The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-24
BAD MUDDLE AT SARATOGA
ODELL WILL NOT RUN ON THE
 TICKET WITH SHELDON.

Asks Piatt to Withdraw His Man for
 Lieutenant Governor-The Senator
 Declines-Tide Turntng Against Shell don-W oodrufY Declares the Han Will Hurt tho The Ticket-Platr Sends Ad-
 vice to the Lieutenant Governor.
 Saratoga, Sept. 23.-The difficulty of the republican convention over the can- didacy of George R. Sheldon for the lieutenant governorship showed such proportions this afternoon that Gover- nor Odell was summoned from Albany for consultation. Word comes that he left the state capital for this place on a special train at S:SO o'clock tonight. It has developed that Governor Odell to-day requested Mr. Sheldon to with draw from the race for the nomination for second place on the ticket. The gov- ernor gave as a reason that he was of opinion that MT. Sheldons candidacy would jeopardize the success of the whol eticket. The governor added that he had selected MT. Sheldon for the place and was his close personal friend, but had reached the conclusion that it was best MT. Sheldon should retire. MT. Sheldon consulted with Senator Platt and gaining the senator's support, in formed the governor he could not com ply with the request.
 Governor Odell then sent to Senator Platt and asked him to use his influence to get MT Sheldon to retire. MT. Platt announced that he would not make the request and that MT Sheldon was in to stay. Shortly after adjournment of the convention in the afternoon, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff made this state ment:
 T have no personal animosity against MT. Sheldon. believe that the objec- 1 tions that have been raised to him are of the gravest sort and that they jeop- tNdize the state ticket. I have no per- sonal ambition. I am not and will not
 be candidate. I am interested in the success of the state ticket alone, ire
 spective oe individuals. 1 am the unit voter for the largest county in the state, next to New York county We carried
 our primaries and have united the par l ty. I believe that Kings county should
 have some say in nominating a ticket. l We were promised this. MT. Platt broke 1 his word to us, and named MT. Sheldon without consultation. I believe he did | it for the best interest of the party, but | he was mistaken. I have no candidate, | but I believe there are upstate men ! who could fill the place acceptably and
 aid the ticket. I have no motives other
 than the success of the party to which
 I belong"
 When shown the statement of Lieu
 tenant Governor Woodruff, Senator
 Platt said: Perhaps we can give MT. | Woodruff a little lesson in politics as
 well as in good manners. Why should the leader of any one delegation be of- tended because a man desired to be a
 candidate? Is Kings county to control
 situations? MT. Sheldon is a candidate, l and is not to be withdrawn at all. Tell
 MT. Woodruff that for me.
 l Woodruff could have many things.
 He has had them. He has refused some
 lately, and it is ill-advised of him to seek to make trouble. His concern for the party is very touching, but there are others of larger experience who are
 equally interested and more capable of | judging"
 When the news of this trouble be- l tween the leaders became public in its 1 entirety the previous apathetic attitude of the rank and file of the delegates to the state conventions changed to one of the liveliest. By 6 o'clock in the
 evening Governor Odell was being
 urged by his personal friends to come
 to Saratoga and settle the controversy.
 but to this request he at first answered that he had signified what his wishes 1 ICnntinned nn Sixth Page l