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HILL WILL STAY AWAY.
THE SENATOR ,;OT TO ATTEND ib
BUFFALO CONVENTION.
WILLIAM +. sHEEHAN's LETTER-oTHsR PRoA@
NENr DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO FOLIO"
THE FREE-srLvER Fr.AG-coN-
VENTION GOSSIP.
VENTION GOSSIP.
by TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBuNE.l

ALBANY
had not taken his departure for Buffalo or LOT
any point of the confused Democratic compass
and furthermore. that he had at last said Win
some degree OF frankness. Il do not thhh "''
go to Buffalo" .s.,,
T, cor no said authoritatively that yesterday
no said no would not attend the Convention To-
dav no undoubtedly is in the same mood Inc
Democratic leaders in Buffalo are much dlsmaSeo
h,, this indirect attack made on the state CON-
ventjon in advance ty Senator HILL lni"re"-
tally he repudates it's intended policy OF app'oF-
ing the platform favoring the free coinage u
silver adopted at Chicago in July py the De'"0
cratic National Convention. lie also py "'""
tion refuses to join in the Convention propo'eu
Endorsement of Bryan and Sewall as cand'oa'es
Of the Democratic party for President ana VICE
President
W. F. sHEEHAN's LETTER.
Senator Hill is not the only other eminent DEM
ocrat who prefers to remain away from TINS Coh-
vention william f. Sheehan is another. In the
letter he has given out for publication to-day in
which he declares that If the State Convention
approves OF the Chicago platform he VIII resign
his position as the NewYork member or the
Derocrati: National Committee, Mr.. Sheehan
shows. what every acute politician perceives tnat
this State Convention with practical unanimity
intends to adopt the free-conage platform cra"h
up at Chicago. knowing this fact he threatens
TO resign If il takes this action. lie also Is a"ae
that what he says will not be Needed. Practica'-
w. therefore Mr. Sheehan has resigned his place
as q member of the Democratic National
Committee. Senator Hill and William F. Shee-
han thus are practically as hostile to this silver
convention as are Daniel S. Lamont. Roswell +.
Flower Charles 5. Fairchild. Edward NJ Shep-
ard Charles Tracey and Wilson 5. Bissel oniy
the gentlemen named-Lamont, Flower. Fair
child Shepard and Bssell-are supporting Pal
mer and Buckner. Messrs. Hill and Sneehan
have not yet reached that goal
The increasing weakness of the Democratic
party owing to these desertions is plainly evil
dent in the scanty interest thus far shown in
the Democratic state Convention. which Is TO
meet here on Wednesday. Up to 10 o'clock to-
night not a delegate to gbn Convention or Demo-
cratic politician living in any other part OF the
State had arrived in Buffalo. ordinarily. win
such short interval remaining between to-day
and the Convention. the hotels OF Buffalo would
be crowded with influential Democrats. Not
only is the unpopularity of the cause of silver
indicated by this lack Of interest in the Con-
vention but the hOpeessness OF the leaders
who remain within the party machine as 10 any
possibility of carrying the State is clearly re-
the State of Nev-g York to thu ruinous policy OF
approving the free coinage Of silver at ratio
of Ii to /? Only Senator Edward Murphy jr..
the discredited leader of T,mmany Hall. Hugh
McIaughlin of Brooklyn, and Norman f. Mack
and a few other Democrats Of Buffalo. James
w Hinkley. of Poughkeepsie. only comes here
for the purpose Of resgnng his place as chair
man of the Democratic State Committee.
,,,Dr. nr,crC>.rrnNc
Meanwhile the designations from the follow
ing of the Democratic machine continue to be
announced Yesterday John Cunneen, the for
mer law partner Of William +. Sheehan. an
nounced that he would not be candidate Tor
reelection a member of the Democratic State
Committee Tonight his example has been fol-
lowed by f. q. s Miller and Joseph Sohattner.
two other members Of the Democratic State
Committee. who bve here William Schattner.
in statement made tonight as to the cause
of his declining further to be member Of the
Democratic State Committee, says:
II have not declared myself for gold or silver
up to this time because / thought it best for
the interests Of the Democratic party 10 wait
and see what the State Convention would do
about the currency question. The State Con-
vention. which met at Saratoga on June ~, un-
der the auspices Of the United Democracy.
adopted a gold platform, and for that reason 1
deemed it advisable to wait, hoping that the
state Convention to meet here on the 10Th inst.
would find some means whereby the Democratic
party might unite upon candidate for Cow
ernor and elect him. But. in view Of the out
look have decided to withdraw a candidate
for State Committeeman and shall not seek q
reelection
T. c. s Miller gave similar reasons. Mr.
of their German constituents, and they know
that they are Sound Money Democrats The
committal of the Democratic party to the policy
of adopting a debased coinage they know will
lose the Democratic party thousands OF votes
in Erie County. Being aware of this fact. they
decline to have anything to do officially with
such party.
w. Caryl Ely, who has represented in the
Democratic State Committee a district just
outside Erie County. has also announced that
he declines reelection. Mr. Ely is another
Sound Money Democrat.
SOUND MONEY MEN ORGANIZING.
Meanwhile the Sound Money Democrats of
Erie County have appointed a committee of fifty
to manage the campaign of Palmer and Buck
ner in the county. The head OF the organza-
ton is ex-Mayor Charles +. Bishop. To-day
he appointed the following Campaign Commit
tee of fifty prominent Sound Money Democrats:
Wilson 5 Bssell, Joseph V. Seaver. Matthias
Rohr. John NJ. Brinker. Charles w Goodyear.
Henry Smith. William Hengerer Charles a.
Sweet. G. f. Zeer c. IL. Utley. William n.
Smith, John a. Weyand. A. r. Kerr. Richard IL.
Hoyt, James Mooney. A. ID. Bisse. Frank j.
Trautman. John @. Milburn. 7. l.. Bunting,
Frank Thorn. George IL. Lewis. Il. q. Riesterer.
Dr. Ernest Wende. George Bleistein, John Feist.
Charles w Miller. John Irlbacker Louis ID.
Votz Jacob Dilcher General George ;. Field,
Thomas King Anthony Neupert, John =.