New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-22
DEMOCRACY's C0NGLAVE.
It will Name the Party Nominee at Chica-
go this Week.

The National Democratic Convention
is beiug held in Chicago this week and
almost as much interest centers on the
outcome as was aroused by the Republic
can gathering at Minneapolis. There
are already several candidates in the field
and no one can safely predict the result.
The anti Cleveland men desire to break
the. Cleveland strength. They are in the
same position that the anti Harrison men
were at Minneapolis, and, in fact, there
are lines of similarity in the entire con-
test. There, as here, the national COM
mittee was against the man having the
majority of the delegates. There, as
here, the shrewdest politicians were
against the most popular candidate IN
the field But in the Democratic contest
there are number of small fry cand
dates who are trying to get IN on the
favorite son plan. None Of them begin
commands attention, and it is the gener-
al understanding that the delegates sup
porting them are at heart Cleveland men
and will support Cleveland as soon as
opportunity offers. The big Democratic
managers, Brice, German, Watterson and
the Tammany managers generally, are
probably against Cleveland. German
says he expects to see Cleveland nomin-
ated, but probably hopes for different
result Some of the Cleveland men think
German is the head, front and brains of
the anti Cleveland movement. -
The general understanding seems to be
that German and Brice have played Hill
for all there is in it and led him to the
suicidal acts for which he has become
famous, notably the February snap con-
vention and the disastrous Southern trip.
Both of these acts have been absolutely
fatal to Hill, no matter who was respon-
SlDlC 1Ol tllCIll. wi IS lSSuINtCA
with suspicion by the Cleveland men,
although it is generally understood that
the great Grover has absolute confidence
in him. There is a probability that if
German and Brice saw a clear way to-
defeat the ex-president they might be in
it, but if they see by a count Of delegates
that he is pretty sure to win they will no
doubt be his most loyal supporters. At
all events, they will not be taken into
the Cleveland camp and given command
of the Cleveland forces.
The New York delegation IS as deter
mined that New York shall dictate the
nomination as are the Cleveland men that
it shall not. The Cleveland men are as
pronounced in asserting that without the
mugwump vote New York cannot be
carried for theDemocrats and that Cleve-
and is the only man that can get the
mugwump vote as are the Tammany men
in asserting that the regular Democracy
which they represent will not support
any man whose nomination is dictated
by the mugwYmps; and so the war goes
on. The Tammany crowd would pro-
badly eat dish of crow if it was offered
them in Cleveland's nomination, notwith
standing their protests now, but they are
not going to lie down until they have
done everything they can to defeat
Cleveland. $3.50, -.-. a...a.
The Cleveland men, outside of New
York, say they want Cleveland, and will
have him. If some man is selected at
the behest ofTammany they will go home
and sitdown and let Tammany elect him
They further claim that they would rath-
er see Harrison president than to see a
Democrat elected who owed his eleva-
ton to Tammany. They would be sure
of safe administration with Harrison,
and they would not with Tammany
man in control.
Tue chief interest attaches to the prob
able action Of Illinois, Indiana and
Kentucky. If all of these states cast
their solid support to Cleveland on the
first ballot there is little doubt but that
he would receive the two-thirds vote re-
quisite for a nomination. But should
each Of these states, on the other hand.
cast the full strength Of it's delegation for
its favorite son, the probabilities of Mr..
Cleveland's nomination on the opening
ballot would be very remote indeed In
the estimates given this evening by some
of the Cleveland managers as to how the
eX-president is sure of receiving the re-
quisite tWo-thirds on the first ballot, it
is observed that all Of these states are
not credited with allegiance to Their fav-
orite son. The aggregate votes of Hi
nois, Indiana and Kentucky are 1O4, and