Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-20
GROWERS LONG LEAD
Increased by the Recent Delegate
Elections, But II Is
STILL SHORT OF THE TWO-THIRDS.
Doubt as to the Policy of South Carolinas
Representatives.
OVER 300 HAVE YET TO BE CHOSEN
rsprc1Ir, rlLEcRAM TO THE DISPATCH, ,

reprc1h1 rhLEGRAM TO THE DrsPArCH.l
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Nearly two
thirds of the delegates to the Nationa
Democratic Convention at Chicago have
been chosen, counting those selected il
Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima to-day. The outcome of the latter gath
ering is decidedly sensational. The conven
tion adopted the Ocala Alliance platform
denounced Cleveland as a Wall street can
didate, and declined to adopt resolution
piedging support to the nominees of the
coming Chicago gathering. The third party
advocates were apparently in complete con-
troll of supposed Democratic convention
and the action of to-day may be the fore
runner of break in the solid South.
In view of the platform adopted by the
South Carolina radicals the policy to be
pursued by their national delegates is very
uncertain, and the entire delegation must
for the present be placed in the doubtful
list 1t will certainly not be for Cleveland
under any circumstances, Hill may secure
some of the votes ifthe delegates decide not
to bolt the convention entirely. In North
Carolina the delegates chosen to-day are
announced to be for Cleveland about two to
one, while in Virginia the delegation is
rather evenly divided between the admirers
and opponents of the ex-President
Enthus-d by the Georgia Victory.
Cleveland's friends in Washington are
greatly encouraged by yesterdays result in
Georgia which, taken in connection with
the united action of Missouri and Della
ware, gives him a commanding lead in the
Southern States where the issue is now
being openly and bitterly contested. The
result in California is also pleasing feat
ure for the ex-President's followers. They
point to the fact that while conventions in
States geographically under the influence
of the silver craze declare for free coinage
in their platforms, they do not allow their
views upon that subject to influence them
in the Endorsement of Presidential candi-
date.
When THE DISPATCH a month ago
summed up the comparative strength of the
Democratic candidates among the delegates
already selected, Cleveland had 134 ont of
2l4, or something less than two-thirds. This
proportion has been singularly maintained
in the past 80 days, and now, with SIC dele
gates chosen by % States, conservative
estimate indicates that 35S favor the renom-
ination of the ex-PresideEt. This is 26 short
of two-thirds The total number of dele
gates in the convention will be S9S Under
the two-thirds rule, which is not at all like
ly to be changed, 600 voets are necessary to
insure triumph, while 800 delegates, firmly
bound together, can prevent the naming of
any candidate against whom they entertain
a determined hostility. Recognizing the
fact that the friends of ex-President Cleve-
land will have a clear ajorlty, his unre-
mitting opponents are now endeavoring to
secure one-third or more of the delegates
and cause a deadlock which will eventually
necessitate the choice of a new leader.
The Figures Up to Date.
The following table shows the States
which have already chosen their delegates,
and the manner in which they are instructed
or how their preferences are estimated. The
figures include the results of to-day's con-
yentions: