New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-27
DEMOCRATS AT SYRACUSE.
CHAOTIC SITUATION IN REGARD 10
CANDIDATES AND PLATFORM.
CROKER QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE NOMINEE
FOR GOVERNOR WILL. COME FROM ABOVE
.rp,vv-FRrDrRIcK COOK OF BUF-
rArO PUSHED TO THE FRONT
DELEGATES AWAIT ORDERS
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Syracuse. ~ y. Sept. 26.- Two days before
the convention which is TO nominate 'uii
Democratic ,tate ticket this city has be-" the
theatre " many conflicting Gubernatorial am
bitions After day spent in discussion. talk
and speculation the sum total -eached Is apso-
lutely nothing There have been many and
some cases apparently we'll authenticated ru-
rors. but when traced to their source tney
have become hopelessly entanglsd In nen'd''
and perversions and changes until snpstah-
TALLY nothing is left.
The train reaching here at s O'Clock to-nisn'
brought Senator Edward Murphy jr. OF Troy;
ex Senator David r. Hill. James W. Hink'es'
forn,arIv chairman Of the Demoo-atic St'e
Committee: Senator Patrick McCarren, cha'r-
man a the Orga anization Committee; Mayor
N(olIov. of Trc--: Anthony n. Brady and james
" Manning. Of Albany
Earlv in the day John b Stanchnelo' En-
mira arrived with a number OF delesa'es' an,
at once his boom for the nomination rec'.'c"
n fresh impetus Congressman "ihain "u'
of New York. who has the town we" phpe
with Autographs of himself. an 'unc'ne ''1'
he IS the friend the people and a zoe VI u'
arrived early in the day and went 10 'he "a
haitian Hotel where he established heaoqua'
tors In the course ~ the day the Erie No"'I'
delegation. headed by John Kennedy came "
the Yates Hotel. and began to WORK io'
Justice Robert G. Titus.
TAMMANY's ATTITUDE NOT 1NDicAlHN
With this galaxy Of booms, things pegan |"
be lively There was much speculd'''
the attitude that Richard Croker ana On
many Hall in conjunction with ths ue''o
from Kings and Richmond. would take III '''
convention. Not a word to indicate what the
do
When Senator McCarren reached here II was
thought he might have something 10 say ou' "o
was as silent as usual 1t was freely adh'''e'
that with tho delegates pledged to any one OF
tho candidates already In the field. the 1orma-
zion Of \ union with the New-York Delegation
would result In the nomination Of the candlda'e
decided upon This silence from New-fork
acted as a tonic every individual pooH ana
hopes were entertained by every canuiua'e 'N"'
he would he Tammanys choice
Tho boo-, for Mayor Van Wyck has developed
into a most perplexing problem. From an APP
parentIy trustworthy source IT was learned TO-
dav that Richard Croker had conveyed 10 tne
Erie County delegation within the last iorty-
eight hours the direct and final statement 'nat
under no consideration would he allow the
Mayors name 10 60 before the convention anu
that his choice Of candidate would be some
or. abo came from above Albany On the other
hand Nev-York men arriving here tonight as
scr, s,r.nuously that Mayor Van Wyck is In
the race that no will be nominated In the con-
venior and th1t Richard Croker had assured
Them tha, he will not stand In the road Ihey
SAY Mr. Croker is absolutely unredged, ana nh-
settled IN his own mind and that ne is az likely
N he for Mayor Van Wyck az for anybody else.
FRFDRRrCK COOK BROUGHT FORWARD.
Tho cl.ane.t defined runor to-day connected
the name 4 ~ Secretary ~ state Frederick
Cook ~ Rochester win the nomination. II was
said itat two emissaries from ex-senator Hill
passed through this city to-day on the Empire
State Express ~ visit Mr. Cook and 10 consult
with him about the nomination. When ex-
Senator Hill was asked about this ne denied
absolutely tho truth of the report but placed
his denial IN the light Il dsclamng all kn"wl-
edge ~ any quch commission visiting Mr. Cook
In opposition - this there was rumor that.
inssn,uch as Nr cook vas apparently OK Sena-
tor Hirs choice Judge Cady HeIrck. of Al
hanv was the choice of Mr Croker and his
friends and that the two factions would line
up on ,hese premises and would heht II out.
with I'm and his followers behind Cook and the
Nurphv- Croker combine behind Herrick
When James n Manning arrived here ~ night
his friends made the statement that he was
candidate for place IN the state ticket ana
os such had consulted with Mr. Herrick, ex-
planning 70 the latter that " Mr.. Herrick was
candidate for the nomination for Governor
Mr. Manning would not embarrass his campaign
b., taking the field Mr. Manning received direct
assurance that Mr Herrick was In no sense
seeking tho nomination and would not take II.
There has been some fear that the silver men
would cause trouble but they apparently
y,au in hand and VIII not act hastily. There are
Gt,1y Ia
their choice FOR Governor. but they did not in
tend N nominate until the regular convention
acts II is said tonight that tomorrow they
will NEE, organize and adjourn over to await
the action ~ tho regular convention
SITUATION STILL CHAOTIC.
Tho si,uotion as summed up tonight is sim
rlv that IL IL an open question yet as 10 candi-
dates and organization. When ex Senator Hill
arrived he declared that the platform was prac-
t,calIv written hut that everything else was
chaotic He said that in the platform no di-
verqence had been made from the lines laid
down AZ the conference held AZ the Hoffman
House last week. He said further that the
names Of the officers Of the convention were
undecided bu' limited that George Palmer of
schoharie would probaly be chairman When
asked about candidates he smiled and said
there were great many in tho fold. and II
would not hurt anybody TO let them play around
awhile.
The nlan NJ the Democratic managers, as out
lined hv one Of the most influential Democrats
in the state is TO wait for the action or the
Saratoga convention before deciding anything
After they get report from the hepuDlcah
convention. the leaders will go into conference
and decide upon some plan OF action. They
viii either select the candidate whom they con-
slider most available. or else. II they fall TO
aoroe upon candidate. they will let down the
bors and make II a free all race. and nat
uraI,v the stronges, man with the delegates will