Show THACHER DECLINES to run for governor of new york on the platform as adopted at chicago his views on finance opposed to free silver at 16 to I 1 where Is hill albany N Y sept 26 there was intense excitement about the city today when mr Thac bers declination became known shortly before noon the utmost was manifested by the members of the notification committee when they learned of mr Tha chera decision senator david B hill remained at bia house at Wol ferta roost today when a representative of the united associated presses called in to see him at 11 he refused to be interviewed or to mr teachers declination in any way the general impression 0 the politicians about the kenmore was that mr achere Tb withdrawal means senator hills retirement from active political service this fall and especially on the stump he could not with consistency advocate the election to the governorship of such a man as it is admitted will be nominated by the state committee to take mr place that is a man who will stand squarely and firmly on the platform and who will make bis canvass for a state office upon almost the sole issue of free coinage of dilver at 1030 chairman york of the notification committee called the meeting to order and mr thacker of his unanimous nomination for governor by the democrats mr thacher replied as follows mr york and gentlemen of the committee on notification I 1 am deeply ee of the honor conferred upon me by the democratic party of the state of vew york in naming me as its candidate for governor I 1 am constrained to decline the nomination I 1 waa away from albany and ai my country home during the convention and did nomination lafter lot learn 01 m 5 thursday it wa not until 9 ellal t bad an eunity to learn the character of the platform adopted by the convention I 1 had no reason to expect after the convention at saratoga and after the attl ande of the delegates arm new york in the convention that the next detate convention would commit the democratic party unreservedly to all parts of the chicago platform 1 I addressed a communication to the honorable the state committee at the earliest moment consistent with maturing my thoughts and two days before its meeting in new york in that communication I 1 stated that my views on the financial question bad not changed since I 1 had publicly uttered them at the state convention in june and that I 1 assumed my nomination was made with the expectation on the part of the convention as the governor 0 the state of new york has absolutely no official connection with the question of the national finance I 1 could make the contest upon certain clearly defined detate issues which I 1 then enumerated aud which I 1 deemed vital and dominant it has developed in the consideration of the resolution by which the honorable the state committee appointed your committee well asin the public press and other public and private communications that there is a very decided desire on the part of the democratic early to contest the election on the abstract of the unlimited coinage of silver at the unalterable ratio of 16 to 1 as compared with gold and to ignore or to make awkwardly subordinate any other national issue and every other state issue it ia impossible for me with the views I 1 hold to make a contest on the coinage issue |