The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-16
HILL YET At THE HELM.
Netc To1'h Democrats to BE Asked to Pat
THROUGH His Slate.

THROUGH His Slate.
BUFFALO. n. Y, Sept. 15.-Free silver
will dominate the Democratic Convention
tomorrow. Candidates, State issues and
ali other questions will be relegated to
second place. The platform will deter
mine the ticket. The extreme Silverites
hope to out Chicago the Chicago platform
and thus prevent the nomination of a
conservative Democrat for Governor.
This will be offered by the leaders, who
desire above all things to prevent split
and the nomination of a second State
Democratic ticket. Chief among those
leaders is Senator Hill, who will not be
here, but whose influence will be felt. All
talk of the abandonment of the party to
its fate by the senior Senator is nonsense.
He has active lieutenants, on the field,
and the Iong-distance telephone is part OF
the State machine. Whether Senator Hill
and the old leaders can control the con-
yention or not is a question that the con-
yention will determine. A slate has been
made, and If it is put through 1t Will be
plainly apparent that Senator Hill is still
at the helm. Here Is the slate:
For Governor. John Boyd Thatcher OF
Albany; for Lieutenant-Governor, Gen.
eral Isaac Catlin of Kings; for Judge of
the Court of Appeals, Irving G. Want OF
Onondagua; for chairman OF the State
Com mittee, Elliott Danforth; for member
OF the National Committee. Frank Camp
bell; Tor temporary chairman OF the con-
vention, Thomas f. Grady OF New York;
for permanent chairman, ex-Congressman
ii. II. Rockwell of Chemung.
The platform, which has been shown to
Senator Hill and approved by MIN in Its
references to State issues, and by Chair
man James K. Jones of the Democratic
Nnflnnol IN re nd m
National questions, will indorse Bryan
and Sewali, declare for free and unlimited
coinage OF silver, denounce trusts and cor
porations, condemn bond issues in time
of peace. and denounce the Raines law,
The last Republican Legislature and Re
publican extravagance in general. If this
platform can be put through and Thatcher
and Catln nominated it is believed that
the party can be held together and the
placing OF a ticket in the field by the
ship" Democracy prevented.
II, however, the extreme silver men sue
coed In their avowed programme of in
dorsing every plank of the Chicago plat
form, including that referring to the in
come tax, more pronounced silver man
than Thatcher will be nominated and the
Shepherd Democrats will be challenged
to run an opposition ticket,
The friends of William Sulzer and other
extreme advocates of the Chicago plat
are bending all energies to mplish this
result. A platform representing their
views has been prepared by their friends
and a strong effort TO force its adoption
will be made Should they succeed, the
slate will go to smash and the field will be
open for all other candidates.
If the machine wins the name of Gen.
eral Isaac Catlin for L.eutenant-G overnnr
may be replaced by that of Edward NJ.
Grout or some other Kings County man.
1t is generally conceded that Kings Coun-
~ is TO have the second place. There is
still plenty of talk of James w. Ridge
way. Ex-senator Charles P. McClelland
of Westminster is out of the race and de-
clares that he never was candidate.
Elliott Danforth was elected a mem Der
of the State Com mittee from the Twenty
sixth District to-day and will be selected
as chairman of the committee 10 succeed
B. w. Hinckley, who will resign after per-
forming his DUTY of calling the conven-
ton 10 order.
1t was decided this evening that ex-
Congressman Hosea II. Rockwell, an orig
inal silver man, who voted for silver in
Congress two years ago, should be perma-
nent chairman.
The State committee met this evening,
mapped out by the leaders.
There were conferences late tonight, at
which most OF the influential men here
were present and the work of the conven-
ton was blocked out, but no man can say
to- night whether the convention will fol-
low the orders of The leaders or run itself