The Portland daily press., 1888-06-21

New Jerseys is votes will be polled on the
first ballot for William Walter Phelps; on
the second ballot it is pretty we'll divided be-
tween Harrison, Allison and Gresham. Har
ris0n, however, has the lead, as the favorlte
combination is Harrison and Phelps. Esti-
mates now indicate that Harrison has ii
votes, Allison and Gresham each.
New Hampshire does not stand up very
loftily with her eight votes. DIR. Gallingher-
the delegation chairman, VIII drop them, ac,
cording to present calculation, for Harri-
son and for Allison.
Nebraska's 10 men are divided. There is
for Sherman, for Gresham, for Depew,
8 for Alger, 3 for Allison, and for Harrison.
There is plan on foot to fix the delegation
for Blaine solid On the second choice the
tendency will be to follow New York's lead.
Depew would get majority Of the votes If
he kept in the race for two or three ballots.
Nevada has six votes for Blaine.
Ohio Will cast her 46 votes for Sherman un-
til he says he is out. On the break up the
delegation would rather see Harrison
nominated, and would probably go solid for
Nm.
Rhode Islands II delegates are all for Alli-
son as first choice, with subsequent lean
ing toward Harrison. The brave little army
of delegates propose to do nothing rash, but
will maintain the dignity of the limit of hu-
man endurance.
Virginia's Wise delegation of "a votes, if
admitted, will go solid with any pronounced
Blaine movement. Ii there is no consolida-
tion of Blaine sentiment they hope to be
solid on some other candidate. Depew claims
10, Sherman g. and Allison 3, but probably
the delegation will be solid for Depew on
second ballot.
Pennsylvania's delegation met today.
Finally it was decided to vote for Sherman
35, Filter IA and the remainder scattering.
Virginia (Mahone 12).-If admitted will be
solid for Sherman no second choice.
Mississippi has IL votes, of which 10 are
for Sherman and for Gresham on the first
ballot. Afterward all for Sherman.
West Virginia has II votes: Z for Sherman,
for Gresham, for Harrison and for De-
pew. All are Blaine men. Probabilities fa-
vor Harrison on second ballot.
Tennessee has "a votes: for Sherman 12
ON first ballot; Alger, 4; Gresham, L; Harri-
son, / I; undecided, 6, with leaning to AL
ger.
Texas has 26 votes: Gresham, 8; Alger, s.;
Sherman, 8; Harrison, 3; Depew, /; unde-
cided, 6.
Kentucky has 26 votes Sherman, 26; Har-
rison, Z; Depew, 2; undecided, 10. Sherman
will probably lose votes on the second ballot
in favor of Harrison.
North Carolina has % votes Sherman, 16 I;
Harrison, 81; Alger. /; Allison. /. Probabili-
ties of the second ballot favor Harrison.
Vermont has delegates, all for Blaine if
he should come in.
Oregon has s votes. As a first choice
Gresham has 2, Harrison 2, and the remain
der are open TO conviction.
Nevada shows to the extent Of her votes
for James G. Blaine.
From this detailed statement, 1t is evident
that Sherman will lead on the first ballot
with Harrison probably next Allison, De-
pew, Gresham and Alger will divide the re-
mainder of the vote.
The impression seems to be that neither
Gresham, Depew nor Alger will be nomin-
ated, but that the favorites outside of Blaine
are Harrison and Allison-with the proba-
bilities in favor of the former, unless the
convention sees chance to nominate Blaine
in a way that will compel him to accept.