Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25
HHRB'S / HOF D'Y' Do !
General Belief that the Convention
will Resolve Itself into BIain8
and Anti BIains Sides.
Blaine has a Majority of the Oonven
ton, but many OF His Followers are
Pledged to Other Candidates.
fake tbs Nomination while the O.hsr
Candidates Refusa to Retire?

FAKE tbs Sominstinn while the o her
Candidates Refuss to Retire?
A CONFERENCE WITH NO RESULT.
Special &c The Gazette.
CHICAGO, ILL Ju7o q Consultations
ard conferences between TIE polilica.
leaders vas the way this historic Sabbz
lss been passed. The conference COM
nittse appointed l,s' Friday night on tbs
pirt Of 81 the candidates, including
Blaine, for tie svowed purpose Of agree-
Dg upon two names TO be su5Ditted for
me confederation Of the CoEven-
EioG had another meeHug tc-
lay, but It resulted in r0thing. TIE
0'mes of HaIison and Allison he'd beer
agreed or 81 pr-vicus meetings OF the
committee by : m'jority vote, bat the
committee wsS 70 authosiz5i a. those
meetings 20 !. port those nam.s, the may
r . lag held in =52yhace ua-l co-day.
E2cl csndiiate YES represented ~
s8o friends, duL n h cne vo!a, G-d none
II the gentlemen repressD'iCg the
candidates, with perhspS ga7wGlt except
Cd, WAC acted for Gresham, were impor-
sIed with ab69.ute power to Withdraw
heir Caldide'e. This absence e f8.l
oOTer rendered TIE meetings OF thu com.
mittee noting more thsn
FRIENDLY CONFERENCES
AS yesterdays meeting she committee
with astonishing sudaCitY, attempted BY
vote Of 10 2 20 O clare S4aatur Sher-
nan, the Candidate with tie erezlest
number Ct votes on al she
ballots, cut OF the rkca. L
steSd II wseiipg out the c4Qdida,es
with the smallest vote, e8ch il greedy
anticipation Of eetuEg s. slice Of Saer-
msn took this method # kiEzg eff the
distinguished Seaaror, and r m4Ikabl6 90
rel8te the effJrte OF ne committee slmos
succeeded, lussmdcl as i.served to greet
lY demoraliz3 SGerms1's foyc9s. Gov
;srnor Foster and Major BulterHort lep-
resented SleIm21 On th9 comm {
Tee, and both YeheLasa:.Y
protested sGsiusE su36 n al1i.r2~y
methOd OF Withdrawing S1srm 4 while
ne was Still t-z n the l'Ed The a.ttIups-
ed scion Of this conference Committee
became B1QFE !~ab GVlaI1g AUG VS.
e:gelly graspcd " tie iCctl press end
oy S1efmau'5 c-emles as mcEEs Of fore
i6g him
OUT CT THE RACE
9nd breaking tc6 sotdl.Y CT the
Oai1 delegation. The fourteen votes
Cass in the ccIve-fi1n yss,erd y
Eor McKialsy VS. siup!7 part
e Ibis causg i-1c5 20 xiii of SleIU:n,
ou1 " kinney wss II 10 wsy psg-y 10 e
o. ne C,der nan ro h,5 To-Day v.he.
neatly denounced tla sttel 3. to b-esk
SdezmGE's strength with his QaAe. H.
wen We2e so ia this OIL rnQou
- to pcsit!7. y md emphat
!elSg&.e8 ir2Ei Wisconsin WlJ declsred
thy iu-eo1ed to give liz twengy votes
O-miT- V, th.l il the convention nom
mated hin oV-r tbs nd I big venerable
leader to whom he was Indebted Il &
thousand wsyg he would Certainly and
POSITIVELY DECLINE
such ro@ina-i-0, go he could
net regard it rs agy honor TO
be nominated III t1as manner. He
WAS saGret!y pis'ged f.r SAermsl
and If ne delegates thought TO Clnpal
MIN Ia sac siisA,as. d,grt9 10 violate
these truss Ia : had s=.t.ei upon the
~roag En-. / YVES impossible. Nr.
made t1s59 declarations IN
TIE priya.e Rooms Il toe Sl2rmau
headqnaf .eI5. rs ne spcke he wss
me vggY psrs1-: fcGti0a of gravity. H'a
haadsome NsqolecL.c fsca wore Serious
snd plILiuI preston, which told strong
or thar woydE TIE
SINCERITY CF HIS FEELINGS.
That he feels injured, taere cEn be 10
doubt As Mckinley Concluded his re-
marks Colonel BIZ Ba..srWoIth, ne
was rlsent, capped tn ciinax Of NICK l.
ley's sincerity by declaring tast NICK nley
would rather be taken back to Ohio
desd than 10 return home the nominee Of
his party ever TIE head Ct Ills beloved
leader. 70 tAi5 extreme statement Nc
Kialey nodded Lis mead in serious ep-
prevail. This scCIe is detailed to ap-
prise the reader OF the
rue situation CT the formidable
attempt to nominate Mckinley,
They simply dare not do it while Slec-
sid interviews and cOrterenc TO the
contrary notwithstanding. Under these
circumstances the question srlses, "Why
don't the 0lio people Withdraw Sherman,
and when Will t1sy withdraw his name
name aud go for NICK aleY"
That Mckinley could be nominated to-
morrow there is scarcely -
THE SHADOW CT D0UBT.
His advisers had gres. Gin .u!ty In pre-
venting his vote from resch.Dg fifty yes
terdsy. They did not think it iudicious
20 90 too far st yesterdays SESSION. It
was the vote for Mckinley and his
classical shadow thst caused
the demoral ton lest night
in the OHIO camp. Governor Forzker
lost his head over lle ns.ser, being al.
Gus oi.McKiniey, sid while the vOie for
was bsing taken the Gov
ernof grew SO excited that he declared 10
his seven personal followers in the Oaio
delegation thst ne should csst his next
vote for Sl1iue. He repeated this to
several delegates, which fact coupled
with the knowledge that the conference
committee b:d voted Sherman cut Of the
race made things
LOCK DECIDEDLY INTERFERING,
snd the OIio paop.e were sorely pressed
to stem the tue against tnsir csEd date
In the course of 8 teW hours, however, {
change III their feelings bsgsn 70 sppesr
andjt transDlred tLst the veteran Statesman