The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-09
NEW YORK is ALL RIGHT
WILL ELECT A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR NEXT TIME.
Will CARRY THE ASSEMBLY, TOO
Mr.. Danforth's County Convention Unani-
mousIy Reafirmed The Chicago Plat
form. A Republicans Praise
&c I'll Oapforlh
of Col. Danforth.

Hon. Elliot Il. Danforth, chairman Of
tie Democratic State Executive com
mittee of New York, is in the city, the
guest of Mr.. Ed. Chambers Smith. He
is on hurried business trip South AMI
will leave this afternoon for Atlanta
via the Seaboard Air Line.
Col. Danforth, according to the New
York papers, will probably be the Demo
cratic candidate Tor Governor this fall
He has held several honorable positions
in New York, among them that Of
State Treasurer while David Bennett
Hill was Governor of the Empire State
AS an official he was n model. ] was
talking a few days ago with a promi-
nent New York Republican about Lead
ing New Workers, and he said: "I9lliot
II. Danforth is the most popular official
New York has had since the war. 1t
was a genuine pleasure to have business
with the State Treasury when he was
at it's head. He knew everything you
wanted to knew, was the most accom-
modating officer ever saw, and | would
be greatly tempted to bolt my party and
vote with the Democrats if they should
make Danforth their leader this year"
Col. Danforth is n Democrat with a
great big ID. While always a friend of
Governor Hill, he has kept free from
the. fractional warfare that has waged in
the Empire State. When Mr.. Hill did
the Achilles act in 1896, Col. Danforth
was in the thickest of the fight for
Bryan, presiding at the Madison Square
meeting and conducting the campaign in
thorough harmony with the spirit of the
campaign. He is a warm personal and
political friend of Mr.. Bryan and said
yesterday that if the election could be
held this year, Mr.. Bryan would be
elected President on a tidal wave. "Bry-
an is a big man, and is so convinced
that he is right that he cannot be turn
ed from his convictions" said Col. Dan
forth
As to the political situation in New
York. Mr.. Danforth is confident that the
Democrats will carry the State this
fall electing their candidate for Gov
ernor and controlling the Assembly in
both branches, thus securing the re-
election of Senator Murphy. "Tyhe peo-
pie are turning toward our party" said
Col. Danforth. ''They have been great
~ displeased at the result of Republi
at Washington. The late election was
but a forerumer of what may be ex-
pected in November.
As to the attitude of the party ep the
silver question, Col. Danforth said that
in the country districts the people be-
lieved in the Chicago platform strongly
much more so than in Greater New
York '"To give you an idea of how it is
in my part of the State" he said, ''at
the Democratic county convention held
in my county last October, a resolution
re-affrming the Chicago platform was
adopted unanimously"
Col Danforth was asked about the
recent statement by Senator Hill that
he voted for Bryan in 1896 II knew
that all the time" said Col. Danforth.
He did not care to discuss the reported
antagonism between Croker and Hill,
but said that the newspapers had prob
ably exaggerated the width of the
breach between them. He said that
there was a general disposition on the
part of Democrats to come together a.
gain, and to put New York back into
the Democratic column.