The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
CHANLER OR GERARD.
Democratic State Convention
Convened at Noon Today.
Lieutenant Governor ChanIer's Name
Most Prominently Mentioned For
Nomination For Governor-Justice
James M. Gerard of New York City
is Announced as Tammany's Choice,
Platform Will Denounce Hughes
Administration as Extravagant.


Platform Will Denounce Hughes
Administration as Extravagant.
Rochester, Sept. 15.-The first ses.
sion of the Democratic state conven-
tion was called to order at noon today
when former Justice Morgan j.
O'Brien delivered his address as tenn
porary chairman. After the commit
tees had been named adjournment
was taken until some time Wednesday
morning, when Judge Alton B. Parker,
his address and the convention will
settle down to serious business.
The city of Rochester has taken on
the color and gaiety of a convention
city. Arriving delegates were met by
brass bands and committees Of citi-
zens and escorted to their hotels,
there were concerts in all the hotel
lobbies and at street corners, and the
downtown sections of the city were
thronged with sight-seers. The Tam.
many utlcbdllOli many huhui GU
strong, attracted the greatest atten-
ton. The Kings county Democracy
from Brooklyn also arrived with a
heavy representation.
Gerard Is Tammany's Choice.
The nebulous conditions surround
Ing the nomination by the Democratic
state convention of candidate for
governor have taken definite form and
the problem is declared to have been
reduced to choice between Lieuten-
ant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
ler who is being urged by State Chair
man William ]. Corners, and Justice
James M. Gerard of New York city,
who is announced as the choice of
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall.
The race seems to have resolved it.
self into contest between the up
state delegates, who are declared to
be strongly in favor of Mr.. Chanler,
and the Tammany delegates, with
their alliances throughout the state
who will follow the suggestions of Mr..
Murphy.
Justice Gerard has long been promi-
nent in Democratic councils in New
York city and was elected last fall to
the supreme court bench. He has
heretofore been mentioned but cas-
ually in connection with the nomina-
ton and the prominent position into
which he was elevated last night came
as distinct surprise to close follow
ers Of the recent trend of affairs.
No one participating in the confer
ences was willing to say positively
either of Justice Gerard or of Mr.
Chanler. The name of Supreme Court
Justice Philip II. Dugro of New York
city was also brought into the discus
sion of candidates for first place on
the ticket and it was intimated that
he was looked upon by Tammany Hall
with favor second only to that of JUS
tice Gerard himself. The names OF
practically all other candidates took
on secondary interest.
Cnanler'S frlenuS ConHuent.
On the surface there is no diminu-
tion in the enthusiasm and confidence
of the delegates who favor the nomin-
alton of Lieutenant Governor Chanler
and his name is the one most promi
nently heard about state headquarters
and about all the hotel lobbies where
delegates gather. Mr.. Chanler's
strength upstate is imposing and his
friends are hopeful that the well nigh
universal sentiment in this section
may have sufficient influence upon
Leader Murphy to cause him to accept
the upstate man in preference to one
from below the Harlem river.
Mr. Murphy two years ago, however,
dictated the nomination of William R.
Hearst and at the Denver convention
last July swung the entire New York
delegation, of which he was chairman,
into line for Mr.. Bryan. His power
among a great number of the dele
gates to the present convention is un-
questioned.
The friends of William Sulzer con-
tinued his candidacy today and de-
clared they felt sure of 125 votes. A
delegation of 100 Democrats from Ell
mira arrived last night by special
train to urge the nomination of Col
onel David C. Robinson of Chemung
for governor.
Definite progress also was made on
the groundwork of a platform, the
principal feature of which will be a
ringing denunciation of the admins
tration of Governor Hughes. The
platform was discussed at great length
IN conference and practically agreed
upon.
The Hughes administration will be
attacked as one of gross extravaganza,
especially in the matter of the crea-
tion of a public service commission,
which 1t will be declared has given
no adequate return for the immense
amount of expenditure involved. The
New York city end of the commission
will be called upon to bear the brunt
of the attack and the platform will
assert that far from bettering transit
conditions in Greater New York. the
commission has seen them grow stead
lily worse.
Practically every step of Governor
Hughes administration will be at
tackled except his advocacy Of the
anti-racetrack gambling bills. The
only reference which will approach
that subject will be a declaration in