Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-26
Fhres Important Committee, Dominated by
Adhersnts Of the Editor
STRONG TENSION AMONG DtLteATEs
Possibility that Storm Nay Sweep Away
work of LesderA
FIRST SESSION OF CONVENTION BRIEF
Temporary Chairman Lewis nixon
Makes an Appeal for Harmony
that 10 AppIauded More Than
Any other Utterance.

BUFFALO,. sept 25.-The democratic
state convention will tomorrow nominate
a governor and full state ticker. action
which may not go through " 1.ell the
smoothness that characterif n first
brief session today. In less 1 q. q. an
hour today all the preliminaries f. a.
rary organization was disposed Oh 2
Nixon of New York. the temporary
man, made appeal for harmony W q
was applauded more than any other utts
ance, although the convention could not
be termed a wholly enthusiastic one so
far.
There is tension among the delegates
tonight, however, and there may break Il
storm tomorrow, to sweep away the struc-
ture which was builded today after many
hours of earnest effort on the part of the
leaders. who arc trying to hnd a common
ground where, temporarily at least, the
democracy of the state may pitch It's tent
and hope to Withstand the tempests of the
coming campaign.
According to the consensus of opinion
tonight william r. Hearst of New York,
who is already the nominee of the Inde-
pendence league. will probably be nonlin-
ated for governor on the first ballot.
Along with Mr.. Hearst 1t is said, the
convention will name w. Stuyvesant
Chanler OF Duchess county for lieutenant
governor and John S. Whaten of Monroe
for secretary Of state Both Mr.. Chanlcr
and Mr.. Whaten are also on the Independ-
ence league ticket. 1t is asserted this is
as far as the most radical OF the Hearst
delegates will go In taking over the candi-
dates Of the Independence league, for in
cluded In the ticket of that organization
are one OF two republicans
War Horses for Hearst.
In announcing their decision to support
Mr.. Hearst number of the democrats
, here stated that they had reached this de-
cision, not because Of any conversion to
all the ideas of government which Mr..
Hearst represents, but because they feel
under the circumstances he is the strong
est candidate the convention has before IT,
The men who bitterly fought Mr.. Hearst
In years gone by have announced their in
tention to vote for him tomorrow. though
they declare 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 squareiy and with
out pledges on either side.
The same old party men. while going into
the convention tomorrow with the an
nounced purpose OF supporting Mr.. Hearst
are not pledged to such a course. and IL
u 5tOFHi SnOulu DTedk tney WOul0 1eel un-
der no obligations to adhere to their pres
ent plans.
1t was asserted tonight that Senator p.
II. McCarren of Brooklyn, who came TO
Buffalo. bringing with him an enthusias site
delegation Of supporters for Justice Will
liam Gaynor of Brooklyn. has been unabl
to convince Leader Charles r. Murphy Of
Tammany Hail. and others, that the dis
tinguished jurist would positively accept
the nomination and remain in the field as
third candidate and against Mr.. Hearst
as the nominee OF the Independence
league
Hearst Controls Committees.
Mr. Hearst is generally conceded to have
gained control Of three important commit
tees appointed at the FIRST session of the
convention. the committees on contested
seats. which will decide contests in twenty
districts, involving sixty votes. the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions. ana the
committee on permanent organization.
The platform agreed upon late torII hit
by subcommittee OF six appointed from
the full committee win contain plank de-
claring for municipal ownership under car-
tain conditions and. II is stated will en-
dorse William ]. Bryan In a general way.
Mr.. Hearst will be placed in nominal ton
tomorrow by former Assemblyman w. V.
Cook OF Albany county.
The candidacy for district attorney OF
William T. Jerome, was practically with
drawn today at an adjourned meeting OF
the Albany conference OF anti Hearst demo-
Gratis. Mr. Jerome has let IL be known
pretty generally that he had entered the
fight in hope OF defeating the nomination
OF Mr.. Hearst and II this was accomplished
ne was satisfied
At the conference at which Mr.. Jerome
was a party today. It was decided to ap-
point committee to ascertain whether or
not the anti-Hearst sentiment could not be
centered upon either Mayor ]. N. Adam OF
Buffalo or Justice Gaynor
Mayor Adam would undoubtedly be placed
IN nomination tomorrow and II. was reported
tonight that Mr. Jerome might have a
proxy 10 be on the floor OF the convention
as delegate.
REpUBTICANs STILL uP IN THE Am