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TENNEssEE,s STAND.

Governor Flower UnderGoes n Close Ex.
animation on Tnmmany's Attitude.
CHICAGO, June 2O.-Governor Flower
has been doing missionary work to-day.
This morning he with Hon. Amos Cum
mings, Hon. Bourke Cochran, General
slocum and Speaker Bush, of the New
York assembly, met the Tennessee del
epation, which is instructed to vote as
aunt for Cleveland. Governor Flower
made statement in behalf Of Senator
Hill, and then Delegate George W.
ochs, OF Chattanooga, opened dia-
logue.
moro independent votes in New York
State than any other Democrat?" thus
Il think likely he can," replied Gov
ernor Flower.
us it not a fact, too" pursued Mr..
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To this Governor Flowers response
was that Tammany always supported
the regular ticket, whereupon the Ten
nessee men remarked that such an ex.
PLANTATION scarcely answered tho ques-
ton, unless It should be assumed that
Tammany did not support the regular
ticket" SO warmly in 1884.
"Did not the voice and influence OF
Mr.. Cleveland aid very largely to your
elcction?" a delegate asked Of Mr..
Flower, and the governor thought they
did,
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cLEYELANp,s Room
Well Managed while the Opposition lacks
Organization.

CHICAGO, June 2O.-1n the main the
day has been such as to add hope to
the Cleveland movement. The pOpu.
lous state OF Illinois, high in the alpha
betical list, has decided to cast its 4S
votes for Grover Cleveland, and thus
one more state, which has been SO long
lingering in the doubtful list, has been
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srRA1NIXG EVERY NERVE.

The Cleveland mon are straining
every nerve to add to their strength on
the first ballot, and wherever it is pos
slble to consolidate a state delegation
and have it present a solid front they
are doing 1t. Their greatest work is be-
ing exerted in delegations where the
Cleveland sentiment is preponderant.
A great deal OF pressure was brought by
them on Mr.. German to prevent tho use
OF that gentleman's name as one of the
opposing candidates. To-day they em.
ployed every means at their command
10 induce Mr.. German to publicly an.
nounce that he was not candidate and
would not enter the field. Senator Car
Isle was less doubtful about Mr.. Cleve-
lands strength in New York, and is now
favorable 10 his nomination. An evil
dcnce OF the careful method the Cleve.
land people are pursuing was afforded
at the meeting Of the Vermont delega-
ton when the unit rule was adopted,
and the solitary anti.Cleveland vote
therein made to count for Cleveland.
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WEST EIRGINIANS
Are the Objects of Distinguished
Consideration at Chicago.
BEING MUCH SOUGHT AFTER
On Account of the Pivotal charac-
ter of the State.
col. ST. CLAIR TALKS TOO MUCH

For His Candidate for National com-
mitteeman His lll.tcmpcrcd Speech
Defeats Col. Chiffon and Elects Hon.
John Sheridan, of Piedmont---CoL
Taney Chosen as a Member of tho
Committee on Resolutions After u
Spirited Contest, Defeating Hon. j.
j. Davis, of oIarksparg.
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added to the Cleveland column.
Indiana, too, which has stood
a great interrogation point
ON every page OF estimates since the
2lst OF April retires ex-Governor Gray
and will cast its thirty votes for the
great popular leader. OF course all the
other leaders, who regard every move
on the political chess board as being IN.
ppired by selfish motives, declare that
Indiana's change OF front means that
Isaac p. Gray is to come in as prestt'
dental candidate later in tho proceed
ings and bask in the favor OF tho Cleve'
land hosts.
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WATTERSON WINS,
And the Anti-oleveland Forces
Said to Have Scored a Victory.
BY THE SELECTION OF OWENS,
OF Kentucky, as Temporary Chair
man of the Convention,
WHO DEFEATS WILLIAM. WILSON,

