New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-29
GOLD DEMOCRATS AT WORK.
A LARGE ATTENDANCE ASSURED AT THE
SYRACUSE CONVENTION.
INTEREST IN TIE MOVEMENT GROWING
THROUGHOUT THE sTATE-MKINLEY SEN
rIMENr STRONG AMONG DEMOCRATIC
BUSINESS MEN-sENAToR HILLS
puEMMA-MEMBERs OF THE

STATE COMMITTEE.
lpY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIsUNE.l
Albany. Aug Ex-senator David b. Hi
watches with increasing anxiety from Woiier'
Roost the enlarging chasm between the Cold
Democrats and the Silver Democrats Oh 'he
State A United States Senatorship is disap-
pearing II the chasm grows any wider II VIII
extend TO the State and to the legislative TICKET
there Will be rival Democratic candidates ior
Assemblymen and Congressman. the Repup
lican party will have an enormous majority IN
the Legislature and Mr.. Hill VIII retre from TIC
United States Senat. in March
Yet what can Mr.. Hill do at this time to save
his party and himself Senator from wreck?
7, 10 already apparent to him that 90 per cent
of the delegate to the Democratic state Con
vention to be held in Buffalo on September l"
will be in favor Of indorsing Bryan and Sewali
and the platform on which they stand. Inc
Federal postmasters and office-seekers seneraly
will control the convention. and they Wouu IN
dorse Beelzebub il necessary to get once Aooeu
70 these are Tammany Hall and the Democratic
CITY machines all over the state, who nope lot
Federal offices in lieu OF those they have ios'
In consequence Of the recent victories OF inc
Republican party III the big cities OF the state
on the other hand the Gold Democrats OF
,be STATE are growing holder and stronger. In
tho towns and cities OF tne Std'e tNV-'i'''N' -
The Democratic business men will vote for Nc
Kinley Another third are calling loudly Tor the
nomination Of a separate Presidential and state
Democratic ticket gold platform
WHAT WILL. BE DONE AT SYRACUSE.
The State Convention OF the Gold Democrats
70 be held at Syracuse on Monday next for the
purpose OF electing delegates to the National
Democratic Convention to be held at Indian
he at
from nearly all tie counties OF the state. TX
CONGRESSMAN Charles Tracey. OF this city. who
&c tho New-York member Of the National Com
mittee Of the Gold Democrats says he IL sur
prsed over the news that is pouring IN 10 MIN
from all parts OF the State OF interest IN 'he
gold-standard movement. Ex-Judse fooer'
Earl OF the Court OF Appeals Is actively inter-
estipg himself in the selection OF delegates 10
the Syracuse Convention from Herkimer county
Other leading Democrats are In active CORE
spondence with Mr. Tracey by telegraph In re-
gard to getting to Syracuse and taxing part III
the deliberations Of the Gold Convention.
Mr. Tracey said to-day: we snail nominate
. GOLD electoral ticket at Syracuse for New
York State elect delegates to the Indianapolis
Convention and name State Committee we
shall not nominate a State ticket AT thls 'lihe'
because we do not know precisely what the
.regulars' are going to do at their Democratic
State Convention to be held In Buffalo on sep
,euber 16 II they indorse Bryan and Sewall
1.e eball nominate n Democratic State ticket IN
onnosition to that Of the Bryan and Sewall
men Our probable course will be TO authorize
orr state Committee TO nominate an indepeno-
ent state ticket If the regulars indorse Bryan
and Sewall There is no doubt In my NINA mat
the REGULARS do intend to ndorse Bryan and
cevau and that therefore. there will be two
Democratic State tickets before the people OF
the state for their consideration this fall. Inc
INDIANAPOLIS Convention am glad to say prom
ices - he attended by delegates from at least
forty States The Democratic party viii have
10 return TO our position. 1t will have 10 re-
turn to the gold standard. II cannot go on
after this year for free silver.
FORMING THE STATE COMMITTEE
The new Gold Democratic st1te Committee is
~, in process Of formation. 1t will have nfty
members one from each Senate District. The
following gentlemen hove already been selected
as members Of this committee. and the list was
given out to-day by Mr.. Tracey: Charles 5. Fair
child John Frankenheiner. Theodore Sutro.
John Dewitt Warner. John A. Beall Alfred
Bishop Mason. Lawrence c. Sexton. CALVIN
Tompkns Robert G Monroe. Howard H.
Boyne. r. r. Bowker. Of New-York; Theodore
s Nve. Edward NJ shepard F. w Hinrich'.
George + Peabody. Everett Green. Silas W.
briggs. y 5 Ramsey. OF Brooklyn; Franklin
y. Locke. Henry A. Richmond. Of Buffalo; Rob
ert A. Widenmann. Manuel; H. b. Is. Stapler'
Westchester County; T. NJ. Osborne, Auhurn;
Charles Roe Rochester: General ]. +. Milford.
Havana Schuyler County; Daniel A. Ogden,
Penn yam. Simeon Holroyd. Albany; J. G. Tay-
Tor. Tioga County J. J. Bippus. Port Jerys.
Orange County: Irving y Palmer, Cortland, W.
p clark Waterloo. Seneca County Daniel G.
Griffin Watertown William y Beach' syria
cuse: Russell Headley. Newburg: Patrick }.
Gleason Long Island City; j. ID. Van Aucken,
Geneva; f. y. Beckwith. Little Falls; James
Shanahan Tribes HILL Montgomery County;
Schenectady: Samuel &. Wakeman. Ballston
spa II viii he observed that some OF the lead.
ing Democrats Of the State have joined the Cold
Democratic party.
FLOWER TO HEAD THE DELEGATION.
There will be seventy-two men elected at
Syracuse on Monday 70 go as delegates 70 the
National Democratic Convention 70 be held at
INDIANAPOLIS Ex-Governor Roswell p Flower
will head the delegation as a deleeate-at-larse
He will probably be elected temporary chair
man Of the indianapolis Convention
ONE Of the results Of the sci araton OF the
democratic party into two factions In this State
PROMISES to be the withdrawal Of John b.
stanchheld Of Emra. candidate for the
nomination Of the regular Democrats TOT Gov
ernoT. Mr. Stanchteld II beginning 10 couDt IL
he desires the nomination. When he was mere
last week he far inclined toward With
drawal as 10 say that only in case Of the noni-
nation Of George W. Adridge for Governor
by the Republicans would he accept the nomi-
nation Mr. Aldridge has not been nominated
hut very strong candidate has been selected
In the person Of Frank 6. Black. and IL rs no
wonder that Mr. Stanohfeld is thinking Of with
drawing as a candidate. 1t is not pleasant TO
think Of being beaten by 10000 majority
But there is one man who is willing 10
cept the nomination. His name is John Boyd
Thacher Mayor Of Albany Mr.. TEACHER is
away al the seashore. He did not return here
10 take any part in the welcome TO William ].
Rrvan on Tuesday That was a prudent act
= -. - ~ NJ Thacher and Was done