Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-20
The Approaching Democratic Con-
VentiOn.


vention.
Under the g%eneralship of Mr.. Whit
ney. the Cleveland forces at Chicago
are being thoroughly organized. Sen
ator German, it is said, has held con-
f~erences with tho several leaders of the
anti Cleveland delegates, including the
Tammany leaders. with a view to com
bining the opposition. 1t was report
ed about the Maryland headquarters
that, as a result of Gorman's con
ferences with the anti Cleveland lead
ers, his candidacy would be announced
to-day. The Tammany peoples favor
ties after Hill are Morrison, Flower
and German.
A dispatch from Chicago says: The
latest phase of the situation tonight Is
the action of the opposition to Cleve-
land in considering plans to conccn-
trate upon German or some other man
as their candidate. They held a
meeting at the Palmer House and
concluded TO issue a manifesto
to the country giving their reasons
therefor. The reasons in brief are that
while they recognize the great services
of Cleveland 10 the democratic party
and the devotion of the people of the
country to Cleveland, they think it
would be unwise to renominate him, as
in their opinion the faction fight in New
York would enable the republicans to
carry that State and elect the next
President.
o,n ,boco OF tba noafino v,ern
Brice, of Ohio, Watterson, of Kentucky,
Ransom, of North Carolina, Davis and
Camden, of West Virginia, Mcclure
and Wallace of Pennsylvania, and rep
re~sentatives from q number of southern
and northwestern States. According
to the present programme Alabama
will put German III nomination, and the
northwestern silver States will acceler-
ate his boom, which will reach pro-
gressive volume when New York falls
into line, which the German men think
will be done promptly, as they say that
Hill can find no other way of trying to
accomplish Cleveland's defeat. The
Cleveland men still claim that they are
masters of the field; that they will
nominate their candidate, and that if
circumstances should arise making it
impossible to name Mr.. Cleveland, their
strength would still enable them to pre-
vent the nomination of German or any
other man who is not suitable to them.
Morrison and Flower was said to be q
combination acceptable to Tammany,
because Mr.. Flowers nomination would
make NIr. Sheehan governor otherwise
the personal preference of Tammany
and all New York is German. The as
surance felt by the Cleveland men Sat
urday night in holding the Illinois dele
cation solidly together for Cleveland,
was somewhat shattered yesterday af-
ternoon when ten of the Cook county
men broke away, and by causing a
breach threatened to disrupt the hith-
erto solid delegation. Illinois is watch
ed with particular interest by both
sides, for its action is a very good indi-
cation of what is happening. The del
egation is a miniature of the whole
fight. Originally solid for Cleveland, it
is now being attacked by all the out
sidcrs. The shattering of the hitherto
impregnable Cleveland fortress has
very materially been hailed with JOY by
the anti Clcvelandites, and with at least
SO much apprehension by the Cleveland
men that Gen. Palmer has been tele-
graphed to come to Chicago.
EX-Secretary Whitney is very active
in behalf of MI. Cleveland and is con-
sidered one of the shrewdest politicians
now in Chicago. He counsels harmony
and the working together for the good
of the party. An evidence of Mr.. Whit
ney's handiwork is the fact that the Sy-
racuse delegates have decided not to
make any fight for admission. Ex-Sec-
rotary Fairchild says that the matter of
the contest has passed entirely out
of his hands into the manage
ment of MI. Whitney, and later the
latter stated that he had decided that
there should be no fight One of the
very first commands issued was to the
anti-Hill delegates to cease their con-
test against tho regular democratic or
Tammany delegation. He called a
meeting of the leaders of both factions
and explained to them his view of the
situation. The Syracuse delegation ar
rived yesterday afternoon, however,
and repealed Mr.. Whitney's assertion
that they shall not make an open
fight in the convention regarding their
seats.
NOTES.
The subcommittee of the national
democratic committee appointed to
name temporary officers have decided
on C. w. Owens, of Kentucky, for tenn
porary chairman.
A poll of delegates-at-large made by