New-York tribune., 1888-04-15
sHERMAYs STRENGTH IN THE COUNTRY.
COLONEL ceyGER THINKS nE WILL BE NOMINATED
LIZ u sTAMprnE OCCUKs


Colonel A. +. Conger, Of Ohio, who Is me'nuci
Of the Republican National Committee, IS connected
with the mower and reaper knife works at syracuse
In this state and has recently come from thctc Oh Ms
way home When asked about ONO poilucs DIS 'no'
relate 10 tho national contest, he replied -,
.Ohio IS for sherman, OF course. We THINK nc wiz wiz
be nominated and elected. lie VIII have INC sohu
vote of his state TO begin with; he VIII nave eosu,
eratlc surno,t from New England, large vote from
the Southern states number OF votes iIoi" ' r.
vana and scattering votes from uolen No' ..
states His support now is much greater than Oia'
of any other candidate in the field. He VIII DC noni
mated If there is no stampeding attempted ior biao
OF course, If a stampede Is begun 'nero - No NO
ing what may happen ,,,-
"Do you think sherman can carry New-1orh'
@From the voluntary support that he Is receiving
,o,,, No, vor,, business men, / should say that he
would he n strong candidate here Ii the contest in
New York as am told is In the city OF New iofh'
I should say that with the support OF the pusiness
men he could carry the State handsomely
"What about Foraker!" A.,
aOb he is for sherman. There is nothing for him
this year. No: he would not take the Vice-freSi
dency. His opportunity for advancement will come
when Senator Henry b. Payn's term expires vi o'na.
tor Sherman is elected President He Will 90 to the
Senate thep'
Colonel tonger is a member Of the subcommittee
having charge of the arrangements for the National
Convention He was asked about the reports OF Sni-
cago hotel keepers violating their agreement ho' W
chsrge above the regular rates, and sad: H. .hor,
there are a great many complains coming III apV,,.
that matter IL seems that they 40 not aotuaiiJ
ra,s thar rates but they viii take guest unless
he agrees that four six persons shall occup! sao
ROOM They have arranged 10 put TWO or thIec vou, S
i'm every room. If you want room alone YOU Will viii s, o
as he'd to pay for many persons as W0uu o'vup9 o
All the beds they put up In a room. linus d toU ia
with three beds In II dollar day house %outd
cost Won $50 a day II you occupied II alone, ma, nat
a dispatch yesterday from zimmerman at CIhcinnss, .
telling me that their hotels are ready 10 huaa tII
regular rates and i've up to their agreecnt We VIZ
GO there The matter Will be brought up at me ncoS
inc OF the subcommittee TO bc held soon III Nh' aso
= How about the Auditorium Bundlng T. . ,.u-
"Whon was up there short time ago ohly lew Low
stone and brick on the bay earth gave any lh,uc
of such a thin. a structure II Is uouDlih ~ o r
whether we may after ali be forced To OCCUPY soY
tho mace or postpone the convention. There WIZ
be no such accommodations for Statc ne1u lua ~
I'm any event as promised The Auditorium wiz VIII
scat 500 persons. 1t Is proposed 10 -lEc ou.
with each ticket and mahe new tchets lor eacn u9
This will enable a great many persons TO so on the
difierent days whereas If the tickets were Simply ior
the whole session one might retain scat through INC
whole Of It,"