The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-12
Ex-senator Plat Says the Delegation from
the Empire State Has Not Held Meeting,
and Is Not Committed to Any Candidate.
AFew Boom Managers Appear at Chica-
60 and the Campaign of Talk Begins.
Harrison's Friends Are Present, and Argue
Forcibly in Favor of Their Chief-Politi-
cal News and Notes from all Quarters.
DEPEw's INTENTIONS.
He Denies . Report that He Has Withdraw
from the Presidential Race.

He Denies Report that He Has Withdraw
from the Presidential Race.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE Globe-Dsmoerat
publishes the following this morning: "Mr.
Dspew will not be candidate This exceed
private letter just received from New York.
Tbs letter is addressed 70 gentleman who Is
ope Of the delegatss-at-lsrge from Western
State. aud who will be prominent figure in the
convention. The announcement of Mr.. Depew's
conclusion is from gentleman In his confidence,
and is regarded by the recipient a. entirely au-
thoritative The letter was shown to
the correspondent of the Globe-Demo-
crat yesterday, and this is the fret
publication Of its contents. The explanation
of Mr.. Depew's position 10 this He has satisfied
the most available man for the party to nomi-
nate. He believes that he could carry New
York, but he believes that his record AZ . rail-
road president and corporation lawyer might
cost some Northwestern electoral votes. Having
satisfied himself on this score. he counts himself
out of tie list The letter which contains this
very interesting bit Of news also brings the in
formation that there is no likelihood OF the New
York delegation acting together in tho support
of any one candidate. Assurances had been given
Mr.. Depew of nearly the entire vote Of the New
York delegation, but now that he will not be be-
fore the convention, all the present indications
are against concentration on any other man.
It is believed that Sherman will get dozen
votes out of New York. that Gresham will get
fully as many and that the remainder will be
distributed impartially. Hiscock may get few
complimentary votes on the first ballot from
New York delegates, but it is certain that he
will not get the full vote Of the State or any
thing like it The best information that can be
got points to general scattering of the New
York votes. Most Of the delegates from that
State are men entirely new in national conven-
tions. Indeed, only thirteen Of tho seventy
two were in the delegation four years ago. Six of
the thirteen were out-and-out Arthur men,
and six were inst as loud for Blaine. The nm
lucky thirteenth cast the solitary vote which
was given to Bob Lincoln in 1884 1t seems to
be pretty generally understood that Warner
Miller, who 10 one OF the New York delegates at
large, will be agreed upon by the national COM
mittee for temporary chairman OF the con-
vention.
New YORK, June lL-Mr. Depew was this
morning shown the St Louis dispatch stating
that letter had been received in that city from
friend Of his in this city, in which it was
stated that MIR. Depew had Withdrawn as q
candidate for the Republican nomination at
Chicago. After reading the dispatch Mr.. Depew
said that he has no friend in New York who
would or could have written such letter, and,
indeed, IL such letter had been written il was
unwarranted aud untrue. In fact the. alleged
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