The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-04

Kansas City, July 3-The New
York state delegation furnished the
sensation of the day when, after a
stormy session of three hours, they
put forth a candidate for vice presi-
dent in the person of John w. Kellar,
commissioner of charities of the city of
New York. This was done after David
B. Hill had been defeated as a candi-
date for the New York representative
on the committee on platform by A.
Van Wyck, and having been offered
New York's endorsement for vice pres
ident. had declined it.
There are those in the delegation who
tonight believe that the delegation
leaders are playing the same game that
was played by the Republican leaders
in Philadelphia when they endorsed
Timothy Woodruff for vice president,
and that the name of Kellar is pre-
scented for the purpose of keeping the
delegates from voting for any other
New Yorker until they can vote either
for Towne or for Sulzer. Mr.. Sulzer
withdrew in favor of Mr.. Kellar, and,
in fact, seconded the nomination, which
lends some color to this surmise.
1t was o'clock this afternoon when
ex-senator Hill was notified by Frank
Campbell that there was a movement
on foot in the Tammany delegation, as
sisted by Kings county and Erie, to
sidetrack him by not putting him on
the platform committee, but by stand
ing by him for vice president. Shortly
afterwards Mr.. Hill was sent for and
had a long conference with Mr.. Croker,
Mr.. Shae, ex-senator Murphy and Mr..
McCarren- He was notified that the
delegation stood ready to stand for
him for vice president. He replied that
he did not want it, and was told fatty
that he could not go on the committee
on platform, Mr.. Croker intimating
that the Bryan element of the conven-
ton did not want him there.
HILL QUITS THE MEETING.
Senator Hill argued in vain against
these decisions and finally the confer
ence decided on the course afterwards
affirmed by the delegation. but not I'M
til there had been a bitter fight. result
| ing in Hills defeat, at which ne left
| the delegation meeting.
The delegation first disposed of con-
test and the newspaper men and out
siderS were sent from the room, and
then began a stormy scene. Senator
Edward Murphy presided, and when
nominations were called for Judge
Lynn of Rochester arose and nominat-
ed as New York's representative on the
| platform committee Augustus Van
Wyck of Kings.
Mayor Mcguire of Syracuse moved to
substitute the name of David 3. Hill,
and then the contest was On.
Senator Thomas T. Grady got into the
arena He did not personally attack
| Mr.. Hill, but he asked such pertinent
| questions as: rs Senator Hill the only
man in New York who can draw a plat
| form? We have been told pretty WELL
| he went on, what the platform is to
/ be, and the New York state convention
! agreed to stand for it. There is little
use of eloquence, and they don't want
! elOqUence. They want a man they can
| trust Any proposition presented by
Mr.. Hill in the committee would not re-
ceive the same consideration it would
| if presented by a man like Judge Van
/ Wyck. 1t is not eloquence and not eX-
| perience in platform drawing that they
| want, but confidence.
John w. Mcmahon said:
/ For fifteen years Mr.. Hill has drawn
our political platforms in New York
and has assisted in drawing the ma