Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-20


 chairman: "Our twelve were not instructed
 but we are solid for Cleveland. Connecti
 cut is a strong Cleveland state. Iknow oI . no democrat to whom we could with ai
 much certainty promise the electoral vots
 of our state as to Cleveland" THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES.
 The Massachusetts delegation arrived
 this morning and reported the Cleveland sentiment almost overwhelmingly prepon- derant. Word came to Chicago while the train. Twas speeding westward that the Gov ernor Russell boom was waxing strong with the delegates and that 1t ballot, but the boom was @ good deal stronger on the rails, if the report be correct, than in Chicago, for nothing was heard of it here. There are four Hill men in the delegation, but an effort will be made to have the delegation vote eolidly for Cleveland, though the unit rule is not in force. Adhering te its convention did not pledge the support of the delegates to Cleveland, but declared it's conviction that the best interests of the country demanded MT. Cleveland's nomination. Mayor. Matthews of Boston said the delegation was 26 for Cleveland and for Hill, but they "hoped" to vote as a unit. Two of the four Hill men are from O'NeilPs district. There are several in the delegation who have doubts as to Cleveland's ability to carry New York, but as one of them said: "None of us could have come here if we had not agreed to vote for Cleveland" l tot; P1ooa1l bo xroa ;v, company with Patrick Collins, said Massa- chusetts is go-ss-you-please delegation and does not have @ unit rule. l "And you go towards whoma" "Towards Cleveland almost unanimous | ly," was the response.
 Patrick Mcguire, whose word goes in Boston politics, re-echoed the Cleveland l sentiment.
 MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT. The Vermont delegation arrived early this morning. It includes Boies Delegate John Fl. Donnelly, who says he believes | neither Cleveland nor Hill can carry New York. Dr. John G. Hanrahan, chairman of the delegation, says the other seven votes from Vermont are for Cleveland. The delegation came on with the delegates from Maine and New Hampshire. At Mi agara the men in the train were boiled, the result being: Cleveland 70, Hill and Boies 1.
 The West Virginia delegation is said to stand: Cleveland II, Hill l, with German as second choice.
 SENTIMENT OF THE MISSOURI DELEGATION. The Cleveland sentiment is strong in the Missouri delegation. Governor Francis of the state is spoken as a possible vice presi- dential nominee on the ticket with the ex- president. Michigan delegates are coming in on every train to help along the Cleve- land boom. The ''Miner" liner decision gives them importance. Colonel Csmpsu declares that Cleveland will receive eight electoral votes from Michigan. The state has vice presidential candidate in Judge Allen B. Morse of the state supreme court.
 PLEDGED soLIDLY FOR CLEVELAND.
 The Pennsylvania delegation is pledged solidly for Cleveland and MT. Harrity says it will give GA votes to the ex-president on the first ballot. There is. however, a min ority disposed to take stand against giv- ing the delegation unanimously to Cleve- land. It is probable that eight to ten about represent the number of votes which in the event of the departure from the unit rule would go against the ex- president.
 FIGURES OF ANTI-HILL LEADERS.
 It is probable eight to ten about repre- sent the number of votes which in the event of departure from the unit rule would go against the ex-president. The Cleve- land men of the Georgia delegation claim that they will have from fifteen to seven- teen votes for the ex-presideIt on the first ballot, and the remainder will probably be cast for Senator Hill, with possibly two exceptions, which may go to Cor man. The Wisconsin delegation came in this afternoon and brought vice presidential candidate in Governor Peck. The idea of having a veteran printer on the ticket to oppose Whitelaw Reid caught the Wisconsin delegates and it was decided to work the boom for all it was worth. Governor Peck is an ex-member of Typo graphical union No. 6 of New York. The governor declared Wisconsin solid for Cleveland and thought Boise or Gray would be given second place on the ticket. The anti-Hill leaders figure that 559 votes are certain to be cast for Cleveland.
 SENATOR GoRMAN NOT CANDIDATE.
 Senator German said today: '1 am not candidate. Maryland is for Cleveland. All this talk about me is misleading and unauthorized"
 THE AFTI-SNAPPISTS.
 The talk about the Syracuse men re- training from making a contest for the New York seats in the convention be- cause of increased confidence in Cleve- lands nomination without the help of New York ia treated by the Hill men as bosh.
 LEADING HILL MANS PREDICTION.
 James w. Ridgeway of Kings county, a leading Hill man, is quoted as saying: "We believe that Hill will certainly be nominated aud elected"
 AT THE IOWA HEADQUARTERS.
 About the Iowa headquarters there is still the same expression of confidence in the success of their campaign on part of the Boies leaders. One of the sensations of the day was the arrival of 900 Tam many braves from New York. The ma jority ot them wore pictures of Senator Hill upon their coats.
 REVISED ESTIMATES. Mir. Cleveland's opponents give him 423 votes they classify the balance as "against Cleveland" They do not give any figures as to their strength of Mir. Hill. The anti-Hill men late tonight revised their estimates and now give Cleveland 5S9 votes. The opponents of Mir. Cleveland q uestion the correctness of estimate of the total delegation of Massachusetts for MT. Cleveland. Governor Russell, however, states that 2S out of 30 have always been Cleveland men and the Cleveland man. agers say that the other two say they, too, | would vote for Cleveland. FORECAST or THE PLATFORM. A forecast of the platform which the convention will adopt, based on consulta- tions with probable members of the com mittee on resolutions, shows that the tar if plank will be the principal issue on | which 1t will be sought to run the cam paign, but the force bill will come in for almost an equal share of attention. The tariff plank will not differ much from the tariff plank of 1888. | A special plank will be devoted to the Mckinley bill, which will be denounced as being framed for the advantage of special classes and fostering trusts and raising prices. The platform will demand the enforcement of laws for the prevention of l trusts.
 There may be recommended legislstion which will remove the duty on articles controlled by trusts. The force bill plank will be a ringing declaration against plac- ing the polls in the hands of federal office