The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-24

Democratic Suckers Will Drop Palmer and
Vote for Morrison.
CHICAGO, May 23-Col. w. r. Morrison,
chairman of the Interstate-commerce Com
mission. and for many years chairman of
the ways and means committee OF the
House of Representatives, has suddenly
forged to the front as somewhat formid-
able presidential candidate. and his friends
assert he will be presented to the national
convention as the choice Of the Illinois del
egatiou in case Cleveland 10 not nominated
by storm in the early enthusiasm of the
convention. The meeting of the new State
central committee in this city to-day
was the occasion for the gathering
of most of the Illinois delegates
and of politicians from all quarters
of the State. and was productive of
not little surprise when the presiden tial
preferences of delegates were canvassed.
The forty eight delegates from Illinois are
instructed to vote as q unit In the national
convention. and were recommended to IA
vor the nomination of Senator Palmer In
case it should be deemed expedient to come
West for presidential candidate. 1t now
appears certain, however. that Colonel
Morrison, and not Senator Palmer, is tbs
choice of q very decided majority of the
Illinois delegates, and that after primary
ballot for Cleveland and a complimentary
one for Palmer it ls the intention Of that
majority to throw the solid support of the
forty-elght votes of Illinois to William X.
Morrison. Under the unit rule i'm posed by
the State convention this can very easily
be done, and as even the friends of Senator
Palmer concede that Colonel Morrison has
q majority of the delegation there is little
doubt this plan will be carried ont.
t. ho,, nv rad oi-
dence tha: Colonel Morrison himself was
in the city to-day on his way to attend
meeting of the commission at Minneapolis.
but. however that may be, he was
ms Sn .ioss moss and 0 hoiaus aAs
with political leaders from all portions OF
the State. To the press the great tariff re-
former maintained discreet silence as to
his intentions and presidential prospects.
but his friends were quite enthusiastic in
insisting that he would receive the sup
port of Missouri, Arkansas. Texas, Ken
tucky. and. indeed. near all the solid South
whenever the Illinois delegation should
present his name to the national oOnven-
tion.
"It is our belief" said State Central Com
mitteeman Brinton. leader of the Morrison
forces tonight. that Colonel Morrison is
| the inevitable heir to the Cleveland vote,
whenever the nomination of the great ex.
| President appears impracticable. In the
| first place. he was the pioneer in the great
| teritf-refOrm movement, and while many
| believed at that time he was in advance of
| his party, the day has come when the chief
| issue of the party IL the very principle
which Colonel Morrison first promulga ted
| and aggressively advocated. / will be
! frank enough to say that We expect Nor
| risOn's first great support to come from the
| Southern States, where he has always been
strong, and where be is the choice of the
| party next to Cleveland. Then, too, Nor.
| rison's excellent military record will add
| TO his availability n candidate. He is n
two-war veteran. he served with v8lor in
| the Mexican war. and several decades later
| was shot almost to pieces in the great civil
war; In addition to that be has always
been right on all great publie questions.
| We expect. and believe it proper, that the
| Illinois delegation. in the interest of har'
| mony, should cast it's first ballot for Cleve-
land. its second for Palmer and then give
its solid support to Morrison. In this way
all factions will be harmonized, and good
| feeling prevail"
Hill and Cleveland.
NEW YORK. May Ex-senator David B.
Hill and Grover Cleveland are occupying
apartments at the Normandie and the Vic
toria. respectively. Senator Hill came
here Sunday, and was busy to-day receiv
ing his friends. He declined to see report
ers. but in reply to message in regard I,
the report that he was preparing a letter
declining the nomination for President ht
stated that benceforth he would abso
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