The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-21
report and would not be before to.
morrow.
GENERAL REVIEW.

IePorG ana would not be before to-
} morrow.
GENERAL REVIEW.
Everybody is waiting for the first bal
lot. The coterie of men who are stand
ing together and trying to keep things
IN good faith hope to finish the nomi-
mating speeches tomorrow and get the
first ballot tomorrow night. Before
the ballot will be taken there will be
no material changes in the situation.
DepeW' s friends are not doing much by
HIM. James Hustled and ex-coiIector
Robinson are about the only men who
are making any serious effort to pro-
mote the Depew movement. DepeW
will De voted for probably not more
than two or three ballots, the climax
is to come when New York breaks up,
and on New York's choice, after Depew,
the nomination may depend. In the
New York delegation at this
time there is not a very
good feeling. Many Of the dele
gates feel that the Depew candi-
dacy was blunder, destroying the
only chance New York had of uniting
on candidate who could succeed, and
thus exercising controlling influence.
1t will be impossible to unite New
| York on another candidate. About
| half the delegation is likely to go to
| Harrison. Hiscock favors the Indianian,
and Platt is about to give up Alger and
| j ID Hiscook. Phelps, of New Jersey,
and Elkins are in the Harrison
combination. Warner Miller is
and If Depew should join him, the dele
CATION would split in two parts of about
equal strength, for Harrison ard Sher-
man, with scattering votes for other
candidates. While no absolute pledges
have been made, New Jersew, Mary
land, and parts of New England are for
Harrison, and
HE WILL SHOW UP STRONGLY
after the complimentary ballots are
furnished. Attic same time, Harrison
is losing rather than gaining strength
Oil this discussion OF the availability
or vote-getting qualities, which is now
so general. l. is seen that the predom-
mating thought III the convention is to
get q man that can be elected. a large
number Of organized labor men, from
Indianapolis and other cities, are here
favoring Gresham. The latter is now
called the ''tin pail delegate" Some of
the strongest influences in the country
are at work for Harrison. 1t is con
coded that be has the best corps Of 20
liticai workers III the field. The iDfu-
ence, energy and adroltness of such men
as El6iDs, New and Duffy, are
not to be despised, aided as they
are by Senator Hiscock and William
Walter Phelps. The Harrison cam
paigners made their first mistake this
morning. Up to this time they
had handled the situation in
their own State with great style,
though it has been known to outsiders
that the lndiara DELEGATION, while
apparently solid for Harrison, has
within it eight or ten Gresham
letting the Gresham delegates alone
and carefully avoiding all formal con-
trOversies, had succeeded in convincing
the convention that the State was solid
fer their man. To-day they ma 3e the
blunder ef calling the Indiana delega-
ton together and attempting to pass g
resolution to the effect that Indiana
should vote solidly for Harrison until
the majority indicated q wish to
charge to some other candidate. This
resolution was received with much dis
favor. Some of the Gresham men
present declared they would not be
forced by the resolution if it passed, ana
1t being apparent that the Gershsm
men and conservative delegates who
were OBJ osed to the unite rule, were in
the majority, the resolution wss with
drawn. Thus by the blunder, Harrison
men have made it apparent that Indiana
is not solid for Harrison, and a moral
victory, at least, is with the opposition.
One Of the cards which Gresham's
managers have been relying on is
break of the Indiana vote, and if thew
should spring this on the convention
with change of
Wisconsin from Rusk to Gresham,
It might start a stampede to the
latter. That the selection of
Estee to be permanent chairman was
the result of an agreement, that in con-
3ideration Of this honor California was
10 abandon her Blaine boom, became
more than ever apprr-G in the con-
Vention to-day, when EstCe indicated
hat California had no candidate. Some
California delegates refused to ratify
he bargain to give up Blaine, and
t has been found impossible to
larry out the programme arranged by
he leaders, to unite on Stanford for q
complimentary ballot. A compromise
las now been arranged, by which Cali
ornia will not put Blaine in nomins-
ion, but some of her delegates, led by
ID HuOAu anu OS 4OuuSI Will NOIe 1OF
llm from the start.
Hess call for the previous question
vas then recognized and under
he call, the convention adopted
he motion TO seat the Wood delegates
y an overwhelming vote.
The question being upon the adop-
ion OF the remainder of the majority
eport CT the credentials committee.
ieader, of Pennsylvania, demanded
decision OF the question, and that each
eparate case in dispute should be
oted upon itself. This was agreed to.
FessenGen, of Connecticut, moved to
onsiGer the vote by which the conven-
ion had admitted the Wood delegates
rom the ninth district.
Butterworth, OF Ohio, moved to lay
be motion on the table and after long
wrangle, the question
'asput and Butterworth's motion pre-
ailed-242 to ia.
The question then required upon the
omission of the delegates from The
econd district of Virginia. The ma
,rity report on the second Virginia
istrict was adopted. The majority
eports seat the Wise delegates, and the