Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-06-21
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

were taken when the delegates assem-
bic to-day, Cleveland would be inc
nominee of the democratic party by
practically unanimous vote. oleSc-
land and Gray will probably make up
the Presidential ticket of 1892. Inc
battle seems to be over and it IS PROB
able that before two days have passed.
the work of the convention will AVE
ended. Croker, Tammnny and Hill,
recognizing the failure to secure a
good western MAJ upon whom 1t was
hoped the anti Cleveland element could
beunited have begun to recognizethe tu-
tility of carrying the fight any further
The latest official figures, compiled by
Whitney and Don NJ. Dickinson, give
Cleveland COL votes, two more than are
necessary for the requisite two-thlrds
majority.
German declares for the ex-Presl-
dent and says he will receive the o
im6us support of the Maryland delega-
ton, the friends Of Morrison are among
the Cleveland shouters, and the friends
of Pattison and Russell and Campbell
are all numbered among the active
supporters of the ex-President. The
nomination of Cleveland is generally
conceded even by the friends ofHill and
Gray, the only two rivals of the OK
President in the field to-day, although
there is every indication that the ex-
Presidents opponents will go down to
defeat with colors flying and the solid
support of their respective States be-
hind them. The Tammany leaders are
sullen and defiant. They assert that
the New York delegation will enter its
protest against his nomination by cast
ing its ~ votes for David B. Hill, re-
fusing to join in the usual formality of
making the nomination of the EXPIRES
ident unanimous.
In the midst Of oil the wordy war
fare of the convention there is n man
who has made a remarkable reputation
for silence. 1t is the Hon. Calvin S.
Brice, chairman OF the national demo-
cratic committee. Mr.. Brice has for
months been understood to be opposed
to the denomination of the ex-Presi-
dent, but he has been so discretely 81
lent all the past week that no one ex-
actly understands the part that he has
played in this great contest. The Sen
ator himself maintains that he is not
participating in any way, in the selec-
ton of the presidential candidate. AS
delegate at large from the State of Ohio
he will have a vote to cast, and up to
this time it was supposed that vote
would be cast against Grover Cleve-
land. But the Senator, without giving
any intimation of the accuracy or mac
curacy of this conjecture, simply states
that as chairman OF the national COM
mittee he thinks it would be %indecorous
in him to attempt to control the will of
the convention in the selection OF its
presidential candidate.
Every effort Of the Cleveland people
to persuade the Iowa delegation to de-
sert Gov. Boies and cast their 26 votes
for the ex-Presidcnt has proven unsuc-
c~essful. Despite the indication that
Cleveland will be nominated on the
first ballot the Boies people announce
that their candidate will remain in the
race to the end and the vote of Iowa
will be cast for the Governor, not only
as a fcalty and State pride, but as a
protest against the selection of a presi-
dental candidate who is not supported
by the delegation OF his own State. In
deed the Boics people are almost rs bit
ter us the Hill managers in their pro-
testations against the nomination of
Cleveland. The Iowa people state that
while they believe Gov. Boies could
carry the Hawkeye State for the presi-
dency, as he has carried it twice for
Governor, they think it will certainly
be lost to the democracy if Cleveland is
nominated for the presidency.
The Kentucky delegation met this
morning and 10 votes certainly, and
perhaps all the votes of the State will,
be cast for Cleveland. Carlisle's name
will not be presented.
CHICAGO, June 21.-Indications this
morning are that the May convention
delegation, deferring to letters from
prominent democrats in various States,
will decide to forcgo anything more
than a formal notification to the COM
mittee on contested seats that they re-
gard themselves as the real choice of
New York democrats.
CHICAGO, June 21.-The Tammany
people died hard. AT midnight, after a
caucus lasting several hours, the Hill
men practically gave up the fight.
They found it was no use fighting
longer, for from the East, North and
South there was a clamor for the ex-
President which no manipulation could