The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-21
DARK HORSE MAY
BE NOMINATED
New York Democratic Situa-
ton Somewhat Mixed.
LEADERS UNABLE TO AGREE
ADDRESS OF TEMPORARY
CHAIRMAN HoRNBLoWER.

OARATOGA. y. Y. Sept. 2O.-At 1850
y O'Clock the Democratic nomination
for governor was to all appear
ances as far from final decision as
ever with some indications of eompli-
cations along new lines which threat
ened the much-desired unanimous ac-
ton in the convention. Just before IL
O'Clock Senator Hill announced that
something in the way of a statement
might be expected very late tonight.
He emphasized the word very"
At the same moment Senator McCar-
rem stood in Senator HuFs ante room
telling the newspaper men; I think
we have votes enough to nominate
GrOut"
All through the Grand Union hotel.
where tLis was taking place, the GFout
people were claiming TO have won One
of them said: While the rest Of them
are discussing the welfare of our be-
loved party MCCarren was out getting
delegates"
All this time the Hobbies and corri-
doris We're filed with Grout talk and
most of the delegates appeared all but
convinced that the battle was prac-
ucally won by McCarren For Grout.
Mere Guesswork.
On the other hand "a few minutes
before II o'clock William +. Sheehan
said:
Any guess made tonight as to the
nominee may prove wrong I'm the
morning I am hoping for harmOni-
Gus decision tonight
with Tammany?" asked some one.
with Tammany in, replied Mr..
Sheehan
All this time conferences were in pro-
Sress wherever a leader had his head
quarters. and always came to tie end
the same answer Nothing settled"
Such talk as eddied around the corri-
dors at midnight were all to- the effect
that GTOut would be the nominee, but
Senator McCarren- was the only one
of the prominent leaders that would
say so. At the same time there came
rumoTs of the coalition of certain up
state interests around Tammany hall
and against the alliance supposed 10
be represented by Senator McCarren.
The uncertain element I'm the story was
that Tammany's actual position was an
this time shrOuded in mystery and no
body knew where the final lineup
would find the Tammany people.
The candidacy Of Mr.. Shepard is the
center about which most OF the anti
GrOut sentiment gathered.
AS the hour approached midnight the
questions apparently pending are as
they were at the outset Of the conven-
ton; Can the candidate be selected
i'm conference for unanimous nominal
tion in the convention?
VIII the nomination be made by ac-
tuaI choice on the convention floor be-
tween two or more candidates.
Talk of Mcclellan.
While the conferences were I'm prog
ress in the rooms of tie various leaders
an apparently spontaneous movement
for Mayor Mcclellan of New York
originated among a number of upstate
delegates. About 1850. siXty-five mem
bers of the delegations from Erie.
Oneida, OnOndaga and other counties
in the vicinity met and appointed a
committee OF eight with Bissell Cary
of Buffalo as chairman. 10 see Mr.. Hill
and Mr.. Sheehan and urge that no
candidate be put before the convention
of whom it could be said that ne had
been forced upon it by BlT. HILL They
said they had reference 10 no one can
didate in particular, but to several
that has been named. As a candidate
who could be put before the people as
absolutely free, as they expressed it,
from Fill influence" they favored
MaVOr Mcclellan