The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-06
4 REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
4 Caucus of Eastern Republicans De-
cides Against the Depew Candidacy,
And It Is Still Uncertain Who Will Receive
the Support of the New York Delegation
Mr.. Dspew on the st. Louis Convention.
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NEw YORK. June 5-The reported conference
IT certain Blaine men. which Was said 70 Dc
/; called for New York on Saturday last. but OF
which no traces could be found at the nme'
really took place here on Friday night, and the
pArticulars have just come out It was held at
;Whiselaw Reds quiet mansion. on Madison
avenue. and 30 escaped the observation OF there
Lporters Of the New York press. The reported par
ssicipants in IL were Senator Hiscock. Chauncey
tM. Depsw, ex-senator d. G Plat, Congressman
William Walter Phelps, Of New Jersey;
SSsnator Frye. Of Maine, and some
others besides the host. It's real object was
the desire Of Msssrs- Plat and Hscock to ind
sous whether Chauncey NJ. Depew would be
candidate for President in the face OF their OPP
tposition; in other words. they wanted him to
iretire. Messrs Plat, Hiscock and Phelps
were all. IL is said, outspoksn in saying that
ithey did not believe, from all they could learn
sut Washington. that Mr. Depew could be elect
ed. They represented the entire Northwest as
IN a condition to revolt against q railroad man.
Mr. Dspew surprised the group by quietly say
ipe that he was ready to announce,
what was wholly true, that ne
was not candidate for the nomination, never
had been, had desire for it, and beyond de-
cent respect for those friends who regarded him
Efavorably, would not permit the use Of his
name. Phelps and Hiscock. who expected OPP
position, were puzzled over this, but went on to
tpressnt General Alger. Of Michigan. as an avail
EsbIe candidate mention being also made OF
General Harrison, of Indiana. and Senator ALI
tsop. Of Iowa. All these gentlemsn's names
}wsre received with favor, but the vics-presiden-
tsial nomination was Immediately preached
and provoked q wide discussion and de-
tbats. Messrs- Piatt. Hiscock and Depew
thought the convention, in the event OF the
nomination Of Western man for President.
would demand New York candidate for second
place. Mr.. Reid. who had just seen his friend
mr. Depew calmly debated out of the field, was
not disposed to let his other particular friend,
Or Phelps, be set aside without strong fight.
when Plast and Hiscock advocated a ticket
tcomposed OF Algsr and Morton, he declared
1.-THE thing impossible, and opposed it strenuously.
tThs conference came to definite conclusion,
texcept an agreement to disagree; but it gave the
tNew York leaders anopportunity to know among
themselves how widely they differ.
Chauncey NJ Depew talking, today.
tred bancanna of Ohio is to wave again, is itf
be asked, and then continued. well, isn't It q
most remarkable exhibition of one-man power
that is transpiring in the Democratic party to-
.dayi Here is the occupant of the White House.
kGrover Cleveland. who. five years ago, was lit
ierally unknown. telling the great Democratic
tparty, which composes half the voters of the
scountry, what it shall do and what it shall not
fdo and being obeyed as the school-bo minds the
wielder OF the birch rod7 There never has been
Isueh q spectacle since Liberty Bell was rung.
tCleveland first tells the party that it shall as
tsembls by It's representatives at St Louis. on
fJune s. and he is obeyed; he tells them that his
further instructions will be forthcoming In due
ktime. Presently he says to them: Il am the on
Nv man you can elect; now get down on your
knees and swear IL and prepare to nominate me.
land they ali answer, SO mote 1t be. Hewrites
TOUT platform and tells them to have it put in
TYPE written copy. that no mistake Will be
6 structious are followed They get all ready to
Nominate Governor Gray, OF Indiana, and he
tsends word and tells them that 1t must be Thur
man. and they prepare to obey. The man who
will nominate him In the convention. the man
who viii second the nomination, the man who
viii present the resolutions, three-fourths OF
the delegates, aud ninetenths OF the party wish
1T was somebody else besides Cleveland. and
fyes he rules them as with rod of iron,
land they yell Long live Grover while under
fbreath they whisper the addition. The first,
Hand. we hope, the last Oh. it is . great specs
ttacle"
When Mr.. Depew was asked about the report
sthat he intended TO write q letter either with
tdrawing his name or putting himself in the
<hands Of his friends, he said: No. / am not
scoing to write letter of any kind in reference
TO the presidential question. The writing Of q
f1etter premises two things First that some
tbody had demanded an answer by letter, and
isecond, that somebody wants 70 write letter.
Neither of these conditions 10 fulfilled in my
lease. With Mr.. Blaine it was different. Tho
tparty had demanded Of him that he should let
fit know what be wanted. For that reason he
wrote his Florence letter TO the party. The
l correspondence was continued by the election Of
delegates TO Chicago sufficient in number to
have nominated Mr.. Blaine. and he was there
fore required TO write his Paris letter. Now. in
my case. there is nothing Of all this. am not
called upon to write letter, and no letter will
be Written"
Ex-senator T. G. Platt got back from Wash
ineton to-day, and the Alger boomers here have
since been in high feather; but there seems to
be no solid ground for believing that Mr.. Platt
has committed himself anywhere. On the con-
itrary, it seems from reports from Washington,
that he is balancing in his mind the relative
strength of Harrison, Allison and Alger. He
has found Senator Palmer and Congressman
Burrows, Of Michigan. opposed to AlRer. The
latter Is reported as saying that Harrison and
Phelps is the ticket that Platt will favor