Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-07
GOSSIPFROM GOTHAM
New York Democrats Satisfied With
State Conventions Work,
THOUGH FEW ARE REALLY PLEASED
Dress-Pattern Trust is the Latest
Combination.
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Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, June g. 1900.
The result of yesterdays democratic state
convention may be summed up thus: ''All
satisfied; few pleased" Democrats of all
varieties and leaders Of the many factions
are today checking up the compromises.
concessions and evasions of the past TWEEN
ty-four hours and trying to make out who
won. Some of the extreme Bryanites say
that the platform adopted was great and
glorious victory for the cause of 16 to l,
and that they are entirely satisfied. Others
say it was a miserable makeshift and eva
sion of the real issue of the campaign.
There was no real enthusiasm except for
Bryan and the Chicago platform, and the
delegates who wanted to indorse both had
no one to lead them. There We're times
when a strong-lunged orator with plenty
of nerve could have upset all the plans of
evasion SO carefully laid by Hill and his
friends. However the man for the oppor-
tunity was not there One man made a bluff
at starting a stampede to real Bryan de-
mocracy. His voice was weak; he hesitated.
and lost. This man did not have the cour-
age to defy the convention when threatened
with expulsion. He might have gone out
martyr to the national policy of his party
or carried the convention on to Endorsement
of that policy. but he failed TO grasp the
SlludtlOU, anu the CLdlCe LOT Slduptuc
passed.
The Old HiIl-Tammany Row.
Most of the delegates in the convention
and many of the spectators were apparent
" interested chiefly in the factional fights
and quarrels incident to the main work.
The old. old HilI-Tammany row was on.
The braves had forced the issue of an in
structed delegation. Many of them wanted
to go on and indorse the entire Bryan creed
merely because the former senator was
against it But some of the cooler heads
opposed this program. They wanted to
make bid for the return of few gold
democrats TO the organization and the ne
gotiatiOrs ended in series of compromises
that satisfied all and pleased none. Hill
cont-o,s the new state committee and will
be compelled to assume full responsibility
for the fall campaign. If he can make a
good showing at the polls he may retain
control of the organization. If his cam
paign is a failure he will be accountable
and Will probably lose control of the state
committee. week ago his friends said he
would not go to Kansas City as an instruct
ed delegate. but he accepted instructions
without public protest.
At the Hoffman House today the demo-
cratic politicians who remained in the city
overnight were telling a story of the or
ganization of the new state committee.
which indicated that Hill would be pleased
To get rid OF some Of the responsibilities of
this alleged victory. The story they told
was to the effect that Hill asked the Tam
many and Kings county leaders to name the
campaign or executive committee to man
age the fall campaign. To this suggestion
the local leaders answered:
Nay, nay. David. You have the state
committee; you must run the campaign and
ind the money to pay the bills
Talk of Vice President.
The local democratic politicians will now
turn their attention to the candidates for
second place on the ticket with Bryan. To
the surprise of leaders and delegates the
convention passed without the slightest
demonstration In favor of any Of the four
five New York candidates for the nomi-
nation for Vice President. The Tammany
leaders purposely kept Representative Sui
ger out Of the convention, in order TO keep
him from exploiting his candidacy. The
Belmont buttons were worn by a few dele
gates. but Belmonts name was not men
toned in the convention. The active can
didates for second place on the ticket with
Bryan William Sulzer. o. II. p. Bel
mont. James J. Coogan and jefferson NJ
Levy. Augustus Van Wyck is the candi
date of his press agents. and they say that
he will be placed in nomination before the
convention by the Alabama or Georgia
hands of their friends are Elliot Danforth,
Randolph Guggenheimer and Amos j. Cum
mings.
Dress-Pattern Trust.
1t Is stated hero on what appears to be
good authority that C. w. Morse. president
Of the American Ice Company, is forming
a dress pattern trust. with the backing OF
Tammany Hall. John f. Carroll is said to
be interested. and other Tammany leaders,
it is claimed. have put up part of the ST..
OOO,OO which represents the capital stock.
OF this sum $6.WO,OO Is preferred and
s80pOcS common stock As director In
the Butterick Publishing Company Morse
saw the great possibilities of a trust in
dress patterns. That was more than a
year ago. The Butter.ck company is the
richest manufacturer of dress patterns in
this country. 1t had only three large COM
petitors-the Standard Fashion Company
the New Idea Pattern Company and the
Mccall Company. Morse saw that il these
four companies could work under one head
profits would be enormous. The companies
had never worked in harmony. They had
fought for trade In every town and
cut prices until profits were greatly
reduced. The organization to get con-
troll Of the pattern manufactures was