Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-24

the other hsnd will take no
aggressive steps a. present sgsinst
! the Mckinley boom. H. is leaving n Il
fog Mckinley himself. Sherman has bat
little Of
THE POLITICAL BOSS
about him SIS typ,fad in Don Cameron,
Conkllng and Lcg.a, in fac. it is the boast
Of the Ohio Republicans inst they never
/ had to follow his unWrjtten Pzecep..
Sherman has thus far rot posi-
lively indicated mis- desires should
his own csndidscy become hopeless
by Mordsy. His warmest personal
friends, however, believe he will ask
Ohio to support Harrison and assure the
Iatter's nomination rather than permit.
the Blaine or Mckinley booms to carry
the dsy. Alger, the boodle candidate,
struck Sherman hard blow whel he
carried sway fifty Ct his southern dele
! gates, tw0-thirts OF whom are known
! TO have been purchased outright.
Take the South CscoiinS and Ten
nessee delegations for example, when
they reached Clicsgo they were alm0s.
solid for Sherman, il fact the delegates
were elected by their constituents IS
i Sherman delegates. Blu. AIcer, sn al
most unkn0 Wn man in the gcUtl, is re-
| ceiVing ten colOred votes fr3 each Of
these states. 1t is conceded By I'll that
| Alger and Gresham ere low
OUT OF THE RACE.
Notwithstanding the large caIn inst the
former made today he has p0lled his
iuil vote sud more and Gresham would
have been Withdrawn this evening h4d
the convention got down to ballotiDg
The situa.ioa looks chaotic and puzzlCg,
out when the friendly rela i1ns be, Ween
Sherman, Allison sud Harrison ere con-
sidsred it does not seem improbable
that these three mau, row
the only real Surviving candidates,
will by Monday have agreed sm0pg them
selves which CT them sh.u be the Rapu7-
lican nominee. Considering al the cir
cumssErc.s, and sll the middle ground h
occupies between Sherman and Allison,
there are many astute politicians who
believe tonight tnst General Ben Harri-
son OF IndiAns Is the coming man, with
Morton OR Miller Of Nav York for the
second place. Negotis ions will prob ably
hsVe progressed iar enough by Sunday
night to enable your correspondent, who
has excellent facilities for obtaining
early ans inside Information, to give some
details of the schemes and combinations
;hst have been fixed up, AID perhaps to
positively indicate the name OF the next
nominee.
THE MORNING SESSION.
CHICAGO, ILL June 23.-The conyen-
ton meets this morning with the usual
rumors Cf combinations flying through
The sir as :hick as black birds. Every
cody ID asking his neighbJr what he
Knows. Colonel Robert ICgers9l does
cot appear in The hall, but MS name is On
nsny lips and his Interrupted speech Of
las: night, whic2 appears to have ire
pArably damaged Gfesiam'5 bJOm, al
t50ugh tie IIlinais c5njidste'5 i-lends
reiusg % adEaiI this. They still
ciAim the convention must come to him
eventually. A t0e tins fCT the meaNBg
+ the CGrv3LtfOn arrive, the Gresham
movement is almost lost in the conflict Of
rpiG.el SIS 10 the grea- f1ht Which is
aeaGing - once between Harrison snd
Allison. Senator Cameron has prevail.
lpC1 Qusy WHO leads the p s1nsylvSDia
s1Tce5 70 e } into IN Allison combination,
AID The junior S51s' or rem Pennsylvania
Tens into the convention Iast pinhs WIZ
Atty fv5 vt for Allis2n and finn il his
CONVICTION h1t th5 Iowa candidate would
DC nom mated OF t2e second or third bal
lot, h w5s confused
BY TIE HARRISON MOVEMENT
Il New YOsk, and got Hastings to
move a. Ecj rurlmen. Ii order to gain
.iBe. Qlay wss 81 work eli night fixing
up Allis0n's fence, and his delegation is
NOW in session hearing The news. II
QIEy csEEo: succeed with the Allison
movement &c NAV run IN with the HarIi-
son tld0, bu. Is more likely 20 join in a
combination of the fsId sgsinst the Ia
diana Candidate. The friends Of Harrison
sre clsimiug thas the Blsiue people are
coming ovgr TO their man, snd that he
Will suc3set after th5 third ballot. But
while I'll these rumo-s All counter ru-
mors fill the sir, good msny long headed
people ere watching the man citing in
Ghe Ohio delegation. As tbs minutes
pass theTe b. gins 10 crow strong in
preston tbs, no result Will be possible 81
mis- mornings session, ard atter several
bsll0.g the convention will tske & recess.
CALLED To ORDER.
TIE convention vas ckl!eG to order ct
10:06. but il vas rot till twenty minutes
lase7 that the proceedings we're formally
feOpened By Chairmsn Estee. All grzed
upon Senator Warner Miller CT New York,
who came up to preside over the delega-
tiars.
S'muel Wallows OF Chicago delivered
tie invocation.
TIE PennsYlvania delegation has Just
come into the hall ard has yielded after a
long wrangle to Q1sY's desire that they
shsu hold onto Sherman for two more
osllo's A great minority Of the delegA-
ton also proposes to vote for an stj 9urn-
meDt after the second bsllot.
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot. When Connecticut was reached one
vote was cast for Mckinley OF OHIO. As
soon as this announcement was made
Mckinley YVES seen to rise on his seat
and amid the most impressive yells he
proceeded to make statement.
FOURTH BALLOT.
Als blma-Alger 10, Harrison IA, Sher-
man s.
Arksnsss-Alger Il.
California-BlAine 16.
Characterization 2, Gresham 8, Harri-
son l.
Connecticut-Alger l, Allison 6, Gresh-
am 1, Mckinley L.
After the vote Of Connecticut had been
announced Mckinley rose and said that
he could not with justice TO his personal
Integrity to Sherman permit his name to
be used in connection with the presidency.
He said he WAS here as the representative
Of SheTmsn and wss under instructions
from his state to use eyery nOssihle en-