The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-29

Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 2S.-The chaot-
ic condition of the delegations to the
Democratic state convention at mid
! night was accentuated by a contest,
precipitated by the action of the com
mittee ON credentials in confirming the
| sitting delegations in the three dls-
/ tricts of Erie and seating the contest
! ing delegates in the First and Third OF
| Monroe. This action, If approved, Will
| probably give control of the next state
| coromittee TO ex-senator Hill, and at
| midnight tonight il was alleged that
| Mr.. Croker and Tammany would hghI
the adoption of the report on the noor
/ of the convention tomorrow. 1t is also
asserted that the Tammany delegates,
| finding the upstate sentiment strongly
! against Van Wyck, have thought OF
! taking up Judge D. Cady Herr1ck OF
| Albany as their candidate, to prevent
ex-senator Hill nominating Mr.. Stanch-
| field and to combat any IDEA InaI HllI
/ has defeated Croker.
| At midnight it is generally conceded
that Mr.. Danforth will go into the con-
vention with more votes than any Otner
candidate, but not enough to nominate
| The Stanchfieid boom has grown rap
! idly tonight, and many Tammany men
/ are talking of it. All night the leaders
! have been fighting hard, and there is
promise of a heated session tomorrow,
unless some understanding is arrived
at The fight seems to be between the
delegates from the Bronx against those
above it, and so far the latter are in
! the ascendancy.
| 1t is probable that the convention will
] finish by tomorrow night. 1t is not
| possible at midnight to give any idea
| of the names that will probably go on
| the ticket. To some newspaper men
I -. 4 n low
/ Van Wyck was not candidate, but
there is no general indication that he
has been withdrawn permanently.
SILVER SIDETRACKED.
The only thing decided finally upon
| tonight, and not subject to change to-
morrow, is that there will not be any
mention either of the Chicago national
platform nor of silver. Long before
the platform committee met there were
! indications that this was so. In the
| convention Delegate j. c.. Pierce of
Monroe offered a. resolution endorsing
| the Chicago platform, but was not al
lowed to speak upon it, and il was not
| read. Still later in the day the silver
adherents applied to the committee on
resolutions to put in a plank of en-
/ dorsement, but met with refusal.
The result of all this was meeting
of number of the silver men and the
selection of a state ticket, which viii
be put in the field if they are not rec
ognized. The proposed ticket is:
/ For governor, William Clark of Os-
wego.
Lieutenant governor. Charles B. Mat
thews of Erie.
Secretary of state, A. C. Fiske Of
! New York.
Comptroller, Levi S. Lewis of Albany.
State treasurer, John G.. Boyd Of
! Navv Work.
Attorney general, A D. Wales of
| Brooke.
State engineer, Martin Schenck of
! Rensselaer,.
There were some other phases of the
| silver question which were quite anus
| ing and displays of scientific politics
| upon the part OF those in charge of the
party affairs, who are for a state plat
| form without mention of national is
sues.
1t was called to the conventions at
tention that Hosea H. Rockwell of
] Chemung, who presided today over the
committee on platform, has always
been a silver Democrat, and yet will
have to read from the stage of the con-
vention a platform devoid of any COM
mendation of the Chicago platform.
Then, late in the afternoon, it was an
nOunced that the selection for perma-
nent chairman of the convention had
fallen upon Frederick Scraub of JEFF
ferSOn, who was candidate fer lieu
mems ticket two years ago.
| When the silver Democrats heard of
these irOnical movements on the part
of the organization of New York DEM
ocrats, they declined to talk but there
is every indication that they are quite
willing to believe that their support is
somewhat weakened by these move
ments. Together with their newly
made slate of candidates, they also
have very brief platform, which re-
cites as prominent pianks:
Reatfirmation of the Chicago plat
form; abolition of tolls for travelling on
the public highways; all state revenues
to be derived from the succession or in
heritance taxes; opposition to the pro-
posed amendment to the state cOnsti-
tuition proposing biennial sessions Of
the legislature.
The crowd gathered here is undoubt-
edly the largest ever seen at a state
convention. The great convention hall
is thrOnged. TamnIany has 1000 men
present. The silver adherents are well
represented.
When Mr.. Croker entered the conven-
ton hall, his appearance caused a ire
mendoUS demonstration. Mayor Nc
Guire of Syracuse, was greeted with
cheers. especially from the galleries.
At 1872 Chairman Elliot Danforth
appeared upon the platform and was
greeted with a great outburst of ap-
plause. He announced that the state
committee had directed him to present
as the tempoI airy chairman of the con-
vention the Hon. George NJ. Palmer
of Schoharie.
PALMER'S ADDRESS.
Chairman Palmer's address opened
with an expression OF opinion that the
signs point Enthusiastically to an over
Wheiming Democratic victory in No
vember He charged that the Repub-
Hcans had squandered and wasted the
peoples money; that the laws enacted
by them had favored the classes as
against the masses; that many new
and needless Offices had been created
to reward political servants and that