The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-16
DORSED AND NO FRICTION
WILL APPEAR.
SLATE AS IT IS NOW AGREED uroN.
Boyd Thacher VIII Head the Tick ct
With Catlin, of Brooklyn, for
Second Place.

/ happened. During the afternoon there
was every evidence of rise of fric-
ton that would make the Democratic
| state convention, at least interesting,
| but as the evening wore on and the
| Tammany delegation arrived in town,
every controversy that had arisen was
smoothed over and it became more
| than ever evident that the convention
was to be dominated by the great po-
| litical organization from New York.
| From the time that Mr.. Hinkley ar
rived this morning and announced that
the selections of Elliott Danforth, the
! New York member Of the Bryan and
Sewall notification committee, for state
chairman, and Frank s. Campbell for
national committeeman were favorable
| to Mr.. Hill, until late tonight when
this news was confirmed, there had
been a conflict among the assembled
delegates and food of gossip that led
up to the belief that there would be
serious friction.
1t ended tonight in the withdrawal of
Mayor Motley from the contest for
! state committee chairman and the in
| dorsement Of Mr.. Campbell for the Of
| flee of national committeeman, an end
ing that to everybody's mind signifies
| a compromise with Senator Hill, in
| order to keep together the state or
| ganization, and the withdrawal of Sen
! ator Murphy's candidate in the in
terest of harmony. 1t also leads the
| skeptical to allege that the newspaper
| differences between Senators Hill and
Murphy were concocted for purpose
and that the whole affair of Senator
HilPs staying away and the organiza-
| tion finally bowling to him in the mat
| ter Of selection of state officials, was
for the purpose of deceiving the rank
and file into the belief that there was
a difference Of opinion as to the whole
conduct of the convention.
When the story of the candidacy of
Elliott Danforth for the chairmanship
OF the state convention was first given
out this morning, Mayor Motley, of
Troy, who had been heralded as the
candidate of Senator Murphy, was
highly indignant. 1t will be remeni-
bered that Mr. Hinkley was fresh from
an interview with Hill and that. fol-
lowing his interview, John c. Sheehan
had been at Wolferts Roost Nil.
Hinkley did not seem alarmed at MIR.
Molloy's hostility and, even when he
was told by henchman of Mr. Molloy
that Senator Murphy had telegraphed
to the mayor his cordial support. he
still smiled and stuck to his candidate.
Just when the delegates were begin
ming to think fight was on between
Hin and Murphy, Mr.. Molloy appeared
arm in arm with Mr. Danrorth and
after few friendly words declared
with great display of astonishment that
he did not intend to be a candidate
that Mr.. Danforth was the only candi-
date In the field and would be elected.
Almost the same statement was made
in relation to the candidacy Of Frank
Campbell, although the Albany dele
gates headed by Norton Chase. de-
clared in the afternoon with much
freedom of speech that the slate of Sem
ator Hill could not go through
The changes In the programme dur
Ing the afternoon and evening and
after the arrival of the majority of
the delegates We're not many 1t was
said that in addition to consulting
Senator Hill as to the makeup of the
state organization, Bernard Yarka. of
Kings, had stopped at the senator's
residence. and, after a consultation,
had decided that the proper person
for Kings county to place in nomina-
ton for lieutenant governor to COM
bat the Republican candidacy of Tim
othy Woodruff, was Gen. Isaac Catlin.
of Brooklyn. This let out of all con-
sideration Ridgway, Mcclellan and
those people to announce that they
were not candidates.
The very sudden turning down OF
these candidates put the Albany boom
ers of John Boyd Thacher in a rather
unenviable frame of mind They were
nervous and distressed, although near
ly all the Tammany delegates wore
Thacher badges. But there was little
apparent cause fnr this nervousness.
for there was no other name men
toned for the nomination tonight The
ticket, therefore, as it stands selected
tonight, is as follows:
Governor, John Boyd Thacher. of
Albany; lieutenant governor, Gen. Isaac
Catlin, of Brooklyn; chairman of the
state committee, vice Maj. J. w Hink-
ley, retired, former State Treasurer
Elliott Danforth, of Shenango county;
for national committeeman, vice VIM
F. Sheehan, resigned, former State
Controller Frank Campbell, of Bath;
temporary chairman, Thomas F. Gra-
dy, of New York; permanent chairman.
B. H. Rockwell of Chemung
The platform will indorse the Chi
cago national ticket and platform
will arraign the last Republican legis-
lature as the most extravagant In the
history of the state; will say that the
Raines EquOr law was merely for the
creation Of a vast Republican machine
and to assist in reducing, at the ex-
penSe OF class, the tax rate or the
state, which would otherwise have
been the largest in the history of the
state, and among other things advo-
cate the adoption of more stringent
laws regarding trusts.
Toward midnight the situation grew
to be tbs: Some members of Tammany,
headed by William Sulzer, the dele
cation from Erie. headed by Norman
Mack, and the Onondaga delegation are
suspicious that the platform and the
selection for state organization leaders
are the result OF a deal between Senator
HILL Senator Murphy, William F. ST.
John and John c. Sheehan To this
they intend to object. Tammany holds
a meeting tomorrow morning and 1t is
believed that there will be very live
ly time over the affair, especially if
the platform is not very strongly in
favor of the Chicago platform The
feeling of distrust on the part of the
Albany Thacher boomers has not been
dissipated by the arrival of Tammany,
for they as individuals refused to say
just who they were for. Booms for
other men have started and William
Sulzer, of New York; ex-Mayor Kirk
of Syracuse and ex-Mayor Porter. of
Watertown. are being discussed serious
ly 1t is also rumored that Gen. Catiin
z-ill decline to be candidate for the
,sira ton for lieutenant governor. The
"a oafl1rSsfftee met tonight and elected