket, yesterday announced MS
conversion TO this plan. He gave as reason 'ha''
IN his judgment II the best way to prevent
larve number OF Democrats who could not be
brought TO vote the Republican ticket from casths
thesr votes for Bryan. Mr.. Flower said that ths
argument had especial weight in some OF the south-
eru States In New-York and the Eastern states
generally he thought it would make no difference
N the result as they would go for Mckinley by an
immense majority, anyway
% I, was intimated last evening that the third
ticket supporters represented by the Wheeler OF
Democratic Party Reform ORGANIZATION. might
the state ticket tnat t'e Tesuidi i''""-
cratic State Convention, to meet at saratoga IN
September will nominate. They would be more
likely to do this II said IL the State Conven-
aticn. which Mr.. Hill and his friends will con-
troll shall adhere to sound-money principles. while
IN a perfunctory way accepting Bryan. The effect
o. this would be to unite all sorts Of Democrats
on one State ticket. while dividing them on the
electoral ticket.
This mooted scheme OF Democrats union on
State officers ard possibly upon ali candidates for
lcca. oficers throughout the State was by some
Democrats referred to the possible explanation
o, Ex-Governor Flowers change Of front on the
third ticket question IT also taken by some
70 throw light on the statement given out by Will
lam c. whitney las. evening. Politicians who heard
of fs,e criticisms which Mr.. Whitney suddenly
sprung upon the public. accusing the Republican
candidates and leaders OF lack Of patriotism in
Rreaf crisis expressed great surprise at the utter
2nCe.
. Republicans who saw the interview were inclined
to call in question the accuracy OF Mr.. WhitEeys
assertions in saying that the Republican candidate
for the Presidency had failed 10 rise to the i'm
press and leaders insisted In putting the free-silver
Onthueiasts and the sound money Democrats in one
class and denouncing all together under the name
Of Democracy" Nothing. II was said on all sides.
cop.i be further from the facts. Major McKinley's
ringing appeals to sound-money Democrats to come
to the rescue OF the National honor and the praise
or the Republican press for Sound-mOnev Democrats
who had boted the Bryan platform and ticket were
held to be a sufficient answer to Mr.. Whitneys re-
marks