Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-20
A 7 CHICAGO.
The Mass Of Delegates
Are for Cleveland.
CORMAN'S BOOM.
Senator Hills Friends
Making a Quiet Hunt.
EXCITING TIMES PREDICTED
No Dark Horses Likely Unless Cleve-
EXCITING TIMES PREDICTED
No Dark Horses Likely Unless Cleve-
land Fails on the First Ballot.

CHICAGO, June 20-The star Of Grover
Cleveland Is In the ascendant. Every
shifting of the political constellation has
only tended to make IL shine forth with
greater lustre, until last evening its
effulgence quite obscures the lesser lights
of Hill. Boies, German and Gray. When
the church bells tolled In the morning the
political leaders were engaged in eager
conference in the darkened chambers OF
the hotels, and when they tolled for the
evening services these conferences were
still i'm session with undated interest.
His Opponents.
The opponents of the ex-prcsident are pre-
pairing for one final, herculean effort to
muster from all the opposition n phalanx,
delegates to stand out and prevent Cleve-
land receiving the requisite two-thirds
vote on the first ballot. They are, some
how, imbued with the conviction, and
this conviction is rather general-that IL
Cleveland fails to receive the nomination
in the enthusiasm Of the opening ballot
he will, on the succeeding ballots, show
loss instead OF gains, and the disintegra-
tion of his force will be only question OF
time. But the day has shown that the
Cleveland forces are swelling rather than
diminishing, and the rank and file OF the
Cleveland forces are asserting that the
ex-president is the candidate Of the nation.
and that his destiny is above the sway OF
any particular state Of faction.
Fun I'm the Lobbies.
Violent alterations are of frequent oc-
currence In the lobbies of the leading
hotels and all the enthusiasm of the hour
is with Cleveland. The Tammany men
who have SO constantly warned the Demo
Gratis that the nomination of Cleveland
means the loss of the electoral vote OF
New York are waved majestically away
by the Cleveland enthusiasts, who de-
clare that the great exponent Of the tariff
can be elected, il he must be, without the
electoral vote of the Empire state. And
SO in the impetuosity of the Cleveland
movement those wavering delegates who
have been inclined to desert the ex-presi-
dent and 90 for compromise candidate
on the ground of party expediency have
been won back to their first love, and the
names of German, Morrison, Campbell
and RUSSELL so frequently discussed day
or two ego rs dark horses. are scarcely
mentioned in the political predictions.
No Dark Horses.
The only avowed presidential candi-
dates in the field are Cleveland, Hill and
Boies, and the situation is cleared up to
the extent of indicating plainly to all that
the dark horses are not to be ushered into
the political arena unless Cleveland shall
fail of a nomination on the first ballot.
The Illinois delegation, under the direc-
tion of General Palmer, will vote for
Grover Cleveland on the first ballot, and
probably on various succeeding ballots, so
long ms the ex-president shall be In the
race. This annouucement which Is Off
cialy made nom the Illinois headquar-
ters, has given great impetus to the
Cleveland movement, and the leaders of
the eS-prcsidcnt are asserting with great
confidence that they have now assurances
OF the two thirds vote necessary for the
nomination. Indiana has given unmis-
taxable evidence that Gray will hardly
receive more than seventeen or eighteen
votes, the remaining twelve or thirteen
being cast for Cleveland.
AS Ex-Governor Campbell has an
nounced that under no circumstances
will he allow his name to be used in the
list of presidential candidates, the Cleve-
land people rely upon thirteen votes of
Ohio being cast for the ex-president. So
that from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
alone, there seems assured for Cleveland
over seventy votes which appeared to be
wavering Kentucky still looms up as an
uncertain factor In every estimate. The
power Of Henry Watterson seems to be
having an influence on that delegation,
and while many OF its members are
friendly to Cleveland, the constant friends
of the ex. president are not yet relying i'm
plicitly upon very substantial support
from the Blue Grass state. Iowa Is still
true 10 Boies, and even the most sangune
Cleveland leaders have abandoned hopes
OF ing any support from the Hawk
eve state on the first ballot.
The seventy-two votes OF New York are
conceded to Senator Hill, nnd Il appears
probable that I q may receive couple Of
hundred morc from various sections OF
the union. The Cleveland people are no
longer indulging in any hopes that the
Hill managers will magnsnimously re-
cede from their pnst position and accede
TO the nomination Of Cleveland, but are
now using every effort to plaeate the
Tammany leaders and induce their loyal
support of the ticket in the event Of
Cleveland's nomination. There is mani
fest one slight change ia the disposition
Of the Tammany leaders. They are no
longer talking so loudly aud so continu-
ously OF tue hopelessness OF carrying New
York for Cleveland In the event OF mis-
nomination, and although no one doubts
their intention TO Loyalty support Hill TO
the end, ex-Secretary Whitney and others
express the belief that in the event OF
Cleveland's nomination Tammany will
give the ticket effective support