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Voorhccs, and to hare asked him why he
had advised Gray to pet out of the way.
The Senator iSquoted as saving: "I have
no longer sny doubt about Cleveland's nom
ination, and I wonld be a very poor iriend
of Governor Gray if I did not tell him the
truth about the situation here. We can
make him Vice President. More than that
we cannot da"
Indiana Joins tlio Cleveland Column.
The fijlit between the Cleveland and
Gray factions in Indiana is over. Three
months aso the party organ of the State,
the Indianapolis Sentinel, after having sup
ported Gray's candidacy for over a year,
came out boldly for the'ex-President and
liroclaimed, "Indiana will stand up and be
counted for Grover Cleveland at Chicago."
"Within 24 hours Gray's lieutenants lrom
every comity in the State were in consnlta
tionVith tlicir chief at Indianapolis. It
uas decided to oppose the Cleveland move
ment, and from that day the politicians of
the State have been divided into two hos
tile tactions.
A drawn battle was fought at Indian
apolis April 2, when the State Convention
elected a divided delegation to the Na
tional Convention. The two tactions of the
delegations met for the first time Satui
day afternoon when the Gray wing, led by
Senator Voorhees, captured everything in
sight from the chairmanship ot the delega
tion to the committeeman. The Cleveland
faction, led by S. E. Morss, editor ot the
XcnXind, did nothing more than resolve to
stay here all summer if necessary to nomi
nate Cleveland. Up to 4 o'clock this after
noon the members of the two (actions did
rot Fpcak as they passed. The Cleveland
men were especially bitter against the Gray
men lor having appropriated to themselves
all the committees. At 3 o'clock both fac
tions held separate caucuses.
Gray's Forces Demoralized.
The Cleveland men were reinforced bv C
R. Pollard and J. E. Cass, of theTenth'dis
trict. For the first time these two dele
gates entered the Cleveland caucus both
promising to stand by Cleveland as Ions as
his name was before the Convention.
At the Gray caucus the delegates were
demoralized. An informal talk showed
that every delegate conceded Cleveland's
nomination In order to place the State in
a creditable position before the country it
was decided not to present Governor Gray's
name but to ioin the Cleveland faction and
vote as a unit lor the Ex-President. The
Cle eland faction, having secured half of
delegation, gae the antis to understand
that it was a matter of indifference to them
whether they came over or not.
When the two tactions had been seated in
secret fission at the Palmer House this
afternoon not a nord was uttered until
Johu E. Lamb announced that Governor
Gray's name would not be presented, and
then moved that the delegation vote as a
unit on the first and subsequent ballots.
Editor Morss for the Cleveland side de
manded a call of the delegation, so that
each delegate be placed in black and white.
Every delegate voted for Cleveland. James
JIurdock, another anti-Cleveland man, pro
posed that Senator Voorhees should second
the nomination of Cleveland. Senator
Voorhees, at the request of the delegation,
accepted.
Vowrlioes to Second the Nomination.
W. E. English, who had been orginally se
lected by the Cleveland men to perform
this duty, will follow Senator Voorhees so
that no other factions will nominate Cleve-'
land's nomination. Gray's name was not
mentioned at the meetimr. "When the news
of the reunion of the two factions reached
the Victoria Hotel where the State Com
mittee and the Indiana clubs are quartered
there wa.s great rejoicing. Tiie action of the
delegation was received with general ap
proval. On the result of the action of the Indiana
delegation Editor Morss said: "For months
we ha'.e maintained that 90 per cent of the
Democrats favored the nomination of Cleve
land, and the action of the delegation to
day confirms our claims. I have no doubt
that the anti-Cleveland delegates were in
fluenced by the flood of telegrams received
br them to-day from all parts ot the State
urcing them to stand up for Cleveland."
The arrival of visiting clubs from other
p:.rtt of the State and thousands of other
Democrats of Indiana who are in the city
shouting for Cleveland demanding his nom
ination, was only an additional evidence, if
any was needed, that Cleveland and nobody
else was the choice of the Democracy of
the State for President.
SILVER MEN DROP HILL
Thej Arts Led Into tlio Gorimn Fold tor
Mellifluous iStoquencc Seventy Totos On
tlio First ISuIIot Corraied for.ths Mary
land Candidate.
CniCAGO, June 20. Confusion and ex
citement were flung into the conference of
silver men to-day almost at the outset. An
abortive ending of the vhole movement
teemed imminent, but the final success
achieved was all the greater by contrast
The explosion came from a premature
susgestiou that the caucus proceed to talk
over the matter ot candidates. Instantly
there was a hubbub. "It's no use," "Could
ot airee," "Too close to the convention
now," and dozens of similar comments met
the proposal.
The understanding among the leading
tpints in the conference as that an effort
i-hould be made to concentrate the silver
votes under the lead of Colorado solidly for
Gorman. Practical refusal of the caucus to
even consider the matter, much less uuite
upon a candidate, was a disagreeable sur
prise, but those who were chiefly instru
mental in setting the caucus together,
adroitly avoided forcing an issue at the be
ginning that threatened, if then pressed, to
precipitate perhaps irretrievable dissention.
