The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-21

lon. SERIOUSLY imp9ir their pro<r<rxs,
From eve<y quarter came similar ex.
presssuas. ard the DFrrw men TO-
Hsghf sdrssif that Enle=s 1 change <ha5l
eoz,ae OVER TIE temper OF the essnveu-
ton. saEis movement eanyset rrox
Out ct the confusion. mySsxYy. hi.
serneSS, lack os purpose and proners~s.
20 allow al personal presrsise@s 10 ex.
sr- undue in1Esnce. which hare rse-
yalle<t fer sosze DAYS
A Hxr-xx rxxlrys
II nov coming. some Of the hest
men IN tie party have reached an
agressnrat TO work together in an ef-
fczt TO bring order cut OF chaos asss 70
prevent dangerous nomination. The
movement embraces sash naes7 a. Sers-
ators Hale Hcay and AIsirieh ana
Committeeman FcSsxnsieu In New
England, senator Hiseock. ex senator
Pi2tf. wm- Waiter Phelps. s7arsson
and Goveyner Gear. Of Iowa. and Sey-
erai other prominent men In New Eng
land and the middle states. These
men hold an occasionai conference and
have sent for the friends of all canssi-
istes in the field for consultation on
roiats Of ayailihilisy. Chanspsons az
all the candidates have bcea given an
opportunity TO ans~ee AMI explain the
current objections 10 their fayorites.
sueh ss the Chinese record OF senator
isi candidates, Gres hams tariff views.
Ayers wealth and record as a pahiic
man.
OF course the men engaged in the
moreneni have personal preferences.
Hale Is for blaine, Hoar for sherman,
Phelps = candidate himself. f.atf Is
leaning toward Aiger and Claykson Is
for Nilsson. The feeling is that per
sonal preferences should lie waived
and some organized effort made To do
the wisest thing for the party.
1t Is believed that this movement
had its rise in a general conviction
that the nomination OF nepew would
be imprudeat. Ex-senator Piafs and
William Walter Phelps, who are OPP
posed 20 pepew, were prime movers
IN the combination, and IL is claimed
that Connecticut's decision to present
the name OF Senator Hawiey was
made for the purpose OF holding votes
from Depew. Ii i not the purpose OF
this combination 10 >eiect candidate.
The imnesiia;e purpose OF the men
engaged III II Is to get 10 get 10 ballot
ing, with
A TkcIT USDggsTAypISG
That they are 10 come together in a cri-
sis which may seem 10 demand action
on their part. According 10 the present
programme the vote OF New England
which, excepting Hawley. has no can
didate, is To be split among all candi-
dates at the outset. Maine viii give
her vote to every candidate in the
field. Vermont wii vote for Sherman.
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
will spit Rhode Island viii vote for
Allison, Connecticut, of course. viii
vote for Hawlcy, New York Is solid
for Depew. excepting John 0'Brien.
who declares he wiil vote for Blaine,
New Jersey is for Phelps, Pennsylva-
MIA has thirty-hve votes for sherman.
fifteen for Titler and ten scattering.
Ohio ia for Sherman, Indiana for Har-
rison, Michigan for Alger, Illinois for
Wisconsin for Rusk, Iowa
fer Allison, Minnesota's ten votes for
four scattering; Kansas is
for Ingalls,, Colorado and Nevada
doubtful. Oregon for Gresham and
California for Stanford. The South /.
divided between sherman. Gresham,
Aiger, Depew and Harrison.
An intelligent estimate of the first
ballot shows eleven candidates with
votes about as follow: sherman $50,
Gresham lcl, pepew loo. Alser ~.
Harrison 10, Allison 20, Phelps Is,
Eask -, Ingalls, II, Filter - and STAN
ford 10.
This leaves s. votes unaccouate,i for.
Missouri and Arkansas are still doubt
full IL is believed there viii be no ma
teIiai change from this estimate for
ballet or two, and it is thought the
Will then adjourn over
night. Daring the night some eoIubi-
nations will I've made with q view to
the nomination next day
A; the present writing the nomination
of nepew appears impossible. After
this is demonstrated in balEoiing, Platt
viii probably call away his forces,
20 or - votes, and II a COM
liEation has been formed throw his
men in. Warner Miller is expected to
throw his votes to Sherman.