The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-06-20
GATHERING Of THE CLANS AT
CHICAGO.
Delegates all at Sea-An estimate Of
the vote on the First Ballot.

CHICAGO June 1b---Ieieg4fes ana Trends
Of the various candidates are straeeling in
from almost every section Of the country.
The activity around the hotels afIorls evil
dence that excitement win high pitch
before many hours. Fhe supporters of Gen.
Alger are pouring in heavily, as are the
friends OF Harrison, and there Is more activ-
iiv about the Michigan and Indiana head
quarters than at any of the others. The
Harrison men are highly indignant at a re-
port published this morning TO tlse effect
that a truce had been declared between their
f res and those Of Gresham by virtue Of
" ,ich each would refrain from ati2csing the
other and the Harrison Support would go to
Gresham in the event Of the former failing
to gain strength after the second or third
ballot
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE last estimate of
the strength of the leading candidates whose
names will be presented to the Republican
gives Sherman $50, Gresham 25o,
Alger l57, Allison 60. and Harrison Sc.
As there will be total vote of So, All will
be necessary for a choice This estimate
does not include the candidates who will be
nominated merely ont ofcompliment.
If the balloting becomes protracted, it is
generally predicted that there viii be q
stampede for Blaine and this is now being
feared by many of the boomers.
PExxsyLvaSI.'s CONTINGENT.
CHICAGO. June 17-Pennsylvania people
are coming in on every train from the East,
and camping down in the first eligible tavern
that offers. Failing tayerns, they look up
boarding houses, and they are to be found
from Lake Michigan 10 the Mississippi river.
Some Of those who got in on the low rates of
car fare find that the boarding house and
hotel keepers are squeezing things for the
railroads Lodging is scarce and high, and
eating is only middling," was the summary
Of westmoreland visitor this evening. He
told the whole story
Quay AND THE fTrLER BooNLEr.
The veterans magnet, Col. Quay, has lost
his powers of attraction and the Pennsylva-
business in the convention this week The
Colonel himselfi is for Sherman, but owing to
some obligation TO Philadelphia he will be
compelled TO follow the Filter iiasco, and
vote for the opposition until it peters out.
lie endeayored to hold General Hastings and
one or two Others of his convention relation
To the Filter boom, bat the Bellefonte war-
rior pulled out the Sherman speech and told
Mr.. Quay that he must speak il, Filter or no
Filter.
The vote for the Philadelphia Mayor will
not have duplicate outside of his city peo
pie, and even they are not sure. Charles
Emory Smith is the real father OF the Filter
He adroi,ly saddled the
on the back of Senator Quay, who,
much against his will and with many a wry
face assumed ii, and tried to induce Chairman
Cooper, the political orphan of Delaware, to
share the honor. but that gentleman said:
Il am the solitary Blaineite left in the
delegation, and shall do moth
for anybody till James q. no longer lives"
Thus the Filter scheme remains under the
sole management and proprietorship of Col.
Quay.
CooPER's FAITH IN BLAINE.
Chairman Cooper sits all day in the Penn
sylvania headquarters in the Hotel fremont
and AYERS his believe in the final denomination
Of Blaine. When the California delegation
appeared with all the fruits and trophies of
the field that the spies of Joshua reported
and all labeled, Blaine they heard of
Cooper, and, marching up to his room, fed
him grapes, and peaches, and prunes, and
melons and choice fruits, and he gave them
He said tonight: :" Nothing
but miracle will prevent that nomination.
| have stuck to it for years, and feel that
am the son of a prophet
GLANCE At THE FIELD.
The situation is still at sea and there is no
pronounced current setting toward anybody
to-day. Fully one-third of the delegates do
not know whom they will vote for them
selves after the first complimentary ballot
and it is idle guessing to name favorite un
der such circumstances. 50 far as anybody
has gained to-day il has been Harrison. The
Gresham boom. which was especially antag-
onisfic 10 Harrison, has been slowly dying
ont. It has been badly mismanaged. The
Gresham people assailel every other candi-
date and have mot with the usual luck OF
people who 20 hunting eggs with club in
stead of basket.
The New York people have come here di-
yided and thus thrown away the great intlu-
ence they might have had on the convention.
This. of course, promotes Indiana to the
front, Indiana being the second in import
ance Of doubtful States.
The Aiger boom has not shown any
growth. 1t could not well do 50, for it is de-
pending on second choice votes, which it
would be bad politics to uncover in advance.
The Sherman people are satisfied with the
steady concentration of their strength; they
have made no unexpected gains to-day. but
they haye not discovered any of the defcc-
tions which were predicted.
Depew is out of it, as nc always has been,
and Allison is no more likelihood than he
was six months ago.
If had 10 risk money on guess tonight
| would take Harrison and Morton as first
choice and Alger and Phelps second. There
is great deal of cheering for Blaine. and
bets are offered at even money that he will
be the nominee. The money is not offered in
large sums, however, and the cheering does
not come from the lips of delegates The
Pacific Coast delegates, who always come to
National Convention full Of Blaine enthn-
siasm and native wine, are foremost in what
many expect to see materialize into deter
mined effort 10 nominate Blaine. The con-
servative sense of the convention is un-
,onbiedly against nominating Blaine, and
the threat of his candidacy which row comes
from the ctrbstoncs and corridors may
frighien them into taking the shortest Gu,
out of danger by throwing their votes at an
early stage 10 the leading candidate rather
than to risk being stampeded in an attempt
to concentrate on a dark horse.
The boom for Mayor Filter. OF Philadei-
phia, is being butchered beside its own
hearthsione. Sam Losch and Jack White
house. of Schuylkill, are canvassing among
the Pittsburg delegates tonight for the bur
CESS of Pottsville, and are meeting with the
response that If complimentary votes foi
Pennsylvania municipal officers are to be the
rule, Pi,tsburg will rally around the name o.
McCallin.
GEEsIfAN ASD ALLISON.
There was even less stir in the Gresham
rooms to-day than at any Of the other head
quarters. Tomorrow morning there will b.
a meeting of the leading friends of the candi