The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-26
On the Eve of the Great Battle,
EditOr.POlitician Has the
Whip Hand.
PROBABLY BE NAMED
ON THE FIRST BALLOT
Great Tension Exists on Eve of
Nomination of Candidate
for Governor.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 25.-The
| Democratic State convention will to-
morrow nominate O. Governor and a full
State ticket. action which may not 20
through with all the smoothness that
characterized the first brief session to.
day. In less than half an hour today
all the preliminaries of temporary or
| eanization were disposed Of. Lewis
Nixon of New York, the temporary
chairman, made an appeal for harmony
which was applauded more than any
other uttcrance, although the couven-
ton could not be termed wholly en-
| thusiastjc one so far.
There is q tension among the dele.
gates tonight, however, that may break
IN storm tomorrow, 10 sweep away
the structure which was builded today
! after many hours of effort on the part
of the leaders, who are trying to find
a common ground where, temporarily at
least, the Democracy of the State may
pitch it's tent and hope to Withstand
the tempe5ts of the coming campaign.
According TO the consensus of opinion
tonight, William r. Hearst of New
| York, who is already the nominee Of the
Independence league, will probably be
| nominated for Governor on the first bal
lot. Along with Mr.. Hearst, it is said,
the convention will name ". Stuyvesant
Chanler of Duchess county for Lieuten-
ant Governor and John S. Wbalen of
Monroe for Secretary Of State. Both
Mr.. Chauler and Mr. Whaleu are also
on the Independence league ticket.
Dare Not Go Too Far.
II is asserted this is as far as the
| most radical of the Hearst delegates
| will go in taking over the candidates
of the Independence league, for includ-
ed in the ticket of that organization are
one or two Republicans.
L l..
port Mr.. Hearst, number of the Demo
Gratis here stated that they had reached
their decision not because of any con.
version TO all the ideas of government
which Mr., Hearst represents, but be
cause they feel that under the existing
circumstances he is the strongest capdi-
date the convention has before it. The
men who bitterly fought Mr. Hearst
In years gone by have announced their
intention TO vote for him tomorrow,
though they declare that they are not
ready TO retract any statements they
have made in the past. They declare
Mr.. Hearst has entered into no deal
with them whatever, and that the fight
has been fought squarely and without
pledges on either side.
The same old party men, while going
into the convention tomorrow with the
announced purpose of supporting Mr..
| Hearst, are not pledged to such
course, and If storm shall break they
will be under no obligations to adhere
to their present plans.
1t is asserted tonight that Senator p.
II, McCarren of Brooklyn, who came to
| Buffalo bringing with him an enthuslas-
tic delegation Of supporters for Justice
William ". Gaynor of Brooklyn, has
been unable to convince Leader Charles
| +. Murphy of Tammany Hall and others
that the distinguished jurist would posi-
lively accept the Democratic nomlna
tion and remain IN the field as a third
candidate against the Republican nom
inee and against Mr. Hearst as the NOM
inee of the Independence league.
Hearst Has Three Committees.
Mr.. Hearst is generally conceded to
| have gained control of three important
committees appointed at the first ses-
sion OF the convention, the committee
on contested seats, which will decide
| contests in twenty districts, involving
sixty votes; the committee on platform
| and resolutions, and the committee on
permanent organization.
The platform agreed upon late tonight
by subcommittee of six, appointed
from the full committee, will contain a
plank declaring for municipal owner
| ship under certain conditions, and II Is
| stated will indorse William ]. Bryan,
Mr.. Hearst will be placed In nomina~
tion tomorrow by former Assemblyman
William V Cook of Albany county.
This county is first in the roll of dele
gates.
The candidacy of District Attorney
William T, Jerome was prae tically with,
drawn today at an adjourned meeting of
the Albany conference Of anti-Hearst
Democrats. Mr.. Jerome has let it be
known pretty generally that he had en-
tered the fight in the hope of defeat
inc the nomination of Mr.. Hearst, and
if this was accomplished he was salts
fed.
AT the conference to which Mr.. Je-
rome was party today, 1T was decided
to appoint committee to ascertain
whether or not the anti-Hearst senti'
ment could not be centered upon either
Mayor J. n. Adam Of Buffalo or Justice
Gaynor,
Mayor Adam will undoubtedly, be
placed in nomination tomorrow, and it
was reported tonight that Mr.. Jerome
may have a proxy to be on the floor of
the convention as delegate.