Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-18
DEPEW MAY BETTE LEADEl
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 Almost Certain of . So i'd DeIecntfo,
 rom New YOrk-Assured Of Lar-y.n,
 isconsin If nOminated-Hc kastM
 Connecttcut Delegatfon-He c-n NRA..
 NHe Lomineo If 1t is not Himself.
 CH1cAGG, Ill.,, June 16.-C Chauncy N. Depeu
 Ihe President maker of this convention lie
 I'll m hame the candidate. He may mo him.
 seH ne nay name MT. Blaine. Tho chances
 o-ni,nt arc largely in favor of keeping his
 seiecslon within this narrow limit of t--o.
 mere IS only one candidacy with the stre.,.,th
 .o sefioisiy menace the success of move toward Blaine. and even that could embarrass l. only with the aid of ex-Senator Platt, who,
 tnouSh heretofore outspoken on Blaine, has
 begun to figure in other directions since lis arrival here, and is, giving the Blaine leaders no cnd of uneasiness and concern.
 Such men as A. R. Whitney, John H. Starin ana Il. u. Warner, who are enthusiastic for Depew, have had some effect on him to- day pyrepeatlng statements from North wes tern delegates that the granger States are as sale Tor Depew as for any other man before the convention, Delegate Whitney, for in- stance, had a letter from Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, in which the veteran s'Jerry" pledged the electoral votes of the Badger State to Depew if nominated. s5a agH
 A Minnesota delegate has been found who thinks that the State would not be endangered ny the candidacy of a railroad president. This, with the fact that Dcpew can get New Yorks seventy-two votes solid for him, de- spite Platt's objections, has led the genial Chauncey to come to the front 's c;n9 9idate. He is one tonight, though he may not be by this time tomorrow. Tho wiser heads here are all against it, and they are taking turns ill talking vigorously with Depew against im- perilling party succ,,ss by entering the held.
 Most of them admit he can be nominated if he sees fit to push himself, but they hope to argue him out of it. They have only twelve hours left in which to change his mind, how ever, for the New York delegates are to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when some- thing deilritc is looked for by them.
 If Depew can be talked out of his present frame of mind definite action will probably be postponed by tho New York men tomorrow, in order to give the lea ders time to map out a policy that will keep the delegation in shape for c.ire.ive work ill the convention. MT. Depew has beanso outspoken and persistent in advocating Mfr. Blaine's nomination that no one questions that, next to himself, he still stands for the Maine statesman,
 MT. Bal:,.., candidacy is still discussed with the hiflk of the visitors for him, and the delegates regard him as q possibility, but that the conservative sentiment of the delegates is against him is undoubted. They argue against his candidacy in every meeting, but they have beforo -hem the fact that no one candidate has the personal following to bring majority to hfp 7, enthusiastically and willingly in case it wee necessary to make a sudden concentra- | tion.
 Sherman is talked about or the reason that he Will have the most votes and will offer the best opportunity for a sudden ending of the qght, but there is such genuine personal Nneiintr in his favor that his nomination be s, i'd to be desired. So far as personal op- position is considered there is little of 1t, but l tho expression is heard every place that he Is l not the best candidate, and that some other man would bling out more votes.
 The Harrison support that point is btronger. The Indiana men believe that he Is the only candidate who can carry the coun- try, and the other delegates join with them
 tor enough to say that ho gives thom the l assurance of Indiana, and in other States would runa s we'll as anybody else.
 1 If he had votes enough to make good start when the break came he would be nomi- hated bat otherwise his chances are reduced. Allison is becoming more prominent. Yes 1 tsrday his boom was waning, but the Iowa people have come in to-day, opened up the l biggest room in the Pacific and given him a l fresh start.
 Blaine has not overshadowed any of these l candidates yet, and if they hold half the l btrength they claiming, he will not be able ! to do so. He depends entirely on the deep down feeling that would have nominated him If his letters had not been written.
 In all this excitement about the Presiden- l tia candidates, the platform, the dark horses and the Vice Presidency have almost disap- peared from s fight.
 The platform, with it's certain declaration l in favor of protection to American industries, ] is a legitimate subject for temporary neglect, for nobody will dispute it, but the other mat ters will become more prominent in day or 1 two. .es s4s4:sf a.frl l Morton for Vice President is so close to Platt and the others of the New York desse- gation that 1t may figure in the Presidential struggle, and the best politicians think that th New Workers would be willing to give up
 something to make him safe.
 | Some days ago it gave strong indications
 that they would be for either Ager or Har- rison to get support for Morton, but the Presidential fight has changed that attitude decidedly More singular things have hap
 pened however, than that men should go to
 their original ideas and Morton is still Q
 probability. "... .5-
 Next to him comes Mr. Phelps, who, how
 over, just at present Is too much occupied l with dark horse Presidential figuring to make
 him very prominent. He will be out as q Presidential candidate tomorrow and will have
 New Jersey solid for whatever happens after his expected defeat. The other dark horses ,, Major Mckinley the best of them-have . | suffered also from the regular contests and the excitement of the Blaine street talk, and
 their progress is not apparent
 Thousands Witnessed the Suicide.
 BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, June 18.-A well-dress- ? sd young man committed suicide Saturday evening before several thousand eye-wtnes ses. It was gala night at Seaside Park, and
 thousands of people were in attendance. Snd-
 denly a young man was seon running at the
 ton of his speed from Waldemere," the re-