St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-20

be embittered by contest if contest
may be avoided; that, with the convic-
ton that Cleyeland'S nomination is as
sured, the ''dandellon" delegation should
With dignified magnanimity withdraw
itself as an embarrassing element, leav-
ing Mr.. Hills delegation to sit at the
convention, if it wants to do so, and to
vote there for whomSOever it may
choose, and vainly.
Those Tho feel thus, hold that, haV-
ing so removed the sand of contention
from the cOgS of the political engine,
they could return to their constituents
and the 200,000 enrolled Democrats OF
New York, and assure them that their
beheSts had been Obeyed and their
wishes fulfilled in the nomination of
Mr.. Cleveland. 1t is urged by these
conservatives that a voluntary with
Grawal would help not only towards the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, but would
leave pleasant taste i'll the Democratic
mouth after the convention IS over and
the campaign is on. AS 10 the state or
ganiZatOn perfected by
The May Convention,
the conservatives believe it should, in
the event of no contest being made here,
be maintained as a campaign organl "a
ton only, and not in antagOniSm to the
other state organizations? 1t Is held
that the anti-Hill men have now bet
ter, more effective organization than
has existed i'll New York state since
TIden's days. Money has been spent,
great effort has been put forth, and the
LARGE results possible to such thorough
organization in behalf of a Democratic
candidate, if il be Mr.. Cleveland. should
not be lost. But all this plan OF mag
unanimous withdrawal OF the anu-Hlll
men from contest here, it must be borne
in mind, is based upon their present
and absolute confidence that MT.
Cleveland will be the NOM
inee here. On the other hand,
there are potent leaders among
the Cleveland men, who hold that their
errand here will not have been fulhlled
If no contest is made at least before the
committee on contested seats, II not be-
lore the convention. Mr.. Grace is one
of these. He believes that the 2OO,O6O
men whose names have been enrolled as
hackers of the anti-Hill movement sent
the Syracuse delegation here to state the
situation. to protest against the methods
OF Mr.. Hill, which, they hold, created
the situation as it exists, and to demand
representation in the convention. II,
after so representing the case, 1T is
deemed wise TO withdraw in behalf of
harmony in the convention and united
effort in the campaign, the May delega-
ton can go home to the 100000 enrolled
Democrats and say: I'VE have done
YOUR bidding and fulfilled your COM
mandS." There are
Warm BIOOded Wen
in the New York Cleveland delegation
who will not easily forSake a protest,
and thus the question of contest again
cOnfrOnts the leaders. Just at this point
Mr.. Whitney has exercised pacific
offices. He advises a withdrawal from
the purpose to make stubborn contest
He has visited the headquarters of the
''dandelion' leaders, and with thorough
good will among all has cOunSeied the
peaceful methods of diplomacy, and he
has also visited the Tammany men with
advice TO cease the bitter utteranceS
that have been employed. In both
quarters his work has had effect. The
Tammany men are today less violent,
and the anti-Hill men have been
brought to debate anew the wisdom or
unwIsdom of their purpose to contest
the seats of New York state. The bal
ance of the May convention delegates
reached here this evening, and tOmor-
row morning the entire delegation will
meet to fix definitely its plan of action.
The indications are that the cOnserya-
tiVeS who favor a withdrawal from con-
test will be Out-voted, and that Fred
erick r. COudert, of New York. and
Mr.. Milburn, of Buffalo. will lay before
the conventions committee on creden-
tials the claims and demands of the 200
COO enrolled Democrats of New York who
are represented by the national delega-
tiOn from the Syracuse convention,
Pacific States Away.
The caucus OF the silver men was
quite lively affair. Martin Maginnis.
of Montana, presided, and Barnard
Brown, of the same state, acted as sec
rotary. a notable feature, and one that
caused much comment, was the absence
of any representatives of the Pacific
coast states. Not a man was present
from California, Oregon or Washington.
The meeting. while primarily in the in
terest of silver, was supposed to be also
for the purpose of furthering all West
ern interests, and the unanimous stay
ing away of the coast delegates was
keen disappointment. Their action
was attributed in large measure
to the Vaccinations of the Cleveland
managers. and was regarded in the
light of retaliation for the OutSpOken
| hostility OF the silver advocates toward
the eX-president. About thirty dele
gates participated in the proceedings of
the silver men. T. NJ. Patterson, of
Colorado, urged the appointment of
committee of one from each state. to ar
range for more complete representa-
| ton before any definite action should
be undertaken. His idea was that the
Western men should unite harmo-
niOusly for common action upon what
ever points were possible, and to divide
| peacefully wherever such course
should be impracticable.
| Rather heated difference of opinion
| arose as to whether any but silver-pro-
ducing states should be invited to the
more general meeting, which it was
agreed should be held at 2 p. m. to-
morrow. Some of those present, a Wy
Oming delegate particularly, wanted
| the gathering to embrace all the friends
of silver, including those from the
| Southern states and elsewhere, whether
silver producers or not. The Colorado
| and Montana men StrenuOuSly opposed
this proposition, contending that only
delegations from west of the hundredth
| meridian ought to have an act
i've voice until something def
mite in the way of geu-
eral policy had been decided
upon. The idea of temporarily re-
stricting the representation to the
Rocky mountain district prevailed, and
an executive committee was appointed
to bring matters to focus. The COM
mittee named was as follows: Hawiey,
of Idaho; O'DOnnell, Colorado; Beck,
Wyoming: Clark, Montana; Clark,
Nevada; Oliver, Arizona; Krisal, Utah; ;
Fielder, New Mexico.
Nothing definite as to presidential
preference was arrived at In the meet
ing. The names Of Hill and Cleveland
were mentioned incidentally in the
sDeechmaking. the former receiving de-
cided manifestations of favor, and the
latter being treated with icy indiffer-
ence. Except In conversation among
the groups in the room, no reference
was made to BOies, German, or any of
the favorlte sons.