New-York tribune., 1904-09-15
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Saratoga. y y Sept. l4-After long con-
ference. attended by more than thirty of the
prominent State leaders. the foregoing ticket
was indcrsed and ratified on the floor of the
convention VI. Linn Bruce, Of New-York
County. WIS named FOR I.fsussaant Governor, af-
ter long discussion. with the direct under
standing that his nomination would be agreeable
10 senator Platt. and Without any overtures or
negotiations The conference included none OF
the leaders who have been standing with sen
ator Platt and ex-Iieutenant Governor Wood
ruff. save William Barnes. jr.. Of Albany. who
did not take part in the proceedings. hut came
In at the close It is still uncertain whether or
rot Mr. Woodruffs friends will carry his name
10 the aoor # the convention. II they do he
will poll less than 25o votes. and not the slight
yention. Lieutenant Governor Higgins is Ger
tain Of rrore than seven hundred votes and will
be nominated on the first ballot.
wooDRUFFs FIGHT LOST.
The conference tonight assembled slowly.
after day given over to rumors, reported nego-
tiations wild stories of a compromise on J.
Sloat Fassett and further suggestions Until
late in the afternoon the action Of the Woodruff
supporters was entirely problematical Their
demonstration on the floor of the convention. the
introduction of the butcher resolution providing
for the rolcal of each delegate and other Incl
dents indicated purpose to wage fight to a
finish
Tbare were renorts that George W. Aldrdge.
80 Monroe had changed his alignment, and that
breaks in New-York County were likely. Late
IN the afternoon Mr.. Aldrdge sent word TO MI
Woodruff that he offered odds of 100 to that
he would not capture Il Monroe County vote
Then the Woodruff people discovered that four
or Eve districts in Kings County were likely
to change front and from that moment they
recognized that the fight was lost.
At 8 o'clock the conferrees began to gather
Those who assembled in the Governors cot
tase were State Senators Bracket, Elsherg.
stevens f. L. Brown and Raines. Tax Commits
missioner strasbourser. Charles Fl. Murray,
chairman of the New-York County Committee;
Louis r. Payn, Francis Hendricks. 5, P. Fan
chot. william l.. Ward, Borough President
Cromwell of Richmond Speaker s. Fred Nixon,
Abraham Gruber, ex-senator Hobart krum.
Ex-Governor Frank :. Black, John f. O'Bren,
the Secretary of state George w Aldrdge.
Commissioner William L. Hapin, COngressmen
Sherman Wadsworth and Littauer. Lemue E.
Quigg ex-senator II. j. Coggeshall and Reuben
L. Fox. Governor Odell walked across the yard
with Mayor Erastus c. knight, passed by his
cottage. and with William C. Warren. of Erie
County went to Lieutenant Governor Higginss
headquarters.
While the conference was organizing in an
informal discussion the Governor stayed away.
in conference with the prospective candidate
PI.ATT NOT IN THE CONFERENCE.
Meanwhile it became apparent that the sup
porters of Senator Platt in his fight for Woodruff
were not taking part in the meeting. Senator
PIatt himself declared that he had not been in
vi;ed and would not attend. He reaffirmed his
support of the Brooklyn Colonel George
w. Dunn. of Broome County, visited the Sem
ator and came out He also declared thsr he
had not been invited and would not attend
William Barnes. jr.. OF Albany County. paid .