OF West Virginia, for That Honor.
An Analysis of the Vote, However,
Shows That Many of cIeyeland's
Supporters Voted for tho Ken.
tuckian...It is Probable That the
Action OF the National Committee
Will Be Opposed in Open Conven.
tion.
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0chs, "that the same influences are
now operating against Mr.. Cleveland in
New York that were opposed to him in
1884 and 1887"
Mr.. Flower assented.
as 1t not true, too. that the contest
against Mr.. Cleveland in New York was
moro fierce in 1883 than in lSS4?"
Mr.. Flower was not sure this was not
fact-indeed he believed it was.
"Then why did Cleveland in 1883
poll more votes in New York than in
ISS4?n
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Another knight orrant who for 79
hours has proudly worn the garments
OF great political possibilities, removes
his reralia tonight and assumes q
modest nloce among tho trusted Cleve'
land lieutenants. For the first time
since the opening OF the Tray, senator
German ayows his belief in tho noml;
nation Of ex.President Cleveland, and
while he speaks portentiously oil tho
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WILL STICK TO HILL
That is What Tammany VIII po-Goy.
Flower Tniiks.


Flower Tniks.
CurcAGo, Juno 2O.-The Tammany
chieftains were in close consultation
during the entire evening, and 1T was
almost midnight when an associated
press reporter was admitted to the
Auditorium hotel.
Governor Flower was extremely
averse to discussing tho situation. at
should be enough" he said, "to say
that New York has seen no rea-
son to change Its original de-
termination. OF course, have
heard all this Cleveland talk
tonight, but you can say with absolute
certainty that the seventy-two votes of
Now York will go to Hill on the first
ballot. 1t makes absolutely no differ
ence to what any Of, the other states
do. We arc for Hill and for nobody
else"
"Do you think you can nominate
Hill, Mr.. FIower?"
"NNell, / am not sanguine about It
under all tho circumstances. But that
has nothing to do with tho fact that We
are for Hill and that We will give him
New York's vote"
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dangers OF such result, he waves from
him the'ambition that has haunted his
movements for the past three days and
declares that no friend Of his must en-
ter his name in the presidential list.
~ do not think Mr.. CleVelands nomi-
nation advisable" said the senator from
Maryland this evening, "but as matters
now stand, It seems inevitable" In
this terse sentence Senator German re-
views tho contest and expresses his
resignationyto the inevitable.
TWO uXDAuSrED cANDIDATEs.
But there are two men who stand un-
daunted side by side with Grover Cleye-
land in the race for presidential honors,
and few men have the temerity to chaI-
leage the sincerity Of their position.
Senator David B. Hill, of New York,
with theseventy-two votes ofthe Empire
State behind him and Governor Horace
Boies, Of Iowa, secure in the tealty Of
twenty-six devoted supporters, are still
indomitable factors in the presidential
contest, be the result OF humiliation
what It may. True there have been
many rumors that Tammany has been
exerting its seductive wiles on the
favorite sons OF other states to hold
secure their wayering forces in the hope
that Tammauy would at last come to
tho west with its seyenty-two votes for
Palmer or Morrison, or Carlisle, or
Gray; but Tammany leaders still out.
wardly profess allegiance to the cause OF
Hill, and gradual conviction is forcing
itself upon every mind that the nomi-
nation Of Cleveland, itnominatedh he be,
will meet an eloquent protest from the
Empire State by the seyenty:two votes
Of New York being cast for the distins
puished senator.
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nIsroRY REpEArINa lTsELF.

