St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
THE SITUATION SUMMED UP.
Depew's Name Is Dennis and
Sherman Still Leads, With
Blaine in the Back aground.


Blaine in the Back ground.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 19.-The first days
session of the convention came as re-
lief to the tired army of president makers
who had worn themselves out in the
hot corridors of the hotels, but it
has brought few developments bearing
upon the outcome. More significant
than anything else was the expression
of the delegates concerning Blaine'S
nomination. The galleries cheered the
the leader of 1884, and SO did the dele
gates, in moderation; but when Chair
man ThurstOn warned the convention
that it must not commit suicide by
nominating Blaine against his will,
the delegates gave an express
sion of approval. The extreme
Blaine boomers, such as the Cali
fornians. for instance, are tonight
indignant at Judge Thurston's
remarks, but the convention as whole
certainly did not resent them. The YER
dict Tonight is that that the Overwhelm-
ing sense of the convention has been
shown to be against the Blaine bust
ness, except i'll the event of hopeless
deadlock and turning to the leader of
1884 naturally and by general consent.
In the canvass that is going on out
side the convention hall, perhaps the
most significant feature as viewed this
evening, is the inability of Depew'S
friends to make serious impression
npon the convention. During an
avowed candidacy of a day and half
he has been able to
GATHER BUT LITTLE STRENGTH
outside his own state. Mr.. Depew to-
night claimed 40 votes on the first bal
lot, but men well informed give him
only 100. He has in addition to the
seventy-two votes in New York a few
in New England insecurity held, one or
two in New Jersey, two in PennSylva-
MIA, six or eight in Maryland, about the
same number in Alabama, three in Lou
iSiana, and scattering votes to the num-
Der perhaps of a dozen more. Depew'S
friends in the New York delegation
have made great efforts to dispel the
prejudice against him in the Western
states. but without success, Mr.. Depew
himself has taken part i'll those efforts,
sending for many prominent men and
declaring to them he could surely carry
New York. A fair sample of the manner
in which these arguments have been re-
ceived is to be found in conference held
in Depew's parlor with the Nebraska
delegation. The Nebraska men said
they should be glad to follow the lead of
New York, but it was their firm convic-
| ton it would be unwiSe to do so; that
| the monopoly question is burning one
| in their state, and while they proba-
| bly, should be able to carry Nebraska
| for Depew. they have local, state and
congressional elections before them,
and the candidacy OF Depew would, in
their opinion,
| SERIOUSLY IMPAIR THEIR PROSPECTS.
| From every quarter come similar eX-
pressons, and the Depew men tonight
admit that unless change shall come
upon the temper of the convention their
movement cannot grow. Out of the
confusion, mystery, bitterness, lack of
purpose and proneneSS to allow per-
Sonal preiudiceS too great weight
which have prevailed for some days, a
better feeling is now coming. Some of
| the best men Of the party have reached
one agreement to work together in an
effort to bring order out of chaos and to
prevent the making of a dangerous
! nomination. This movement embraces
| such men as Senators Hale, Hoar and
| Aldrch and Committeeman FeSSenden,
in New England, Senator Hlscock
and ex-senator Plat, William Walter
Phelps, Clarkson and Gov. Gear, of
| Iowa. and several other prominent men
| in the New England and Middle states
These men hold occasional conferences.
| and have sent for the friends of all the
candidates in the field for consultation
on points of availability. The cham
pions of all the candidates have been
given an opportunity to answer and
Xplain the current
| OBJECTIONS TO THEIR FAVORITES,
| l,n Of ba
views. Al9er'S wealth and record as a
public man. Of course the men en-
gagged in this movement have personal
preferences. Hale is for Blaine, Hoar
for Sherman, Phelps is a candidate him.
self, Platt has leaning toward Alger
and Ciarkson is for Allison. But
the feeling is that personal prejudice
must be waived and some sort of an or
ganized effort be made to do the wiseSt
thing for the party. 1t is believed this
movement had its origin in general
conviction that the nomination of De
pew would be imprudent. Ex-senator
Platt and William Walter Phelps
who are opposed to Depew
were certainly prime movers
in the combination, and il
is claimed Connecticuts decision tt
! present the name of Senator Hawley
was made for the purpose of holding
votes from Depew.
1t is not the purpose of this combina
ton to select a candidate Immediately
The purpose of the men engaged in it i:
to 90 into the balloting with tacit I'M
derStanding that they are to