Show BULL MOOSE LOCK HORNS IN BATTlE Opposition to Prendergast Develops Develops Develops De De- De- De on Eve of New York State Convention S Syracuse N N. Y 1 Sept 5 Storm i.-Storm Storm signal sig sig- nals nal were hoisted at the state conven tion of oC the time Drill Bull Moose party part here to tonight tonight to- to night and the forecast tor lor tomorrows tomorrow's session Indicated a troublous and Unsettled unsettled un un- settled situation when tine the delegates resume the task of or naming a state ticket Comptroller William A. A of oC New York announced tonight that If it his hit name was to be he opposed In convention con con- he ime would not permit It to be bo presen presented tenI ten I have ho not withdrawn m. m my candi dacy ac for fOl governor o said Mr gast gastl My l position I Is the same as when 1 camo caine here I If this convention nom nom- mates mo me without opposition I will accept but If JC I am to be opposed then my ny hat Is not In iii the ring rinK Former Governor Woodruff Woodruff Wood Wood- ruff ruC openly charged that tho those e who were iere seeking Decking to nominate State Stat Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Hotchkiss Hotchkis were not acting In good faith toward Mr l Prendergast Mr Ir Woodruff said that lint the time nomination of or Mr tr Hotchkiss would disrupt the party part and then he added J If this timis party part could be formed In two months then lien I guess we could form another one ono In two months month It Mr Woodruff said that notwithstanding notwithstanding standing Mr Hotchkiss' Hotchkiss declarations that hint he was not a a. candidate and that he was for tOl Mr Mn 11 Prendergast for tor governor governor gov gov- friends of Hotchkiss had hind asked Oscar ORcar S S. S Straus to present his lila name There was tall talk tonight that former State Senator Fredericks M. M Davenport would be named as a compromise candida can can- dida te When hen the time convention met tonight a a- large crowd cro was sus in lii attendance One of the principal speeches was mode manSe b by W W. Bourke Dourle Cockran of ot New York former hornier Democratic congressman who declared he had joined the time new party part to maintain main tam tain his imis Democratic principles Following ln time the adoption of or the platform platform plat plat- form time tho convention adjourned until noon I Late Lato ate tonight ht a report was current that tho tie among among- delegates about the tine gubernatorial nomination had imad been adjusted to a a. large measure and that lr Mr Prendergast would be bo selected |