Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-23
REVIEW OF DAYS WORK
DEPEW,S FRIENDS SUDDENLY BE-
COME NOTICEABLY INACTITE.


Gresham Working Has Californi
Changed Front in Regard to Blaine
4 Estee's Declaration.
/ CHICAGO, June 2O.-Everybody is wait
who are standing together and trying tt
keep things in good faith, hope to finisl
nomination speeches tomorrow and get /
ballot tomorrow night. Before ballo
will be taken there will be no materia
changes in the situation.
Depews friends are not doing much by
him. James Hustled and ex-Collectol
Robinson are about the only men who are
making serious effort to promote the
Depew movement. Depew will be voted
for probably with not more than two OF
three ballots. The climax is to come when
New York breaks up and on New York's
choice after Depew. the nomination may
depend.
In the New York delegation at this time
there is
NOT A VERY GOOD FEELING.
Many of the delegates feel that the Depew
candidacy was a blunder, destroying the
only chance New York had of unit
ing on "a candidate, who could
succeed and thus exercise d controlling in
fuence. 1t will be impossible to unite New
York on another candidate. About half
the delegation is likely to go to Harrison.
Hiscock favors the Indianian, and Platt is
about to give up Alger and join Hiscock.
Phelps OF New Jersey, and Elkins are in
the Harrison combination. Warner Miller
is still inclined toward Sherman, and if
Depew should join him the delegation
would
SPLIT IN TWO PARTS
of about equal strength for Harrison and
Sherman, with scattering votes for either
candidates.
While no absolute pledges have been
made, New Jersey, Maryland and parts OF
New England are for Harrison, and he will
show up strongly after Complimentary bal
lots are finished. At the same time Harri-
son is losing rather than gaining strength
on the discussion of availability or vote.
getting qualities which is now SO general, it
is seen that the predominating thought in
the convention is to get man who can be
elected.
a
from Indianapolis and other cities are here
favoring Gresham. F4,e latter is now
called
THE TIN PAIL CANDIDATE"
Some OF the strongest influences in the
country are at work for Harrison. 1t is
conceded he has the best corps OF political
workers in the field. The influence. energy
4 e NJ
and Duffy are not to de despised, aided as
they are by Senator Hiscock and William
Walter Phelps.
Harrison campaigners made
THEIR FIRST MISTAKE
this morning. Up to this time they had
handled tine situation in their own State
with great style, though it has all along
been known to outsiders that the Indiana
while apparently solid for Har
rison, has within il eight or ten Gresham
men. The Harrison managers, by letting
Gresham delegates alone and carefully
avoiding all formal controversies, had
succeeded in convincing the convention
that the State was solid for their man.
To-day they made the blunder OF calling
the Indiana delegation together and at
tempting to pass resolutions to the effect
that Indiana should vote solidly for
Harrison, until the majority indicated
wish to change to another candidate.
This resolution was received with much
disfavor, and some of Gresham's 's men pres
ent declared they
WOULD NOT BE BOUND BY THE RESOLUTION
if it passed, and it being apparent that
the Gresham men and conservative dele
gates were opposed to the unit rule were in
the majority, the resolution was with
drawn. Thus, by d blunder, the Harrison
men have made it apparent that Indiana
is not solid for Harrison, and moral vic
tory at least is with the opposition.
One OF the cards which the Gresham
managers have been relying on is to
BREAK TIRE INDIANA VOTE,
and ifthey should spring this on the con-
yention simultaneously with change of
Wisconsin from Russell to Gresham it
might start stampede TO the letter.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
That the selection of Estee to be perma-
nent chairman was the result OF an agree
ment that in consideration OF this honor
California was to abandon her Blaine
boom, became more than ev er apparent IN
the convention to-day "hen Estee
indicated that California had no
candidate. Some California delegates
refused to ratify the bargain TO
give up Blaine, and it has been found i'm
possible to carry out the program arranged
by the leaders to unite on Stanford for a
complimentary ballot.
A compromise has now been arranged
nv which California will not put Blaine in
nomination, but some of her delegation,
led nv Haymond and DeYoung, will vote
for him from the start.
A Bridge over the Columbia.
WAsHINereN, June 20.-At the evening
session of the House, among other bills one
was passed for the construction OF bridge
over the Columbia river between Oregon
and Washington Territory.