The old proverb that history repeats
itself, is finding frequent repetition
among tho Cleveland people tonight
1t is remembered that exactly two
weeks ago, at the Minneapolis national
convention, the anti-Harrison members
OF the national committee defeated the
Harrison contingent and decided upon
]. Sloat Fassett, OF New York, rs tenn
porary chairman OF the convention.
Fassett was one OF the most earnest OF
the anti.Harrison people, and yet the
national committee decided upon him
Tor temporary chairman, and in the face
OF a convention which was three iitths
far Harrison he was allowed to be
seated without protest. Two days later.
however, on the first trial test OF
strength the anti-Harrison people were
routed, and on the day following the
President was triumphantly renomi-
mated. All this is called topublic mind
by the Cleveland people, and 1t is
stated that the programme will repeat
itselfin the present Democratic national
convention. The selection OF Owens by
the national committee they hold to be
but an augur OF the defeat Of the poll.
ticians by the masses OF the party and
predict with great confidence the noml-
nation OF the ex-President Wednesday.
ANOTHER PARALLEL.
In another respect there is parallel
between the two conventions. The
delegates from the silver states two
weeks ago allied themselves with the
anti -Hgrrison forces and@-bitterly OPP
posed the Presidents denomination:
To-day the delegates from the silver
states are for the most part arrayed
again ex.President Cleveland, and have
turned to the south and to the east in
search of combination which will de-
feat the nomination Of tho popular
favorite.
In ono or two states these overtures
were successful in winning over dele
pates to Boies as opposed to Cleveland.
South Carolina this morning decided to
60 for Boies, the western candidate as
the best man with whom to beat Cleve-
land, to whose nomination they are Bit
terly hostile. They met during the
day and it was agreed to give Boies
twelve of its votes on the first ballot.
OF the other six votes three will go to
Hill, two to German and one to Cleve.
land on the first ballot. On the second
ballot Boies will get five OF the remain
ing votes and perhaps all six should he
stand good chance. South Carolina
was distinguished in its state couver-
tion by the adoption Of resolutions de-
nouncing Cleveland. Members OF the
delegation say that though these reso-
lutions may seem strong to outsiders
they were really the mildest that could
have been drawn and gone through tho
convention. NJ
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CHICAGO. Juno 20.-To the anti:oleve-
land forces belong the first honors OF
war in the contest for the control OF the
Democratic national convention. The
national committee at its meeting this
afternoon decided by a vote OF 2s to 20
to present the name OF Henry Waiter
sons candidate, w, C. Owens, OF Ken
lucky, as the temporary chairman Of
the convention. The Cleveland people
i'll brook defeat, and will carry the con-
test onto the floor of the convention
Immediately after the convention is
called to order, unless the Cleveland
men abandon their present intention.
This will develop, though not perfectly,
the strength Of each side in the conven-
tion and will show the utmost strength
Of the opposition to Cleveland, and
probably something in excess OF that
strength, as some Cleveland states voted
for Owens. The announcement OF the
intention to contest was made in the
national committee Immediately after
Mr. Owens had won in tho committee,
on call OF the roll between himself and
William L. Wilson, the tariff reform
member Of the ways and means com
mittee from West Virginia. The fight
for tho control of the temporary organi-
zation has been going on quietly since
Friday night, little OF what was being
done coming to the surface.
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oNIY 1AcKs sryEN YorEs

F. Mr.. Whitney announced that Cleve.
land was within votes OF the neces.
sary two-thirds to secure his nomina-
tion, and he called upon his friends to
see to it that these we're secured be-
fore the convention opened tomorrow.
He was asked by one OF the gentle
men present at caucus when 1t was tue
that Indiana had withdrawn Gray.
Mr.. Whitney replied that he under
stood that Senator Voorhees, had ad-
vised Governor Gray not to permit his
name to go before the convention for
the presidency, and while Governor
Gray had not been heard from in reply
TO the telegram, he was satisfied that
his name would not be presented. He
was asked whether any pledge had bten
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A special committee from Wisconsin
consisting of Governor Peck, General
Bragg and other distinguished delegates
from that state, waited OH tho Tennes-
see delegation on behalf OF ex.President
Cleveland,
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DAVID DENNErr IIiLI.

