New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-29


County delegates held meeting this afternoon
and threw overheard all their candidates ior
State offices ex ,ept Titus II announced by
ex-Congressman John II. Wiley. or Erie county
that he was not candidate for Lieutenant
Governor and would not accept the nomination
under any circumstances. Il could not be
traitor TO Judge Titus" said NIr Wiley He had
anparenfIv received an offer Of the nominato"
for Lieutenant Governor from the supporters "t
Navor Van WICK, who were endeaVorlng 10
make combination with some upstate candi-
date with big following. 1t is argued by the
followers Of Judge Titus that Mr.. Croker aS
soon as he discovers that he cannot nonl-
nate Mayor Van Wyck, will give 1amhahS
Halls vote to some upstate candidate S'ahch-
field Mr. Hills fcimer law partner. they say
cannot gain Tammany support. nor could Dan
for,b rot tie vote for he also has been too close
To IJl The only man. they argue. tn break MI
Hnrs rural Democratic combination IS Judge
Titus Judge Titus, it may be stated peru
uontlv. in 1896 accepted the Democratic nomi-
nation for Associate Judge of,the Court ot Ap-
peals on the Bryan ticket,
Mr. Stanchfeld's friends thought all this even
irc that Tammanv Hall would support him for
Governor and there was a big boom for MN.
They said that tho leaders Of Tammany Hall
Hill would shut them out Of the State patron
age If he should be elected. In fact. Mr.. Stanch-
fields friends talked occasionally as if they
thought his former business relations with Mr..
Hill were personal misfortune to him at the
present time.
MAY AGREE ON EARL OR HERRICK
There is yet talk of compromising on Judge
Robert Earl or Judge p. Cady Herrick No one
would be surprised to see Mr.. Croker ana MI
Hill agreeing on Judge Earl Whether they
! could agree on Judge Herrick is another 'ues-
| tion.
The chief trouble i'm sele ting a candidate
gems to be a general suspicion that every man
is owned" by one else. Mr.. croker II
suspicous that Hill would have too much in
nuence with stanchfeld If he should be elected
Judge Earl also is somewhat objectionable to
/ Croker for a similar reason for ne mas Ions
been an intimate friend Of Mr.. Hill
The candidates for Governor under actual con-
sideration tonight seem 10 he narrowed down
% pohert Earl - Cadv Herrick Robert A. Van
wvck. Robert c. Titus. John b. stanchfeld and
Elliot Danforth
STORMY GATHERING OF siLNERiIEs.
/ Meanwhile the Silver Democrats have again
become troublesome. They held meeting to-
night and adopted platform containing this
significant feature:
We denounce so-called Democrats. who nave
In pIatforms municipal or State. sought to eNade
or modify the terms Of the Chicago platform III
its statement Of the principles Of justice anu lIe
undeniable and unalienable rights OF iner'' ds '"e
Tories of to-day.
4 resolution was also adopted, ny the TERMS
Of which II the Democratic State Convention
docs not unreservedy reaflirm the Chicago pat
form boilers ticket is TO be placed in the heid
within forty-eight hours.
This action was taken after one Of the most
boisterous gatherings ever seen IN STATE Noh-
vention The whole trouble developed from the
jealousy OF the friends of the men who would
like 10 head the bolters' tivket Henry VI. Nc
Donald of New-York and oily Snyder Of Bur
falo are both asprants for the honor. ana
toth have many supporters. Three conferences
were held today and when this evenings meet
Ing was called 10 order II was not expected 10
last over twenty minutes. 1t was three hours
LpfAp .acess was taken.
Tho resolution which adopted provides
that the ticket of the siverites is 10 he nom
mated by the Committee on Permanent organ
ization Mcdonald, it is said, controls TINS
committed Snyder's friends wanted the nom
nations Of the candidates made before reg
ular convention Of delegates. believing that he
would he the popular choice. This method was
rejected and the SNYDER Democrats left the
hall Tho silver Democratic party was thus
apparently disrupted. Tamnany Hall Money
was probably the disintegrating force.