Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-18

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nous and at any time his nomination de
ponds upon it he can have tbs solid SUD.
port of the delegation. Blaine is oul
choice above all others"
He was told what Walker Blaine lad
said with reference to bis father and e.
piled:
"Of course, Mr.. Blaine was honest in All
declination, but that makes no difference.
1t is not q question of what Mr. Blsinf
wants. I,'s question Of what ths r spui>
licau panty wants"
The Gresham headquarters is all aglan
with enthusiasm. Secretary Clarke said:
1--WE have the absolute promise Of q
new delegates that Gresham will be theiz
second choice and that they will suppor1
him as soor as they see that the positioz
of their own candidate is hopeless. Tn
situation is very encouraging.
A sHERMAN-GREsHAM DEFEAT
Around the various headquarters therl
was good deal of talk this morning q
garding the Significance OF The defeat a
the combined forces in The National Com
mittee last night. The question at issde
was that of placing on the roll as dele-
gates the Virginia delegation, beaded ~
by Malone, and allowing the Grover dee
CATION TO be seated in the preliminary %
g4n;zation, as contestants Lynch, q
Mississippi, Evans, Of Kentucky, and
Brownlow, of Tennessee, are the most viz
oIous supporters of Malone.
The Sherplanites and Greshamites upoo
the committee were to man On the SAINT
side, but when the roll was called they
found themselves defeated by Is to IL
At the headquarters Of the two candidste3
in question 1t is claimed that the vote had
no special significance, but at the parlors
where the Alger, Harrison and Allison
supporters hold the fort j: is claimed thu
the result was of special moment as show
ing the strength OF Sherman and Greshem
against tire field.
ONE OF THE QUEEREST DEVELOPMENTS
this evening is the open Acknowledgements
that the fight TO seat in the convention the
additional sixteen Malone district dele
gates from Virainia is in the interest Of
Senator John Sherman for the Presidency.
The fight is yet undecided, and promises,
unless quickly checked, to become battle
royal into which the adherents Of all the
variOus Presidential candidates may be
drawn almost inevitably.
Tonight Col Hooker, national commit
teeman from Vermont, who WAS particu-
larly prominent as champion Of Sher-
man, made no bones of declaring publicly
that the decision OF the committee allow
ing both the Malone and anti-MahOne del
egates to sit in the convention, depriviDg
the Malone men OF votes, is the result Of
a combination of the friends of other can
didates against the Sherman men. II
seems probable that the Malone fight will
be carried sguarely on this Issue, perhaps
into the convention.
Probably the most significant event Of
the afternoon was talk which several Of
the Pacific coast delegation had with
Judge Gresham at the request of the
Judges friends. At this conference the
RATHER DELICATE SUBJECT
of Judge Gresham's tariff views was dis
cussed and his position was stated. The
friends of Judge Gresham have strong
hopes OF support from the Pacific coast
should the Blaine movement miscarry,
but the effect of the explanation of the
Judges position upon the gentlemen pres
ent at this talk was not calculated TO be
specially encouraging to the Gresham peo-
pie.
u S Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania,
who is looked upon as the leader Of the
delegation from that State, met good
many of the party leaders to-day. Qaay
IS for Sherman, ard said to-day that while
he did not care to assume anything in adj
vance Of the arrival of the delegates, all Of
whom wouid be in tomorrow or Monday,
he was satisfied that Sherman would get
the most Of their votes. Il
PENNSYLVANIA COLUMN
SAFE.
Col. VIM. p. Hart, the State Treasurer
of Pennsylvania, who is very near to Sena-
atOr Quay, said: II don't think that there
ia any danger of break of the Pennsylva-
MIA delegation to Blaine at any time
There was time when this might have
but l think that danger is
passed. There is nothing more than q
vote meant by the PROPOSE
tiOn to vote for Mayor Filter of Philadel-
pnla, anu ue Will get ine ullduelpuid Cek-
egates on the first ballot only. All of the
delegaies-at-large will be for Sherman"
The Pacific coast delegates are engaged
specially now in the effort to get Estee, Of
San Francisco, chosen temporary chair
man. They have the aid of the National
from Indiana and promises
of support from the friends of Warner
Miller, of New York, who want Miller for
chairman. 1t is on the cards
that combination of Estee and Miller
people will be arranged, and there are ex-
cellent chances that the Pacific coast will
make its influence so felt and that the tenn
porary chairman will 90 to California.
THE MAINE DELEGATION
got in early this forenoon, the party NUN
beiing about seventy-fve. Mr.. Haines o
the National Committee said to reporte
that Maine regretted that Mr.. Blaine hat
withdrawn, that abe regarded his with
drawal as mistake, but that she Wa
bound to respect the fact as declination
The Brooklyn delegation also came in o.
an early train, and it is reported that the.
have leanings toward Alger.