The morning call., 1892-06-29
POLITICS ARB BOOMING.
PrOhibitiORiStS Assemble in. Force at
Cincinnati.
BIDWELL'S CHANCES FOR NOMINATION.
The Third Party Prepare for the Omaha Convention.
Meeting Of the Republican State
League.
CHANCES FOR NOMINATION.
Special to THE MoREfNs CALL.

CINCINNATI, June 2S.-'The sixth annual
convention Of the Prohibition party will
commence tomorrow morning in the big
music hall In this city. Unless the uu-
promising efforts to patch up the differences
and agree on q new man are successful
there Will be a night for the honor Of being
the Presidential nominee Of the party. Gen
eraI John Bidwcll of California and Jen-
nings DemOrest of New York are the lead
ing competitors for the nomination, and the
delegates are becoming so excited over the
contest that there is some talk of bringing
Out dark horse as means of healing the
two factions H. Clay BascOm Of Troy,
\. Y, is most frequently mentioned as
compromise Candidate. and occasionally
Gideon Il. Stewart of Ohio and Pro
lessor Dickie OF Michigan are sug-
gested. The friends of Bidwel and
Demorest regard the talk of dark
horse with dsfavOT, and many delegates
think the matter has gone so far that it
must be fought out. Bidwel's friends
claim his election on the first pallot. and
ridicule Demoresrs claims. The Demorest
men are making much Of the strong sentt-
ment against fusion with the Peoples
party. Tie opposition to fusion is very
marked, aud Miss Frances L. Willard To-
night is apparently alone In the advocacy
Of II, though the leaders OF both factions
appear united on the surface in antaROniSm
10 the proposition. Ex-Governor John L.
st. John Of Kansas will preside tomorrow
and A. +. NClfenbarRer OF Nebraska Will
be secretary. a. A. Stevens of PenBsylYa-
MIA or Professor Dickie will probably be the
permanent chairman. Walter Hill Of
Georgia, Joshua LeYerlng of Maryland,
Colonel Balm of kentucky, John w. Rus
oF oif a nd 4 a Pam
sylyania are suggested as good vice presi-
Dental timber.
The leaders express confidence that this
Will be the largest convention ever held and
are making preparations TO give the move
ment a boom. Music Hall, IN which the
convention viii be held. is the place in
which Hancock was nominated for the
Presidency. Ii has seating capacity for
nearly 5000 persons. The building is deco
rated With bunting flags. the coats-of-arms
OF the various States and inscriptions suit
able 10 the Prohibition convention, n few of
whicE are not complimentary to the leading
political parties. One hundred and fifty
delegates are in town and several special
trains are on the way. Fourteen carloads
are expected from the Pacific and the far
West. The Southern delegates are scatter
ing, and some Of the far Southern States
will not be well represented.
While the Presidential! nomination at
present seems 10 lie between General Bid
well and Mr.. Dem0rest The former is the
choice Of the leaders, wGo are putting him
forward TO oppose Demorest The prlnci-
pal point urged in favor 0f the latter seems
to be that be VIII subscribe literally 10 tie
campaign. But the leaders want a man
who Will take well as q speaker, and they
say II DtmOrest IS nominated Il Will be
necessary to send him away until the cam
Daign is over, so that he cannot make
spPecbes or be interviewed.
a sensation was created IN the beer and
music Rails 30 n The Rhne' J; ct night by
visits by Ex-Governor ST. John Of Kansas,
his wife, Rev. II. c. Lock- wood, Mrs. Helen
Cougar and other prominent Prohibition
lists. They sawthe actual workings Of these
places, but will make no attempt at mission
airy work among them.
The color line has caused considerable eX-
element, as at the Gibson House several
cOlored delegates were not allowed 10 at
with the whites. The chairman Of tue
North Carolina delegation declared, if
necessary, that all ibe members OF his
delegation will remove from the motel.
At midnight Bdwell seemed to h ave a
clear field Tor the Presidential nomination.
Nevertheless the Illinois people have de-
e.ded 10 present tile name OF Judge David
Mccullough Of Peoria for President. Sam
uel Small will probably be named by the
Georgia delegation for lce-President, al
though lie is urging VI alter B. Hill Of
Georgia for thar place.
O. N. Miller, chairman; +. Evans, sec
retaTY, and Hiram Maine Of The Louisville
Council Of National Reformers called a
meeting this afternoon AT which We're pres
ent mixed company OF Pr0hlbitjogists,
Peoples party. etc, and they speut several
hours IN discussing the feasibility OF uniting
all the reform forces in a single party. The
result was the appointment Of n committee
Of seven to recommend 10 the Prohibition
ist convention and to the Peoples party
convention to instruct their respective ma
tlonal committees to confer with each other
with the view TO the unlficatiOn Of the re-
form forces; furthermore, that the name Of
the Prohibition party be changed to The
National Reform nerty