Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-26
Will Not Be the Democratic Candidate
in New York.
BE WANTED TO RUN ON LOCAL ISSUES
Unwilling to Stand on a Free Sill
yer Platform.
WILL STICK TO THE PARTY

bOyQ InaCner mas QeClneQ the democratic
nomination for governor Of New York.
This was the day set for the visit to Mr..
Thacher by the committee Of five, appoint
ed at the meeting Of the state democratic
committee on Tuesday, to officially notify
him Of his nomination; but. in advance of
their coming. he gave out letter announc
ing his declination. At the outset of this
statement Mr.. Thacher made acknowl-
edgment of the honor which the nomination
implied. and in the next sentence said that
he was constrained to decline 1t. He said:
Il was away from Albany and at my
country home during the convention. and
did not learn of my nomination until
after 5 o'clock Thursday evening (Septe1n-
Der ID. 1t was not until 8 o'clock that
night that l had an opportunity to learn
the character of the platform adopted by
the convention. There had never been sub
mitted to me press copy, manuscript
copy or any other copy OF the proposed
platform. If any one had been intrusted
with the duty of presenting such COPY
the trust had not been fulfilled. l had no
reason to expect, after the convention at
Saratoga, and after the attitude OF the
delegates from New York in the national
convention. that the next convention would
commit the democratic party unreserVedly
to all parts of the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Thacher then recounted the facts of
his now famous letter to the state commit
communication.
Eager to Fight BOssism.
While Mr.. Thacher continued, II had
not sought the nomination or requested a
single delegate to give me his support, I
was willing and eager to contend against
that system of 'bossism' which is today in
control Of the public affairs OF the state
of New York. l was prepared to organize
the democratic party from one end OF the
state to the other on a line OF battle against
that system, and to wage an unremitting
and vigorous warfare. I believed that
municipal and other reforms in which the
people are interested could not be obtained
until the administration had been wrenched
from the hands of the political boss. be-
lieved that the people would be with us
on that issue.
1T has developed, in the consideration of
the resolution by which the state commit
| tee appointed your committee. as well as
| in the public press and other public and
private communications. that there is
very decided desire on the part of the dem
ocratic party to contest the election on the
| abstract question of the unlimited coinage
| of silver at the unalterable ratio of 16 to l
as compared with gold, and to ignore or to
| subordinate every other state issue. 1t Is
apparently the purpose of the party al
| this time to make the acceptance of an
| extremely political sentiment the sole test
| of candidates democracy. 1t does not
| seem to be enough that men are willing to
support the regular candidate of the reg
| ular democratic party, but they are re-
quired to subscribe to every letter and
| phrase Of the platform.
Declares Himself n Dime tnllist.s
1T is impossible for me, with the views 1
| hold, to make contest the coinage
| Issue. I believe in the good old democratic
doctrine of the joint free and equal use of
gold and silver. This doctrine is as far
| removed from the single of gold, which
| wi tS
| value, as 1T is from that other principle
| which seeks to establish impossible
ratio for its sister metal Therefore, enter
| tanning the views l do, and now thorough
| ly impressed with the belief that the party
will consent to make the contest only or
primarily upon the silver issue, l feel that
as an honorable man l should make Way
| for some one who can carry the banner
with that device.
There seems no place in the democratic
party today for conservatism. Men are
divided into two classes, each entertaining
views exceedingly intolerable of the other.
| THE history Of legislation is that con-
servatism in the end prevails. l believe
that the democratic party. when it ap-
| proaches the responsibility of legislation
will be true to itself and to the people.
No Sympathy With Deserters.
1.-The strength of the democratic party
is its weakness. 1t is the party of the peo-
pie. 1t stands with sympathetic arms
i
distressed, and promising them comfor,
and relief. 1t is natural that mischievous
| and destroying elements should clothe
themselves in the garments Of honest dis
tress. and seek to shelter themselves with
| in those arms and to conduct from tina,
| refuge their predatory raids. What the
democratic party needs is a wise, fearless
| and powerful organization, which will re-
spond to every beat of the popular heart
but which will regulate the entrance of the
| wicked and perverse. This organization
| will not come from outside, but from in
side, the party. 1 have no sympathy with
| those who desert the party now, In Its
| tcur of need.
Every democrat who believes that the
party is or can he made an instrument
of good should stay within its ranks and
| by counsel and example endeavor to bulG
it up and make 1t strong. My party car
demand of me no honorable sacrifice I viii
not make. 1t can ask of me no duty 1 will
hot perform My best usefulness now viii
be humbly to remain within its ranks anG
| give such powers as l possess to strength
ening its pillars and establishing its bull
warks.'
The probable outcome Of Mr. Thacher's
decl!na ticn will be the Endorsement by
branch of the regular democracy of Dan
iel G. Griffin, OH state issues. and the in
dorsement Of a populistic candidate by the
silver men in the state. 1t Is believed tina
this is satisfactory to Mr.. Hill
Tammany Hall, however, may insist upor
its own candidate, and at the state com
| mlttee meeting Oh NlOuudy ulSHt tncy MAJ
fight for promotion of Judge Porter t.
| first place ard Elliott Danforth to second
1t is absolutely denied that Mr.. Bryan
wrote any letter to Mr.. Thacher asking hi
| withdrawal nor has he intimated to any
body such a desire The story was mad
2 | out of whole cloth.
4 Mr.. Bryan's Alleged Order.
J. | From the New York Sun.
il The popuHsts who are running things a
I the Hotel Bartholdi said last night tha
they were convinced that today's events a
: Albany would demonstrate who was tn
. bigger man in the situation in this state
Candidate William Jennings Bryan or Sen
ator David B. Hill.
| Chairman Bernard J. York of Brooklyn O
! the special committee appointed by tn
4 state committee to notify John Boy
n Tbacher of his nomination for governo
t will carry out the behests of the commit
i tee in the Kenmore Hotel at Albany a
s noon today. Mr.. York's associates O.
t the special committee. including. Senate
y Thomas F. Grady. will start for Alban
n this morning.
n Chairman York carries with him the com
mAn0R of Candidate Rrvan- and thav ar