Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-25

Sherman and see what Developments to.
mcr!ow brings forth The Sh,Emau forces
+ hold the key to the situation, AID when
The lime comes they viii dictate the nom
!nee. 1t will finally be eithel
between Blaine and Sherman,
or Blaine and man named by
/ Sherman. Blaine cannot he ucniuattd
now without diShonOr, and If he should he
/ prevailed upon to accept, 1t will be no;
ONLY DEFEAT To BLAINE BIT SHIP
WRECK 10 TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY"
The subcommittee TO look over tie
field, and II possible recommend ticket
which would meet with the approval OF
all factions, presented the following report
- the conference committee this evening:
The members OF the special committee
IN conscience do not believe 1t judiciuus ut
this time to suggest a ticket Tor submission
TO the general conference. They further
recommend THAI no weeting of the Confer
Cnce Committee he held on Monday morn
Irg. The report was adopted unanimously
and without muca discussion, and the CON
ference adjourned to meet again tomorrow
evening,
MuRAT HALsrED SAID
that he did not know what H. make of it.
ohio has been busted twice upau the
Sherman question, lac continued. but
they are together again, and if another
break does not Uccur before morning they
will vote solidly Tor til. old Senator.
am not inclined to believe that Mckluley's \
chances are very good, Ey the way, talk
lug OF Mckinley, ! heard a pretty good
thug IN the way OF threat Il while ago.
1t was to the effect that If Ohio deserted
Sherman Tor Mckinley New York would
vote sohdiy for Sherman. | wish they
would
THE NEW WORKERS
during the day decided to stick to Harri-
sou, and they wIl vote Tor him on the first
! ballot
Secretary Of State Griffith, a Harrison
| leader, told au Associated Press represent
atiye this evening that he had been notified
/ by the New Workers that they would give
| Harrison on the riFst ballot tomorrow five
/ votes IN addition to tue iiity-eight for him
/ from New York yesterday.
Ine h0tsls presented strange contrast
to-day 10 their condition lust one week
| ago.
EVERYBODY GOING HOME.
/ Thea they were sc iull that it was hard
/ tn move them about, but to-day the great
crowds had disappeared, and the parIors,
| halls, and TOtundaS looked deserted. WIN.
| Walter Phelps, OF New Jersey, paid visit
/ to the Illinois headquarters and had u
| long conference with Senator Farwell
! This gave rise toa widely spread Iumor
| that the Gresham and Pnslps people had
formed combination and that the
/ ticket would be Gresham and PHELPS
| Gov. Foraker had A." lively day OF IT. lie was
/ clo,ctel lul sc,yiIi nuur, Nlth The Blaine
/ leader Stephen L EEius dropped into
/ the Governors apartments about $50
/ % clock, aud they remained IN a little room
| under lock ,nG key Tor some tImC. Chgs
/ Emory Smi,h, ol Pn'laduphia, Warner
| Miller, OF New York aud several other
gentlemen were also in conference several
| JImes with the Governor.
|ruE SHERMAN MANAGERS HAVE GOT
/ TuUG SECOND WIND
/ tonight aud are mystruourly confident
ant satisfied over tie prospects ct tOInor-
| row 3 session OF the convention. Nu.uiag
| i, finite can ~ Yet lee teamed from any ot
/ them, bat 70 ~ known thai they have r--
. paired nh I:nkru fences in tHp ONO dele
gurou and that Tn. latter Will yaie Tor
/ sherman alou to.muIro,@. Governor
] Foraker, who last night st,d tho
/ there would be u break IA the
Ohio delegation. says tins evening that
. IL will be- unuajmuu. tor sherman. Toe
men having the ONO Senator's interests M
| their hands here have been very busy
| with the New York delegation to-day, and
| 10 spite O.: the apparently authentic report
| tnat New York had changed Its detcTmn-
aiion Of l.-t might To vote for Blaine and
| wouli 20 back a. Harrison. It Is asserted
| IN certain quarters Tonight that they will
support Sherman.
BLAINE EJMuKN
/ tonight are A. many ma leaves in the for.
pst. They are OF all ahapes aud sils7,
weights and colors. They are alike IN hut
one particular aud that is they cannot be
cuuhrmd. One OF these which has gained
/ the large-t circulation il the statement
| that the wanderer in Scottish hills had
cabed To somebody that he would accept
| the nomination under no conditions
and instructlug his friends TO desist in the
canvass. Shortly alter - o'clock Cnauncey
/ N. nepew aud Stephen i. Elkin. made
/ their way hur,iedIy To the Grand Pacific
[ Hotel from the Rchelieu, and hurryiug
/ through the corridors looking ne .th-r to
| the right OF left, ~ if mt on avoiding
. she crowd, entered room 10 Tom riatt'sN
which mad been entered five minutes pre-
yiou~iy by -.ua,or Frank IIscock. \ con-
| ference was held which lasted nearly 40
/ hour, after which Messrs Depew and Elk
| klns left the room -inglv, Senator llsCork
| remaining EmmOns Blaine shortly after
called on the New York Senator.
WHEN MR. DErEw LEFT THE ROOM HE
WAS lNTEREuGATED
by an Associated Press representative az
/ follows
"Mr. Repew, 10 yOu know of ciblebC
ing received by any one now in Chicago
from Mr.. Blaine declining the uomiua-
tom
"No, sir, do not"
"WIll you place Mr. Blaine in nOmina-
tion Tomorrow
"No, sir This with much emphasis
"WIll Mr. Blaine be nominated
IL don know, sir.
Mr.. ELt,ISe WAS ALSO SEEN
and he was asked as to the present stua-
tion. With one OF those irresistible smiles
SIR EDkins said.
1T is very hard TO diagnose. 1t is chang
ing every ten minutes
Has Mr.. Blaine declined the nOmina-
tiOu by cable since this convention metz
NO, sir, he has not
as he still in the li4j?'
AS ! have said, the state Of things
ia changing mOmentatIly, and can give
you no information which wOuld he Of
any value" And with wave of his hand
and he almost ran to the meeting IN room
II, where representatives Of all the candl-
dates Will attempt to solve the situation.
sHER,thN's FRIENDS CONFIDENT THAT
He WILL EE NOMINATED To MORROW.
Senator Shermat's = friends have been in
cined to indicate that his nomination to-
morrow il not only a possibility Int a
probability Ttlesrams have passed to.
dgy between the Senator and his managers
here TO the eject that he is not