Instead of jamming ahead rough shod and
securing a candidate, efforts were ostensibly
bent toward producing a silver plank for
which all present would pledge themselves
to island through thick and thin.
Harmony foctared by'Elcquence.
The dulcet eloquence and quick intelli
gence ot T. M. Patterson, of Denver, was
brought into play, and under his skillful
piloting harmony as big as a mountain soon
began to loom into view. In place of an
angry debate ensuing as to"the fitness or
unfitness of the different candidates, the 42
delegates present as a result of Patterson's
delicate maneuvering, were soon engaged
in an earnest but harmless discussion of the
phraseology of a silver plank, and the
course to be pursued -when the platform
reached the convention.
The "roundup" came in the form of a
motion to appoint a committee of one from
each State represented to help frame the
much discussed plank. The motion was
carried, and by this time the inclination to
pugnaciousness, 60 prominent early in the
proceedings, had thoroughly evaporated,
the distribution of honors in the lorm of
places on the committee helping in mollifv
ing those who doubted that anything after
ail was to come of the caucus.
How They Fell Into Line In Peace,
Seizing the favorable opportunity Patter
son again took the floor, and after pointing
out how much depended upon united action
gradually led up to a statement that he had
originally been a Hill man, but of late had
become convinced that the most available
man, from a silver standpoint, the candi
date favorable to the silver interests, who
had aroused the least antagonism, and was
most likely to win was Gorman, of Mary
land. Patterson's remarks were reinforced
bv T. J. O'Donnell, of Colorado, and
Clark, of Nevada, helped on the
boom. The Montana delegates were not
slow to fall into line and the representatives
lorming the remainder of the conference
alter much button-holing and canvassiog
of the possibilities of the balloting in the
convention, put themselves on record by
declaring one after another a preference for
Gorman or a willingness to unite in his
support. The net result, if the pledges
made are carried out, was the corraling of
exactly 42 votes for Gorman on the first bal
lot These votes are to come from Colorado,
Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, New Mex
ico, Arizona, and "Wyoming. Those active
in the caucus claim that its action will di
rectly influence 30 other votes in different
delegations, making a total of 70 for Gor
man as an outcome oflhe day's work by the
silver men.
FLOCKINGTOGROVER
Clever Methods Adopted by
His Leaders to Shut Out
Minority Totes.
PRESSING TIIE UNIT RULE
In Several States Silences a Few of
His Bitter Opponents.
EVENTS POINT IN ONLY ONE WAY.
Knights Who rose No Longer as Presidental
Possibilities.
HILL AND BOIES TIIE ONLY OPPONENTS
fBT AESOCIJLTED KtXSS.l
CniCAGO, June 20. The anti-Cleveland
people have won the first victory of the
convention. "W. C. Owens, delegate at
large for the State of Kentucky, has been
selected by the National Committee as the
Temporary Chairman of the convention.
This victory, however, extends only to the
membership of the National Committee,
arid is insisted by the Cleveland folks to be
no indication of the relative strength of the
Cleveland and anti-Cleveland factions
among the delegates.
In order to promptly correct any mis
representations that might go abroad as to
& substantial anti-Cleveland victory, the.
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Mr. OecelnniTs Ez-ITesdsman.
leaders ot the ex-President's cause announce
to-night that although defeated in the com
mittee, thev will carry the fight to the
convention and endeavor to defeat Mr.
Owens for Temporary Chairman by placing
in nomination an avowed Cleveland man.
To Hou. Henry "Watterson, of Kentucky,
and the astute diplomacy which he has dis
played during the past five days, is credited
the preliminary victory of the anti-Cleveland
element to-day. Mr. "Watterson, as a
member of the sub-committee appointed
'last February to select the Temporary
Chairman of. the convention, subject of
course, to the approval of the main Com
mittee, and later to the action of the con
vention, began his campaign in the interest
of Mr. Owens immediately after the Ken
tucky Convention selected that gentleman
as a delegate at large.
Mr. Owens is pretty well understood to
dispute the expediency of nominating the
ex-President in view of the factional differ
ences in the State of New York; and
although he has maintained a discreet
silence since his name has been discussed" in
connection with the temporary chairman
ship, it is not denied even by his most
earnest supporters, that he is an opponent
of Mr. Cleveland.
Personal magnetism of Owens.
The only claim they make is that he is a
gentleman whose integrity and love for fair
play'havs never been called in question in
the chivalrous Blue Grass State, and that,
regardless of his personal preferences or
objections, he will wield the gavel with an
impartiality that will call forth the
approval of all factions. But when the
National Committee, to-day, by a vote of 28
to 20, adopted the report of the sub-committee,
selecting Mr. Owens as Temporary
Chairman, the anti-Cleveland people at
once heralded this as an important victory,
which showed that the power of the ex
President was on the wane.
Of course, the Cleveland people vigorously
denied that the selection of Mr. Owen's
meant anything more than that he was a
personal favorite with the various members
of the National Committee, but just before
the approaching storm, when every breeze
affects the sensitive political barometer it is
decided this omen ot Cleveland defeat must
not pass unchallenged.