several states of whose devotion to
CIeveland's interests there eau be no
doubt. Thus Michigan instructed to
vote for him as a unit favored the
adoption OF the subcommittee report
rs did Massachusetts, which, while it
did not instruct for Cleveland because
OF state custom, warmly commended
him. Illinois, which Is usually classed
for Cleveland, voted for Owens, and so
did instructed Tennessee and rock
ribbed Maine, which is is q Cleveland
state through its committeeman, Mr..
Sewell, who is doubtful of Mr. Cleve-
lands availability as winner in New
York state.
coNvBSTIoS ARRANGEMENTS.
Tho committee then heard for the
first time officially OF the arrangements
made for the holding OF the convention.
Chairman Brice made. verbal report
of what the committee of seven ap-
pointed to arrange for the convention
had done. The report was satisfactory
and the wigwam was accepted. S. T.
Sheerin, national committeeman from
Indiana, and secretary Of the commit
tee, it was'agree should besrecommend-
ed as secretary of'the temporary organ
ization, and he was given authority to
appoint ten assistants.
Col. Richard j. Bright, also an Indi-
anian, was chosen sergeant-at-arms and
given power to appoint the necessary
subordinates.
Col. Edward B. Dickinson, of New
York, was appointed official stenogra-
pher.
ing six delegates instead OF two, and she
succeeded in getting what she wanted.
This will swell the total membership. to
904, and make 604 votes necessary in
order to secure the nomination.
The committee then adjourned sub
iect to call.
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THE BIG BOYS.

Ali the big leaders can be seen there.
the ones around whom the crowd circu-
lates being ex-senator Camden, ex.
Senator II. G. Davis, Hon. John J.
Davis. Hon. John Sheridan, Hon. w. N.
Chancellor, Capt. Chas. E. Wells, Hon.
VIM. l. Wilson and Col. J. B. Taney. OF
the Wheeling Register. These men are
regarded as the leaders-of the West
Yirginians here. Although all are not
delegates they are looked to for infor-
nation, and are always willing to give
what is in stheir power to representa-
tiyes from other states. They keep
open house, and their handsomely
decorated room is one OF the most at
tractive in the house. 1t fronts on
State street and opens from the main
corridor, and as the procession OF BOOM
ers pass the door, cheers for West Vir-
ginia are frequently heard.
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oRdANIzAr1oN OF THE DELEa ALTON.

ORGANIZATION OF THE DELEGATION.
Tho organization was completed as
follows: Member of committee on reso.
lutions, J. B. Taney; member Of COM
mittee on order OF buSiness, John Il.
Russell; member of committee on per-
manent organization, John A. Robin
son; member OF committee to notify
candidates of nomination, B. F. Martin;
member of committee on credentials,
J. w. st. Clair; chairman Of delegation,
j. N. Camden.
There was fight on the membership
of the committee on resolutions, Hon.
John ]. Davis being placed in nomina-
tion against Colonel ]. B. Taney. There
was an interesting ballot and Colonel
Taney beat the Harrison county states
man. g. A. D.
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names OF gentlemen supposed to bc for
Cleveland, but not certainly polIed. Ii
was understood that these persons were
10 be seen during the evening by some
OF the gentlemen present and the lisl
was divided up so that each missionary
would have his own work to do.
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Some Of the Cleveland men were in
favor OF acquiescence in the decision OF
the subcommittee, but Mr.. Hdrrity
and Senator Villas said that they would
make q fight on him. Stevenson was
dropped as the man with whom to OPP
nose Mr.. Owens, and Wilson, of West
Virginia, was taken up as the strongest
man the Cleveland people could put IN
opposition 10 Mr.. Ovens. Mr.. Wilson
was selected because he was a southern
man, because OF his reputation as a
tariff rcformer as well as his parliament
tary skill. The Cleveland people made
good deal OF mystery unnecessarily
about their programme, which quickly
developed itself, however, in committee.
II was l2 o'clock when Chairman
Brice called the national committee to
order. After some preliminary busi-
ness, Ransom, Of North Carolina, in be-
half OF the subcommittee on temporary
organization, nominated for temporary
chairman, William O. Owens, OF Keu-
lucky. This nomination was seconded
by Henry Watterson and others.
Mr.. Holt, OF Texas, nominated Will
lnlu IL Nll6OLlt VI MSSb v u SttIAs III
Atkins, Of Vermont, seconded the nom
ination, as did several others. Brief
complimentary speeches wore made,
setting forth the merits OF the two can
didates.
While these speeches were going on
active conferences were taking place be-
tween the Cleveland men. Ex-Secretary
Whitney abandoned the Cleveland
headquarters for the time being and
hovered around tho outside of the ma
tional committee room headquarters.
He held conferences with Mr.. Harrity
and other committeeman whom he had
called out OF the meeting room. Villas,
Of Wisconsin, also came around to see
how the fight was going on. They would
say nothing of their purposes, but ap.
parently wanted some assurances, Of
what nature could not be learned, from
Messrs. Watterson and German, 1t was
said that one thing they were endeavor-
ing to secure was public declaration
from Mr.. German that he would not be
q candidate.
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81. clAln ruTs ms room 1N IN.

