The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-17
yrys CANDIDATES ron GOVERNOR.
The New Rspublican Aspirsnts 20 ssecesd
Gov. Roosevelt.

TIE New Rspublfcan Aspirshu S
Gov. Roosevelt.
Albany. July io.-The conditions under
which the Republican State Convention. when
will probably be called to meet IN saratoga
on Sept. II, will nominate q Governor are similar
20 those which existed when the Republican
State Convention OF 1895 met In Saratoga on
Aug. %, four years ago. to nominate a candi-
date. Gov. Morton having withdrawn the
use OF his name as a candidate for renomination.
there was a free field for all. and there wero
ten active, and half a dozen conditional. candi-
dates for the Republican nomination. This
year the selection by the Republicans Mt Phil
adelphia Of Theodore Roosevelt as the party
candidate for Vice President leaves the nomi-
nation for the Governorshlp open. as It was
four years ago. The other point OF similarity
between the two State Conventions is that In
each case, through national Issues, the Republi-
can nomination IN 1900 a. In 1890 Ia practically
equivalent to an election-an sncltement TO
new candidates. Of whom there are several In
addition to such familiar candidates as Mr..
Odell, Gen. Woodford, ex-Secretary Bliss.
Judge Russell and Timothy l.. Woodruff.
There is Horace white Of Syracuse. author
OF the White Civil Service law He Is a young
man Of IS, q fine orator and an intense Republi-
can who has for Ave years been a member OF
the State Senate. He 10 q nephew or Andrew
ID. White, now American Minister % Germany
i Il = the Sor Jffie. s os fon@es sn Tn, Ssi s 8 lss Senator ss1S a
Frank Hlsoock. HIS chief political strength
comes from the independents. and Syracuse.
a strong Republican city, has not bad a Rspueli-
second new candidate Il former Speaker
Nixon Of Chautauqua county. whose familiarity
ri,l Ot,t. ln-l.latinN rnaLAa him an aUnlahlA
candidate. hut the Southern tier Republicans.
with characteristic prudence. however, have
%renominated him for the Assembly. He is .
Hamilton graduate, was a member OF Assembly
for three terms beginning IN 1890 and for six
terms after 1898 and he has the support OF what
is, perhaps, the most solidly Republican ele-
ment in the State.
A third new candidate" named for the nomL
nation for the Governorship this year Is another
aspirant with a law" bearing his name 70
recommend him to the upstate voters Of both y
C~anandaisua, the author OF the Liquor Tax lay.
the popularity of which has been substantially
attested TO the satisfaction Of every taxp4ying
farmer from Sag Harbor and Rouses Point
TO Tonawapda. Senator Raines has a war
record. having raised. in 1891, 9 company Of
volunteers for the Eighty; nth New YORK. IN
Potomac, and in North Carolina. He. has been
repeatedly elected to the Senate or Assembly,
has been a member Of Congress and Is best
Although the matter has been by no means
decided or even tentatively discussed. an opin-
ion Is prevalent among many Republicans
that an upstate candidate will be chosen this
year as the nominee for Governor. and to that
circumstance and the political Importance
of the city Of Rochester Is ascribed the present
candidature for Governor of Supreme Court
Judge William J.. Werner. who was elected In
1894 without opposition and whose term does
not. expire unt1 1905. The nomination OF a
Judicial officer for Governor is contrary to
Republican precedent.
fhe fifth new candidate mentioned for the
Republican nomination Though he has dis
avOwed any willingness to rum Is Congress
man Serene f.. Payne Of Auburn, chairman
Of the Ways and Means Committee OF the last
House of Representatives. and as suoh the
leader Of the Republican majority on the floor
He was also a member of the Committee OF
Insular Affairs and took a prominent part In all
Republican Legislation In the Fifty-sixth. Con-
gress. Congressman Payne is 81 years Of age.
a graduate Of the University OF Rochester,
former City Clerk Of Auburn and District
Attorney OF Cayuga county, and for sixteen
years he has been the representative OF the
strong Republican constituency OF which
CayuRa Is the chief county. Mr.. Payne was
| appointed a member Of The American British
Joint High Commission IN January. 1899, and
he comes from the same district as does Rainee.