The Hon. "William L. "Wilson, of "West
Virginia, one ot the valiant leaders of the
tariff reformers in the National House of
Representatives, is understood to be the
man upon whom the Cleveland people have
placed their hopes. It may be that time,
which tempers all asperities and softens all
animosities, will minister" to theascerbity
of the situation, and that the opening of the
convention will find the Cleveland leaders
resigned to the selection of Mr. Owens
whose friends are to-night sounding his
praises as the very Aristides of politics.
Itlslnfr Hopes of Cleveland Men.
In the main, however, the events of the
day have been such as to add hope to the
Cleveland movement. The populous State
of Illinois, high in the alphabetical list, has
decided to cast its 48 votes for Grover
Cleveland, and thus one more State, which
has been lingering in the doubtful list,
has been added to the Cleveland column.
Indiana, too, which has stood a great inter
rogation point on every page of estimates
since the 21st of April, retires ex-Governor
Gray and will castits 30 votes for the great
popular leader. Of course ali the other
leaders, who regard every move on the po
litical chess board as being inspired by
selfish motives, declare that Indiana s
change of front means that Isaac P. Gray is
to come in as"a Presidental candidate later
in the proceedings and bask in the favor of
the Cleveland hosts.
Another knight-errant, who for 72 hours
has proudly worn the garments of great
political possibilities, removes his regalia
to-night and assumes a modest place among
the trusted Cleveland lieutenants. For the
first time since the opening of the fray
'Senator Gorman avows his belief in the
nomination of ex-President Cleveland, and
while he speaks portentiously of the dan
gers ot such a result, he waves from him
the ambition that has haunted his move
ments for the past three days and declares
that no friend of his must enter his name in
the Presidental list.
"I do not think Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion advisable," said the Senator from
Maryland this evening, "but as matters now
stand it seems inevitable." In this terse
sentence Senator Gorman reviews the con
test and expresses his resignation to the in
evitable. mil and Boles Still Stand Fat
Bnt there are two men who stand un
daunted side by side with Grover Cleve
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land in the race for Presidental nonors,
and few men have the temerity to chal
lenge the sincerity of their position. Sen
ator David B. Hill, of New York, with the
72 votes of the Empire State behind him,
and Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa, se
cure in the fealty of 26 devoted supporter!,
are still indomitable factors in the Presi
dental contest, be the result of humiliation
what it may.
True, .there have been many rumors that
Tammany has 'been exerting" its seductive
wiles on "the favorite sons of other States to
hold secure-their wavering forces in the
hope that Tammanv would at last come to
the "West with its "72 votes for Palmer or
Morrison or Carlisle or Gray; but Tammany
leaders still outwardly profess allegiance to
the cause of Hill, and a gradual conviction
is forcing itself upon every mind that the
nomination of Cleveland, if nominated he
be, will meet an eloquent protest from the
Empire State bv the 2 vfrtes of New York
being cast for the distinguished Senator.
The old proverb that history repeats itself
is finding frequent repetition among the
Cleveland people to-night It is remem
bered that exactly two weeks ago at the
Minneapolis National Convention the anti
Harrison members of the National Com
mittee defetted the Harrison contingent
and decided upon J. Sloat Fassett, of New
York, as Temporary Chairman of the con
vention. ,
History Repeats Itself Once More.
Fassett was one of the most earnest of
the anti-Harrison people, and yet the Na
tional Committee decided upon him for
Temporary Chairman, and, in the face of a
convention which was three-fifths for Har
rison, he was allowed to be seated without
protest' Two days later, however, on the
first trial test oi strength, the anti-Harrison
people were routed, and on the day follow
ing the President was triumphantly renomi
nated. All this is called to public mind by
the Cleveland people, and it is stated that
the programme will repeat itself in the
present Democratic National Convention.
The selection of Owens bv the National
Committee they hold to be but an augur of
the defeat of the politicians by the masses
of the party and, predict with great confi
dence the nomination of the ex-President
next Wednesday.
In another respect is there a parallel be
tween the two conventions. The delegates
from the silver States two weeks ago allied
themselves with the anti-Harrison forces
and bitterlv opposed the President's rejomf
nation. To-day the delegates from the
silver States are for the most part arrayed
against the nomination of ex-President
Cleveland, and have turned to the South
and East in search of a combination which
ill defeat the nomination of the popular
favorite. In one or two States these over
fures were successful in winning over dele
gates to Boies'as opposed to Cleveland.
Votes That Are Swl'chine About.
South Carolina this morning decided to
go lor Boie, the Western candidate, a the
best man with whom to beat Cleveland, to
whose nomination they are bitterly hostile.
