St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-13
CLEVELAND'S BOOM.
New YOrk's Tidal Wave Gov
ernOr Believed to be Til
denis Legatee.
Bayard, Field, Flower, Mcdonald,
Hoadly, Slocum and Morrison
OyershadOWed.
But Southeners in Washington Quoted
as Anxious Advocates of
Fields Nomination,
And Tammany Hall Antagonism Declared to
be Fatal to Governor Cleveland's
Chances.
The Missouri River Commission Saved by
Proviso to the River and Har-
Dor Bill.
Tsnecial Telegram to the Globe. !

and like utterances, but that was all moon
shine. They knew nothing positively. There
are few admirers of the Gramercy park
statesman who still hope he can be induced
to withdraw his letter and permit his name
to come before the convention. These gen
tlemen, however. believe in the availability
of his candidacy and have not been engaged
in booming other candidates. Tilden was
their first and only choice and they had no
other. All united in pronouncing Tilden's
letter a grand conception and mastery
effort. Republicans praised its terse but elo-
quent diction, although the suggestion was
offered that it sounded like one of John
Bigelow's old-time editorials in the New
York Eveaing Post. 1t may be supposed that
Tilden's fnality was great relief to various
ambitious western aspirants for the presi-
Dental nomination, but this is an error, be-
cause simultaneously with Tildens withdraw
al the Cleveland boom was precipitated with
terrific force. Shrewd observers say
it is now clear why the
letter, which was written last
March, was withheld so long. Tilden real
lied that New York will be the great battle
ground of the campaign, and not being able
to conduct it himself he proposes that no
errors shall intervene if he can prevent it.
He believes Cleveland to be the next availa-
BILE candidate to insure Democratic success,
and Cleveland is therefore his legatee beyond
question. Flower will contest for the
his friends arrived here to-day to convince
leading Democrats that he is stronger in
New York than Cleveland, through
whose alleged mistake the loss of
New York last fall is attributed
Legislation was therefore dethroned at the
capitol to-day, and King Politics reigned in
its place. interviewing and soliciting opin-
ions were in order, and everybody desired to
know the views of everybody else on the
pending presidential question. Bayard,
Cleveland, Field, Flower, Mcdonald, Hoadly,
Thurman, Slocum, Carlisle, Morrison and
Rosecrans were discussed. Hancockseemed
to have been forgotten.
INTERVIEWING STATESMEN.
The Eveniag Star publishes series of in
terviews, from which the following are ex-
tracted: Representative Forney, of Alabama,
said: ''We are talking of Slocum and Vor-
hees now-New York and Indiana. slocum
was great soldier and strong in New York,
and Vorhees would carry Indiana.
eyes, put in Representative Culberson, of
Texas, sSlocum and Voorhees, would make
strong ticket"
Then the names of Cleveland and Bayard
were discussed, and both Culberson and
Forney agreed that Cleveland would make
strong candidate if he could have the support
of the nnited New York Democracy.
sI don't know" remarked Gen. Forney,
''but that Cleveland and Hoadly would be
our strongest ticket.''
Senator Ransom, speaking of Tildens let
ter, said: ''It is good letter. The senator
is very partial to Bayard, but wants the
strongest man nominated, whoever he may
be.
Senator Mcpherson says s'It is great
letter" He is friendly to Bayard McPher-
son believes the Republicans intend to make
a bloody shirt campaign. ''The Republican
majority of the senate,'' he said 'swill re-
fuse to adjourn until after the Democratic
convention, and then will attempt to force
discussion on the Danville and Copiah re-
ports.'
Senator Mcpherson wants his party to pro-
ceed calmly and carefully in making ticket
and to put forward the strongest men.
A New York Democrat who claims to have
accurate returns from the Democratic county
conventions of that state up to last night,
said that of the delegates to the coming state
convention so far chosen, Flower has 119 and
Cleveland 341, but that by congressional dis
tricts Flower, up to the present, has s, Cleve-
land and one is in dispute.
Mr.. Murray says he thinks the declination
of Mr.. Tilden is open and Cleveland will be
nominated, with a, Western man, probably
Mcdonald, second on the ticket.
Mr.. Hewitt of New York, says Cleveland
is held in highest esteem in New York and is
very superior man.
Mr.. Spriggs, the friend of Tilden, says that
he cannot at this time judge clearly of the
situation, but he thinks Cleveland stands a
good chance.
Mr.. Morrison thinks Tilden's letter is a
good one, but refuses to discuss the situa-
ton. When asked who would probably re-
was not talking about that.
Mr. Holman refers to the letter as ssan
American classic" but says it will take some
time before affairs will settle SO as to admit
of clear judgment of the situation The
mind of the party had been concentrated on
the old ticket and it will take some time to
look about for another. The combinations
most talked of are Cleveland and Mcdonald.
Cleveland and Hoadly and Cleveland and
Carlisle, the latter the most favored com
bination, and poll of names in the house
would probably give a large majority for this
| ticket
Senator Vest extols the letter in the high
est terms and says he would not be surprised
if that very letter shall nominate Tilden in
spite of himself and the people insist on his
making the race.
Representative Ermentrout, of Pennsyl-
vania, says: sOh, we'll nominate Tilden
OF course. The letter2 yes, read it. But
what of thats Tilden talks of the voice
of God THE voice of the people is
the voice of God, and he cannot refuse to
respond to the voice of the people, which will
nominate and put him in the White house,
Representative Young, of Tennessee, re-
CARDS the letter as final, and says: "Judge
Fieldi is our strongest man. I have been all
through California and / made particular in