Telegram-herald., 1888-06-24

ga uaen declared that fhe no@inse woali
sstaer "a blsiDs or A ger. shd ln5lessioDs
showed thai they wotllc bs gate well sstls-
ned II their owB msn sot sseeDd pisee 81
TIE tickel With Blaine ~ he head
Late last night. after oonfsrring with dele
cations Who have pronise1 10 suppors Al
geE when The break e0ssez, tes Michigan
men fslt quite comfortsbls over The sltua-
ton. They lhlek the failure Of the Sew
York managers TO carry out the plsn agreed
upon in caucus . sucnz indication that
Harrison esnoot receive the nomination
Ingerselfs bad nrexk. - II ls universally
called weakened Gresbamb candidacy, and
altogether the AlxeF men felt elsted. They
claim their candidate wiIl receive large ad-
ditions 10 his strength on tie nrst ballot
and keep on gaining until ne IL nominsied-
I'VE feel stronger tonight than ~ kay
stage of the cantsst." ssid W. l. DAWN
ney, of Detroit sherman polled his
full strength on the second ballot
and disappointed bis shoaters. and lnger-
| soli has proved himself Ofesham's Buieh-
ard. All things considered, We have every
reason TO feel satisfied silh the outlook.
| President Elliott. of the Michigan Club
| said. "IngeFsoll was making exesiisnt
| campaign literature up 10 the time he men
| toned Grssnam's name. That was . grave
| blunder. and the audience realized II al
| once. Gresham Is out Of the race now.
| Michigan has always stool faithfully BY
| illinois, and don't see Why Illinois should
| not help US when IL becomes assured there
| is no chance for her favorite candidate"
| Ex-Lieutenant Governor Crosby thought
| Alger's chances grestly improved. and
thought the outcome weold be Satisfactory.
saws the Chicago Nal Of yesterday: The
Sherman men were unusally blue this
Il s.f ftFap
| their man. he may. they say, get few
| additional votes in the early ballots, but
| not sufficient TO elect. Whey they see this
they will force an adjournment. Three
ballots will end the WORK.
IF Judge Gresham would only with
draw" said little bald-headed gentleman
in the Sherman headquarters this morning.
"our man would have plain sailing. The
| Gresham vote would 40 to Blain undoubt-
edly, and Sherman would slip In like top.
We don't want the climax TO come just yet.
| We aren't strong enough
1t il the talk In the corridors that Sher-
man has no show whatever The trouble
| is laid at the doors of the New York AM d
| Pennsylvania delegations. There appears
10 be a bitter rivalry between them. They
| do not seem to desire 10 come together.
| Their diversity of views was pronounced
/ when the Keystone fellows went TO Allison
and the New Workers flew to Harrison.
Each seems to want to control the conven
ton. and there is no apparent possibility
their harmonizing.
1T is q petty rivalry said an Ohio man,
''and may result disastrousiy in the Fall"
| Harrison has taken Sherman's place; is
he TO meet Sherman's s fate? Answer TO this
| question may depend upon Sherman hiu-
self. IL the Ohio Senator makes an effort
| to throw the controllable part of his South
| ern strength 10 Harrison the Indianapolis
| lawyer my be named. But il must be re-
membered that much Of Shermsn's South
srn support is for Blaine after Sherman. Ii
| Quay comes in with Pennsylvania Hsrri-
son may win. but nearly all of
| Pennsylvania is Blaine. and though
| McManes and Barker of Qusy's heuten-
ants want Harrison the Blaine dele
| gates now refuse to be led over. Quay him
self prefers Allison. Again, If New Eng
land should abandon Der policy Of scatter
| ing and give Harrisof strong support, he
could go to the top. But New Englsnd is
II Blaine. Thus everything runs BACK
directly or indirectly to Blaine and tae
| Blaine influence and did mol the Blaine
| guard last night give the cue that Harrison
| is not wanted? And there is ElkiDs. who
has been supposed to want Harrison badly
did he not say yesterday that this Har-
| rison business is a mere secondary consid-
Grafton, Blaine being the first2'
John A. Logan. Jr, and C. H. Andrews,
| of Youngstown. Ohio, his father-in-law
also got in their work for Aiger. bat in q
quiet aud clever way. Mr.. Andrews said
! that he was anxious 10 keep his son. in law
. out Of politics, because T. ere was no money
In ii for an honest man. he is Young
man now, and as young man he wanted
him to maks some money. and when ne
had plenty of money he could
go. into politics. because politics did
or investment. Public applause and
gratitude we're all we'll enough, but what a
well-regulated family needed most was
home and enough to eat and drink and
these could ouly be obtained by hard work,
and he believed taat his son ip-law should
| do some Of it. They were in the 1lger
swim now, but he was afraid that Blaine
would defeat all the other candidates,
which would mean the defeat Of the RepuD-
lican party.
Said Senator Palmer: "Alger's chsnces
are just the came as they were. think be
is stronger than Allison, Gresham or De-
pew. I think there is good chance of
| nominating him, but what percentage
chance do not venture to perdict. No one
| rho has o reputation as q prophet will care
to risk 1t by predictions at this time. may
tell you, however that il is the intention Of
| the Michigan men 20 stick 10 their candi-
date; even If his vote should decrease the
circumstance will not discourage bis friends.
| The Aiger people did great missionary
| work among the colored delegates At the
Palmer House after the morning session.
| The gentlemen from the South were treated
at the Alger headquarters TO the finest
| brands Of cigars and liquors. and the Har-
rison people charged that q fresh Alger
'bsr'P' was being tapped II was evident.
however. tha; every colored delegate who
emerged from the private quarters of the
Alger boom came out smiling and perspis-
| ing, p1ffing at Cuhan torches that cost no
less than SO a hundred AZ the cigar stand