Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-05
WORK BEGUN AT CHICAGO.
FACTS INTERPRETATIONS.
What the Correspondents ssy-sir. Manning
In,rrvieved-CieveIandA h.ad-State Pre-


ferepces.
The New York 7IneS's special from Chi
cago SAYS: The prominence OF Cleveland
ss the choice OF the majority OF the dele
gates who are TO SIT In the Democratic Ma
iional Convention has led other candidates
10 make common cause with John Kelly.
knowing that unless they can check the
Cleveland Increment there will bs no
chance for any one Of them. their support.
ers in this city are striving la every way
10 convince delegates and other persons
that Cleveland has no strength in his own
PARTY in New York; that be has failed
10 secure hall OF the New York
delegation; that Roswell y. Flower
I. great and good salesman, with
long and spofless record; and that the
vorkngrnen Of New York and other east
GIN States Will never vote for the man who
vetoed the 6ve.cent fare hill. So VI hap
pens that the friends Of Cleveland will he
confronted not only by Tammany. by
Flower, and by Mr.. Dana, bur also by those
who sre here st work for Mcdonald. for
Butler, or for some other Democrat. When
these men undertake 10 convince delegate
that he should vote for their candidate,
tbey begin by an attack on Cleveland. He
is the man who stands in their way; but
the trains are bringing in Cleveland dele
gates by The score. and Cleyelanfs friends
are showing TO them and TO wavering men
the real meaning Of the opposition OF Tam
many's mercenaries.
N'DOyALD.
Ex-senator Mcdonald has by no means
been idle in the last three weeks. His
friends have been quietly at work here
and elsewhere. The ex-senator predicted
last February the nomination OF Blaine
and the Republican bolt in the East. He
now predicts that the Democratic candl-
date will be taken from New York or ln-
diana, and ia OF tho opinion that the lucky
man will be Cleveland or himself. One
OF his working friends said to-day
that "Old Saddlebags" would have
nearly one hundred votes on the
first ballot. "He will have all the votes
OF Indiana and Kentucky" said he, "nine
votes in Illinois, One-half OF the Mississippi
delegation, at least one-half the delegation
from Louisiana, two or three from Virginia.
and some from Missouri and Iowa. Senator
Jonas, OF Louisiana. il one OF tho eN-Sena-
tors best friends. and he has wsrm friends
in the Iowa and Missouri delegations. The
Mcdonald delegates in Illinois will be led
by General Black, delegate at large, who
was elected as Mcdonald man."
Watterson, OF the Couri.r-JOurngl, will
arrive tomorrow evening. and viii i'm
mediately take charge Of the Mcdonald
boom. The ex-senator has discovered that
Governor HOsdly. OF Ohio, !, in the race.
and he finds comfort in the belief that the
Ohio delegation will be divided between
Hosdly and Thurman. and those on the
either side OF tho dividing line will come to
him before they will 90 across the line to
the opposing candidate. General Black, OF
the Illinois delegation, attacks Cleveland
by asserting that he Is weak in his own
State. and then accounts for his support OF
Mcdonald by saying that he knows what
NcDonald's tariff views are.
Mr.. MANNING INTERVIEWED.
The New York Worlds special say. ::
Mr.. Manning was a. once the centre OF at
traction, and the position appeared not to
be To his taste. To the World correspond
ent he said : az We do not come to insist on
Mr.. Cleveland's nomination n! all. We
come 10 SAY 10 the Convention. in our quiet
way Gentlemen. we present Ar. Glove
land and bis record. We do not even claim
that he can bs elected. We do claim. how
ever. that he can be IL any Democrat In the
United States can be. Tui New York del
egntion thinks he is the nan. IL you all
think so, let's nominate him. III YOU think
you know stronger or better man, Tor
Gods sake put him up, and New York will
support him. We will not grieye for one
moment il Cleveland is not nominated. and
neither will he
"Tha's what We intend 10 say, and
that's all. The people in the West have
been hearing about the opposition to
Cleveland, but the West is progressive and
enlightened, and we don't think II ncceS-
snry 10 vast any time on that subject. ii
il said that Cleveland will be defeated In
his own state. That's all rot. and it comes
from a rotten source. II you will think
back q few weeks you will remember that
YOU heard Just before the Saratoga Con-
yention that Cleveland had no show. II
you will think back few years you will
remember what yOu heard at 1t. Louis
against T1lden's strength was FAR worse
than anything you hear now against Cleye-
land. but then you know the opposition
had such able men ~ Church, seymour,
West. and Cornell on their side, and their
warnings were entitled to more weight
than those OF the present opposition, but
EVEN lDtIl iuCk WIZ l'iNNhiu'tt anu yVh
know the result"
Mr.. TILDHS WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE.
q" Has the New York delegation no dlspO-
sition TO put Mr.. Tilden forward for final
test OF his unwillingness TO serve?"
None whatever. Mr.. Tilden will not
he a candidate under any circumstances.
Nobody would be so glad TO see him accept
the nomination as Mr.. Cleveland himself,
or as the New York delegation. We come
with right TO recognition as Tilden's
friends, and with an authority to claim him
as ours, and il the West desires, a. mat
ter OF compliment. TO tender Mr.. Tilden
nomination by acclamatiOn, New York will
certainly not stand IN the way, hut will
Join with hurrab, having absolute know
ledge that the answer will be prompt and
adverse"
The other members OF the New York
delegation endorsed fully Mr.. Nanning's
remarks, and the fact is evident that they
intend to assume the attitude rather OF
accounting the nomination on behalf OF their
candidate than OF forcing him on the Con-
ventiOn. The effect Of their arrival is to
give the Cleveland boom an immense in
crease Of strength, and Dutler, Mcdonald,
and Flower appeared to have stepped out
OF the city for little while.
Mr.. Flowers young man Gibbons IL
fitting around, but the Flower movement
is looked upon In the light Of Joke.
Every pillar in the large hotels Is orsa-
mented with large lithograph OF the gen.
tleman from Wall street, and nearly all the
hotel-wslters wear Flower badges.
A STRANGE SITUATION.
Strange as II may seem, the assurances OF
Mr.. Tilden's personal friends, who have
arrived here from New York, that his de-
clination il final, has had very little, II any,
effect in altering the determination OF the
western delegates TO try him Just once more.
and the proposition to nominate him by
reclamation and await his response finds
favor with all who have arrived on the
ground UP to date. Even II there De sny
supporters OF other candidates who
are opposed to such course for
fear Tilden might accept, they prob
ably realize that 1t would be very
bad policy to oppose this plan for fear their
opposition might reset against themselves.
Not a man can be found here claiming ac-
quaintance with Mr. Tilden who does not
assert that he will not accept under any
circumstances, but unless there be very
radical change OF sentiment be will be
nominated.
A small effort to rescind the two-third
rule is noticeable. but, Is II has an anti
Cleveland origin, there Is no probability Of
the movement attaining any proportions,
as the Cleveland men can readily defeat it.
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