The Irish standard., 1901-08-17

terially the canvass for the United
States senate that he had arranged to
make. The desire for harmony, how
ever, was not sufficiently strong to in
duce him to let his opponets nominate
men of their own choice.
A day or two before the convention
opened at Saratoga it was understood
en- all sides that Mr.. Hills candidate
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS would be Mr..
Sheehan, and the anti-Hill faction pre-
pared to fight the nomination. What,
therefore, was the amazement both of
newspaper editors and of politicians
when, on the morning before the con-
vention was called to order, word came
from Albany that Mr.. Sheehan was
not to be nominated.
The report, however, was utterly
discredited till Mr.. Edward Murphy,
Jr.-afterward Senator Murphy-one
Of the big men in the organization and
a pronounced friend of Mr. Sheehan,
himself gave confirmation of it. He
said that he had been to Albany to see
| Governor Hill to put the finishing
| touches on the slate, and that the gov
! ernor had arbitrarily cut Mr.. Sheehan's
name off.
Following Mr.. Murphy's statement
came a story from Albany, sent by
reporters who had been in the ante
room when Mr.. Murphy had his inter-
| view with Governor Hill. The re-
porters had heard loud words in the
governors private room and had finally
seen Mr.. Murphy fling angrily out Of
the executive chamber, his face red
with rage. So intensely indignant had
| Mr.. Murphy been that he stood in the
! doorway, holding the door ajar suffi-
GENTLY long to let the reporters over
hear his final protest hurled at the in
visible governor inside.
SIT is a shame to treat Sheehan in
this way" the reporters heard Mr..
Murphy exclaim, "and 1 will be no
party to it."
Not the least part of Mr.. Sheehan's
services had been his complete loyalty
to Mr.. Hill, and that Mr.. Hill, after all
that, should turn against the rising
young statesman was deemed the
blacklist ingratitude. The newspapers
Of course printed full details OF the
perfidy, and the anti-Hill faction,
which had been prepared to assault
Mr.. Sheehan, at once rallied around
him as the center of the opposition.
"Sheehan or nothing! Down with Hill!''
became their rallying cry. Every anti
Hill Democratic newspaper in the state
at once demanded the nomination of
Mr.. Sheehan.
One influential newspaper in New
York city, which had been fighting Mr..
Sheehan's claims most fiercely, swung
around and declared in a column and
a half editorial that the opposition of
Mr.. Hill was sufficient ground for Mr..
Sheehan's Endorsement.
| Mr. Hill faced this clamor with
equanimity. He declined to speak for
publication on the subject, and stated
that the matter was in the hands of
the convention. AS it was we'll known
that the Glands of the convention
ordinarily meant Mr.. Hills hands
thanks to his control of the machine
this declaration, it was believed, meant
certainty of Mr.. Sheehan's defeat.
With each hour the forces that raj
lied to Mr.. sheehan's support at Sara
toga gathered strength, but up to the
very moment when the nomination for
Acknowledgements became in order
the newspaper men and others of the
wise ones, refusing to be misled by the
popular clamor, felt that his chances
were hopeless. 1t was another case of
the machine against the people, and as
usual the machine would win.
When the convention opened Mr..
Sheehan was put in nomination by one
of the anti-Hill men in a glowing
speech. The nomination was second
ed by another anti-Hill man who cried:
down with bossism and long life to
the young statesman from Buffalo!'
Then came the balloting-and, to the
amazement of the wise ones, Mr.. Shee-
han got the prize by unanimous vote.
The result was hailed as an anti-1lll
victory-a victory Of the people over
the BOSSES
1t was not till some time afterward
that the anti-Hill men woke up. In
fact, some Of them still imagine that
they led in the first successful revolt
against Mr.. Hills domination.
Others, however, realized that the
'old man had done them up brown
once more"
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