New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-20
BOLTERS GO OVERHEARD.
TIE STRUGGLE AT CHICAGO.
MR. WHITNEY CLEARS The DECK OF THE
CLEVELAND SHIP FOR ACTION.
ANTI-sSAPPERs WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO
MAKE A COyTErT-TEARFUL PROTESTS OF NO
AVAI-BuCE DRUMMING UP VOTES FOR
GoaMAN-BoIES AND MORRISON
NO CHANGE IN TIE Rt.LA-
TIVE sTRI-NGTH OF
THE FACTIONS.
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| fbY TELEGRAPH TO THE ThIBukEt
Chicago. June ls.-Probably half the delegates
TO the Democratic National Convention, which
is to meet here OH Tuesday, are now In town.
| All the leaders are on the ground. and the work
| of organization on both the Cleveland and anti
| Cleveland sides has gone almost as far rs 1t can
p,ssjhy p carried In the face Of the uncertain AMI
| Lc,tatina state of party opinion which confronts
| tLe convention The conditions OF doubt and
embarrassment which have brought confusion into
| Democratic councils all through the preliminary
canvass for the Presidential nomination are. IN
| fact as distracting now as ever, and they cannot
be disspated except by the voice and action Of
the convention itself Little change is. corsr-
| auent,y. 10 be expected in the general situation
| here up 10 the time the convention meets. VT.
Cleveland will remain the choice for Fresent, real
/ or profcsscd, of a great majority OF the oee-
Ca,e- until after one two ballots for a nominee
| have been actually taken. lie will have to
contend continually, however. against the DIS
| couragine and almost fatal objection that his
own State ,and the one most essential to D,ml-
| cratic success has repudiaed him absolutely as
| n candidate and stands ready 10 cast lts vote
| for any leader likely to prove his strongest OPP
! potent No amount Of argument or explanation
can obscure the gravity Of this ever-'hreatcning
| danger 10 Mr Clevelands candidacy, ana It's de-
| morallzina force upon his following may at any
| tine become pronounced enough to take him
| virtually ont Of the Presidential race.
The great problem before Mr.. Clcveland's
! managers is ~ assure the waNerng supporters
| of the cX- President from distant States that his
| lack of strength in NcwYork is only apparent ana
| accidental the result of the clever and successful
malipuatons OF n powerful ard not too scrupuIo"s
rival for the Presidency. II it can he demonstrate
| ..tt.rb l..s,t ,tpn in al
! by the skill OF local nlanaecrs. has still a
uopNlar following in the party, and, if nominated,
| will b, accepted as the conventions choice by the
| element in control OF the State machinery Mr.
| whitney and other cX-Cabinct Ministers will have
! "a relatively easy task in holding thc lukcwarn ana
lc>Yondcnt Cleveland DELEGATES in line. If, on the
| other hand. the lurking doubt as TO Mr.. Cleve-
| land. availability ~ candidate becomes open
| and persistent there is nothing that Mr. whitney
and his associates can DO 10 prevent the final
rejection Of their cN-chicf by reluctant conyen-
tion.
| THE SYRACUSE EOLTEKS SUPPRESSED
Tie first important step toward raSsurng the
| Southern and Western delegates Of the fnr-frJm-
vital character u the inierncclnc contest in New
York was the dropping overheard by the Cleveland
managers OF the Syracuse delegation Of bolt"r'.
| The APPEARANCE of the May convention people in
| Chicago with loud threats Of nm open contest Tor
scats which bcion1 10 the regular delegation has
hnd a contrary effect from that which the authors
and promoters OF the Syracuse protest anticipated.
| The activity and bitterness Of feeling shown by
| the bolting delegates have been used by the reg
unrs A. was noted Yesterday, 20 impress the West
ern and Southern delegates with the desperate and
hopeless character Of tie party breach In New
| York The Cleveland support in New
York. III was argued. was composed largely
| of "kickcrsT and "sorchcads,' Whose will tue
| convention should not impose arbitrarily on the
] regular and unchallcngcl Democracy Of the STATE
Mr. Whitney yesterday realized the incubus put
upon the Cleveland movement by the Syracuse
| delegates aud though Mr.. Farchih had already
sent notice of II contest - the National tonmitf'c
il was decided late las, night sacrifice the per
| .onal ambitions and rcScniments OF the ami
| snap" laborers 10 the good OF the general cau9c
The leaders Of the Syracuse movement were
bitterly indignant. Of course, at being asked 10
| immediate themselves al such short notice on the
| Cleveland altar l.. Eilery Anderson, who had
asDircd 70 be- the leader OF the delegation on the
| floor Of the convention; cN Mayor Grace, who
has been paving freight on the Syracus' venture
for several months in the hope oi National rccoS-
milton for hi, new "hand-mcdow state Com
mittcc: Colonel Tracey, OF Albany, whose occu-
nation az literary chief of stan and manufacturer
| of rcady-madc interviews. had suddenly gone
| All mudc vigorous and almost fearful protests
,coinst Icing forced 10 "walI the board" But
Nr Whitney was inncXiblc and the Syracuse
martyrs had nothing to do but submit with "a
| much resignation they could muster. some
of them denied vehcmenty in public that they had
abandoned the contest, which was one OF Nlt&l
| political principle
| Ent the boiling delegates have practically dis
,ti 11,nV
would probably have been defeated if their ease
| had been put to vote, for the delegates generally
have never pretended % view their claim with
ANYTHING but good-natnc1 indifference. Their Ia
| bors here had proved n positive dctriment, and
| throwing them overheard, Mr.. Whitney cndcavorcd
| 10 repair AZ promptly possible the injury they
| had done 70 Mr.. Clcvelands candidacy. He an
nounccd privately that the Cleveland forces did
not want TO cultivate discord in Ncw-iork, ana pub
liciy he said that he so confident of Mr.. Ccvc-
lands success on the first ballot that it was hardly
worth while contesting for the scvcnty-two New
York votes.
| WORKING AMONG THE SILVER sr\TEs.
Tie Gle, Gland managers have, in fact, pretty COOL
reason for feeling cheerful over the latest dcvcl-
opment in the contest The failnre Of the ln\lann
| delegation to adopt the unit rule assures the eA-
President, perhaps. thirteen votes from that State
OH the fmt ballot, Ex-Governor Gray getting the
other seventeen. IL looks, too. if Illinois would
cast It's full vote Of As for Cleveland on the lIst
| ballot With these accessions the total strength
shown for the eN-Prcsidcnt at the very outset
would be over 800 votes. To couneract
| the effect of these probable gains, the anti
Cleveland manager, trying TO soldify the vote
OF the Pacific Slope States against the cX-freSl-
dent on the silver issue. The Colorado dele.a-
ton, which reacsd the city last night, Is strongly
anti Cleveland and a conference has already been
projected fer tomorrow ut which II Is expected
10 combine the Delegations from Colorado Mon
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