New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-29
THE STAKE AT SYRACUSE.
NOT A GOyERNORsHIP. BUT A SEAL IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIpuSE'I


c,,..o,.. sent 2S-The real stake Of this
Democratic state Convention is not cover
norsbin hut a seat in the United States SENATE
~ course the Democratic leaders would ne giao
m SECURE control of the State departments
omces never come amiss. and 1t Is desirapie ior
o. party to be in power rather than III opp'-
elton But the bosses, after all. do not care so
much which one OF their followers hou "'a'e
offices. or. indeed whether they hold the'i d.
ALL proyded the ambitions to hold them can NC
worked upon to secure instruments whlc" o"e
boss or another can use for mis- own a"'
ment Senator Murphy Is the great hariiloi''
| hare and with good reason. He wants a Demo-
orotic IepisIature to re-elect him. and ne KNOWS
| that there is no hope of getting one unless Pe
| can bring Hill and Croker to work tose'hei'
| Put II is easier to make men shake hahus thah
| 20 agree on a course OF action and Mr.. HILL APP
| parenty has designs himself on the 0e''''e' ""N
while he Is willing to cooperate to secure
| Democratic victory he does not IN the leas' II"
| tend TO assist in making a Murphy holiday
c,x,a ora r,ent,,u, that the peace so ostenta-
| tiously patched up Is hardly even an ar'"eu
$3.50 A. anv rate each side, In violation OF
| tbe ruIes of war; Is doing It's best to strengthen
,,s Notifications and reinforce It's army. Inc
| vote IN the Monroe County contest To-Day WAS
| o,oriecant Tho Slocum crowd, who were the
former Cleveland men Of the county. are no"
| tho followers of HILL while the old Hill people,
| led bv J. Miller Kelly, are friends OF TanihAnS.
| In the committee Mr.. Hill openly chafhpiohe"
| the Sooum case. while Kelly was derehdeo ny
| no less a person than Corporation Cou"sei
Whalen of New-York city, and under MS leau-
ership New-York and Kings voted solidly 10 seat
! the Kelly faction and had a few country votes
including that Of Senator Murphy's district
| but Slocum won by narrow margin. vi course'
| the merits of the contest had nothing to do with
| the decision. It Is generally regarded as trial
OF strength resulting In a Hill triumph.
| But II Croker and Murphy could come so near
! = victory where there was practically nothihs
| at stake there are great possibilities OF theii
| winning completely by combinations with coun-
| try asplrants for nominations who. assured oi
the sunport Of New York and Kings might de-
| liver enough votes to make a safe majority
| The feeling among many Of the country delegates
osairs, Tau,nany is exceedingly bitter and
some saw privately that they would slaughter
| Van WICK II he should be nominated. Never
theless there are these who say that Hi reahV
wants Van WICK named, either to avoid the
responsibility OF putting up somebody hifnseii'
| or to get even with his enemy under the cioah
| OF magnanimty But the plainly sincere opp'
| sition Of many strong Hill men lead' others W
the opposite supposition that Croker IS puhihs
tho string. which move the countrymen who
| coil for Van WICK One guess. perhaps. Is as
good AS another. But the situation Is deVtiop-
| ing rapidly and tonight all fgns point TOWARD
| Eill being earnestly in opposition 10 van "ych
| or ANYTHING else that Tammany may want anu
he ,s forming a combination Of up-country can
didates TO oppose Tammany. on the theory that
only thus can any Of them get chance
agreed upon is to sneak out Of the silver Issue
q, they posslhly can by shouting that Roosevelt
sncaked out OF his taxes. and otherwise seeking
IN Hind the eyes OF the voters to their scheme
N get a Silver Senator and Congress delegation
! under false pretences. They may hght among
themselves about the division Of the plumber.
hut they are agreed beforehand TO sneak the
| thunder ~ they can. SO they are going 10 draw
n nlatform which will ignore the Chicago decla-
ration. and ask the people 10 elect Congressman
| on state issues.
The yocirerous convention Of Sverites In ses-
! sion here may make trouble. II threatens 10
do so tonight with tremendous show or seri-
| business but most people think IL Is here TO sell
out and some Of the delegates apparently
| think go themselves. In spte OF the brave de-
| mands they begin to say that. after all.
| they really do not ask for dyed-in-the-
| wool silver men on the tchrt' p''iucu
they are men who voted. or, what Is
ms. IA good. will allow II to be said they
voted for Bryan In 1896 They hot for a
silver platform. but at the same time do not
wish TO DO unreasonable. They recognize that
the Chicago platform contains many declara-
t,ons and the party cannot he expected specf-
ically to indorse each one; yet to pick out the
silver plank alone would be invdous SO they
will be content II some good Silver man like
Wilbur F. Porter writes the platform. II makes
no difference what II Is. 80 long as Silver man
attends TO the composition. Perhaps tomorrow
they will conclude that the platform Will be en-
tirely satisfactory II only it is written with a
silver rather than a gold pen. and that little
thing like the amanuenss doesn't matter There
is nothing in the Silver Convention but o'd
for noodle" and II any Republicans have beer
counting on It OF thinking II wise to help II
along as a method Of dividing the enemy they
u,ill find that their trust or their money has beer
wasted.
Republicans cannot too soon or too frankly
face the fact that the Demcxsacy Of New-YorI
has no principles worth Gathering about, ane
cannot be induced TO have any. Few SILVER
bolters may be found Election Day. but the
,ass Of the party will be lined up solidly. ready
10 get state offices for themselves and help HI
or Murphy as the case may be. go to Washihs
ron to swell the ranks OF the Bryan Democracy
r. G. Il. b.
ROOSEVELTS NOMINATION.