The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-21
DEMOCRATS ARE At
SEA ON GOVERNOR
StanchfieId Loses Ground at
Saratoga and circuit APP
pears to Gain
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 20.-After
ten hours of fruitless conferences the
Democratic convention leaders are
still unable to agree upon candidate
for governor. Hill claims 260 votes for
Stanchfield (S4 more than majority)
but William F. Sheehan declares that
Stanchfield cannot be nominated, and
Mayor Sheehan, of Elmira, Stanch-
fields manager, admitted at midnight
that some other candidate would be
chosen.
When the delegates arrived yester-
day it was conceded that Stanchfield
had majority, or at least a long lead
over all other candidates. But the
two-day fight has changed the situa-
ton so completely that Stanchfields
chances seem hopeless to his best
friends. Grout has undoubtedly made
s Roadway today, and many upstate
delegates who are following Hill blind
ly yesterday, are tonight leaning to
Grout
Everything Is Indefinite
SARATOGA, N Y, Sept. 20-At
1880 o'clock the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor was to all appear,
anceS as far from final decision as.
ever, with some indications of chm
pllcatlonS along new lines which
threatened the much desired unani-.
nous action in the convention. Just
before IL o'clock Senator Hill announce
ed that something in the way of
statement might be expected very late
tonight. He emphasized the word
very At the same moment Senator
McCarren stood in Senator Hills ante
room telling the newspaper men:
Il think We have votes enough to nomi-.
nate Grout.'
All through the Grand Union hotel,
which was the talking place, the Grout
following was unqaulifedly claiming to
have won. On the other hand a few
minutes before II o'clock William F.
Sheehan said:
Amy guess made tonight as to the
nominee may prove wrong in the morn
ing. 1 am hoping for harmonious de-
cision tonight
With Tammany imp asked some one.
With Tammany in,'' replied Sheehan
All this time conferences were in prog
ress wherever a leader had his headquar-
tiers and at which there came at the end
the same answer: Nothing definite YETI
The Various Asplrants
The men to whom rumor has at diff
ferent times today accorded the probable
ity of nomination are:
Edward M. Grout comptroller of
Greater New York; Edward M Shepard
Of Brooklyn; Assemblyman George M
Palmer, of Schoharie county; Supreme
Judge d. Cady Herrick, of Albany; VIII
liam B. Hornblower, of New York: Mayor
George B. Mcclellan, of New York; for
mer Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont.
of New York.
The candidacy of Comptroller Grout is
the one which has been most discussed
during today and tonight Even the peo-
pie most interested In the other candi-
dates admit that Senator McCarren has
made strong impression in his adyo-
cacy of Grout.
As to the candidacy of Mr.. Shepard, his
name came into every discussion, and he
appeared to be the only candidate of
whom all of the others were. so to speak
afraid. Shepard signs began to appear in
the hotel Hobbies tonight
The TWO Brooklyn Men
At a late hour two candidates had the
attention of the great majority of the
delegates-Edward M. Grout, of Brook
lyn, the candidate of Senator Patrick H.
McCarren and the Kings county people.
and Edward NJ. Shepard, also of Brook
Ign. The headquarters of David B. Hill,
William F. Sheehan, Senator McCarren.
Tammany Hall, Assemblyman Palmer and
E M. Shepard were thronged
The center of the gubernatorial prob
lem at 10 o'clock tonight lay almost en-
tirely in the attitude of Senator McCar-
rem, who was pressing with undiminished
urgency the candidacy of Comptroller
Grout, and who had succeeded in i'm
pressing upon a large number of dele
gates belief in Mr.. CIRCUITS ultimate