New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
PASSING COMMENTS ON POLITICS.

Among the remarks recently msde by Chaunccy NJ.
Dopew reading the report OF the Michigan Nc
publican Convention whore there great boom for
Governor Algcr. said no Now there Is boom wort
having. These lumbermcn know what a boom Is, tho
regular genuine boom and when they set ont to mako
a potcel boom they to copy after the genuine
thing
General T. A. Merritt, OF Potsdam. In Now
York yesterday He Collector Of this port whom
Senator Sherman Secretary OF the TcasuJ, and IS
known TO Do a warm friend of the Senator Whom
asked yesterday about the feeling among the Repub
icsnS in his part of tho State. lie said: "Ono Of our
Assembly is for Depcw and the other two
for Rlsine The delegates Will go unrestricted. my
self not committed to Senator Sherman or any other
man beyond the point OF desiring the selection Of
who will best represent the fair expression Of the party
opinion, its best judgment and its candid choIoo'
Judge G. W. Fairbanks OF Indiana who Is loading
lawyer OF his and ardent Republican is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel The Judges preference IN the
Presidential race leans toward Judge Gresham about
whose candidacy he said yesterday, Judge Gresham
and his friends not interfering with the candidacy
OF any the other distinguished leaders of the party.
They did not seok Interfere in Indiana have thoy
nlcrferod IN any other State where thore IL favorito
son AZ the front The disposition OF Judge Gresham
himself Is Interfere with any Of them but thoro
is growing sentiment that he Will DO strong fsvorite
in the Convention. We know that there IS friendly
feeling for him in number Of Eastern States, notably
In New Jersey, II Mr. Phelps IS not pressed as can
dldatc In Indiana the knights Of Labor organ advo-
Gates his nomination. showing the hiendness Of the
labor vote'
Ex- Governor Charles Foster o. Ohio, who Is one OF
the delegates to Chicago from this state, is In New
York on business connected with natural gas. Tho ex
poson Buffalo and the destruction In property there
through natural gas not disturbed his eQuanmity
In the least, and he declares that the natural gas bnsl
ness will increase the before. but probably with
moro prudence and moro canton In It's use. Chatting
about politics and answering inquiries which we're put
to him rapidly from group of reporters that sur
rounded him yesterday morning Governor Foster said
Ohio IL solid for sherman. OF course. Is All insult
to ask how long they will stand by him. or to Intimate
tbat they havo other preferences. In 1884 and In
1880 thore a number VI delegates elected to fhc
Convention direct opposition to Sherman This year
no one has been elected any such basis Thoy have
all been elected sherman Non and they VIII stand
by Sherman through everything think II 10 true that
Gresham has been growing In strength In the West.
do not know anything about the details, where the
votes for Senator sherman will come nom, and have
never committed my ,cl TO tho statement that he wou![
receive 312 or $40, any other NUMBER oil VoeS' All
I know is that he will be nominated and viii mako as
strong a candidate as the party can put in the fold
You can tust put 1t down as my prcdcuoh that ehor-
man will be nominated at Chicago
The contest over tbs admission OF women as members
., he Methodist Conference vewod by some OF the
delegates to that body as en- attempt 10
cop.mit the Chugch TO Prohibition polit-
n,caI movement Ex-stato Senator Pollard
:, ohto who is lay delegate, said
~ * nossIs,e that was wrong In my Judgment but
the movement looked to me like Prohibition move
mont ia disguise. The leading spe1hcis, v ~" mi
mission OF T sSsh as T the Rev p Hamilton of CSgn
General Clinton b FISH OF sv Sa,ISns, ' repuis
soaa' P OF G i The proposition had a car
Red LeCnad would ha With gone %Sa Oi he would
sssd 3Io Endorsement Of the entire me 1eis
Church am opposed to mixing to lS ~ w."
or politics with religion III lnA' '0'