Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-16
DEMOCRATS GATHER.
Boomers Pepariag 70.
the Convention.
BOIES FIRST OR NOTHING.
Statistics Showing How the Electoral
Vote Now Stands.

CHICAGO, June l6.-The Democratic
convention is showing the first signs of
becoming thing OF life, and by tomorrow
10 will begin to grow, until by next Tues
day the biggest convention the Democratic
party has ever had will be full grown.
Governor Boies' managers from Iowa have
established their headquarters at the Pal
mer House. and are kept busy sending out
documents and pamphlets showing the
great popularity and safety OF Iowa's IA
vorite son. The Iowa people claim Boies
will have IS to 100 votes on the first ballot
and that he will be nominated on the sew
enth or eighth ballot.
The Cleveland men have established
headquarters at the Grand Pacific. where
two young ladies are hard at work sending
ont letters, circulars and articles to va
rious delegates who, IL Is supposed, are to
be won over II proper evidence is shown
that Cleveland Is the strongest candidate.
The Hill men seem TO be on a still hunt.
Only one Hillite has so far appeared, and
he Is Charles +. Peck of New York. Peck
is loudly proclaiming Hills virtues and
his great ability as vote getter
None OF the national committee men.
except Secretary Steering and Treasurer
Canda of New York, are here The other
members of the national committee will
begin arriving today, and tomorrow there
will be full meeting Of the committee on
arrangements of the national committee.
The national committee has appointed a
subcommittee, OF which John c. Haskell.
Columbia, 8. c., Ia chairman, TO select
temporary chat rman, temporary secretary
and other subor dinate officers for the con-
vention. Their report will be presented
- k..h NJ
next.
Thus far the only names mentioned
around head afquarters for temporary chair
man are those of Adlai g. Stevenson Of
Illinois and ex Governor Campbell of Ohio,
but Henry Watterson of Kentucky has
been spoken Of for the honor In the press
and elsewhere.
The Boies boomers say Il Is first place
for 1owa's favorite or nothing. They do
not want second place on the ticket for
him (having design to send him to the
senate IL he be not the presidential candi-
date. and have selected John F. Dun
combe of Fort Dodge, Ia, to place their
candidates in the field. Arrangements are
being made for a demonstration in favor
OF Governor Boies which will open the
eyes of Democrats from the south and east
who have not regarded him as of the ma
tional reputation necessary for q presi-
Dental nomination.
The so-called Hill "big four'-Colonel
Richard Crocker, Ross Mclaughlin, Ed
ward Murphy and Lieutenant-G Governor
Sheehan-will arrive this evening. The
probabilities are that the entire opposi-
tion to Cleveland will be combined aud di-
rected by the Hill men who, when con-
vnced that there Is no chance for their
man, will center upon dark horse.
Tonight ex-Mayor Grace, Frederick r.
Coudert, f. Ellery Anderson and some
other prominent figures of the anti-snap
movement, will probably reach the city.
The New York fight is expected to open
tomorrow. The visiting clubs will be a
great feature of the convention. The
Boies adherents are planning for about
1000 club men in uniform to come here and
shout for their favorite. This is as many
in numbers as all the clubs at Minneapolis
aggregated.
The Connecticut delegation will get in
Saturday night. Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Massachusetts, will arrive
Sunday.
1t is uncertain whether Cleveland,
Palmer and Morrison is to have the sup
port Of the Illinois delegation. A meeting
Of the delegation has been called for to-
morrow evening.
Senator Vest Of Missouri says that he
still regards Mr.. Cleveland with respect
and fricnI~hip. but he doubts the ex-
president ability TO carry New York
state. H. wants the party to nominate
candidate who can win in New York.
lie thinks th,t any good Democrat out
side of New York, or perhaps Governor
Flower OF New York, could carry that
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