Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
HERR|Ck NOMINATED
New York Democrats Named
Him for Governor.
GETS UNANIMOUS VOTE
COMPROMISE CANDIDATE BE-
TWEEN CIRCUIT AND SHEPARD.
Representative Harrison Selected for
Second Place on Ticket-Text of
Platform Adopted.
GETS UNANIMOUS VOTE

SARATOGA. September 21.-By a unani-
nous vote today the democratic conven-
ton nominated the following:
For governor. D. Cady Herriek of Albany.
at present justice of the state supreme
court. So
For lieutenant governor. Francis Burton
Harrison. New York. now representative
In Congress from the thirteenth district.
At 2:30 o'clock it seemed likely that the
rest of the ticket would be:
For secretary of state. John Palace, jr.,
of Monroe, now a member of the assembly.
For attorney general John Iuneen of
Erie. the present incumbent.
For controller-George Hall of ST. Law
renee now mayor of the city of OgdenS-
burg.
For state treasurer-A. A. Mclean of
county.
For state engineer and surveyor-Thomas
H. stryker of Rome. Oneida county.
For chief judge of the court of appeals
Edgar M. Cullen of Kings (dem). now an
associate Justice of that bench and the re-
publican nominee.
For associate judge of the court of APP
peals-William f; Werner (rep.) of Monroe.
now of that bench by designation by Gov
ernor Odell and the republican nominee.
Justice Herrick's name, which was pre-
scented in an eloquent speech by former
United States Senator David B. Hill, was
received with the utmost enthusiasm, and
hts nomina ton. like that of Mr. Harrison,
was by unanimous action, and was cheered
till the voices of the delegates and audience
were hoarse.
SARATOGA. N. Y. September 21.-The
agreement upon Supreme Court Justice D.
Cady Herrick of Albany as the candidate
for governor to head the democratic state
ticket came after a long series of confer
ences beginning just before midnight last
night and continuing till nearly am; re-
sumed before am. and carried on up al
most to the very moment of the presenta-
ton of Justice Herrick's name in the con-
vention.
He Is essentially a compromise candidate
between Edward NJ. Grout and Edward M.
Shepard. both of Brooklyn. who practically
drove each other from the field When the
nomination of either became plainly impos-
sible, the rest of the available list was can
vassed and by a gradual process of elimi-
nation along line of least resistance
among the conflicting interests. the names
of Palmer. Mcclellan and Stanchfield were
dropped. and that of Herrick agreed upon.
HdrC1C1DanIS IN conference.
The chief participants in the conference
and final agreement were David B. Hill,
William F. Sheehan. State Senator Patrick
H. McCarren. Leader Charles F. Murphy
of Tammany Hall, Senator Victor j. Dowl-
ing, George Foster Peabody. treasurer of
the national committee: Chairman Cord
Meyer of the state committee, William s.
Rode of the state executive committee.
August Belmont, former United States Sem
ator Edward Murphy. jr. of Troy. and Ma
tiOnal Committeeman Norman E. Mack of
Buffalo.
The leaders who had been in conference
went at once to the convention, where Mr..
Sheehan announced that Representative
Francis Burton Harrison would have the
second place on the ticket.
Herrick Agreed Upon.
The leaders today resumed conferences
On the democratic nomination for governor.
last nights conference having been with
out result. Finally after prolonged dis
cussion today Justice D. Cady Herrick of
Albany was agreed on and his nomination
by the convention Is expected to follow
The convention was delayed fer some time
pending the result of the conference of
the leaders, Chairman Hornblower not call
Ing to order until after the noon hour
Francis Burton Harrison was agreed on
for lieutenant governor
The convention was finally called to or
der by Temporary Chairman Hornblower,
who. after the report of the committee on
permanent organization had been adopted
gave way to the permanent chairman, Dun
can Campbell Lee of Tompkins county who
addressed the convention.
George Raines of Rochester, chairman of
the committee on resolutions read the plat
form which was adopted.
Platform Adopted.
The resolutions reported by the COM
mittee were long and chiefly devoted to
state issues. They "arraign before the bar
of public judgment the one man power that
today dominates the republican organiza-
ton of New York state
THE people elected Benjamin B. Odell
Jr. to be governor. In paipable violation of
his sworn obligation to be the impartial
servant of the whole people, he has as
sumed to act as state chairman of a poit-
ical machine. His present dual relation
constitutes public scandal and amounts to
the grossest contempt of duty in the his
tory of the state.
For the first time in its history the en-
pire state has a governor whose personal in
tegrity rests under widespread suspicion.
He has surrounded himself by high officials
and advisers under whose malign influence
the public revenues of the state are largely
diverted to private profit. Instead of being
opposed to extravaganza and waste. the ad-
miniStration has become the actual pro-
moter of adroit schemes to loot the public
treasury. and in the guise of law.
THE example set in these affairs ex-