Col. j. W. st. Clair advocated Mr..
'Chilton's claim for the position, but
not being satisfied with that he made a
speech bitterly attacking Captain sheri-
dan as a representative of the monopo-
listic element Of the Democracy, and
declared that Sheridan was tool Of the
coal barons and the B. & o. railroad
company. Mr.. Chiffon, he said, repre-
sended the common people, the masses
of the Democracy. Messrs. John j.
Davis and Col. John A. Robinson re-
piled to Colonel st. Clair's speech,
which was SO III tempered as to create
a decided prejudice against his candi-,
date. The delegation plainly showed
its displeasure and Mr.. Chiffon saw the
mistake that had been made and with
drew. Then Sheridan was elected by
acclamation, and he will be the next
national committeeman.
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The West Virginia delegation organ,
lied this evening, and thereby hangs a
brief tale. There was stormy time.
The brethren were not all of one mind
on the presidential question, but that
wasn't tho cause Of the breeze. There
was fight about honors, and personal
and factional differences cut a figure.
For instance there were two candidates
for national committeeman. Senator
Camden having announced he could
not accept a reelection, Hon. John
Sheridan, of Piedmont, and Hon. w.
f. Chiffon, Of Charleston, were both
placed in nomination, and the fur be-
pnn IN 1v
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wATTERsoN WINS.


Mr.. watterson entered INTO the fight
on behalf OF his state colleague with
vim, and had the national committee
canyassed before Il was decided by the
subcommittee to Suggest" Mr.. Owens
name, The death Of the late Senator
Barbour, Of Virginia, left the sub-com-
mittee with only four members, and
early in the proceedings it was a tie,
Mr.. Ransom, though not Cleveland
man, favoring Mr.. Stevenson on per-
sonal grounds, and with. Mr.. Prather,
OF Missouri, counter-balancing the
votes Of Henry Watterson and Lieuten.
ant Governor Sheehan, OF New York.
This was shown the frst time the sub.
committee met when the Cleveland
managers conveyed au intimation that
owens was not acceptable to them. An
adjournment over Sunday was taken
and it was in this interval that Mr..
Watterson went to work to seat his
young Kentucky friend in the presid-
ing officers chair.
The result OF this canvass convinced
him that Owens was all right, and Mr..
Watterson has not hesitated to express
his conviction that Owens would be the
winner. This morning the sub.com-
mittee met pursuant to order and at
once decided in favor OF Mr.. Owens and
agreed unanimously to report his name
10 the full national committee.
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FOOLED The POLICE.
How Squad Of Smart Young Men Coz
Through the Lines.

One of the incidents OF til. day
was tue ingenious method used by a
squad OF young men in fooling the
police and the crowd Several times
the b Us attempted to cross State
street at Maids n, but tweLty five
police forced them back each time.
Finally they became desperate, and a
suggestion was readily accepted
They retired to aneighboring alley
and in few moments emerged ar
raycd in bright red sashes, compos-
ed OF ordinary flannel. They need
ed 0 her decorations, bnt with tile
aid Of two small boys carrying snare
drums were ready for business.
The boys struck marching tap. the
young men formed in regular order,
and down the street they came.
The crowd fell back, the police clear
ed the way for the same chaps they
had been chasing only few minutes
before, and down through the open
space and across the street toward
tue Lake Park marched the victor
ious squad.