New-York tribune., 1900-08-20
THE REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE
ANXIETY AT ALBANY FOR THE CHOICE
OF STRONG MAN


the assembling of the Republican State Conyen-
ton. September f. at Saratoga is swiftly ap-
preaching Republican politicians here at the
| State capital are becoming anxious that some
Republican should be discovered who is unde-
niably well fitted to be Governor. and also capa-
| ble owing to his merits OF bringing to the sup
! port Of his party sufficient votes to elect him.
President Mckinley is believed to be far
| stronger a candidate in the State than Will
| lam J. Bryan. but the fact is recognized that a
| good many of the Democrats who intend 20 vote
| for Major Mckinley are rather predisposed to
| vote for the Democratic candidate for Gov
! ernor. and therefore IT is said II would be good
! party policy for the delegates to the Republican
! State Convention to nominate a man of such
| exceptional merit for Governor as to induce
these Democrats to vote for every man on the
| Republican ticket.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
A Republican official said here yesterday: "I
think great pains should be taken by our State
! Convention in the selection of our candidate for
| Governor. Clearly, the Democrats will NOM
mate a first class man, for the rivalry of Mr.
Hill and Mr.. Croker will inevitably lead to that
result Thousands of Democrats who will vote
for President Mckinley are watching the action
OF the Republican party, as we'll as that of the
Democratic party. on the Governorship with the
keenest interest. In my county we are taking
the pledges of Democrats who announce that
they intend to vote for President Mckinley and
we have coupled with it a pledge to vote for
our State ticket. The State ticket part of our
pledge many Democrats are unwilling to sign
Ihat, 1t seems TO me, is a token that they have
not yet made up their minds to vote the straight
Republican ticket. but are thinking they may
vote for the Democrat who is nominated for
Governor. 1t would therefore be a great mis-
fortune for US if we had weak candidate for
/ Governor he md
l should fear under such circumstances that we
might lose some votes which would other
wise have secured for President Mckinley"
Mr.. wooDRUFFs CANDIDACY.
Republicans who are supporting Timothy L.
Woodruff for the nomination for Governor say
they anticipate a large increase in the number
of his supporters after the State Fair has been
held at Syracuse, from August 81 TO Septer-
Der i, because Mr.. Woodruff has taken great
pains to make the fair a notably successful one.
He is president of the State Fair Commission
which was appointed by Governor Roosevelt
under an act passed this year Mr. Woodruff
discovered year ago at Syracuse that the
State Fair of little more interest to the
farmers of the State than any one of dozen
county fairs held in various parts of the State
and he resolved to restore 1t to it's former pre-
eminent position. He assembled about him at
! Syracuse one night many of the leading men of
the State interested in agriculture the raising
Of cattle, saad enlisted their cooperation in his
schsr1e 70 revive the fair. Legislation was sub
seQuently obtained here at Albany the debts of
the fair were paid off and the business affairs
| Of the concern were put on another basis Mr..
Woodruff's efforts have revived popular interest
! in the fair; that is shown by the fact that the
! entries of fne horses and well bred cattle are
| so numerous that there is not room for all OF
! them The display of all kinds of horses. 1t is
| said, will be equal to that which takes place at
! Madison Square every fall
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR A GRANGER
Mr.. Woodruff is already a Patron of Hus-
! bandry, having been initiated as a member of
Austertz Grange in May of the present year
| Senator Henry S. Amber, of Chatham Columbia
| County, invited the Lieutenant Governor to be
a member OF this grange. and the invitation was
accepted. Senator Amber was here yesterday
and said: Il think the farmers of the State at
the conclusion of the State Fair will have rea-
son to think that Mr.. Woodruff has greatly i'm
proved the institution by his management of it,"
Oneida County Republicans who have been
here recently say that they believe that John c.
Davies, of Camden, in that county, the Attor-
| ney-Generai. would make a strong candidate
for Governor He has had an excellent record
| as Attorney General" said one OF them, land
has prosecuted the Ice Trust investigation with
The friends of Justice D. Cady Herrick Of the
| Supreme Court, say that under no eircum-
| stances would he accept the nomination for
Governor at the hands or the Democratic party
| this year 1t will be remembered that Richard
! Croker and James Shevlin ordered their lieu
| tenants at Saratoga last week TO say that Judge
Herrick might be nominated. This talk was
| not taken seriously by Judge Herricks friends
! here, for the fact recognized that Mr..
Croker was desrous of dividing the votes of the
upstate Democrats among large number of
candidates and then using his Kings and New
York County delegates to nominate some up
| State Democrat who would do his will if elected
| Governor. Judge Herriok said yesterday, when
asked if it was true that he was the Croker
| candidate for Governor: II know nothing about
this talk regarding the Governorship. 1 have
! not seen or communicated with Mr.. Croker In, l
think eight years or more. ! know of no spe-
cial reason why either Mr.. Croker or Mr. Hill
| should favor me as candidate
ALBANY COUNTY FOR coLER
The Albany Democrats will probably support
| Bird S. Coler for the Democratic nomination
for Governor, for both factions Of the Demo
cratic party here appear 10 favor his nomna-
ton. Patrick E. Mccabe. the Democratic State
Committeeman for this Senate district, supported
David B. Hill at the recent meeting of the DEM
! ocratic State Committee. when the latter favored
the selection of James Is. Mcguire as temporary
chairman Of the approaching Democratic State
| Convention.
Mr. Hills friends all over the State are favor
| ing the nomination of Mr.. Coler for Governor,
and big effort will be made by them TO win
| support for him in both Kings and New York
| counties. Democrats here think Mr. Hill will
| exert every particle OF influence he possesses to
nominate Mr.. Coler. He showed beyond all dues-
ton at the meeting OF the Democratic State
| Committee that he has regained nearly all of
his former political strength among the rural
Democrats, and therefore will have great inhu-
ence hereafter at the Democratic State Conven-
! tions.
Mr. Croker is seeking to excite the ambition
| of John B. Stanchneld, of D. Cady Herrick and