Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-09
New York Democrats Preparing for
the State Election.
THEIR NOMINEE NOT Yet KNOWN
Believe That War Enthusiasm viii
Die Away.
CONFERENCE OF LEADERS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special correspondence OF The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, September s, 1898.
The democrats have reached the conclus-
Ion that it will be Colonel Roosevelt who
will lead the republican ticket and they
are preparing for the emergency. They
have an idea that this is a democratic year
and they say they fully agree with Col
onel Roosevelt when he told his men that
fer four days after they were mustered
out they would be heroes and then their
work would be forgotten; and it would only
be by similar efforts in the ordinary walks
of life that they would prosper. The dem
ocratic managers believe that before cleo
ton day the war enthusiasm will have
abated and that state issues will be the
issues upon which the battle will be fought.
Consequently they are getting material to-
gether to show the alleged wickedness and
extravaganza that existed under republic
can rule in the work on the canals and in
ether state departments. Senator McCar-
rem is getting this into shape and sending
1t out through the state as rapidly as pos
sible. The old 1ilden style of campaigning,
bookkeeping applied = politics. aeknowi-
edged to be the mos. thorough, is being
followed. and the results are expected to
be a complete democratic victory.
The talk about the head of the ticket,
however, still shows an unsettled condi-
II.
man Frank Campbell of BAH, who has
been given his home delegation, say he Is
just the man for the place. He is a gold
democrat at heart, but supported the sill
yer platform to be regular, and hence his
friends say the silver men would not OPP
pose him and the gold men would not
They announce their intention of making
a great fight for him.
Buffalo insists that Judge Titus vii! be
named. and with this flavor of wild west
that is found in Buffalo they are enthu-
siastically pushing his course all over the
state. Elliott Danforth and John b. St.rtcn-
field are untiring in their journeys up and
down the state to corral votes. In the
meantime the organization seems to think
that D. Cady Herrick is the best card to
play that has yet been turned up.
Rumor About Hill.
One of the widest, weirdest yarns that
ever fioated into the metropolis came in
the shape of the story that several Platt
leaders III Bnghar1ton had obtained defn-
tie information that Richard Croker had
rendered the Syracus nomination to ex
Senator Hill, and that that gentleman had
decided to accept" Croker. it is said.
stated there was every chance for DEM
ocratic victory this fall with a united
party. The democratic governor would be
the next democratic candidate for Presi-
dent. Therefore ii would require a man with
a national career, and such a man was found
in HILL AS a further inducement, Croker
offered the support of Tammany in 1900
should Hill be elected this year. What
picnic it would have been for Croker had
he made this proposition and had Hi!i ac-
cepted it, What a chance to knife some
body. and forever put them on the Top
shelf, But the story is too much like
yarn to think about.
Conference of Leaders.
4 conference was held today at the
democratic headquarters, which was at
tended by United States Senator Murphy,
Richard Croker and State Senator P. Fl.
McCarren, who Is chairman of the COM
mittee of ten, which is practically running
the democratic campaign until the state
convention meets. 1t is understood that
the subject discussed at the conference
the frequently recurring reports tina 4.
Elliott F. Danforth is gaining ground in
the various counties OF the state. MIR. Dan
forth himself called on Senator McCarren
today in his capacity of chairman of the
democratic state committee, but nothing
was said in regard to his candidacy SEN
ator Murphy and Mr.. Croker expressed
themselves satisfied with the work that
is being done at headquarters. Mr.. Croker
said that the democrats could beat Roose-
welt if the republicans nominated him, but
declined to give the name of the man they
would pit against him.
I'VE are not telling the name of our
candidate these days. said Mr. Croker.
How is Roosevelt to be beaten?" he
was asked
Easily enough" replied Croker THE
republicans won't support him."
''Why?'
Never mind that" continued Croker.
The republicans, l say, will not support
him. If Roosevelt is nominated he'll be
beaten worse than Folger"
The wiswam has named its delegates to
the convention, and Richard Croker, who
hasn't been at convention since 1891
VI nd Shaa ha
was elected a delegate from the twenty
ninth district. John C. Sheehan was elect
ed from the ninth district. Peter F. Meyer
Cookers partner was elected from the
thirty-first district. So ON through the list
well-known Tammany men were elected
delegates to the state convention.
Dinner to Editors.
Chairman McCarren Is making great
preparations for the dinns~ to be given
tomorrow night by the democratic state
campaigners to the democratic editors of
the state. 1t will be a great affair from
all that can be learned. There are in con-
temptation thirteen different cocktails, and
these are to be followed with thirteen kinds
of wine, and later on, when the democratic
editors are imbued with intensely demo-
cratic, enthusiastic ideas, thirteen cordiaIs
trapped, to be trotted out. Between
times there is to be a little food.
I'VE are all good democrats this year"
says McCarren. He gives no heed to sill
yer democrats who meet at Albany or else
where. They are all democrats, he be-
lieves. and will be in line when election
day comes. All sorts of democrats-those
who believe in anything in the shape of
money, those who believe in overturning
the Supreme Court of the United States,
those who believe in "appropriating" dele
gates regularly elected co the democratic
national convention, and all other folks
are welcome, according to McCarren