They met during the day and it was agreed
to give Boies 12 of its votes on the first bal
lot Of the other six votes three will go to
Hill, two to Gorman and one to Cleveland
on the first ballot. On the second ballot
Boies will get five of the remaining votes
and perhaps all six should he stand a good
chance. South Carolina was distinguished
in its State Convention by the adoption' of
resolutions denouncing Cleveland. "Mem
bers of the delegation say that though these
resolutions may seem strong to outsiders
they were really the mildest that could
have been drawn and gone through the con
vention. The Cleveland men are straining every
nerve to add to their strength on the first
ballot, and wherever it is possible ti consol
idate a State delegation and have it present
a solid front they are doing it. Their great
est work is being exerted in delegations
where the Cleveland sentiment is prepon
derant. A great deal of pressure was Drought
by them on Mr. Gorman to prevent the use
of that gentleman's name as one of the op
posing candidates. To-day they employed
every means at their command to induce
Mr. Gorman to publicly announce that he
-as not a candidate and would not enter
the field. Senator Carlisle was less doubt
ful about Mr. Cleveland's itrength in New
York and is now favorable to his nomi
nation. An evidence of the careful method
the Cleveland people are pursuing was af
forded at the meeting of the Vermont dele
gation, when the unit rule was adopted and
the solitary anti-Cleveland vote therein
made to count tor Cleveland.
GORMAN WON'T BE NAMED.
Tlio Maryland Senator Gets Oat of the Way
of the Procession.
CniCAOO, June 20. Senator Gorman's
name will not be presented to the conven
tion. This decision was reached at a late
hour to-night Senator Charles H. Gibson,
of Maryland, one of the closest friends to
the Senator, made the following statement
to-night:
At no time lms Mr. Gorman shared the
confidence of his (1 lends In believing that
he could be nominated. He has continually
labored to lepiess decided movements tn
that line. To those who do not know him
he inisht appear to be w anting in what wo
could call courage in political action, but
the result has justified the correct
ness of his ludgment, and all must
admit his modesty and self-abnegation in
never having pressed his claims for tho
nomination. While believing the candidacy
of Mr. Cleveland impolitic, unwise and not
auspicious, he has done everything that was
becoming to Impress his friends with
that Idea. Ilohnsall the time been unwill
ing to simply obstruct and delay Cleveland's
nomination without seeing his way clear to
a piobably better result. In the presence
ot tho fact that Connecticut, New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois had decided to vote for
Mr. Clovclnnd, coupled with the strong fol
lowing in many of the Southern States, es
pecially Missouri, Tennessee, Texas nnd
GeoigM, supported by Calliornia, Oregon,
Washington ami Pennsylvania, and most if
not all of the Kew England States Sir. Gor
man did not think the chances were favor
able to breaking up this strong
Cleveland combination. lie leallzed its
force moio strongly than others, lie united
with many of the best men of the party to see
if 1 was possible to overcome what proved
to bo the fixed forces of Mr. Cleveland, and
saw in ad mice of others the certain failure
of tho attempt lie saw no merit in still
further distracting and disorganizing tlio
adverse elements tn the party without any
j-chult except increased tiouble and aliena
tion. NEBRASKA SPLITS ITS VOTE.
TUree-Qnarters for Cleveland and the Best
lor Gorman nnd l'atllson.
Chicago, June 20. The poll taken in
the Nebraska delegation this evening is
strictly in line with the prediction sent out
in these dispatches yesterday. The delega
tion stands, 12 Cleveland, 3 Gorman and 1
Pattison, of Pennsylvania. Nebraska does
not believe in the unit rule and its vote on
the first ballot will accordingly stand as
stated above.
One of the three Gorman men is Gover-x
nor Boyd, who said: "It is with us merely
a matter of personal judgment "We doubt
Cleveland's ability to carry New York and
we are trying to suggest to the country
some roan outside of that State upon whom
both factions can unite. If Gorman is not
that man, show us who can bring union to
New York, and he will have our earnest
support"
MISSOURI SOLID FOR CLEVELAND.
She Will Tots for Him as tone as His Name
Is Before the Convention.
Chicago, June 20. The Missouri dele
gation met at 11 o'clock this morning, and.
on the thirl ballot- cliose J. G. Prather
National Committeeman over Charles H.
Jones and Eph Ewing.
After a hard fisnt the Missouri delegation
decided by n unanimous vote to stand as a
unit for Cleveland as long as his name was
before the convention. M. L. Clardy vio
lently opposed the unit rule and in "every
way endeavored to force individual action.
C II. Jones, however, championed the first
proposition, and after a long and bitter fight
the Chairman was ordered to cast the entire
vote of the State for Cleveland from first to
last, or until his name was withdrawn.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH
FRIENDS FOR A FACT
Are Those in Whose Hands Ex
President Cleveland's Canvass
IS NOW SO SUPINELY REPOSING.
Whitney's Devotion to His Former Chief
to His Own Disadvantage.
THE POSSIBILITIES UNDER TATTISON
rrnOM A STArF corbefponpeit.
CniCAGO, June 20. All is not happy
here, but "Whitney & Co. mean to have
happiness and are getting the brimstone
boiled and having a brace put on the shingle,
so that when the administering comes to be
done all will be peace and joy in Dothe
boy's hall.
This Mr. "Whitney is the Prince Charley,
GROVER CLEVELAND,
FROM HIS -LATEST PHOTOGRAPH, BY PACH BROTHERS
the Young Pretender of this celebration.
