Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
A PRETTY FIGHT
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Trouble in the Ranks of the New
York Democracy.
FREE SILVER men 70 ASSEMBLE
Will Convene the Day Before the
Regular Convention.
AND KE R
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, September %, 1898.
"a high old mix expresses the situation
so far as the New York state democrats
are concerned at the present time. At the
conclusion of the conferences attended by
Senator Murphy, Richard Croker, ex-Sena-
tor Hill and Senator MeCarren of the COM
mittee of ten, practically in charge of the
democratic campaign in this state, Sena-
tor McCarren gave out an interview to the
effect that the state platform of the demo-
cratic party this year would make no refer
ence to national issues. There are some New
York state leaders who regard this much
heralded interview with Senator McCarren
as being of the nature of "feeler." There
is no doubt that Murphy, HILL Croker, Bel
mont and McCarren would prefer to have
the campaign conducted with reference to
state issues only. But with thirty-four
members of Congress and with a United
States senator to elect it is difficult to see
now the free silver issue can be entirely
eliminated from the campaign. The demo-
cratic leaders in the state are not anxious
to face the adverse majority of a quarter
of million of two years ago, knowing as
they do that the Endorsement of free silver
in New York state spells ruin
Silver Men Heard From.
AT the same time If the McCarren inter-
view was intended as a..feeler," Senator
McCarren and the other state leaders have
already heard from the free silver men up
the state Calvin E. Reach, chairman of
the Albany free silver convention, has al
ready started on tn J., war path and is
breathing out threatenfngs and slaughter,
SO lar as the Syracuse convention Is con-
cerned. He has called 8 convention of Chi
cago platfrom democrats to meet at SYRIA
cuse the day previous to the regular demo-
cratic convention. Six trainloads of Bryan
ties have agreed to swoop down on SYRIA
cuse the day before the regular convention
from Erie county and other counties in
western New York. AS many more Bryan
ties have promised to attend from New
YORK city and the eastern half of the state.
Inc Tree silver men have been stirred into
action by the interview with Senator Nc
Carren. If they succeed in nothing else
they may be expected to make things lively
1or Iammany Hall, ex-senator Hill and
the regular democratic organization.
Anyhow it is pretty fight. If the regu-
lars indorse the Chicago platform and
Organism, Flower, Belmont and Whitney
may again be expected to bolt; if they fail
to 1ndo1se the Chicago platform the free
silver men Will bolt and nominate not only
state, but local tickets. Senator Murphy
whose interests in the campaign are great
er than any other democrat, wanted the
principles Of the democratic national party
reafhrmed in weak sort of way, but he
was outVoted by the other leaders, and he
hnaliy yielded to the majority at the con-
ference. He has been told plainly that If
this is not done the Chicago platform
democrats will nominate anti=machine
candidates for senate and assembly. In
asmuch as some of the districts are ex-
tremely close these free silver nominations
may cost Senator Murphy his seat in the
Senate.
Hill and Croker.
1t is worth mentioning in this connection
that If Hill and Croker are in harmony
tDon the subject Of the conducting Of the