The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-23
GO AFTER THATCHER.
BELIEVE HE Is DETRaMENT TO
THE SILVER CAUSE.
Hill vigorously Opposes n Resoiu-
ton to Gust j. B., and Hot Fight
FeI1Ows-Tammany anu the Labor
ing Men-A Rank Anti-SiIver
Speech.


NEW YORK, Sept. GA meeting of
the Democratic state committee was
held at the Hoffman house tonight.
The opposition to John Boyd Thatcher
was more pronounced than has been
foreshadowed early in the day, and
when it became known that Senator
Hill was to attend on a proxy, the in
terest increased.
Chairman Danforth arrived at the no.
tel after s o'clock. and at a quarter of
nine the senior senator of New York
went into the committee room. After a
conference between Messrs. Hill, Dan
forth, John c. Sheehan and Norton
Chase the committee was formally
called to order and the doors closed.
A COMMUNICATION.
The following communication was
presented:
To the New York State Committee:
conference.-the undersigned believe
that the nomination of Mr. John Boyd
Thacher for governor of New York is
a political error, most damaging to the
democratic party, and the Bryan cause.
Ii MIR. Thacher remains on the state
ticket, we believe it will surely be de-
feated.
The popular dissatisfaction with this
nomination is so plain and strong that
we trust Mr.. Thacher viii be induced
10 decline the nomination, and that
thereupon you will fill the vacancy
with candidate who can and will give
his unequivocal endorsement to all the
planks in the Chicago platform. Re
spectfully,
OWEN }. KINDELON,- President,
JOHN N. BOGERT.
OF the Executive committee New York
State Bryan Clubs.
FRANK HALLIGAN, President
FRAME T. BLEYLER.
Secretary of Bryan League of Allied
printing Trades, and Others"
THE CONTEST
between the supporters and opponents
OF Mr.. Thatcher was precipitated by a
resolution offered by John B. Shea in
substance as follows:
resolved. That we hereby request
tnat John B. TNhacher withdraw from
the candidacy for the governorship so
tnat the state committee NAV be en-
aoled to select a candidate in perfect
accord with the platform adopted Inv
the democratic convention at Chicago
senator Hill at once took the floor in
opposlIlon TO the resolution, making an
earnest appeal to have Mr.. Thatcher re-
ealneo. HIS remarks occupied forty
Ininoles, and 1t was after II o'clock
Wnen senator Thomas F. Grady took
the floor e'AS 'ooh
Mr. Grady was equally emphatic IN
urging ghe withdrawal of MT. Thatcher,
SO that a candidate earnestly fayorine
lree coinage may be substituted
FodloWang Senator Grady. Messrs
Jot1n NJ Carlisle, and Charles nj PM
ger marie short speeches TO the rasoju,-
Goll ana II was midnight when Senator
Hni again took tine floor for the sac
ono tlne IN the effort to prevent action
Thatcher WI
Senator HHlE said in part that fix,
people did not understand the nnonr1l
question. He had heard men taIking
with all the ~ '''iA iiis
ELoQUENcE OF STATESMEN
ON subject which they knew not1bfne
aDouf He called it suicis7sa, for Tho
democratic party of this state to ac-
cepJ une sllveriFe principle He would
raNher see the party dead and buried
man see It damned by such insane
conduct He said the committees bad
not power to remove Mr. Tha4cheo,
from the ticket.
Inc adoption of the resolution Wou11di
pc poldticai cowardfce. The leaders. he
declared, are trembling in their boots
livery man OF unEers landing and in
tellagence in the Democratic ner-tv had
taken to the right sile on this nnrav
9uesulon by refusing TO support the free
coeiiage OF silver. There is altogether
700 much populism in the Democratic
Iauaonad platform Had it come to
TINS that the Democratic Dartv r,,7,rrt
take its principles from the sflveriseso
When did a silver club become per So
the Democratic party?
Ihe object of these silverftes is To
drive TO the rear the old party leaders
ana nave new men run the movement
ihe movement is controlled and pushed
FORWARD by mine owners
Continuing, he said:
DO not be afraid of your own
shadow 1t is probably true that
great many of the Iaboring people are
IN favor of free silver, but thew
ARE IN THE MINORITY
and do not properly Understand 49,,
subject. While governor of thes et,, 'tle
| never refused my signature to enw
nial IN the interest of the lafboring peo-
pie Who dares to say that am not vet
a friend TO the workingman and would
not protect his interest with ali M
power? The leaders of Tammanv hall
are AFRAID OF the laborfng people. but
they Go not properly understand tFen,
me effort to nominate a silver can-
oldafe for the governorshtp of This
STAGE is an endeavo1' to elect Mr.. Black
governor Cannot the masses continue
co TRUST us leaders, or have they be~
come too suspicious of our good faifbo
Why should l or Mr.. Thatcher accent
every line of the Democratic platform
Are we going to allow mine o1yT,a,.
from the west to come here and educate
the people in matter of politics? Men
who have offered their lives in the in
terest of the party are now called trait
ors for refusing to accept everything
in the Democratic platform. I am on
posed to the insane ideas which the
people, the silverites, have tried to
force on the party"
Senator Hill spoke for over half an
1a.ar1Y nd H.