Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-21
TIE CONVENTION.
Il Effects a Temporary Or
galEai0l.
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TOMORROW.
Cleveland's Success Gen.
orally Conceded.
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TOMORROW.
Followers of Boies and Hill Stead
fast.
TODAY'S SHORT SESSION.
FAvORITE SONS STEPPED DOWN.

How German, Gray and Morrison Were
Eliminated From the Contest
Special Dispatch to The Evening star.
CHICAGO, June 2l.-The democratic nomina-
ton is made before the convention Is called
to order. There remains now merely for
mality. The fight against Mr.. Cleveland ended
early last evening. After Mr.. German had de-
layed his response to the call Of the anti-Cleve-
land men for him to enter the field against the
ex-Iresident there was but one move left be-
fore a surrender. That was the attempt to
nominate MIR. Morrison. At an earlier stage in
the fight an attempt had been made 70 bring
Mr.. Morrison into the field as a candidate, for
no other purpose than to divide the
Cleveland vote and make it possible
to nominate Mr.. German. But this last
move was in earnest, having for its object the
actual nomination Of Morrison. The Illinois
men knew that there WAS no longer any danger
Of trick and therefore some Of Mr.. Morrison's
warmest friends in the Illinois delegation en-
couraged the movement and entertained hope
that majority of the delegation might be in
duced to abandon Mr.. Cleveland and to present
the name Of Morrison to the convention, sup
ported under the operation Of the unit rule by
tine solid delegation.
The anti-Cleveland men from the south are
ready to fulfill their part Of the agreement il
Mr.. Morrison's name should be thus pre-
sented, and it was understood by
the Illinois members that every anti-ClevelAnd
vote would be cast for Morrison il the Illinois
delegation would support him. This plan, il
carried out, they believed, gave fair promise of
Mr.. Morrison's nomination, and the anti
Cleveland men were confident that II would re-
suit certainly in the defeat Of Mr.. Cleveland and
they were ready to pledge lasting loyalty 10
the compact.
It was not long, however, before it became
apparent that majority Of the Illinois delegs-
himself had no confidence in the plan, a. far ~
it concerned his own welfare. 1t was urged by
some Of the delegation whose, loyalty TO Nor
rison could not be questioned, that while such .
compact would in all probability result in the
defeat of Mr.. Cleveland the man who was made
the instrument by which this defeat was accom-
plished could not hope to secure that support
which must come from Cleveland men to bring
about his nomination.
They said that it would make Mr.. Morrison
merely an instrument through which to bring
about the nomination Of Mr.. German or some
other man, and that while they desired the nom-
ination of Mr.. Morrison they preferred Mr..
Cleveland to any one but him and did not de-
sire the defeat Of Cleveland merely TO open the
field to some one else.
This argument was potent and it became evil
| dent some time before the meeting Of the
Illinois delegation that they would do what they
afterward determined, stand solidly by Mr..
Cleveland. This ended the matter.
| GoRMAN's CASE SIMILAR.
| This same line Of argument was what had
caused Mr.. German to hesitate SO long about
permitting the use of his name q candidate
and what afterward led him to reject all the
overtures that were made to him and TO brush
aside his most pressing ambition. The anti
Cleveland men offered Mr.. German enough
votes to bring him close up to the majority line
Of the convention. They convinced him that
enough delegates would rally around him to
make certain the defeat Of Mr.. Cleveland, but
they could not give him promise Of enough
votes to nominate him and he saw himself
placed in position to topple over the idol for
| some other to carry off the crown.