New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
FARCE COMEDY IN SARATOGA
,,rr oPMENT OF THE MACHINEMADE
p1.ATT BOOM FOR GOVERNOR

rAnrDD IN THE SOUTHERN TIER AND WORKED
,,xrs MADE FAMILIAR BY HII.L-Now
THE "IRREsIsTIBLE DEMAND APPEARS
prArr AND W,TdERBEE THE
LATEST" TICKET TALKED OF.
r.v TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
.,,opa. Aug 2i-Apparently Mr.. P'a'' IN
nominate himself for Governor fosse's
"" majority In the Republican STATE Oon'e"
'e No sees no good reason, see"hhsN' WY
,as W.. r Piatt should not be honoreu WIN '"e
,,..,cn for the great office named ANU "''
',,.,.ors anplaud his choice. II MT fla'' au'"o'
-. tho use OF his name before the No"Ne"''0',
yes ,ts l. Pawn and other intimate political
I-,ards OF Mr.. Plau say to-hlsh' "e "ou'u az
-, nomination for Governor. there Will be
- ether candidate for the POSITION 10 al p'eSen'
narance. before the convention AS james a.
Roberts OF Buffalo one VI '"e
Governor. said to Mr.. Platt;
r. ,.ou are a candidate for Governor snail not
-, .,,o ,,se ~, nv name. for do not wish to be
-, 49,. o,ar hv a polltical Juggernaut You have
.v,,o;ori,v of the convention in your possession
'"N ,.or q, ,vould be useless to resist
.,.,,, No observed that Mr.. Roberts did not say
,,a u,,tb6raw in Mr.. Platts favor, but mere
q
=, .no, herg certain of defeat. he did not care to
invite vote on the question
cao-ga ". Aldrdge and Hamilton FISH SAID
,.os,.rdav that they would gladly retire IN MT
p,o,,.s favor" "Undoubtedly." said Mr. Payn'
.,h.,r word holds good to-day as well as yester-
day."
No attention has been paid to Mr.. Fish and Mr.
AIdridge as candidates. since 1t was announced
by those who attended a conference of Mr. flat'
cIose followers this afternoon that he would be
nominated tomorrow. and that he would accept
the nomination. Timothy +. Ellsworth has not
been regarded as a candidate, since letter was
printed from him advocating Mr.. Platts nomlna-
tion for Governor
Lieutenant Governor Saxton assumed the same
position as Controller Roberts. and said he should
not face certain defeat a candidate for Gov
ernor against Mr.. Plat. and therefore should not
permit the Of his name if MI Platt should be
@ candidate.
James W. Wadsworth said: Il should have
a large support if Mr.. Platt should not come
before the convention as candidate. but |
consider that he is now a candidate and is
certain OF nomination. I therefore shall not
permit the of my name a candidate"
Archie f. Baxter said he should have the sup
fort of fifteen counties II Mr.. Platt should not
be candidate. but he believed that Mr.. Platt
would he nominated by acclamation. and. there
fore. he would not he candidate. John
Palmer. IL was announced. would not be a can
didate II Mr.. Platt should be candidate.
Mr.. Platt thus. apparently, will have op
position tomorrow IL he authorizes the pres
entation Of his name candidate for Gov
ernor
FOR SECOND PLACE ON THE TICKET.
7 of-C,n
he's not yet been revealed The friends Of
Timothy l. Woodruff of Brooklyn. are seeking
the norninatlon for him. and Senator Strana-
han. Of Fulton. OsvegO County. and ex-Sena-
tor Titus Sheard Of Herkiper County are can
didates There is talk. also. Of nominating
Northumberland Saxton. If he will accept
a denomination or John y. Scltcherd. OF Buff
fao
Judge Irving G. Vann. Of Syracuse will be
renominated for Judge Of the Court of Appeals
by acolamation having no opponent
Mr.. Platt reserves his final decision upon his
own candidacy until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Some politicians think that possibly. then. hav-
ing secured tho advertisement Of seemingly
unanimous desire by the Republican State CON
vention, that he shall be candidate for Gov
ernor. he will suddenly spring some new can
didate for Governor upon the convention and
decline the nomination himself. But the gen
eral belief tonight is that he will take the
nomination himself
He would hardly humiliate all the candidates
by forcing them TO withdraw he has done"
said one Of the candidates tonight. "and then
say to them. after he had them humbed, that
he graciously authorized them once to
become candidates"
Experienced politicians say that II Mr.. Plat
takes II. his campaign lor ne domination Of
Governor will bear a curious likeness to that Of
David B. Hill when he vas a candidate - that
office in 1894. Mr. Hill became a cand date. as Is
now known some six months before the Demo-
cratic State Convention was held He then
gathered within his control most Of the dee
gates TO the convention. AS the zine for the
meeting Of the convention approached. he
brought out two three weak candidates for
the nomination and jumped them about before
the eyes Of the delegates. One after the other
Of these candidates were retired or reduced in
strength. and finally there a spontaneous
demand" that Mr.. Hill should accept the nom
nation He resisted: he did not desire the NOM
nation; II would be areat sacrifice to accept
II. and then. finally, the convention was STAN
peded" for him and ne "unwillingly' accepted
the nominaton-and was beaten 10000 votes
GATHERED THE DELEGATES AS HILL DID
MI fldtts campaign has had similar ledt-
Ores and they will be recalled Z he directs his
Followers to nominate MIN for Governor to-mor-
row AS in the OF Mr.. Hill. he gath
cred the control Of two-thirds OF the delegates
10 the State Convention Moreover. he has per
mitted some weak Organization candidates" TO
prance about in the political field OF the state
And now pressure is being pu; upon him
70 accept the nomination. pathetic pict-
ure was drawn this afternoon 70 The Trlb-
une correspondent. of Mr.. Plat haSsaid
and bent with anxiety ever the terrible trial
OF standing up against his partys appeal TO
him 10 come forward and rescue i. py accept
ing the nomination for Governor The Irib-
une's representati had The curiosity 20 go over