St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-11
It Has Been Started in Chi
cago With Mild
Vigor.
The Governors Corporate
Holdings Held to be in
His Favor.
Blaine Men Inclined to Look
on Him With Much
Favor.
The Convention Hall Not So
Roomy as Was First Re-
ported.

CHICAGO, June 10.-FranciS j. Heck
ef, business partner and personal friend
OF GOV. Alger, came to Chicago yes
terday. He brought the Alger boom
with MIN, and it assumed very respecta-
bic proportions the minute Hecker
struck town. Mr.. Hecker is a prosper
Gus business man, a longtime politician
and an enthusiastic supporter of his
candidate. $50 far as Michigan is con-
cerned," he said to the reporter, sit is
Tor Alger solid; there can be no doubt
about that. The Republicans of the
state know him, they like him, and he
has his entire state behind him.
1t was suggested to Mir. Hecker that
other votes besides those of Michigan
were necessary to nominate, and the
question was put: evil Gen. Logan's
friends support Aleer?"
why should they not? Gen. AlgeI
was Gen. Logan's political and personal
TREND. They were very intimate. Be-
sides that Gen. Logan's strength was to
great extent that of the old soldier
element, and now that Logan is dead
Alger is the best representative that the
soldiers have"
sit has been said that Alger is Blaine's
residuary legatee?"
''NO man is Blaine'S residuarv leca-
tee. The Blaine votes cannot be deliv-
cred to any one, nor has any one got the
right to say where they will CO."
STILL" continued the reporter, sit is
but natural that men who think alike on
| one thing should think alike on another,
and those yphO uOnJ6 vote for DIo;,
were he candidate, should concentrate
their votes on some man who is"
"All can say to that" was the an
swer, lis that we would only be too
glad to get the Blaine votes for Gov.
Alger.'
Now, it happened that at that particu-
| lar moment there was in the rotunda of
the Grand Pacific hotel one of these
self-same Blaine votes. 1t was COM
pressed in the palm of Patrick Egan,
delegate-at-large from Nebraska. Mr..
Egan is an lriShman, was treasurer of
the land league in Ireland, president of
the American league, and is probably
the best known of any of his nationality
who followed Blaine SO enthusiastically
tour years ago. He represents the
Blaine Irishmen.
Il am for Alger,s he declared in an
swer to a query. ''He is not only the
man who can win, but the best man for
the place."
What is the matter with Gresham?''
"He is said to have ''Know-N Othing'
record. l do not know whether the
| story is right or not, but do know that
it would be impossible for me to ex-
plain to Irishmen that it is untrue.
Were he nominated l should support
him, but [ do not think he could COM
mand the suffrages of the foreign-born
citizens
''Why not Depew?"
"He is railroad man, and would be
weak in the West.'
''Alger is also a railroad man."
HE only owns a road that was built
to carry on his mining business" an
Swered Mr.. Egan, and then the expires.
ldent of the Land league went on to
talk about Gov. Alger and his history
In way that showed he had either
looked into the matter very carefully OF
some one had completely Informed him.
Talking with Mr.. Egan was L. J. Bro
gan. OF Tennessee, also an Irishman,
and also a delegate. He expressed him
self for Alger, as did James BOland, OF
Kansas City, who is not a delegate but
a prominent politician of Western Mis-
souri,. Like the others. he is a Blaine
Irishman. These, of course, are but
surface indications, but still they
are worthy of notice. They go to
show that not only is Alger going
to receive strength from various States
in the Union, but that the great
element that made Blaine strong is
rallying to his aid. Whether it will be
enough to nominate him cannot be dis.
cussed now, but it will certainly be an
advantage he possesses above all others
ii, when the roll of states is called he
gets votes from all or nearly all OF
them. Two weeks ago w. J. Campbell
showed the reporter business letter
from a lawyer friend in Kansas, in
which, after the business was settled,
the writer dropped into politics and
concluded: LAS for myself, my per-
sonal preference is Alger, of Michigan
The writer was an old soldier.
A great deal depends on New York
That state has been quoted for Depew
but the impression is gradually gaining
ground that his candidacy ''dOes moi
co. as the saying IS, and already men
are willing to bet that when it comes tC
a showdown the states seyenty-twC
votes, with all the moral help they car
ry, will be found on the side of Alger
Certainly his friends are very confident
They claim that Sherman's strength
cannot grow after the first ballot
that Gresham's followers have made
him no end of enemies by their ill-ad
viSed action, and his following is merely
sectional, at the best, and finally thai
not only is Alger the man to whom all
votes will naturally go at the end, but
that he will have more positive strength
at the beginning than any other candi
date.
A story was started in Detroit yes
terday and telegraphed here that Gov
Alger had started for Chicago. 1t was
mistake. He did go as far as Niles or
some private business, but returned
home yesterday. He will not be here
until after the convention.
So far as Illinois is concerned one
thing is certain. Gresham cannot keer
his strength after the first ballot. 1t il
claimed that he will have the
whole forty-four then. This may
be, although it is doubtful. fol
the Gresham boom has been too
strongly pushed in Chicago to be
popular throughout the state, and be
sides the countrymen do not fancy the
peculiar tactics George r. Davis dis
played at Springfield in preaching tha
Gresham Endorsement. It was too mucf
like the kind of persuasion that recog
/ nizes the base ball bat or slung shO
as the only argument. Other candidate:
are confidently expecting sharp breal
in the Gresham strength, and when i
comes, as the chances are strong that i
will, Ayers supporters are depending
! on the old friends of Logan rallying tt
his side, and that means really the bull