The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-22
Cleveland Sure to Win on
The First Ballot
4ia First Session Proves a
Short One.

Morning and Apt to Finish It's Work
To niRht-The Convention Opened In
Storm and Rain Poured Through
the Roof-A Resolution Adopted FIX
pressing sympathy for Bleine-Wat-
terson Comes Out for Cleveland and
kentucky Will Vote as Unit.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 2l.-"Cleyeland
and Gray" we're no longer two, but one to-
day. They were talked of everywhere as
'the ticket" just as though the nominations
had been made yesterday. Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination is, of course, as good as made.
1t was practically made yesterday. Gov.
Gray is, however, not yet nominated, al
though, inasmuch as William C. Whitney,
who controls the convention as no conven-
tion OF recent years has been controlled, has
said that Gov. Gray shall be, it is extremely
probable that Gov. Gray will be. There is.
however, strong opposition to Gov. Gray
among the Cleveland men. including some
of those from Indiana. Those who are
opposed to Gov. Gray turned first to Gov.
BOies, but Gov. Boies telegrAphed here to-
day that he preferred sitting on the floor of
the Senate for six years to sitting in the
Vice Presidents chair for four years, and
they turned from him to ex-Reprs sentative
A. L. Stevenson of Illinois, who as First As
sistant Postmaster General under President
Cleveland became intimately acquainted
with the fourth-class postmasters of the
country, and enjoys a democratic popularity
equal TO Chairman Clarkson's among the
republicans. The argument for Mr.. Steven
son is that, with the election Of Judge Alt
geld, the democratic candidate for COVER
nor, practically assured through his personal
popularity, the nomination of the popular
Stevenson with Mr.. Cleveland would
win the electoral votes of Illinois for the
democrats
OTHER DARK HORSES.
Millionaire Mitchell of Wisconsin, Chi
nese Exclusion Geary of California and sew
eral other dark horses are mentioned, but
unless Mr. Whtneyis right hand loses its
cunning the name OF Isaac P Gray of In
diana will be bracketed with that Of Grover
Cleveland on the ticket. The first session of
the convention had no specially interesting
features after the fright caused by the un-
timely thunder storm and the discomfort of
the leaky roof, except the resolution of
sympathy with Mr.. Blaine, offered by his
young friend. Representative Ben T. Cable
OF Illinois, adopted uuani nously and
formally accepted By his old friend, ex-
representative L. D. NJ. SWEET Of Maine.
LIKELY TO ADJOURN TONIGHT.
All the talk around the crowded hotel
l0bbies and in the overcrowded delegation
rooms was about what could be done to-
morrow, for it is the general expectation
that by to- morrow night the convention
will have finished its work, everybody being
impatient now to 60 through the formaities
remaining as quickly as propriety will per-
nit. The antI-snappers having taken Mr..
Whltney'S advice and determined, now that
they have, as they believe, accomplished the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, that they
will not waste time and stir up strife by
Serl usly contesting the seats of the snap
pers; Representative William l.. Wilson of
West Virginia having been unanimously
selected as permanent chairman to sound the
keynote, which Henry Watterson's much
Wanted young Speaker Owens did not sue
ceed to-day i'll sounding clearly; the coms
mittee on credentials being practically ready
toreport the matters before 1t, and the COM
mlttea on resolutions having practically
agreed upon Cleveland platform, in which
tariff reform has the first place, Henry
Watterson with the remark, swell, now,
I'm free niger" being kindly kep5 OFF the
committee so that it might be more har-
monious, and therefore. expeditions; there
seems to be good reason to predict that by
thursday II oraing. unless some accident
occurs, the delegates will be going home.
HILLS FRANTIC APPEALS.
The nomination OF Cleveland being an
accepted, il not an accomplished fact, the
topic which was discussed everywhere to
day, was as to how it would be made.
Nobody credited the rumor of this morning
That Senator Hill, rising TO an unusual
Il hight was on his way here from Washing
ton to formally put Mr.. Cleveland in nomi-
nation, for everybody knows that Senator
hlll was keeping the special wire from his
room to the Tammany headquarters filed
With appeals to Mr.. Croker and the other
& Tammany men, Hugh McLaughlin's rep
Tesentatives and others of the New
YORK delegation, whom he had been
informed were preparing to abandon him
formally, as they already had abandoned
nun informally, for Senator Hill has been
s gnashing his teeth ever since Sunday over
q Ihe news that his supposed representatives
mere were negotiating with MIR. Whitney
& Ior profitable. if not an honorable. sur
FENDER. In spite of Senator HilPs effort to
MAINTAIN a candidacy, which no one except
himself has taken seriously for Six weeks
BACK, MIR. Whitney has good reason to ex-
pect that the New Workers who have been
q working it as cover from which to at
TACK Mr.. Cleveland, will come in line 10
Time to make Mr.. Cleveland's nomination
unanimous.
MURPHY's BITTERNESS.
II they do not it will be because of the
personal bitterness of Edward Murphy, Jr,
VINO Is the only one of the so-called Hill
leaders who seems implacable, and whose
lni1uence is greater than that of any of the
ethers. "Your name shall be presented.
Senator Hill" said Representative
8b9urke Cochran, to Mr.. Hill last
Bwlnter, "but / notify you now
'nat l shall not come back from Chi
ago with 500 medal around my neck"
-. Cockran's views are those of Messrs
8Sroker and Mclaughlin, that the inevitable
IIust De accepted, and that they must make
ne BEST of it. Mr.. Muir by is for dying in the
[est ditch, especially as he has not been
pole TO secure from the Cleveland managers
assurances that be will not be disturbed by
le rival state organization, such az Mr..
roker is said to havo received as TO the
val city organization.
Ash not strange that in the present dis+