Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-26
HEARST HAS THE
 0LD LINERS 0N RUN His ShoaterS Have Captured Buffalo and His Nomination Looks Like a
 Sure Thing JEROME KEEPS HUSTLINC Will Use Every Endeavor to Down Hearst Threatens to Take
 Stump Against Him.

Buffalo, Sept 26.-The second ses-
 sion of the democratic state conven- ton was called to order in Conven- tion hall at 11:06 o'clock this morn
 ing by Temporary Chairman Lewis
 Nixon, who announced that owing to
 the inability of the committees on platform and on contested seats to complete their labors at that hour, the convention would stand ad- journed until 2:30 o'clock this after noon.
 There were not more than dozen delegates in the great hall at the time for 1t was generally known early to- day that the convention could not go forward with it's work until some time during the afternoon.
 The committee on platform Is not ready to report. It sat until after 1 o'clock this morning and completed a tentative draft of the declaration of principles the convention will be asked to adopt.
 After strenuous day and night. the convention comes to its crucial session to-day with all indications pointing to the nomination of Will liam Randolph Hearst for governor.
 District Attorney Jerome and for mer Mayor Osborne of Auburn are both quoted as threatening denunci- atory speeches in the convention and advising the naming of an opposing ticket. Any definite features of such plans, however, cannot be secured.
 The necessary preliminary work was prosecuted with energy during the night. The committee on resolu- tions worked until o'clock this morning on the platform before 8 product to its liking was effected. It was early decided that the platform should contain plank on William J. Bryan, also that 1t should declare in favor of municipal ownership of pub lie utilities.
 The phraseology of the Bryan en- dorsement caused careful considera- ton and the municipal ownership provision was framed with referen- dun provision giving all localities local option in the matter.
 When the platform subcommittee finished the tentative draft of the the contested seats com mittee was still wrestling with the contest from twenty districts involv- ing the seats of sixty delegates. It became evident that it would be all most impossible to get things in shape for the II o'clock meeting Of the convention to-day and an agree ment was tentatively reached to post pone the session until 2 o'clock this afternoon. It is expected, however. that although .the meeting hour may be later, the entire work of the con- vention will be concluded to-day or at least at session during this even- Ing.
 When the convention meets the plan is to make the temporary organ , lzation of yesterday permanent. This will put Lewis Nixon again in com mand of the gavel. He will make | no further remarks as presiding off, ,er.
 The next business will be the adoption of the platform.
 Nominations will then be in order and the roll by counties will be ,alled.
 W. V. Cooke will respond to AL ,any, the first county called, and will place Mir Hearst in nomination.
 The nominations to be made and ,oted for under this order include he state offices of governor. lieuten- secretary of state, att comptroller. treas- lrer. engineer and surveyor.
 At 1880 this afternoon there were till seven contested delegates to be leard by the committee on contested eats, and indications are that the will be called to order t 2:30 o'clock and will adjourn until vening.
 The convention came to onler at ':3o and immediately adjourned until i:30 o'clock.