The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-05-17

making and treating has been going on
all DAY on both sides, and the great Chair
manship battle is no nearer a settlement
IMAM last night. If anything, the breach
is growing wider, and the contest warmer.
Dotn SIDES are claiming tonight that they
nave the battle won, and claim further
that they have counted noses to reach this
conclusion. But, OF course, both sides
cannot win
Thereis no doubt that the Murphy men
or anti Clevelandites have been gaining
votes all day. English, Foote and MoIiitt
nave scarcely stopped for meals, still the
Ostrom people tonight are as confident
as ever, and wink knowingly when they
le!l you to wait till tomorrow and see.
1t Is pretty well understood tonight
that the contest depends altogether now
on the way the San Francisco delegation
votes. The Cleveland strom people say
| that unless they have been deceived by
some OF the leaders of the reorganiZed
Democracy of san Francisco, they will
carry majority of that delegation. a
prominent Ostrom man told your CORE
spondent this evening that even If they
only got one-thIrd OF the delegation from
the metropolis they would elect Ostrom
TO the Chair. On the other hand Muir
phys cohorts say Ostrom cannot even get
the desired one-third of the delegation.
one thing is sure, and that is that there
VIII he no truce. The matter will have
TO come 10 vote in the convention before
II can be settled.
1t has been learned that Ed. Leake of
Woodland viii nominate Ostrom in the
convention, and that Jackson Hatch of
Santa Clara viii place Murphy in n0mi-
nation. Both are good speakers, and
some ringing oratory is looked for.
MoFFITT LIKELY TO LOSE HIS FIGHT.
The Alameda delegation has been at
tracing considerable attention since ar
rival by reason of its internal strife
Frank Moftitt OF Oakland came to town
last evening and declared that he con-
trolled the whole delegation. Naturally
he caused considerable CONSERVATION
among Ostrom's friends, as MoI1itt is
strong anti Cleveland man. More
than this, he intimated that the Third
District would come very near doing
what he desired, which caused still more
CONSERVATION.
But it has turned out that the big ex-
Senator counted the chickens before the
eggs were Matched, and by devoting his
attention TO Murphy's cause has lost his
own light for delegate from his district.
1t appears that instead of controlling the
Alameda County delegation, Frank only
had the Oaklanders when he wanted
them; When the Ostrom people learned
this their spirits rose perceptibly.
Still Motfitt's confidence in his district
was not shaken, and he did not hesitate
to say that it would elect him as a dele
gate TO Chicago as well as to stand pat for
Murphy and against Cleveland. Here
lied chiefly on Contra Costa and Glenn
Counties, believing them to be solid for
hlm. This evening, however, both the
Contra Costa and Glenn declarations ar
rived, and it was discovered That Glenn
was solid for Ostrom and against Moffitt,
and that in Contra Costa there was only
one vote for Moflitt. This was a hard
blow to the Senator, but he did not real
ize its force until he learned that the dis
trict would not only go against Murphy,
but had also pushed himself out of the
tight for delegateship.
The district, it is understood. has sub
Stituted John z. Irish for Moffitt. J. c..
Woltskill Of Solano will, in all probable
Ity, be the other delegate from this dis
trict.
OTHER DISTRICTS.
Clay W. Taylor of Shasta withdrew
this evening from the delegate-at-large
fight, and will run as district delegate
from the First. He will have no opposi-
ton, 1t is said. 1t has not been agreed
yet who Will be the other delegate from
this district
James Montgomery of Butte has just
announced himself as a candidate for
delegate from the Second District His
mann opponent Will be a. +. Jones, who
Is from the same county and the same
town as Montgomery. Neither appears
to be willing to pull out. Russ Stephens
of Sacramento has been practically de-
cided upon as one of the delegates from
the Second, so it is between Jones and
Montgomery to fight it out for the re-
naming place.
There have been no changes tonight in
the delegate-at-large contest, except that
new candidate has appeared in the
arena in the person of Editor Thompson
Of Humboldt.
The Congressional contests remain I'M
changed, too.
Among those who are spoken for as
likely Presidential electors are Il. p.
Hammond Of Marin, Judge Goodwin of
Plunas, Russell J. Wilson of San Fran
cisco, c. p. Berry of Suffer and DIN
Welborn of San Diego.
There are two candidates for Secretary
of the convention, handsome Dick Doc
Ian of San Francisco and K. z. Troy of
Marin. The Fresno committee will APP
point the assistants and pay them.