Though he wears glasses his countenance
and pro61e are youthful and practical. He
looks like-a protector of the "fancy" when
there is to be a little "mill" at the corner
of three estates. He inherits the .Federal
role as a part to play, for I think his father
was superintendent of the Springfield
Armory, in Massachusetts, and perhaps
Collector of the Port once at Boston, in some
such palmy days as Pierce and Buchanan.
He knew the good office, when others saw
it not, and that ot corporation counsel is an
appointive office, removed from the hue
and crv of newspapers, but a fat office, for
it conducts all the suits or compromises
them, on behalf of the city, against such
machines as the ferry companies, trespass
ers on the dock, and even unfortunate house
holders, who, finding no boy to clean the
pavement in the morning of the fresh ice,
go down to business and get bued for main
taining a slippery pavement
A Power in a Smart Sinn's Hands.
Four thousand to 8,000 suits are some
times conducted on a slippery day by the
corporation counsel. This office, in the
hands of a man supremely great, is mightier
than the "sword. From the corporation
counsel's office emanated Mr. Cleveland, as
from the manger came the star of our Chris
tian era. Whitney kept the office so long
that there was not chalk enough to inscribe
the vears on the head of the bed. Then he
handed it over to Stetson, who had the
Broadway and other railroad bills signed by
Governor Cleveland, and is now his legal
partner.
Whitney, Stetson and Cleveland form a
business combination which anticipates and
survives Presidencies, "Come in, fellow
citizens," was the talk, "and see how we
can explain to you that it is very proper
for you to inquire about us. ' There is noth
ing concealed about us, as you will see."
Up here at the Auditorium Hotel, where
Tammany sits like the Spanish Inquisition
and permits nobody to enter, especially
not newspaper "chiel," there they stood iii
a row, Whitney and Fairchild and all the
old Cabinet, somewhat in the manner of
Madame Toussaud's gallery of kings. The
effect was overpowering upon those al
ready for Cleveland.
Then Mr. Whitney walked home to the
Richelieu, swinging his head from side to
side, as is his want, and studying natural
history about the pavement, now swinging
his arms nonchalantly, und looking as if
these small Presidental matters gave him
no trouble whatever. It was the iuhuman
capacity to deal with the voter he got from
his-Whitney forefathers in the Bay State,
and with him success succeed"!. At school
the boys liked him, and especially the"
Pavne boys, whose sister he married, and
Oliver Payne has never found enoagh to do
for his handsome friend. He lives opposite
Cornelius Vanderbilt
A Free Liver at tbe Capital.
When Mr. Whitney came to Washington
he did not ask the price ot terrapin by the
dozen, but by the barrel; nor the price of
champagne by the case, but by the invoice.
People who did not know a "diamond
back" from a "snapper" got the gout in a'
single night upon the Secretary's terrapin;
men whe only notion of champagne was
derived from the brands of California and
St Louis Iiad a whole bottle of Epecnay to
themselves. .He ordered John Roach aloft
so high that he has never come down, and
took his shipyard and started the navy.
Grown tired of the sea he came ashore and
has ever since been riding in street cars
which he controls, as the only proper form
of recreation. "Charlie is my darling, the
young chevalier."
Said I to an old friend who knew the
Cleveland outfit: "Tell me if, Grover ha3 a
wire to this convention."
"Not a bit of it; not improbably they
have some method of communicating with
him aB by a cypher, more probably with a
mutual friend, but Cleveland is not smart
in handling conventions. Like Harrison,
his province is to cut out measures. He
lacks the patience, tact, and the obtuseness
to do practical politics. He entirely trusts
the men be has here, and it has appeared
they are trustworthy, for Whttney seems to
be the only man in sight who could get
away with Cleveland's strength and become
the candidate."
"You do not believe that he would re
fus? the Presidency?"
"Whitney Able to TValt.
""I do not see how nnv man could refuse
the Presidency; Whitney is a young fellow,
still he knows that faith is the way to the
Presidency; thai fidelity enlarges" respect.
Less than'any person who has been around
these conventions has he 'winked toward
drawing his friend Cleveland's support
TUESDAY, JUNE 21,
This is greatlv to his credit, for his wife's
family and kin would above'all things like
to see him in this office. "
The speculative interests of the Whitney
family reach all over this land; Oliver
Payne, an inhabitant of Mr. Whitney's
house, is not onlv one of the chief men in
the Standard Oil Company, but h4 is in the
Brice-Thomas-Danville combination, in the
Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, and all over the
Stock Exchange. The two men are money
makers above all things.
Upon Sunday night I heard a whisper
suggestive to me that if the Cleveland men
had no apprehensions they hid much cir
cumspection. The rumor was that the Penn
sylvanians had hopes of nominating Patti
son; that. their arrangement was perfect
with the New York' man; that If Cleveland
could not be nominated Pattison would get
the Cleveland vote as the second choice.
