Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-18
PLANS OF THE DENIS
The Leaders Gathering in the
Windy Ciry
TO SCHEME FOR THE MASTERY
Grover Is Looked Upon IS Sure Winner
But Hill and Boies Are TO Cut
Some Figure.

sixth Of the nine hundred men whose
votes Will make the democratic nomi-
nee for the presidency next week and.
at the most, q couple OF thousand out
slders who are interested In the poll
teal fortunes of one or the other OF the
candidates, will sleep under Chicago
roofs tonight. Tins 10 small contin-
gent of the whole that is making and
unmsklng candidates. figuring ur to-
tails with an air of assurance, prophecy
lug and specuiat ng ant to their own
sati STA ction, at least, outlining the
course of events for the next few days
The views and opinions OF 30 small
a contingent would be ABOUT 40
valuable as the expressions OF mass
meeting were II not for the fact that
contrary to the general rule the early
arrivals include men of prominence in
nearly all the factions. and whose ideas
and final determinations will carry no
little weight at the vital Juncture. The
leaders, as a matter of fact, are on the
ground in advance of the rank and file
and actively engaged III shaping the
coming campaign to their liking as
mucn as possible. The situation Is
simply that the adherents Of Senator
Hill will mold the balance OF power.
Votes Are Yet Debatabie.
Just what particular number of
votes the supporters of Grover Cleve-
land will lack upon the first ballot is
debatable question. A table carefully
prepared by one Of the anti-supporters,
ho. nf
rious state conventions, gives the ex-
president 500 votes, or niuety-ni less
than the total needed to nominate. In
this estimate, however, the forty eight
votes OF Illinois are counted for Pal
mer, and the thirty OF Indiana for
Gray. Neither of these calculations
can be accepted as reliable as the ex-
president Is absolute certain of at least
fourteen votes from Indiana and
twenty from Illinois, which would
bring his estimate up to o34.
In the estimate in question.
sxty-eight Hill delegates are credited
to seven southern states, but it is con-
tended by the Clevelandites that the
men 30 classified are open to anti-cOn-
vention arguments. Whether or not,
however, Cleveland's strength is 500 or
over that figure. 1t is apparent at this
time that unless there is an entire revo-
luton of sentiment on the part of the
Hill paOple, outside Of the New York
ers, he is bound 10 run from thirty to
forty less than the number of votes re-
quired on the first ballot. Friends of
Governor Boies, however, and who
entered upon . remarkably active cam-
paign, are not inclined to think that
the ex-president will get even 500 votes
as q starter. although their favorite 10
credited with only the twenty-six votes
of Iowa.
Votes for Governor Boiss.
They say tonight that they have AS
surances of ut least seventy-five votes
on the first ballot. The eight votes of
South Dakota, which We're supposed TO
be split up between Cleveland and Hill,
will. they say, he cast solid Tor the
IOwan while they will have support
from the southern states that will up
set the calculations of both the Hill
and Cleveland leaders. So far as their
southern missionary work Is concerned
they are banking q good deal upon n
speech against the force bill by Cover
nor Boies at keokuk III 1889, and
in which he took strong ground
that the measure in question WAS
more necessary in the southern states
than the north. There WAS no little
significance I'm q call made today by a
number of Iowa delegates upon Croker,
Sheehan, Murphy aud others of the
Tammany brigade. The visitors said
that they desired the New Workers to
understand inasmuch as several re-
publican newspapers had questioned
the democracy of Governor Boies, and
either insinuatcd or charged openly
that he had voted for Blame. that IN
the minds of the Iowa people there
was no question about his democracy
and his faithfulness to the party
under any and all circum-
stances. The New Workers responded
that they had no doubt As to the de-
mocracy Of Governor Boies; that they
were familiar with his career, and that
they had studied hrs speeches and were
satisfied of his democracy in every par
ticular. An hour or two after this
some of the New Workers paid q fra
tcrnal visit to the Iowa headquarters.
The Hawkeye contingent is inclined to
repudlate with some neat the sugxes-
ton that there IL anything Immediately
behind TINS little Irritation. but ut the
same time too opinion prevails that they
were feeling their way toward an ALI
snce with the Hill men in the interest
of their own candidate. The Iowana
were reinforced tonight by the arrival
Of the Hon. J. +. Duncomb. delegate
at-large, and who will place Boies in
nomination, besides several more
Hawkeye delegates who are enthusias.
TIC for their governor.
Talk Bitterly Of min.
At the headquarters Of the anti-Hill-
ties in the Grand Pacific tonight the
talk was very bitter against Mr.. Murphy
and Mr.. Sneehan. Among the late ar
rivals were lbe Hon. VIM. A. Beach.
delegate from the Syracuse district;
Col Il. e. Munroe of New York, secre-
tsry of the state committee and presi-
lent of the national democracy of
| Buffalo. and James A. Hsulon OF Me-
dina, delegates from the thirty-first
distinct. The latter declared that the
Hill fight was simplys liquor fight and
that the business interests of the state,
outside of that traffic, and with the in
dependents thrown IN. were IN favor
of Cleveland. Delegate Beach Was
f'stter IN deunpistson OF the machine.
while Colonel Munroe declsred en-
phss;cslly tast Murphy would not AMI
could not shro~ them out Fuel vas
added - the FIRE At the Cleveland
headquarters this evening by state.
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