The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-21

the attention of the great majority of
the elegateS-Edward NJ. Grout of
Brooklyn, the candidate OF Senator
Patrick H. McCarren and the Kings
county people, and Edward NJ. Shep-
ard also of Brooklyn. The headquar-
ters of former Senator David B. Hill.
former Lieut.. Gov. William f. Sheehan.
Senator McCarren, Tammany Hall.
Assemblyman Palmer and E. NJ
Shepard, the last named opened for
the first time this evening, were
thronged.
Ihe center of the gubernatorial prob
lem at 10 O'Clock tonight lay almost
entirely in the attitude of Senator Nc
Carren, who was pressing with undi-
minished urgency the candidacy of
controller Grout, and who had sue
ceeded in impressing upon a large
number of delegates a belief in Mr..
CIRCUITS ultimate nomination. His fol-
lowers said openly that his nomination
was settled
Quite as marked as his support of
Mr.. Grout appeared Mr.. McCarren's
opposition to Mr.. Shepard. 1t has been
clear for many hours that strong in
fuences were behind Mr. Shepard's
candidacy even though there had been
no great showing of delegates in his
han desired his nomination, in the be-
lief that it would be acceptable to
Judge Parker, though he gave not the
slightest intimatiOn to that effect
The greatest interest was displayed in
the question of the attitude of Sena-
tor Hill in the matter, but the veteran
leader made no sign, although it was
generally felt that it lay within his
power to say the decisive word
Among Those Mentioned.
The men to whom rumor has at diff
ferent times to-day accorded the prob
ability of nomination are:
Edward M. Grout, controller of
Greater New York.
Edward NJ. Shepard of Brooklyn.
Assemblyman George NJ. Palmer of
Schoharie county.
Supreme Court Justice D. Cady Her.
rick of Albany.
William B. Hornblower of New York
Mayor George B. Mcclellan of New
York.
Former Secretary of War Daniel S.
Lamont of New York.
The candidacy of Controller Grout
is the one which has been most dis
cussed during to-day and tonight.
Even the people most interested in the
other candidates admit that Senator
McCarren has made a strong impress
sion in his advocacy of Grout.
AS to the candidacy of Mr.. Shepard,
his name came into every discussion
and he appeared to be the only cant
didate of whom all of the others were,
so to speak, afraid. Shepard signs
began to appear in the hotel Hobbies
tonight.
Mr.. Palmer's position also attracted
a good deal of attention and this even
ing it was said by some of his friends
that he was beginning to be very corr
fident of securing the nomination,
having pledges from an increasing
number of delegates.
Herrick as n Compromise.
The name of Justice Herrick was
coupled by rumor with that of Repre-
sentative Francis Burton Harrison of
New York for the lieutenant governor
ship. Justice Herrick was spoken of
most frequently as a compromise be-
tween Shepard and Grout.
The talk of Mayor Mcclellan has not
been verv serious. The opposition of
generally regarded as placing a final
quietus upon any possibility of McClel-
lans nomination.
The name of Hornblower as a pos
sible candidate made its first appear
ance Immediately after the convention
had taken a recess, and it had brisk
1t originated during a vis-
it by Representative Cochran and Sen
ator Bowling of Tammany Hall to
Former Senator Hill. There was an
early end, however, to the serious con-
sideration of Hornblower, for it became
known that he would not be approved
by Senator Hill.
The platform will not be ready in
its final form until just before the con-
vention meets at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The sub committee of the Commit
tee on Resolutions worked late tonight
upon the platform and will continue
their work in the morning before the
full committee meets. Tammany Hall
has asked for a plank indorsing not
only the platform, but the resolutions
adopted at the ST. Louis convention,
so as to include the reply sent by the
convention to Judge Parker's gold
telegram. They also desire a plank
demanding a larger measure of home
rule for the cities of the state.