Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE BATTLE FOR HONORs That is Taking Place al Chi
 cago. THE HOSTS ON THE GROUND. A Growing Opposition to Gro-
 yer Cleveland. CONGRESS SITS ON SUNDAY And Rushes Through the
 Closing Business.
CONGRESS SITS ON SUNDAY
POLITICAL.


 | New York Vote Hanging in the Scales Kings County Holds the Key-Gessfp and Reports From the Leaders of the Factions.
 CHICAGO, July 6.-The Palmer House as- sumed it's regular convention aspect to-day. Delegates arrived in throngs and the rotunda l and corridors were crowded to their utmost capacity. There were two eenters in the motley crowd around which the politicians radiated-the Flower and the New York ! county headquarters. The creme of the lat ter is to be found in room 1O7 where Daniel
 Manning lends the luster of dignity to the Cleveland boom. Lester B. Faulkner engi- neers the Flower boom from parlor 25 on the second floor. Manning as we'll as Faulk- ner is almost unapproachable; the former be- | cause he is naturally dignifed and of the conventional type, the latter because he is beyond all gainsaying the busiest man of all l the delegates In the absence of Faulkner
 the honors of the Palmer House headquar-
 ters are done by John s. George of MiIwau- kee, nephew of Roswell P. Flower. Mr. | Manning keeps closely to an inner room and | Mayor Vance of Buffalo receives the callers. | There were hundreds of them to-day and they had to wait patiently till their turn l came. The only exception out of the line | was made with Monsi nor Capel, who ap- peared arm in arm with Burt Cochrane of New York and was admitted. The gentlemen remained for several minutes and then Mr. Faulkner appeared and was ushered in by Mayor Vance. What transpired at this meet ing of the Cleveland and Flower generals re- .naipa of aouraa nrnfounNIu canrof
 Daniel Manning, the leader of the Cleveland followers, is 8 man of imposing exterior Tall, faultlessly attired and his gray hair and 1 moustache well kept, with erect and d1gnified 1 bearing, he impresses one very much, but l one could not become enthusiastic over any project he might advance. visit to MT. l Manning's room was not productive of any 1 definite information. When asked as to the l names of the delegates who would support
 Cleveland, MT. Manning replied: '' I could | say nothing definite if wanted, besides it l would be improper for me as chairman of the | State Central committee to give figures ou an l estimate. We expected to hold meeting of the State delegation last night, but quite a 1 number of the delegates had not yet 1 arrived. The delegation is now complete | and the meeting will be held tomorrow fore- noon. After that can give you figures that you can rely upon. All that can tell you l now is that we have @ working majority of the delegates" :" ''But," remarked the re- porter, 'tMr. Flowers forces, at least many of them, make the same claim. Would not mention of the delegates who are on your side settle the disputeY' II could not do that now, replied MT. Manning. s'You will have to wait till after our meeting" "Who will nominate MT. Clevelaud?'' Even that question has not been settled yet'' General Faulkner, Flowers ohisf repre- sentative is of medium height, slender, in his prime of life, decidedly blonde and wiry
 He is always active, keen but cautious, and admits to an interview only so far as he die tates what he desires to have printed. That done he is off in the twinkling of an eye and listens to no more interrogations
 "How does the New York delegation stand in regard to Flower?" asked a reporter to- day. ''Let me tell you the situstion,' re- piled the general, 'sand take down exactly what say, not 8 word more.'' He then proceeded: 'If the Kings county delegation goes for Cleveland, then he will have a ma- jority of the State delegation not otherwise.
 If they do so, that is if they vote for Cleve- land, it is not because they deem MT. Cleve- land the strongest candidate that could be selected, but for causes which relate to the internal politics of New York. If on the contrary they should vote for Flower he will have the majority of the Stato dele gation. What the Kings county delegates will do has not yet been decided. They have, l including Senator John O. Jacobs, & delegate
 at-large, who is for Flower, nine delegates in a!l Mir. Flower is an able, honest, popular man offensive to DO faction in our State and have not heard anyone venture to say that as | against Blaine he could not carry New York. In his great campaign for Congress against | leus wealth which he lavishly used in his own ] behalf-Mr. Flower showed phenomenal availability as candidate before | the people for an elective office
 and he was chosen by large majority. His career in Congress added to l his strength and there is no reason to believe | that he is any weaker in that State than he | was in his congressional district He is an | uncompromising, consistent Democrat, who does not seek for Republican favors at tn l expense of his party nor sacrifice principle | nor men for his own advantage with the | enemy. Governor Cleveland is estima- | ble, painstaking and diligent man in his of | fee His difficulty with his party arises from
 the fact that he attempts to govern without it. 1 He takes advices patiently and never follows | it. The political effect of his admistration on l the party in New York has been to relax it's discipline, chill it's ardor and alienate l the masses, especially the laEoriDg men, who
 believe that he is unfriendiy to their inter | ests. They consistently cite numerous spe- l ciic acts of his administration in proof and
 those who feel kindly toward Governor l Cleveland, as I do myself, deplore condi-
 ton of things which seems to render his fur 1 ther advancement for the present impractica-
 able. I do not believe that he could carry l New York State if he were nominated, al-
 though should deeply regret such result" Would you give Mir. Flowers position on
 the tariff question:" a'ked the reporter.
 "Not now" replied the general, ''let the | Cleveland people proceed first"
 | Evers body in Chicago is waiting to see
 what the New York delegation is going to do. It is concluded that as at Saratoga the Kings
 county men hold the balance of power.
 Kings has nine delegates including Jacobs,
 delegate large, and 1t IS their habit to vote | on all questions unit If they are for
 Cleveland he will be given good start on the race. If they are against him, his early
 downfall would seem inevitable, though
 Manning claims the majority without Kings.
 The Flower men admit that the opposition
 must have Kings, or it loses the fight. It
 transpired to-day that last night the Cleve-
 land managers started in to settle the status of the New York delegation beyond doubt
 se as to be able to oH set the arguments of
 the Flower men with delegates
 from other States that New York
 ia not solid for Cleveland. This
 they intended to do by getting the signatures
 o; the majority of the delegation to Cleve-
 land pronunciamento. They worked hard
 for several hours, especially with Kings, but gave the plan up when Kings refused to sign.
 The Brooklyn men deelared some of thelr
 deiegates were absent. and as they always l yots as c unit, they should not so act as to
 bind those pot here to speak for themselves.
 A prominent Cleveland leader declares, how
 ever, that six of the nine delegates gave their
 individual pledge to vote far Cleveland and
 that the status of the New York delegation
 was settled beyond doubt. Nothing can be
 said as to how they stand until they meet in caucus.
 Yesterdays Scenes in ChIcagO-The
 Southern Delegates OutsPoken Against
 RuGler-Tammany and tine County l Democrats Arrfve-keHY Big Man 1 Among lhe Delegates.
 CHICAGO, July 6-It has been day of ip- tense ezoisement hsre. There has been more
 enthusiasm, more shouting, more people or