The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-20
THE POLITICAL CONTEST IN NEW
YORK.

AS 10 WneLner OF not JuOBe HarkeT
will carry New York depends largely
upon the action OF the Democratic
convention of that state which meets
in Saratoga to-day. The nominee for
Governor should be a man who can
command the enthusiastic support of
the up-country as well as the city
Democrats, and he should be popular
with the Murphy faction, the McCar-
rem faction. the German American.
the Irish-American. and, in fact, the
voters Of all other natiOnalties who
vote the Democratic ticket.
It is difficult to find such a man, even
if the leaders announce they will
agree upon him. Those spoken Of are
John NJ. Stanchfield. Edward NJ.
Shepard, Controller Grout. Judge Gay
nor, District Attorney Jerome. former
Secretary of War Lamont and others.
Mr.. Hill, who leads the up-country
Democrats, sa,-s he has no candidate,
and Mr. Murphy, the Tammany leader,
says that he viii be satisfied with any
candidate that isn't against Tam
many. All profess to be anxious for
the success of the party and it really
looks as if the convention would be
an open one, and that the most popu-
lar man would win, but the winning
man might be one who couldn't poll
the full vote of the party. For instance,
Controller Grout would be a strong
candidate in the up-country districts
but Tammany is against him, and
would doubtless make very little eff
fort to secure his election. Tammany
is also against the nomination of Mr..
Stanchfield, mainly because he is a
close friend of Mr.. Hill. and the i'm
preston prevails that Mr. Hill is do
ing what he can for him. 1t is claimed
that Mr.. Shepard is not popular with
many of the party workers because he
has on occasions assumed an indie
pendent attitude and didn't even regis
ter at the last mayoralty election. Be
sides, it is pointed out that he has
never shown himself TO be a good
vote getter. Judge Gaynor also has his
enemies. and they are powerful ones.
The Germans have announced that
they cannot be depended upon to vote
for Mr.. Jerome if he should be the
candidate and it is also pointed out
that Mr.. Jerome has some views of his
own that are not in harmony with
those entertained by the Democratic
party.
OF the entire list Mr.. Lamont seems
to be the only one against whom there
is no objection offered. and he an
nounced sometime ago that he wouldn't
accept the nomination if it We're Of
fered him on account of the condition
of his health and his business engage
ments. 1t is hoped. however, that lie
can be induced to change his mind in
the event it should be the desire Of
the convention to nominate him.
Mr.. Hill, who Will dominate the con-
vention, says that he has but one OBJ
ject in view, and that is to make a
ticket that will assist in the election
of Judge Parker. and there is no good
reason for thinking he is insincere.
While he would like to have MIR.
Stanchfield nominated. he would accept
any other candidate if he thought by
doing so he would advance Judge Par
ker's interests.
Judge Parker has been urged to
name the candidate. 1t is admitted
that the convention would yield to his
wishes in the matter, even though a
majority was against his choice. But
he very wisely takes the position that
it would be a serious mistake for him
to take a hand in local politics. If he
should name the candidate for Gov
ernor he would make enemies of all the
other candidates and their friends He
would weaken the national ticket in
stead of STRENGTHENING it, by undertake
ing to play the part of dictator in state
affairs.
The very general impression seems to
be that, if no mistake is made at Sara
toga, he viii carry New York. And the
outlook for his success is becoming
brighter in other states. More snap
and vigor are being thrown into the
campaign. A distinct effort is being
made to arouse the Independent vot-
ers. With their assistance there is
good reason for thinking that Judge
Parker will be elected.