The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-30
DEMOCRATS GATHER
TRAINLOADS OF STALWARTs ROLL
ING INTO SARATOGA.
THE STATES ALREADY MADE.
BIRD 5. COLER WILL BE NAMED
FOR GOVERNOR.

ing Crowds and Brings a. Band-He
Says He Is Not Looking for Trouble
Unless Somebody Else Wants 1t.
Hill and others Reach the Scene.
Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 29.-Three i'm
portant facts We're developed with re-
gard to the Democratic state conven-
ton late tonight. First, one of Judge
Parker's particular friends, neighbor
and a former state committeeman from
his district, brought Judge Parker's
absolute refusal even to accept NOM
ination for the governorship by &C
clamation; second, Hugh Mclaughlin
of Brooklyn, arrived and took charge
of Bird S. Coler, and, third. strong
sentiment developed towards making
Senator Hill the candidate.
At midnight it looked as If Senator
Hill, controlling the convention. would
have to nominate a candidate, who,
like Mr.. Coler, is strong with the up
state and Kings county delegates, or
else the convention, taking matters in
to it's own hands, will nominate Sem
ator Hill Mr.. Hill, when approached
on the subject, said he could not say
anything about it.
The simultaneous arrival late
in the afternoon of five
big train loads of Democrats,
! mainly from Greater New York, added
to the coming in of the regular trains
on which were many more partisans.
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hotels of Saratoga.
The situation as to the state ticket.
it may be briefly said, all depended
this evening entirely on the selection
of a governor and lieutenant governor
! and awaited a final decision as to those
two offices. If Judge Parker was nom
mated and decided to accept, the
ticket, it is thought, would result as
follows:
For Governor-Bird S. Coler of New
York.
For Lieutenant Randolph
Guggenheim of New York, or Edwin S.
Atwater of Duchess.
For Secretary of State-Duncan Lee
of Ithaca.
For Attorney General-John Cum
neen of Erie.
For Controller-James H. Manning
of Albany.
For Engineer-R. w. Sherman of
| Utica.
For Judge of the Court of Appeals
| John c. Gray of New York.
A spectacular feature of the events
connected with the contrasting delega
.tions was the arrival tonight of ex
Chief of Police William S. Devery, who
comes at the head of the delegation
from the Ninth district of New York
| city. He was given an enthusiastic re-
ception by crowds of people who had
| long waited at the depot for the incom-
| ing of the big Chief" whose campaign
| for the leadership of the Ninth district
| was as sensational as was his defeat of
John C. Sheehan and Frank ]. Goodwin
in that contest.
| The Nnth's delegation came in seven
! special cars and were escorted to the
| hotel by the reception committee head
ed by a brass band. 1t was ten min
utes before the procession could be
formed owing to the demonstration by
the enthusiastic admirers of Devery
who from the time he left the depot
until he reached the hotel carried his
hat in his hand, bowling continually to
right and left. Devery announced that
he expected no trouble in getting his
seat in the convention. He said he was
not looking for trouble unless someone
else wanted it.
The arrival Of ex-senator Hill, Chair
man Frank Campbell of the State
Committee; William Sulzer Senator
McCarren and other leaders to-day gave
rise to discussion over probable and
proposed planks in the platform to be
adopted in the Democratic state con-
vention.
William H. Russell, j A. Cantor, ] 1.
p. Shevlin and some others are of the
opinion that the platform should be
brief and conservative, and while ar
raigning the Republican party, should
be so carefully constructed as not to
pledge the Democratic party to poll
cies that if elected it could not carry
out without danger to corporations and
individuals.
Former Senator Hill. after his ar
rival said:
1--WE have no slate, neither have we
a programme. Every nomination with
the exception of associate judge of the
Court of Appeals, which is generally
conceded to Judge John Clinton Gray,
is open. Every candidate will have a
fair opportunity to present his claim,
and the men best fitted for the nomi-
nations will be selected"
The one plank that is testing the ca
pacity of the leaders in their desire to
avoid friction is In the financial plank
Those who two years ago were insist
ent upon an Endorsement of the Kansas
City-Chicago plank are equally so
now Representative Sulzer, Norman
e. Mack and others who represented
for years Mr.. BryaE's interests here
are insisting that the plank shall be
outspoken, but the other side of the
controversy, led by Senator Hill, is urg-
ing that as the so-called Liberal De-
mocracy" of the state has already filed
a certificate Of nomination of an in
dependent state ticket on a free silver
platform, this convention should de-
clare fer the gold standard
1t was learned upon the best author
ity tonight, however, that the party
platform will contain no allusion 10 the
money question. and il Is believed that
all objections TO this course viii be
Withdrawn.
So far the platform contains these
BLANKS:
Canals-A pledge for general inn
prOvement of the waterways at the
earliest possible moment by bonding
the state.
Advocating federal interfer-
ence and control u fhe great monopiies
that threaten the people by controlling
tho prices of the necessities Of life, de-
nonncinR the meat trust and cOai trust
specifically and saying that they are
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