The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-10
DEMOCRATS GATHER
FOR.THE CONVENTION
State Committee Will Hold a
Preliminary Meeting
Tonight.
TWO SESSIONS TOM ORROW
Harmony Is the Idea, No Favorite
Son. and the Unit Rule
to Govern.
TWO SESSIONS TOM ORRON

Delegates to the Democratic State con-
vention. which is to meet at Terrace Gar
den tomorrow to select dele gates to the
national convention at Baltimore next
June. will arrive in this city to-day The
con vention will assemble at noon to-mor-
row. After the speech of the temporary
chairman and the appointment of the
various committees it is the Plan to have
the convention adjourn until 3 o'clock in
the evening.
Unlike the Republicans the Democrats
plan to finish up in one day. Seymour
Van Santvoord Of Troy il to he the tenn
porary chairman ard Representative John
j. Fitzgerald the permanent chairman.
He will make his speech at the evening
session.
Charles F. Murphy arrived in town yes
terday from Atlantic City. Senator
O'(iorman also was here. Mr.. Murphy.
il is understood. is to be one of the four
delegates at large ard Senator OGorman
another. Nathan Straus was on the slate
yesterday for> another. while the remain
! ing place. IL was said. would go either to
Gov Dix or to Norman E. Mack. Mr..
Mack was named by caucus of the dele
gates from his own Congress district yes
terday as one Of the two delegates from
that district to Baltimore. hence it is
probable that Gov. Dix will be named as
| tho fourth delegate at large.
Mr. Mack will arrive in town to-day with
Chairman Palmer Of the State committee
( and Secretary Mason and there will he
conferences at the knickerbocker Hotel
regarding the slate and the PLATFORM
though this s to be chiefly a reaffirma-
tion Of the Rochester platform Of two
years ago.
! The State committee will meet this
evening at s O'Clock at Terrace Garden,
but its meeting is likely to be a short one.
The only business is the election of u
temporary secretary for the convention.
Charles +. Murphy is in control of the
/ committee and there are no suggest ions
Of trouble to he expected The commit
tee appointed at the meeting last Thurs
day to investigate the election Of Henry
p. Keith from the First district is not
likely to he heard from. In fact the
statement was made yesterday that the
Keith matter has virtually been ironed out
and would be- allowed to rest. Should
MIR. Keith attempt to introduce again his
resolut ion protesting against Mr.. Muir
phys dictation il would receive the sne
treatment as last Thursday. said Mr.
Mirphys friends yesterday At the
same time the plan Of disciplining MIR
Keith will not he pressed for the time
being
All of the delegates to Baltimore from
the different Congress districts are named
at a State convention Of the Democratic
party theoretically. though technically
this is done by the delegates from each
district These cauc,ises will be held to-
morrow night in many cases. but the names
will not bc announced until the con-
vention meets. In conformance with the
time honored rule. n resolution will be
adopted in the convention binding the
delegates by the unit rule.
1t was said positively yesterday by those
already on the ground that not only would
there he no instructions but that no;
even the mention of a favorite sons would
he heard at the convention. At the stormy
convention the Democrats held four years
ago the meeting of the State committee
was enlivened by the presentation Of a
resolution favoring Bryan, but it was
beaten 2S to 4 and was not offered in the
convention itself 1t was at that same
convention that McCarren and his dele
gates were thrown out. the committee
on credentials sitting until O'Clock in
the morning. This year under the new
primary law the certificate of election
Of the Secretary Of Sta te must he accepted
in making up the convention roll anC
there is nothing for a credentials com
mittee to do
| II any Of the friends of Woodrow Wilson