New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
TALK OF EX-JTDGE EAkL'
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAID TO fANo N
HIM FOR GOVERNOR.
,e r-pokrR AND SENATOR MURPHY CONFER
WITH STATE SENATOR MCARREN-ALL SAY
Rec; DECIDED on.

REE.; DECIDED on.
! Yesterday was busy day in Demo''d"' ''
cles There were several conferences vi Bio"
! importance among the leaders. ana IL IS De
ljeved that as result of the days cohsui''''o'
many matters that have been perlleNlhs oP ~
date were settled. Last night the pei'oO'"'
/ ,,an,cars asserted strenuously that although
the situation had been talked over III d se''," 90
nav ro candidate Tor Governor had been de-
cided upon and that the platform hao HUI oo("
drawn. Despite this there were some ss"i"
/ -. oo,ions and talk took more definite form.
las, night there was persistent rulnor a''o"'
that as = result Of the conferences e%-Judse
Roher, Earl Of Herkmer, had been dec'ueu
unon az the candidate for Governor, ana "o"''
take the place. There was still some IAN "O'N.
| Mayor Van Wyck. and there is no uo"o' wa"
| Mr. Croker and other Tammany men ""u'o ''"
| 10 have him nominated. but they seem -
ex-Judge Earl as the most avaiiaple
The ex-Judge ir said to have been susses'eu y!
ex-senator Hill. ,
uo,dlv had state Senator McCarren opened
his rooms in the Hoffman House "here Nv ~
sidas ne chairman Of the state Organization
Committee Yesterday morning. before hiVi''N
croker and United States Senator Edward NUT
49,, &, walked in Immediately they disap-
r,aared IN hack room with Senator McCarreh'
ard the conference lasted fo1 more tnan an
bour There were conflicting ruInors ABOUT eN
cAn..or Hi1l's attitude toward this conference
Some stated that he was expected anu o."'''
said that he had no invitation 10 a''eho' NV
ever that may lie the ex-senator uIu ~.
tend and ne at the time only a u" Wv -
away at the Hotel Normandle wren '"e
ference broke up the leaders were not '"o,',eU
TO talk politics. They would not say any 'h'Hs
about Mr. Hills plans, and Ny CROKER
marked as to the meeting: we just go
gether for a little talk. There was HV''''"9
formal about II. 49,
"Uayn Won selected your candidate tor Gov
ernor?' asked
No" said Mr.. Croker, shortly. we De'i'0
Gratis don't do things that way The Republican
managers have already selected their man anu
formally announced his name We intend 10
leave If to our convention TO do that. doh
think any one will know who the Democratic
candidate is TO be until the convention Is he'u'
Have YOU decided upon a PLATFORM was
asked.
M" said Mr. Croker; that is also matter
for the con,t alton and We are not following ne
publican tactics
Senator Murphy said no candidate had 'eeH
selected and that no platform would pe framed
until the delegates had gathered a. 0fIdcu9T'
Senator McCarren added:
cratic ticket There was no sla,e-rnaking at this
conference No candi ate has beer found 70
have a commanding lead, and any one Of those
mentioned or possibly some one who has not
VET heen mentioned. Will be nominated. II Is
an omen race and likely to remain 50 until me
convention meets.
AS for the general sentiment IN he party
about the wisdom 81 Endorsing the Chicago
platform, YOU can judge Of that from the state
rn4nts made by the Democratic editors who
/ mot here week ago. At the dinner given
! then seventy-ive OF them declared themselves
! for a campaign on State issues. don't doubt
that The editors reflect the feeling Of their re-
srectiye counties By that | do not mean to
/ forecast what the convention may do. I can
! only say that the Democratic sentiment in the
State favors a campaign on State issues"
When asked If IT was not possible that the
silver men. in the event Of the state Convention
ignoring the Chicago platform. would nominate
a State ticket make a fight and then send dele
! gates 10 the next National Convention and ask
admission for them On the ground Of regularity,
! he said YEARLY: we may all be dead before
then
After this conference Senator Murphy went
up to the Hotel Normandc and met ex-senator
Hill. Here another long conference was held,
| and when il was over the came reticence and
evasion were manifested. After Senator Muir
ply left the hotel, MIR. Hill came down from mis-
rooms hurriedy and started for Brooklyn 10 see
Hugh Mclaughlin. He returned shortly after 3
o'clock and was apparently well satisfied with
his visit He would say nothing about his plans
and simply remarked that the candidat" and
the platform would probably be matters or
doubt up To the time the Convention took action.
All of the leaders were mysteriousiy missing
last night Mr.. Croker was expected down at
Tim Sullivans theatre. He had tickets FOR
it. but failed to appear. Senator Murphy
was absent. and Senator McCarren was not In
his rooms in the evening. Ex-senator Hill left
his hotel at o'clock and II was said he had
gone to a theatre. All Of this led to the sus-
picion that there was another and general
conference somew here last night. This meeting
If there was ope. could not he located, however
1t was learned yesterday that Mr. Hills visit
10 Hugh Mclaughlin had little reference to the
coming State Convention in the sense That the
ex-senator is trying TO regain the supremacy
that he has temporarily lost. His visit was
largely for the purpose Of discussing platforms
and candidates and to enlist the aid of the vet
eran leader OF Kings County in plans which Mr..
Hin believes will be for the best Interest of the
party.
Later in the day Mr. Mclaughlin had confer
ence with Bridge Commissioner John l.. Shea,
Controller Coler. James Shevlin and Senator
McCarren at the Willoughby-st. auction-rooms,
and Mr.. Shevlin said afterwad that the CONVEX
sation was about ex-senator HIS visit.
The only thing that Mr. t sne'n %STs
was that the Brooklyn leaders were solidly
against the introduction Of any silver plank III
! the state platform He intimated that the
Brooklyn delegates would fight against this 10
the end NJ. Mclaughlin declined to talk about
the conference.
Those who are in Il position to know said last
night that the conference OF yesterday had been
principally for the purpose of discussing the
platform to be adopted at Syracuse. The COM
| Dostion Of the platform will DC difficult work
The silver men have decided TO name an nde-
pendent ticket IL the regulars" do not squarey
indorse the Chicago platform and Organism and
the gol1-staadard Democrats will nominate an
indepencent ticket II they do. II seems that
there will be two Democratic tickets In the field
In any case 1t is understood that Hugh Nc
Laughn and the delegates from Brooklyn are
sauarely opposed 10 putting a free-silver plank