Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-16
PRESIDENTIAL POINTERS.
oRlalOns Expressed ON she Eve OF !
Ghicngo Nominating Convention.

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Chicago Nominating Convention.
Chioago, June 14,-The clans are
rapidly gathering from every quarter,
and the hotels are lively to-day with the
buzz Of The boomers, but as yet there
does not appear any capitalization of
sentiment. On the contrary, everybody
| is as much ct sea to-day as yesterday;
but there is no lack Of confident claims,
each subject to heavy discount, rs being |
more the expression OF personal en-
thusiasm than OF accurate information.
| The situation is practically un-
changed" said Chairman Cappeler, OF
| the Ohio state committee. "No one oan |
say that there is drift one way or the |
other, bpt sc Sherman men feel that our |
easy lend, as things stand now, will not |
be changed by any future developments;
however, the conferences of the dele.
gates OF the close states, which is to be
held Sunday or Monday, will probably
bring something like order cat OF the
chaos OF booms
Col. Fred Grant, looking very like his
great father, only taller, was the center
os cordial group in the Eotunde of a
Grand Pacific. Many who had fought
either on She tented field or in the poll
ticet arena under the old commander.
pressed inside the circle TO gasp the
hand OF the handsome son and exchange
few words OF cordial gr citing, Col.
Grant said;
have no idea what shoot the New
York delegation will sake, but presume
it wsll go tor Depew. III not for him,
then have no sort of notion who will be
. the fortunate man.
Il ". p. Brownlow son OF the illus
! trious Parson Browniow Is OF the Grand
Pacific. He is member az the national
9 committee for Tennessee, and a wa.m
e supporter of Senator Sherman.
81 believe Sherman not only is the most
a available man, but that he is the man
: who will win" said MIR. Brownlow. "He
Q will start in with for greater vote than
d any other candidate, and by that feet
j. alone he will draw in the wevering.
~ There is less in the Blaine sentiment
than you might suppose. Isis exploited
= mostly by men who have exes TO grind
ID Blaine is NOS in she field, and they know
K il, but they propose to use Blaine's name
L. to eoniure with. They will seek to use
:, il 60 the best advantage to themselves
y egreeing TO throw the Blaine influence
su 60 the man who will make the best prom
is ises. In regard Go the New York dele
ae CATION, ME. Plat is an astate politician
- but it is o question whether he Cal
throw the delegation where he pleasee
ia He could lead it for Blaine, but with
l. Blaine out OF the way his griI may b,
lis gone. Some OF the delecokion =.l
N doubtless throw their y,see to Mr.
Blaine; some from my state will yer.
no likely do the same. and should not b
as SURPRISED to find many OF the arden
ad admirers of the plumed knight votinI
60 for him in spite of his positive declina
% tion and OF all the fayorite sons"
20 "How is the Alger boom to-day" ?" on
@ OF the Alger men was asked.
To "It is ell right. We feel sanguine; th
n, atmosphere is charged with Aiger senti
ment, and the incoming delegations ar
feeling it's influence"
o "Huw about the Minnesota delegation
It's Will you got mere than LanRdon's vote
M 'tf you know what the delegation i
"a going to do, we'd be very glad to hea
Az it," and the gentleman vent away laugt
OF ing.
e. The talk is that alb mt half OF the Mir
n nesota delegation he's come over, unde
- Lapgdon'a influence, to Gen. AlgeF. bu
-" nothing like confirmation OF the rumc
'e1 could be occurred.
on "The facs if" said an Ohio man TO. do,
,re .'thst no more than half OF the Obi
oa delegation is for Sherman. They will &
- to Foraker ii they get chance"
:" "In the first place, may say, lib
bis every body else, am Blaine nnsn
he said 4. Brainerd of Philadelphia.
"a. With the rest of the people who ga7
- him bis majority, when / read his Flol
s@ ence letter regarded him as out of Il
fer race. When that letter was publishe
FOR Senator Allison was looked upon I
Dre favorably as anybody, but he hasn't d
,or yeloped any popular strength or del
.o gate strength. On the contrary, JUDI
III! Gresham, from the sima his name W
no both. All through Pennsylvania to- dt
q. the popular enthusiesm is for Gresham
W In Philadelphia sll the lending repul
ION licans the solid business men, the Unit
OF League club and oil the poiitic
nm. organizations of the independent MT
are for him. The enthusiasm for him
e4o equal to that for Blaine in 1884. ha
ses she best authority for saying that
ige Gresham is nominated Philadelphia "
hat contribute $3.50 .000 to his campRi
aer fund: One of the leaders told me
would contribute $4,000. Two otht
os' SAID they would contribute 600 al
lup guarantee 40 raise $4,000. Philadelpt
lily sends eleven delegates to the oonye
no tion, and OF these eleven, seven are
Il, my personal knowledge for MIR, dresha
ulo But they are ioE him with @ conditic
the and that ia the same condition W
port which Delaware ano New jersey are
the him. That is, what is Indiana going
&c do about IL? IfJudge aresham's frien
after paying compliment to Sens
ids' Harrison. will vote for Judge Gresha
in he will undoubtedly be nominated,
tely cause he is the second choice, SO far q
s,;. am able 10 discover, OF most OF the dt
'' gates from all the New England sta
aan- Depew has no strength in Pennsylya
now at all, but some OF the delegates
hem friendly TO Alger, and many of
Tho country delegates are FOX Shern
The popular sicket, however, will
Ns Gresham and Phelps, and it will ca
to it New jersey and please most Of
orth Philadelphisns. I think there ia at
with lnsely no probability OF the nominal
eventually going to Blaine. / c
through Philadelphia last night '
one OF Blalne'e closest friends who
ported him through thick and thin,
lgo he says Blaine wrald not run under
). OF circumstances and could not be nom
ated and would not be named.
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