Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29

prise especially as over fifty
of ais votes we're from
southern states where he hsd
no strength last week. The plain un-
vanished explanation of this southern
vote fer Alger is found in the free and
unblushing
USE OF MONEY.
The Michigan ten times millionaire has
tapped his barrel with al the frerzy
of q ward politician who is max
ing his first CANVASS for 81
dermsn. The stupidity with which
the Mlchigsnites waste their money is .
standing Ike at the headquarters Of the
other candidates and the effect
Of their bribery is certain
20 prove eventually boomerang
70 Ayers possibility OF success, when
the contest nsrrowg tomorrow. II Is
currently reported that Ayers friends
pItd as nigh SIS 5000 for negro woes
which otherwise would nave gene &c
Sherman. Tais psrtislIy accounts for
SaermGH's fsi!ure TO score 2s0 votes On
the first bsl.ot as he anticipated. The
Allison, Sherman and Harrison managers
are also spending money, but
An experienced politician estimates the
expeL ses OF the four leading candidates
se follows: Aiger, $500 600; Allison.
S25 coo, p,.UCpaly hescq Iarter ex-
p -nses; Slerma1, $4,000; Harrison,
SO. 600.
THE VOTE FOR GRESHAM
somewhat surprised me general expectd-
ZION. he received about ThirLy-EnO votes
from the south, the mzIlyi.y Ct which
we're irflelccd by Inc local boom
for Gresham witch s!ll continues, bul IS
less aggressive than last week TEers IS
no certainty # his being able
t. held his southern vote
unless de makes heavy gsiDs from the
Lcr.h early to morrow. Fully t11-thir6s
If mis- southern supper. vas wcurg tom
those delegates By persistent takers wGO
begged thgir supper. tJr j couple Ct 5al-
lots on the ground OF compliment Snd
availability. The cohesiVeuess Of tba!
part Of Gresham'a support is Therefore
not very reliable,
ALLI5oN's VOTE
wta smaller sn anticipated. II, Ike
Sherman, suffered by Ayers bsrIei and
Gresham'5 local popularity cut AliiSoI's
eighty-eight votes ere stauncb znd de-
clsre 1hey will stay with him
20 the last. He has not shown mis- real
strength yes.
General Hsrri5on'5 caudidscY is be-
ing checked to death by G,esham's
popularity SAD strength, and mis-
IldiAaa supporters are fighting mad at
Gresham, declaring they would rather
see any m.l in the country nomi-
mated than Gresham, who took
two votes from Harrison
from Indians on the second ballot. The
Harrison managers declare these two
votes represent G5esbam's entire strength
IN the Indiana delegation, and when
HARRIsON's NAME is WITHDRAWN,
IS i. proOably VII be tomorrow, the
twenty eight Harrison votes will go SOL
idly for Sherman. How much Of
H4rrison's outside support can be de-
lvered to Sherman is problemitical,
but II ole-half of it follows H4rrison's
home support 1t will give Sherman great
boom. It ts pretty automatically whispered
thst General Harrison will go into
Shermsn's Cabinet if the latter is noml-
uated and elected. The vote for Depew
slgnifsd nothing SO far IS his
candidscy was concerned. He
SuCCtGutu il scIuhIDS LIG supp III
of Just twenty eight railroad attorneys
and corporation employees outside CT New
York. His withdrawal from the las-
st the night session was
really compulsory and not voluntarily;
as he stated, fur MS own state WAS
DISSATISFIED WITH HIS CANDIDACY.
Tae sincerity of DepeW's candidacy
my De Judged from the fact that he has
had his staieroom engaged to sell for
Europe,
THE SITUATION.
Special to the Gazette.
CHICAGO, ILL June 25-The Gdjourn-
ment Of the convention al 4:3O uni IL
o'clock Monday By vote Of 4sG TO 222
renders it the most memorable and pro
tracted national dssemolfge since tie
famous convention 81 Charleston in 1860.
At the morning session bu: tWo
ballots were taken, resulting as
follows for the leading candidates:
Fourth ballot: Shermsn 2sS Harr son
2l7, Alger 1876, Gresham So, Allison IS,
B,aine ~, Mckinley IL.
Flfsn ballot: Sherman 242 Harrison
2l3, Alger 142, Gresham 81, Allison 50,
Blaine As, Mckinley IA.
for Harrison WAS foreshsdOwed in yes,er-
days special, and a. late hour last night
became generally known, &c that it
SURPRISED NOBODY.
Before the conv ntiol assembled today
the Sherman men had decided upon dila-
tory tactics, and IS this plSn alwsys meets
the approval Of the BiEine boomers they
had no difficulty il forcing an adjourn
ment after Two ballots until o'cloCkp 10.
During the four hours interval caucu ING
and calvGssing was vehemeatly s1d bur
riedly conducted 6y sn the candidates
n sarly every delegation held secret
meeting, and prominent advocates and
managers for the lesders were 30 DE seen
Sitting in and GU. of the secret Chambers.
10 the afternoon the B sine conspirst0r5
passed down the word that the hour had
arrived when the much tslkei
about stampede should be attempted Snd
4 o'clock, immediately st.er the assem-
bling OF the convention, was the time
hxed for the coHsumHatIon Of their huge
trick. Information of their move, how
ever, reached the headquarters Of S1er-
man and Gresham and immediately the
friends Of Sherman began to caucus the
various delegations for sn adjournment
till Monday. The Harrison and Alger
men would not entertain the prop
osition. They protested to oEve
no fear of an attempted Blaine stampede.
When word WAS carried to the Bis ine
bOomerS that DpDpw had failed tn swing