Persons hitherto supposed to be hostile to
Pattison had been drawn into this move
ment. I heard it all polftely, and I said:
"I do not Bee that they ofler Pattison any
thing. He is to give more support to Cleve
land than any other State can give for
Pennsylvania is the banner State in dele
gatesand is to do it in .good faith as long
as Cleveland is running, and alter that they
are to drop him. But will Cleveland ever
stop runninc? May he not nave tied up
other States with.the same proposition?"
Arranged by Cleveland's Friend.
"No," said my friend, ''you may depend
upon it that they are Cleveland's friends
who have made this arrangement, snch as
, William Singerly, in Philadelphia, who
ence. He owns the Philadelphia litcord,
which broke ground in Pennsylvania for
free trade when it was deemed in that State
heresy and ruin to take such a step. Sing
erly is the partner of Pattison in the bank
ing business, and, with the late W. L. Scott,
revived Pattison. Pattison is the nearest
approach to Cleveland in his political pro
cesses. He has a band of Philadelphia mug
wumps who turn out and elect him when
ever these will not support the Republican
ticket. So Cleveland wants Pattison as the
best representative of his .essays and him
selfthat is what wo understand. The men
running the Pattison boom arc trying to
hold it back and throw earth upon it.'like a
charcoal pit. But it is there, and you watch
it after Cleveland shall fail."
It occured to me either that the Cleveland
men had been lying in their figures or that
Governor Pattison was indulsing a very
remote hope. It is possible that the Cleve
land figures have been fale? Or, do the
Cleveland men fear their figures will di
minish under the onset of the Tammany men
and their allies? '
Talking about this everlasting force bill,
sometimes it looks as if the Southerners
were being played by a man with "green
goods." I can now understand what was said
to meat Minneapolis by some Democratic
onlookers, that Harrison's nomination would
compel the tariff, the Billion Dollar Con
gress, etc., to be withdrawn, and the fight
made on new issues, snch as the negro and
the force bill. Pattison hns apparently
some elements ot great strength before the
people.
Peculiarities of Fattlsonlsm.
It is the first time; perhaps, in the his
torv of this country that Methodists and
Catholics have inclined toward the same
national candidate a Methodist with a
Methodist preacher lather, and both con
spicuous in the church conventions, and
bath conspicuous in the truist conventions
and corporations. Pattison studied law with
a Roman Catholic, Cassidy, whom he made
his Secretary oi State against the Presby
terian opposition in Pennsylvania, and he
has now made Harrity, Cleveland's post
master in Philadelphia, another Catholic,
his Secretary of State for the second term.
Harritv is an active-looking young man,
rather handsome) with the Irish genius for
political details. Were Pattison to become
President, theTennsylvania fellows would
have a pot-pie. The foreign missions would.
wouia sen two ior a penny on unesrnut
street, the Philadelphia mint would give
away mint-drops to the boys, there would
be a ship canal from Philadelphia to the
South, the Ohio river would flow into Lake
Krie, the Reading Railroad would consoli
date with the Pennsylvania Railroad and
run all over the earth.
Beautiful are the delusions of a nomina
tion convention, resembling the dream of
the Persian trader with his half-dozen
vases of glas in the market place, who,
having married the Vizier's danghter and
succeeded to tbe Caliph, kicked the said
daughter with his loot because she vthined
too much upon his love and filled the mar
ket house with cracked glass to the great de
light of the cobblers and barber-surgeons.
AV hat has extirpated the ancient prejudice of
Pennsylvania against New York? Can it
be the street car syndicate which went over
to New York and annexed the Whitney
syndicate and, has ever since been the ball
which is rolling on for (Tippecanoe and
Chicago, too? Gath.
Doles. Boomers Still Noisy.
CniCACO, June 20. This afternoon and
evenin g there were 5,000 .members of Demo
cratic inarching clubs from Iowa in and
around the Iowa headquarters. The Hawk
eye FJambean Clubs, of Keokuk, 400 strong,
came in this morning, headed by
two bands. A big contingent of marchers
from Cedar Rapids also appeared. They
marched to the hotel with an enormous ofl
Eainting of Governor Uoise carried at their
ead, and they nearly lilted the root of the
Palmer House with their shouts.
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WATTERSON OiN TOP.
He Wins the First Engagement With
the Cleveland 'Forces.
0WENSF0R TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Arizona and Sew Meifro Uiven an In
creased Kepresentatlon.
MORE TOTES REQUIRED TO NOMINATE
Chicago, June 20. To the anti-Cleveland
forces belong the first honors of war
in the contest for the control of the Demo
cratic National Convention. The National
Committee at its meeting this afternoon de
cided by a vote of 28 to 20 to present the
name of Henry Watterson's candidate, W.
C. Owens, of Kentucky, as the Temporary
Chairman of the convention.
The Cleveland people ill brook defeat, and
will carry the contest onto the floor of the
convention immediately after the convention
is called to order unless they abandon their
present intention. This will develop,
though not pcrfecthythe strength of each
side, in the convention and will show the
utmost strength of the opposition to Cleve
land and probably something in excess of
that strength, as some Cleveland States
voted for Owens.
