The evening times., 1898-09-23

what the cost, as a sort Of vindication of
their virtues, and, therefore, while there
Is very little trusting on the success of
the Black movement at the forthcoming
convention at Saratoga. there area great
many reasons for believing that Governor
Black and his friends will exert them
selves TO the uttermost to prevent the
election of Mr.. Roosevelt or other man
who may carry off the nomination in his
place.
The Roosevelt Boom.
Mr.. Roosevelt has become quite a fig
ure in the politics of this State; his nom
ination is now practically a foregone con-
clusion. There will be 81 delegates at
the Saratoga convention of the Republi-
can party, and over 700 of these are said
TO be pledged TO Mr.. Roosevelt or any
other man whom Mr.. l'IaIr may desig-
nate. Mr.. Platt has hoped all along that
Gov Black would withdraw at the last
moment and acquiesce in the nomination
of Roosevelt, accept the Inevitable and
trust to the future to bring him vim
dieation and a suitable reward for his
service. But in this they are evidently
banking on false hopes Black and his
immediate friends are ugly. and if they
! cannot win in the convention they are
determined to have revenge.
The second place ON the Republican
ticket is, of course of minor consequence
Timothy J.. Woodruff, the pre-. ent lieu
tenant governor, has been looking for
ward to a denomination. with more or
less certainty. Mr.. Woodruff is a rich
young Yale graduate who lives in Brook
lyn. He is full of enthusiasm. Many
moons ago, Mr.. Woodruff, who has been
all along a very devout worshiper at the
Platt shrine, committed himself TO Gov
Black. The Kings County delegation. it
now appears, is overwhelmingly against
Gov. Blacks denomination, and Mr..
Woodruff has apparently been left in the
lurch. However, he is man of large
wealth and many resources, and white he
ostensibly still clinSs to Gov. Black there
/ is very strong suspicion abroad, wheth-
/ er unjustly or otherwise, that his chief
| concern is as TO the welfare OF Mr.. Wood
/ ruff. .t
Those who are in touch with the Platt
program say that Mr.. woodruffs re-
nomination for the lieutenant governor
| ship is an impossibility. Mr. Platt. it is
believed. is looking to the interior of the
States for RUNNING mate for Col. Roo
! seYelt. There are several available men
! already in the field. 1t would not sur
! prise the insiders IL the ticket nominated
at Saratoga should be Roosebeit and
/ Hendricks.
Mr.. Hendricks resides at Syracuse. He
was at one time in the State senate, and
during the closing days of Mr.. Harrison's
administration he held the office of col
! lector of the port of New York. Hen
! bricks is man of considerable wealth.
| and is regarded as one of the ablest poll
| ticians in the interior of the State.
The Democrats have not as yet exposed
| their hand. They are playing apparently
| a waiting game Their convention will
meet at Syracuse on the 2Sth of this
month, or one day after the gathering of
! the Republicans at Saratoga. There is
nothing as yet on the horizon to indicate
clearly the complexion of their candidate
! A great many gentlemen have been men
| toned in this connection. Among them
| are Ex-Governor and ex-senator David
| B. Hill, Ex-Governor Flower, John B.
| Stanchford, the former law partner of
Governor Hill at Elmira; Elliott DAM
| forth, the present able chairman of the
| Democratic State senate, and half a
| dozen others of nearly equal prominence
Democratic Surprise.
1t is limited that Mr.. Croker and the
Democratic leaders have surprise in
store for the Syracuse convention. and
that they will nominate man whose has
not been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the governorship.. But this
is merely rumor and canot be traced
| to any definite or reliable source. 1t has
| been the policy of Mr.. Croker and the
| leaders of Tammany Hail. who will IN
doubtedy have a great deal to say re-
| garding the nomination to be made at
| Syracuse, TO maintain absolute silence as
| to their choice up to the eleventh hour,
| and to spring their nominee on-the public
as surprise. Twentyfour hours, for in
stance. before Mr.. Van Wyck of New
| York was nominated for mayor last year.
| no one outside the immediate surrounding
| Mr.. Croker and the Tammany leaders had
| any idea that Van Wyck would be the
| man. Mr.. Croker has found this to be
| good politics and good policy in the past.
and undoubtedly. if his advice is follow
| ed at the present time. it will be very diff
| ficult to predict with any certainty who
| will be the Democratic nominee Of the
! Syracuse convention for governor Of the
| Empire State.
Insiders believe that Mr.. Hill will be the
| man, and they advance very strong rea-
! sons in support of their belief. Hill and
Croker have not been friendly for some
| time, but Hill, unquestionably. has a very
| large following throughout the State. He
| is recognized as one Of the ablest leaders
the Democratic party has ever had. His
| defeat by Morton in 1894 for the governor
| ship did not lessen his prestige with his
| followers; he is today the idol of a very
| large element of the Democratic party
| of this State. His Democracy Is clear cut
and well defined. He claims to have voted
| for Bryan in 1896, and 1t is not believed
that his outward apathy in that cam
paign would initiate TO any extent against
him if he were to be the candidate of his
| party for governor this year. The rank
| and file of the Democratic party will un-
questionably support loyalty and enthu-
siastically the nominees of the Syracuse
convention. whoever they may be; and if
they do this, In the Judgment of very
careful and conservative observers the
Democratic party ought to. win signal
victory in this State next November