The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-04
The Peoples Party Delegates Give
=. the Illinois Judges Boom a
Fresh Impetus.
Dispatches From Him Declining
the Nomination Looked on
as Inventions.
A Comm ttss IL Sent to Chicago to Got q
statement From Him On tho
Subject Personally.

| OMAHA, July 3.-The Gresham movement
came mp tonight seemingly stronger than
ever. !. N. Smith, an Illinois delegate who
has just arrived from Chicago fresh from
an interview with Otto Gresham, the
judges's son. brought glad tidings. A
meeting of the Illinois delegation WAS held
and after Smith had unfolded his news. the
delegates scattered about the hotels
trumpetinR the judges name with vigor.
Z. u. Magarell, Of Chicago, one of the most
active Gresham missionaries. this evening
stated that Otto Gresham had assured
Smith that mono of the authorized commu-
nications + ON the peoples party leaders
had reached the judge, but would be pre-
sented to him to-day. His wife and his
son would 90 over the situation with the
judge laying before him all the messages,
MaRarell declared the dispatches purport-
ing to have been received from Gresham
are purely Inventions. Gen. Weaver was
requested to place Gresham's name before
tho convention tomorrow. He replied he
was willing and ready to be the Spokesman
for Gresham. but he had no substantial
evidence that the judge would accept. The
Gresham men decided to have a committee
Indiana and Orr of Colorado-fnd Gresham
and obtain from him All expression, which
would be wired in cipher and laid befo .
the convention. The Gresham committee
left Omaha this evening. General Secretary
John W. Hayes of the knights of Labor and
Varion Cannon of California, two Of
the best known men in the con-
vention. stubbornly decline to accept
Gresham's kilograms as definitely settling
the question of the judges candidacy.
Both professed to believe something is
wrong with the dispatches to and from
Gresham. The climax of the reiuvenated
Gresham boom was the formal action of
the Illinois delegation. They voted solidly
to stand by the judge from start to finish,
II the slightest definite intelligence is re-
ceived from him that he would accept the
nomination. Added significance is given
to the decision from the fact that the dele
CATION constitutes BY far the largest one in
the convention.
Gen. Weaver. of Iowa, Senator Kyle, Of
south Dakota, and ex-senator Van Wyck,
of Nebraska. loom up conspcuously as can
dldates FOR the presidential nomination.
With Gresham out of the race, Weaver and
Kyle will lead on the first ballot, and the
strength OF Van Wyck lies in the peculiar
popularity as compromise candidate for
Oregon. is much talked of by the free silver
men and tue Pacific coast delegates are dis
cussinR the advisability of supporting him
solldly. Senator Stewart. of Nevada, and
Gen. A. j. Warner, of Ohio, are also promi-
nently mentioned by the silver men, and
John Willets, of Kansas, national lecturer
of the alliance. and Paul Vandervoort. of
Nebraska, are also suggested by friends.
There 10 every probability that at least a
dozen candidates will be belloted for in to-
morrow's convention unless Gresham should
be chosen by acclamation. Very little at.
tention will be paid the vice presidency
until the head of the ticket is selected, but
half dozen or more prominent southern
leaders are mentioned. The complications
over the presidency may result in a contest
on the report of the committee on rules to-
morrow morning. The report embodies a
scheme of voting by which a nomination is
certain on or before the third ballot. In
brief the plan il that if no nominee has re-
ceived a majority on the first ballot, a sec-
ond ballot shall at once be taken wherein
each delegate must write on his ballot the
name OF his first choice and second choice;
the first choice to be given one vote and the
second choice half vote. The two candi.
dates receiving the largest nu umber of votes
are to be the only candidates for whom
votes will be counted on the third ballot.