New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-21

didates stand. The men who would like TO- sec
Mr. Blaine nominated are more confident than
ever to-day. They say the Blaine tide Is rising;
But on the other hand. the largo majority ana
among them many warm friends Oh MI niaihe
do not believe he will be nominated
AIR prpEw EXPLAINING HIS POSITION.
In fact. Mr.. Depew himself feels that his candi-
ancv ia NOT understood He said TO me to-day:
aThe uncertainty in regard to my candidacy,
sbout which so much has been said, was due to
the fact that was. not candidate, and the ques-
zion was whether would yield to the pressure to
make me one Warm friends from all parts OF
New-York compelled me to promise that would
not 20 so far as to say wouldn't take IT,
spent forty-eight hours after arriving here with
fun notice to all the Western delegations that IL
any State heretofore Republican, through It's au-
thorizcd representatives would say TO me that my
candidacy would lose the State, / would peremp-
torily refuse the use Of my name under any cir
cumstances None Of the States would take inc
responsibility of saying so In formal way, or OF
giving any expression which could be relied upon.
The result Of my own Investigation, however LED
me to believe that there was great deal IN the
attitude Of hostility from the Northwestern States
toward any man who had been person
ally connected with the railway service. /
made MP my mind that the frankest and fairest
so cordially and was so enthusiastic for me from
my own State, was to consult the delegation as
n body told them that the unanimous sup
mort which had been given to me, large part OF
It earnest and enthusiastic TO degree; ana the
rest only doubtful on account Of the hSscihty IN
the West made it my duty to consult WIN ,hei' as
q body, as would with with my most intimate
friend, as an individual The success OF the lie
publican party, involving the prosperity OF the
country, was Of such vast importance, that per
sonal preference should be surrendered, ana COM
plments and decorations were entirely out OF
place. II knew that my candidacy would de-
feat the Republican ticket In any heretofore
surely Republican State and turn the State over
to the Democratic party, even IL believed l
could be elected by the vote of New-York, L
would not accept the nomination. told them
they must remember that the enthusiasm OF friends
who are all OF one mind at "a great nominating
convention is not the same thing as the vigorous
and fierce discussion of five months IN state OF
uctive hostilities and the final verdict made up
upon it at the polls in November"
HIS CAREER AS A RAILROAD MAN.
INV candidacy presents an experiment.
have been for twenty years connected WIN tne
railway system in positions OF ever increasing
prominence until now am president OF two roads
as important as any in the country, hni director
in all the roads on system which Is the largest III
the world Besides. have been, as a lawyer
counsel AMI advocate Of very great and consplcu-
Gus interests connected with almost every one OF
the great enterprises in which capital and labor are
mutually employed
This seems to me to present question IN the
canvass which it is very necessary to raise. The
enemy will exaggernte il, and 1t is Impossible 10
forctell what the result may be- II my person
frou nv
might prove an element of strength, but IN the
limited time presented for full explanation or
the situation, they ran, told them, the danger of
bayirr the great issues presented by the platform
obscured by a discussion of the railroad problem
and the problem of corporations and trusts and
their managers. l therefore told them that l
thought my name had better not be presented
and the greeting they had given to me was all the
. honor wanted for a lifetime"
N This statement, which was followed by vote
" of tie delegation making him candidate and ig-
norng his suggestion, Mr.. Depew feels places him
In somewhat different position from that IN
which he has been made to appear. The friends
of Mr. Depew who think he can be nominated DO
not expect to accomplish it by trades or ordinary
prosclytizng. Their theory is very simple. lhey
look for long struggle. They believe that as
delegates become familiar with the idea of rail
the Western men. They will see that it is only
prejudice they will have to combat, inasmuch as
the President of the United States has practically
nothing 20 do with the railroads except TO appoint
Interstate Commerce Commissioners. They VIII
think of the vital Importance Of carrying New
York and take Mr. Depcw.
But those who take this view entirely misunder-
stand the temper of the Western delegations
The Harrison men in Indiana, for example say
the nomination of Mr.. Depew would be fatal TO
them They would lose everything. There is
cood reason TO believe that if there should seem
90 be at any time serious prospect OF MIR. De-
pew's nomination, the Indiana delegation
would be the FIRST to drop their candidate
and vote for John Sherman to defeat
Dcpew The Michigan delegation, 1t is under
stood is in the same position, and Iowa ana Kansas
likewise, though this seems less positive. The
friends Of Sherman have hoped that the fear OF
Depcw's nomination would thus be the means of
carrying their candidate through easily, and they
undoubtedly have some hopes in that direction
still. but the Judgment of the best observers
seems TO be that there is as little probability OF
Mr. Depcw's nomination as there is OF Judge
Greshams 1t is clear that he cannot keep the
whole New-York delegation long There are some
men who say even that they VIII not stay
for more than few ballots, and the fact cannot
be concealed that large majority of the dclega-
ZION. while they will support him cordially, have
no idea that he can be nominated
One leading Blaine man said to-day that he be-
ieyed IL would be Blaine, Harrison or a man not
now before the Convention at all. The names OF
William Mckinley and Warner Miller have been
talked OF most among the dark horses If Mr.
Miller should be presented by the New-York del
egation as q body his nomination would seem in
eytable but he refuses to listen to any talk on the
subject -
The only names now mentioned for the Vice
Presidency are those of Levi p Morton and VIII
lam Walter Phelps. There seems to be no doubt
that the Harrison men would prefer Mr.. Phelps
on the ticket with their candidate. IL uehelal
Harrison should be nominated that fact mlgho