The fight for the control of the temporary
organization has been going on quietly since
Friday night, little of what was being done
coming to the surface. Mr. Watterson
entered into the fizbt on behalf of his State
colleague with vim and had the National
Committee canvassed before it was decided
by the sub-committee to "suggest" Mr.
Owens' name.
Wattrrson Confident of the Kesulr.
The result of this canvass convinced him
that Owens was all right, and Mr. Watter
son has not hesitated to express his convic
tion that Owens would be the winner. This
morning the sub-committee met pursuant to
order, and at once decided in favor of Mr.
Owens, and agreed unanimously to report
his name to the full National Committee.
Some of the Cleveland men were in favor
of acquiescence in the decision of the sub
committee, but Mr. Harrity and Senator
Vilas said they would make a fighbon him.
Stevenson was dropped as the man with
whom to oppose Mr. Owens, and Wilson,
of West Virginia, was taken up as the
strongest: man the Cleveland people could
put in opposition to Mr. Owens. Mr. Wil
son was selected because he was a Southern
man, aud because of his reputation as a
tariff reftfrmer as well as his parliamentary
skill.
After the announcement of Owens' se
lection was made, a motion was entered to
make it unanimous, but Mr. Holt, of Texas,
gave notice that he would present a minor
ity report to the convention. Whether or
not the Cleveland men will make a square
test ot strength in the convention and all
of them snpport Mr. Holt on a motion to
adopt the minority report remains to be
seen.
Swelling the Total Membership.
An analysis of the vote in committee
shows that ifwos not a square alignment of
the opposing forces on the Presidental
question. All the States voting for Mr.
Wilson seem to be States' in which the
Cleveland sentiment is preponderant unless
it be the State of Mississippi, but in the
list of Mr. Owen's supporters are to be
found several States of whose devotion to
Cleveland's interests there Can be no doubt.
New Mexico was on deck seeking six
delegates instead of two, and she succeeded
in getting what she wanted. It was se
cured bythe adoption of the following res
olution offered by Mr. Field, of Albu
querque: Kesolved, that this committee, disclaim
in;; the right to dictate to the convention
what action It shall take with reference to
the claims of Arizona nnd New Mexico to
additional representation, recommend that
tho claims of .New Mexico and Arizona he
tecognlzed by tbe convention to the extent
of adml'slon'to the convention with a rep
resentation equal to the representation of
the smallest State.
If this goes through the convention, and
there seems to be no reason to expect that
it will not, the four provisional delegates
each territory elected will have places in
the convention. This will swell the total
membcrsnip to 904 and make 603 votes
necessary in order to secure the nomination.
ARTFUL ENTICERS.
They Attempt lo Perform Missionary
VSTork Among tlio Slato Uelocatlons
Questions Tbat Flower Couldn't ,An
swer Satisfactorily Powerful Arma
ments Ilronjlit to Bear.
Chicago, June 20. Governor Flower
has been doing missionary work to-day.
This morning he, with Hon. Amos Cnm
mings, Hon. Bourke Cockran, General
Slocum and Speaker Bush, of the New York
Assembly, met the Tennessee delegation,
which is instructed to vote as a unit for
Cleveland. Governor Flower made a state
ment in behalf of Senator Hill, and then
Delegate George W. Ochs, of Chattanooga,
opened a dialogue.
"Cannot Mr. Cleveland command more
independent votes in New York State than
any other .uemocrai xnus spoite aur.
Ochs.
"I think likely he can," replied Gov
ernor Flower.
"Is it not a fact, too," pursued Mr. Ochs,
"that the same influences are now operating
against Mr. Cleveland in New York that
were opposed to him in 1884 and 188S?"
Mr. Flower assented.
"Is it not true, too, that the contest
against Mr. Cleveland in New York was
fiercer in 1888 than in 18S4?"
Mr. Flower was not sure this was not a
fact indeed, he believed it was.
"Then, why did Cleveland in 1888 poll
more votes in New York than in 1884?"
Flower's Explanation Fell Flat.
To this Governor Flower's response was
that Tammany always supported the regular
ticket, whereupon the Tennessee men re
marked that such nn explanation scarcely
answered the question unless it should be
assumed that Tammany did not "support
the regular ticket" so warmly in 1884.
"Did not the voice and influence of Mr.
Cleveland aid very largely to your elec
tion?" a delegate asked of Mr. Flower, and
the Governor thought they did.
"We came away from our conference
with the gentlemen with an impression that
they had begged the question, and met our
inquiries weakly," said a delegate.
. The Mississippi delegation was also a fal
low field tor missionary work during the
day in behalf of the several Presidental
candidates and it is not for lack of argu
ment and persuasion that they remain in
doubt ns to their Presidental preferences.
The State is very, much divided and the
views of the delegates are radically di
verse. The fear'ot a force bill in the event
of Republican success is hanging over
them. They are rendered almost helpless
by this fearand are castiuc about for the
strongest man they can find to insure suc
cess. Ja!go flerrlck Arm" Strongly.
