Democratic leaders hoped that the radical Republicans would put forth their own ticket in the election. The "New York World" newspaper, particularly interested in undermining the National Union Party, ran a series of articles predicting a delay for the National Union Convention until late in 1864 to allow Frémont time to collect delegates to win the nomination. Frémont supporters in New York City established a newspaper called the "New Nation", which declared in one of its initial issues that the National Union Convention would be a "nonentity". The "New York World" also published (further purported by Samuel S. Cox) to limit Lincoln's popularity.