The sun., 1896-09-23
HILL FIGHTS FOR TEACHER
DErEA1S a DIRECT VoTE FOR MS
WITHDRAWAL,

Gently on the rickctir II Cnn-uiu Had
sMot rnce-to.fnce Battle with Tammany
and Dcaounced the Silver Lunaey
Senator llill came down from Albany las,
night to attend one Of the most exciting meet.
ipvs the Democratic Popocratic-Stat
Committee has held in many years. The meet.
ing was made important by John B. Thachcr's
letter u chairman Elliot Dnnforth, an.
nouncng that he would not stand on the Buffalo
piatform.
Senator lIi. up in Albany. knew that storm
vns at hand aud that he must come to New
YORK Chairman Danforth was at the Hotel
Normand,c to greet him, while John c. Shee-
han rcmnlr rl at the Hoffman House. where the
Democratic state Committee was to meet. He
told all present that when he stopped in Albany
10 see Senator Hill on his way to the Buffalo
Convention he received assurances from Senator
Hill and from others that Mr.. Thacher was in
full sympathy with the Chicago platform.
"WAen reached Buffalo," continued Mr..
Sheehan ~ continued to receive these assur-
ances by telephone message, and naturally l
thought that Thacher was all right"
Senator u:ll left his hotel and went TO tho
Hoffman House shortly before o o'clock. His
old friend. James H. Flanagan OF oneida,
readily gave up his seat in the State Committee
to Senator NilI. and from the first stroke Of
Chairman Danforth's Eavel the row began.
Senator Hill is more of a politician than those
who confronted him, and he spared great
deal for time. He said that the first business in
order was TO settle the contests in the State
Committee
The others did not seem to understand why
this was necessary, but they agreed to it. and in
the settlement OF these contests Senator Hill
brought to his support new men. For instance.
the committee seated Bernard ]. York Of Kings
county over John Delmar.
York Is a strong Mclaughlin man, and Nc
lAuEh!in and Hill are friends. George w. Bat
ton OF the N!agara-Orleans district was seated
over John Hanlon. an enemy of Hill. and A. j.
Smith and {. J. Hickey of Monroe county were
seated over two contestants who were ua-
friendly TO Hill.
Frank Campbell was made National Commit
teeman in place OF William F. Sheehan. and the
fight was then begun for fair over the Thacher
business.
Curiously enough. it was led against Thacher
BY John B. Shea. chief lieutenant to Henry ID.
Purroy, and was backed up by Senator Thomas
r Grady for John c. Sheehan, the leader of
Tammany Hall. Mr.. Purroy was uu In Sara
toga but he sent the following telegram to Mr..
shts:
faln Convention was misled by those tho guid ed
promptly substituted who will stand squarely
for the national platform. Read this at the
meeting Of the State Committee"
Mr.. Shea did us he WAS commanded by Pur-
roy. and. after reading the telegram, he intro-
duced the following resolution:
withdraw as the candidate for Governor in order
that the STATE Committee may name a canGi-
date who Is in entire accord with the Chicago
ssa.,or Hill then arose to speak against the
resolution. He was very iinpassioned. He
very n' .mn hrEf his OF voice se'es could shse se
heard declaring. that the Buffalo Convention
fIns GT Its Sssn and he
John {; sheehan or others as to Thacher's posi-
@ uoa He maintained that the makers Of the
ctthose who spoke for Mr.. Thacher.
he maintained that Il was not a time to swap
People do not understand the money rues.
ton. he said. e have heard men talking with
~ AZ, ne s,os e!oquence % OF statesmen on a sub;
ctWhich they knew nothing q about" He called
s.scictdal for the Democratic; party of this
State to adop. the free-silver principle.
than see it damned by such insane conduct. He
nld the committee had not power to remove
M Ihacter from the ticket.
Ihe adoption OF the resolution, he said. would
e political cowardice. The leaders. he said. are
trembling in their boots. I" Every man OF un-
aerstandng and intelligence in the Democratic
party las taken TO the right side on this money
Ssesuop Ny by refusing TO support the free coin
Democratic national platform. Has II come
70 THIS that the Democratic party must
did silver club become per SO the Demo.
cratic partyF The object of these siverites Is
loser SSend to the rear the old party leaders. and
nave rev men run the movement. The move
n msnt IS controlled and pushed forward by mine
DO not be afraid Of your shadows. IL Is
probably true that great many Of the laboring
People are In favor of free silver but they are In
,h ,he minority and do not properly understand
Cannot the masses continue to trust us
nns enaers @ Or haye they become too suspicious of
acept every line OF the Democrats platform?
WI are we gong to allow mine owner from the
matter OF politics? Men who have offered their
M Wrs IN the interest OF the party are now
,SSiIed ,SiIed traitors for refusing to accept every
rn rn,hs II the Democratic platform. / am op-
pTH,ed 70 the insane idea which these people. the
sspa,o BAY naye tried 70 force on the party"
walked ahnnt Ii'"He @ lor over naii an h3nr ana
sp9ke When he finished Senator Grady arose
2Ia began TO reply to MIN.
reisp},utinh. lie denied that there had been any
Tbscheerr! citation Of the assurances from
ne declared that II Thachcr's real position. as
ttxlsAA.hed in his letter to Chairman Danforth.
mated GesH a, Erg HngTn he would not have been nom
,to! hsrher remains on this ticket" said Sem
IN mraGy. he will NOT receive 10000 votes
against k!m on "a, nletform. lf '"''f'"S l""A
cHH""n,In x; Carlisle Of the. Thirty-nfh and
ssnaries T. bnlger Of the Thirty seventh
seaaate districts supported Senator Hill,
W.u lhrh the senator had final speech.
n, no again protested that Thacher's real
rsIeh had been made known to those who
tsuIthutn ~ thc buffalo Convention but that they
too far '''e "@'N' "".eo Gnu hau kouo
u, senator Hill attacked the Buffalo platform In
MA ma ) went beyond Thacher's views, and he
cIsa a!hri that Thachers views had been
cnnl} made known TO those with whom he
N'gn,uI,ru on me eve nf the Buffalo Convention.
cmunat"r I'M Insisted that a mistake had oc.
H. ',ahH ,u', ahH mat he WAS not responsible for IL.
~, HlNlh' IA ned that all that Thacher stood for
ma, He ohNcntion was general endorse
dnr..anl dv"a nl tHr Chicago ticket and general en-
SPECIFIC details. $500
s.s,, twenty minutes before the Convention
S.ulhn'ea on 'h>t Thursday morning the plat
MI. was ihndt 70 rend after the General end orse-
dsII, vi hFyhn md Sewall. and declares as its
M 'aio Judgment that never IN the history
~ wri,. ~ ll'inpGratic party ha- a platform been
ir,tntun WhiCh en- bodied more completely the
~ NJ the whole people. AS distinguished
haD'" 'lys" VINO seek legislation for private
.,''', - m Uh' given to the country by the
Stma,nl DtMorratic Convention Of 1906"
.i,,," "n,T mn again insisted that II was no
he ,L T., IIWap horses, and in closing his speech
tEid ~ Ns'e"' VI Ihe llcket "heh no
~. ,,t, vs. 60 down with our colors flying and
'"S ''i lr''rTs In command"
uW '",p PIHnY rose again 10 answer Senator
Ia a., ~ Hghln dcmanded that Thacher should