, 1888-06-21
GENERAL REVIEW.
Harrison and Gresham Now Leading in the
Race.

CHICAGO. June 2O.-Everybody is
waiting for the first ballot. The coterie
Of men who are standing together and
trying to keep things in good shape hope
to finish the nominating speeches to NOR
row and get a ballot tomorrow night. Be-
fore the ballot has been taken there will be
no material changes in position. Depew's
friends are not doing much by him. Jas.
Hustled and ex-Collector Robertson are
about the only men who are making a
serious effort to promote the Depew move
memo. Depew will be voted for probably
not more than two or three ballots. The
climax is to come when New York breaks
up and
ON NEW YoRK's CHOICE
after Depew the nomination may depend.
At this time there il not a
very good feeling. Many delegates
feel that the Depew candidacy was a
blunder, destroying the only chance New
York had of uniting On a candidate who
could succeed. and thus exercising a con-
trolling influence. Ii will be impossible
to unite New York on another candidate.
About halt the delegation is likely to go to
Harrison. Hiscock's favors the 1ndianian
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 to Sherman
and if Depew should join him the delega-
ton would split In two parts of about
equal
STRENGTH FOL SHERMAN
and Harrison with scattering votes for
other candidates. While no absolute
pledges have been made, New Jersey,
Maryland and parts of New England are
for Harrison and he will show up strong
lY after the complimentary ballots are
finished. At the same time Harrison is
losing rather than gaining strength on
the discussion of availability. or vote get
ting qualities, which is not SO general. 1t
is seen that the predominating thought of
the convention Is to get a man who can
be elected. A large" number of labor men
from indianapolis and other cities are
here favoring Gresham. The latter is
now called the tin pail candidate. Some
of the strongest influences in the country
arc at work for Harrison, aud it is conced-
ed he has the best corps of political
WORKERS IN THE FIELD.
The influence, energy and adroitness OF
such men as Elkins, New and Duffey are
not to be despised, aided as they are by
Senator Hiscock and William Walter
Phelps. The Harrison campaigners made
their first mistake this morning. Up to
this time they had handled the situation
in their own state with great style, though
it has been known to insiders that the In
diana delegation, while apparently solid
for Harrison has within it eight or ten
Gresham men. The Harrison managers
by letting the Gresham delegates alone
and carefully avoiding all formal contro-
versies had succeeded in convincing the
convention that the state was
SOLID FOR THEIR MAN.
To-day they made the blunder o calling
the Indiana delegation together, attempt
ing to pass a resolution to the effect that
Indiana should vote solidly for Harrison
until the majority indicate a wish to change
to another. This resolution was received
with much disiaVof. Some of the Ores
ham men present declared they would not
be bound by the resolution If it passed
and it being apparent that the Gresham
men and conservative delegates opposed
to the unit rule were in the majority
the resolution was withdrawn. Thus by
a blunder the Harrison men have made it
apparent that Indiana is not
L FOR HARRISON.
and the moral vigor at least is with
the opposition. One of the cards which
the Gresham managers have been relying
on is to break the Indiana vote and if
they should spring this on the convention
simultaneously with the change of Wis.
CONAN from Rusk TO Gresham, it might
start a stampede to the latter. That the
selection of Estee as chairman was the
result OF an agreement that in considera-