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STATE
COMMITTEE
Planning for the Coming
Convention Of the DEM
ooratie Party.
DAILY AND SEYMOUR LEAD
Said at Atlantic City That
the Gubernatorial Plum
Hangs Between
Them.
Especial 10 .rhe Jersey city News..1

JcfSSS
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. ls, 1sss.-The
Democratic State Committee met this
afternoon at two o'clock. in the Grand At
lantic Hotel, for the purpose Of fixing a
day for holding the State convention. A
| number of the committee were here last
night and the atmosphere above the
hotel was exceedingly Democratic
Former Assemblyman Lanning of Mer-
Ger was the first of the committee to
| arrive and the manner in which he ac-
quired that distinction was coming here
on Monday and remaining during the
week Mr. Lanning is most enthus-
iastic Seymour man and improved every
opportunity to say word for Newark's
Mayor.
He says his county is solid for Mr. Sey-
| mour, and if he should get the nominal
| tion for Governor he would poll a large
vote. The Mayor could carry Essex, Mr.
I Lanning says, even against Foster yeor-
hees, and that with Hudson, would give
him the election.
In the evening Senator DAILY arrived di-
rect from Flemin. .gton, wher he had de-
livered an oration to the farmers on the
issues of the day. He was accompanied
by Editor Kiigore, of the Hunterdon
Democratic who says that the Hudson
Senator has a strong following in his
county If Senator DAILY is not a candi-
date for the Gubernatorial nomination. he
plays his part well.
He does not himself announce that he
is out of the race and talks considerably
about the counties in wht3h his strength
lies. IN Senator Daly's Iarty were also
ex-senator Keys, the meElber OF the State
Committee from Somerset, and his pro-
'tege. Alec Young of Hobeken. Alec Is
still a very lively candidate for the Com
gressional nomination in Hudson and
somehow or other Senator Keys thinks
he will be successful.
| He says that after the fight Alec made
in '96 for the success of the ticket and
himself he Is clearly entitled to run again,
| and if he don't get the nomination Re-
publicans are not the only aggregatious
that are ungrateful.
The busiest man here was Colonel n
Livingston Price, Chairman of the Com
mittee. He arrived early in the afternoon
and went to work at once preparing for
today's meeting The Colonel was as
| suave as ever and equally as uneommuni-
cative. AS far as his caution will permit
he thinks that the nomination should go
to some Essex man, but whether that
some man. is Mayor Seymour or Prose-
cutor Crane he will not say.
Uncle, William Harrigan, the old
Democratic warhorse of the Assembly Of
a half dozen years ago. scame down with
the Colonel, and although he is as well
posted and shrewd a politician as there is
in Essex, he is equally as non-commit-
tai as his leader. He has nothing but
praise for Mayor Seymour and nothing
but praise for the Prosecutor.
In his opinion either would do well as
candidate in Essex. Other members OF
the committee who were here last evening
are ex-Postmaster Johnson. of Paterson.
representing William B. Gourley, who viii
not be present at the meeting, and
Messrs. Wolfskiel. of Union, and Depue
of BERGEN
II IS probable fSat the eubernatorial
convention viii be held in Taylor Opera
House Trenton. on September q. Thers
were several mysterious conferences last
evening between the members of the
committee here and several of the local
Democratic leaders. It was thought that
matters of great moment were being
considered, so important did the local
lights look.
II ftfdnSplFeOs anoW6VeT5 lnAt the iOcdt
Democracy wanted to ONE the State Com-
mittee this evening SrG work up demon-
stration. The mater, however, was left
to be decided by today's meeting.
Most of the others members of the
leaders held a conference and it was
practically planned 10 have a sub-comniit-
tee appointed TO fix the date of the con-
vention and prepare resolutions.
A well informed member of the commit
tee said this morning that the nominaxiom
had about settled down between DAILY and
Seymour. and that Daily was inclined to
SiInnnrt SeVnour-