The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-26
BLACK IN new YORK.
The Troy Man Nominated for
Governor Scenes Of
Enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm.
SARATOGA. Aug. 26, 1S96-The morn
ing of the second day Of the Republican
convention opened with everybody still
guessing and 122 hopeful candidates in
the field for the Gubernatorial nominal
ton.
No such situation has confronted the
Republican party of the Empire State in
years. Delegates and leaders got little
sleep last night. Until the wee small
hours of the morning the corridors of
the United States and other hotels were
thronged with anxious ones conferring
urging claims of candidates, and en-
deavoring to corral support for promising
aspirants 1t was plain that the poll
tieians who are here are impressed with
the idea that the battle for Governor
will be decided here today, and will not
be fought at the polls in November. They
hold that their nominee is sure to win
and hence the strife for the place.
Mr.. I. C. Platt adheres to his decision
of yesterday that he will not accept the
place, and that the candidates must fight
it out among themselves. There is still
some talk of stampeding the convention
to him in spite of his determination, but
there is little probability of this being
done. Mr.. Platt demonstrated yesterday
that he controls the cofivention His res
quest for unanimous consent to allow
Warner Miller TO speak silenced even
the bowling mob in the galleries Should
the convention swing to him, when it is
| seen that no agreement on another cam
| didate is in sight, it will be safe to con-
| clude that the result is due to Mr.. Platt's
| direction.
The conferences last night and early
this morning between leaders who are
interested in any one candidate, but who
desire harmony and hope to unite fac
| tions on one man. were without tangible
result. The Aldridge men, who polled
| 227 votes on the second ballot last night,
now claim 290 but it requires 3S9 to elect
Mr.. Aldridge was confident as ever this
morning He said that he does not ex-
pect Mr.. Platt to aid him, but he does
expect Mr.. Platt to refrain from working
against him. He is confident that no
combination will be made against him
by the other candidates and that in the
| end he will win.
Hamilton Fish, who stood second in the
! race last evening, claims to have gained
| some votes over night. ]. Sloat Fassett,
who was not formally presented to the
convention. but who was sprung as a
possible dark horse. will have some
| strength in today's balloting The weak
manner in which Mr.. Fassett was re-
| ceived yesterday was a surprise to that
| gentleman's friends.
That he will make considerable gains
! today is conceded, but whether he can
rally enough votes to win or not is
question.
Congressman B. B. o,Der, who also
| was not formally presented and who got
five votes on the second ballot. will have
many more today. His friends say he
will have forty on the first ballot today
Many of the votes for the weaker candi-
dates dates, of Yesterday are expected to go to
Palmer's support from Albany county
| will, it is said, go to Aldridge today.
Palmer, Bracket, Wadsworth Roberts,
Ellsworth and the others who remain
in the race with slight chance of winning
would withdraw, it is said, If they could
throw their votes to any man other than
| Aidridge. but they fear the delegates
will go to Aldridge in case of their with
drawal
Lieutenant Governor saxton's friends
are stin claiming that he will win and
point to the hearty demonstration which
/ followed the presentation of his name in
| the convention, but Mr.. Saxton only had
81 votes in the second ballot last night,
regular organization, he has only small
| chance of winning.
Congressman Black, who had 81 votes
last. night, will be more prominent in to-
days voting, and of all the men now be-
fore the convention, Black, O'Dell and
| Fassett are the ones most likely to he
chosen If concentration against Aldridge
is made.
The town was quieter today than YES
terday. The big crowd Of shouters from
Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady. Troy and
nearby points went home during the
night and the delegates will have a
chance to do business with fewer inter-
ruption. today. There is still large
crowd in town. Every room in the bie
| hotel was taken and the smaller houses
caught the overflow. The restaurants
and eating houses about town were ut
| terly cleaned out before they closed last
| night Saratoga's business men who
have been having light summer were
| much elated over the presence of the
crowd. There is but one verdict among
the politicians who are here. 1t is that
| this is the greatest convention in the his
tor& of the Republican party in this
/ State.
AT eleven o'clock two-tflirds Of the dele
gates We're in their Places and the spec
tators seats on the main floor were all
taken The galleries were about half
filed Only two bands were present and
they were less boisterous IN their tunes
than yesterday. Two large banners, in
scribed, For Lieutenant-G Governor. New
sda n stranahan; were hung from the
places Hes largely between Strauss Of
0swego and Timothy e. Woodruff, of
At His canvas forty feet long. let
tered, For Governor, George III. Al
centre gallery. y was greeted with:
Al i q the sonvsntion .wss waiting for
i the leaders, who Wefe c6x1f6YrinH 61ffsfd6