Judge Herrick, of New York, visited
them to-day in behalf of Cleveland, and
met the invariable question, "Can he carry
New York?" One part of his argument took
them with some forca: "One thing to no
tice is the Cleveland feeling in States around
New York. Connecticut and New Jersey
are States largely peopled by persons with
interests in New York. You heard no talk
that Cleveland cannot carry those States,
They are for him. So are New Hampshire,
Vermont ana Massachusetts, all neighbor
ing states. Is it likely that the sentiment
there that Cleveland is the strongest man
does not hold good 'across the State lines,
and does it not indicate that but for the
machine New York would be for him?"
Judge Herrick was nonplussed when the
color question came up, and one delegate
asked if Cleveland had not invited Fred
Douglass to his reception. .The Judge was
compelled to say that he thought Douglass
had been invited. He attempted to explain
that Donglass was then in office, but the
delegate said Mr. Douglass was then out of
official life, and Mr. Herrick was compelled
to respond that he could not speak defi
nitely as to this matter. Representatives
of Tammany also tried the eflect of their
persuasive eloquence on the delegation. .
BAYARD'S FAITH IN HILL
The Ex-Secretary Confident That the New
York Senator Is Beally a Democrat
He Expects David B. to Withdraw Trom
the Contest.
Chicago, June 20. Ex-Secretary of
State Bayard arrived in the city this morn
ing, and took his seat in the Delaware
headquarters, where for several hours he
held an informal but very pleasant recep
tion. Old Democrats from other States
came in to shake bands with the tall and
The Doorkeeper of the Xallonal Comm'Uee Rooms
courtly lord of Delaware, and his amazing
memory of names and faces and family
histories was never more fully in evidence,
He either knew the caller personally, or
his father or his grandfather.
"1 don't know that I can tell the Asso
ciated Press anything about the present
situation which is not already known to the
whole country," Mr. Bayard 'said. "There
is only one candidate here, and his name is
Cleveland. Tbe demand of the Democracy
of the country tor him is so strong, so insis
tent, that the convention would bow to it,
even if as it is not it were adverse to the
ex-President. This is a point that I cannot
put too. stronly. In Delaware no other
name has been discussed. In other States,
while some candidates have been men
tioned, it is so patent a fact that our party
wants Cleveland that argument is not worth
while. No combination of politicians, no
adroit work of any set of managers, can af
fect the matter. .The convention has but to
ratify the popular choice, and go through
the formalities necessary to make Mr.
Cleveland officially, as he i popularly, the
Democratic candidate. This done, its func
tion will have been completed."
"Then, Senator, yon attach little impor
tance to the fight in New York?"
"Only this much, that it gives Senator
Hill the opportunity of his life. The New
York storm can be quelled as easily as it
was raised, and upon Senator Hill will de
volve the duty as a Democrat to end it. He
is a young man, but a wise man and a loyal
Democrat, and when he sees how impera
tive is the demand bythe country for Cleve
land's nomination he must fall in here and
do his duty to the party. Of course he will
do it It is an insult to Senator Hill to
suzgest even by implication that he will
not lend his full energies to the election of
our candidates. It is within his right to do
all that has been done in Chicago up to the
present time; but the nomination once made,
the situation changes, and Senator Hill and
the gentlemen who have done such excel
lent work tor him will be for the nominee."
Pnslilntr the Ttictracrna Canal.
CniCAGO, June 20. Judge Archer, of
California; E. H. Bristow, of Mississippi;
George W. Ochs, of Tennessee; S. H. Haw
kins, of Georgia; William C Maybury, of
Michigan, nnd M. L. Clordy, of Missouri,
the committee named by the St. Louis
Nicaragua Canal Convention to urge a
recognition ot the enterprise by the Demo
cratic National Convention, is on the ground
here. The committee will meet to-morrow
at 10 A. M. at the California headquarters
to formulate its presentment to the Resolu
tions Committee ot the convention.
Pittsburg's liaulall CInb Is There.
Chicago, June 20. The Itandall Club of
Pittsburg, numbering about 200, arrived
over the Baltimore and Ohio this afternoon.
The club marched over quite an extended
route and was highly complimented by the
immense crowds lininc the street.
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OF
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remnants that wo will sell cheap.
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broken lots, single pieces and patterns we
do not intend duplicating of Axminsters,
Wiltons, Velvets, Body andJTapestry Brus
sels and Extra Super Ingrains
AT REMNANT PRICES.
MATTING!
Our new importations of China and
Japanese Straw Matting now complete :
500 Rolls at ?5 per roll.
100 EolU White Mattin? at So.
300 P.olIs Jointleis at $7 to 59.
200 Rolls Pagodas at 510.
100 Kolli Damask at ?12 to $15.
These prices are all for full rolls of 40
yards.
LARGB LINE LACE CURTAINS
At 75c to $5 a Pair.
Wo are making Remnants in ever"y grade
of Carpets daily, and will continue to sell
them at the low'prices which have moved
so many remnants this season.
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Seaside Dresses, at attractive
prices.
These great June Bargain
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before. When we announce
half prices you find half prices.
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moved out here. The people
throng to these great June
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