Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-13
PRESSURE ON DEPEW.
Urged TO Come Out as q Candidate.
Depew Weighing the Presi-
dencJ Of tho
New York Central Railroad IN ons Hand
and the Presidential Nomination
in the Other.

cOFIldCrS OF the Hutn Avenue Hotel,
o. G. Wsrren and Charles Gould, OF
Buff.o, tw3 h.szing Depew men, who mad
seen C1euuc'y lsse il the et:ernoon on
that very polI', fyated srouhd looking
supremely happy. They didn't say much
10 the point, on, sitter the nannef OF
prophets, spoke LII metaphor and In para
bles.
This question as 10 whether NJ. Depew
is or is not s candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, is sorelY vex-
ing not ouly to the state delegation, but
hundreds Of his friends besides. They
want him to say something definite one
way or the other, and they think that 1t is
about time that something was said. Mr..
Depew krows this, bur he will insist on
talking about the crops cnd the weather.
He doesn't propose 10 say he is & candi-
date at al. He isn't candidate In the
usual acceptation OF the term, nor is he
in the hands OF his friends. Yet he will
not forbid the presentation of his name at
Chicago, AID II he IL nominated with any
thing like enthusiasm IL Is almost certain
he will accept.
Mr.. Depew is just now weighing the
presidency Of the New York Central Rail
road in one hand and The nomination for
the President OF the United States in the
other. Up to This lime the former has
seemed BuCh the more valuable to him.
There is much pressure being brought to
bear on him to change his mind. 1t has
only served 10 keep rim in doubt, ard
there he remains.
In the me sntime DspeW's friends are
doing their best to prove to him thst his
nomination and election ara certainties
With him II seems like throwing
his future to the wines. OF all the
candidates mentioned he is the only
one whom the nomination for the Pfesi-
dency Of the Uoi!ed SEstes would not
benefit. The mere mention Of their
chalces helps all the others. Nr. Depew
would like TO be President, and would
take the nomination at orce if he could
be assured he could be elected, but he is
a man of brains, and he knows what
Cleveland's strength is.
BE knows tkst the New York state del
egetion is for him If be wants it's support.
To the average New York politician that
would seem to settle 1t, but with Mr..
Depew II does not. He knows there are
other states where the charm of his elo-
Quepce could not, perhaps, overcome the
obje, ton to candidate who is railroad
president.
While Mr.. Depew Is hesitsting, while
he Is neither in the race nor out of It, his
friends are at WORK like beavers. The
presence here Of the emissaries OF half
dozen other candidates has angered them
and yesterday they were spared to &C
tion by the arriVAl OF Governor Foster Of
Ohio, in the interest Of john Sherman
They argued that so long as the state
delegation WAS practically for Dspew 40
should come out, swing his hat and
solidify The delegation so that no inroads
would be made for Gresham, Harrison,
Alger, SaermEn, Allison or any of the
others.
Il wss to tell Chauacey that the time had
come for him to declare himself that
Messrs. Warren and Gould called on him
yesterday.
Just Whist Mr.. Depew told them could
not be learned. Il is pretty certain, how.
ever, that he told then last WHIST has
been said above as to the way Mr.. Depew
feels ssost becoming q candidate. 1t is
not st all likely that he will
evtr be O candidate for the
nomination. 1. is quito certain that he
refused to take sIy step to encourage his
friends in making fght for him, but 1t is
dlbO CC1 hudt uO Will uO W uSLSI
them from securing his nomination II 1t
csn be done without too much of Hght.
Consequently Messrs. Warren and GoulQ
wore happy faces last night.
Mr.. Warren said: "We are going to
Chicago with delegation solid for De-
pew. Whether he 10 an out and out can
didate need not bother sDy Of his friends.
We are ing 10 nominate him and going
to elect him. have no second choice"
"You never catch mo aselessly boom.
ing msa," said Mr.. Gould, suggestive
ly. "Mr. Depew will be nominated ard |
he will acce pit" This sort OF talk from |
men who have seen Chauncey aud talked
with hiR mad CREST effect. I! will no |
doubt put check on tae Alger and Nor
ton booE which Boss PIstt is SO much In |
favor Of. 1t means that DepeW may de- |
eide TO ran after looking over the ground |
from California to New York and from |
Maine to FIorids. II also means that it |
would please him to have the E3w York |
delegation solid for him. That Is en- |
easy natter, and Mr.. Platt will not be |
disposed to oppose the attempt.
Just at present there s no deabt that |
Alger and Morton are looked upon |
in this city as the most pro5sbie ticket. |
The only other combination spoken of as
being favorite with the New York dele
CATION is Gresham and Phelps. The
Blaine men, however, and the red-hot |
tariff men don't Ike Greshsm,e nd So Plstt |
favors Alger and Morton the latter are
ahead.
A epublican said yesterday: "Sone1
of the Blaine men say Gresham did not
support Blaine in 1884. can say that in
to his income aud property,
Judge Gresham paid more to aid Blaine
than any Of Blaine's most devoted per-
soDsl friends. Judge Gresham paid
$500. Hi9 salary is 5000 and his prop
erty worth ebou. see, e0s."
There has been : great deal of work
done here in the last week for John
Sherman. Murat Hslstesd WAS re-en-
forced yesterday by ex Governor Foster,
to whom areporter said:
"Do you agree with Editor H.lstesd IS
to John Shermsn's present strength"
az understand that Mr.. Halstesd clsims
525 votes for Sherman. From the best
information l have he is about correct in
his estimate.'l'
"Then Sherman is the strong candi- I
date pr
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