St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-23
Unite the Democracy


harmony in the ranks of the party in
this state and will heal the two factions
so as to
Unite the Democracy
of New York on one candidate. Who
that candidate will be it is hard to tell:
Some are OF the opinion that he will
throw his weight and strength to Cleve-
land, and will assist in making his
nomination unanimous, while others
think that Cleveland would be the last
man he would throw his influence to,
and that his strength would go to some
Western candidate, Ex-Governor Gray,
of Indiana, or Senator Palmer, OF llil-
nOis. When Hill entered the race he
expected to have enough votes to make
the nomination on the first ballot, but
he finds, if he allows his name to be
presented at the Chicago convention,
he will have only handful of delegates
to support his nomination: that. with
the exception of the New York delega-
ton, composed of seyenty-tWo, he will
have only few delegates here and
there from the other states. He ex-
pected to have, at the lowest figure,
over
Four Hundred Delegates
instructed for him, and to go into the
Chicago convention with that number.
He also expected that the New York
would win him many votes in the ether
states, but he finds that it had
no weight whatever in the con-
test. but instead it decreased his
claims in place of increasing them.
His Southern trip has greatly dis
couraged him. He expected to capture
many votes through his trip i'll Georgia,
which was considered his greatest
stronghold in the South. His men,
Editor Howell. of the Atlanta Consti-
tvtion, Editor Walch, of the Augusta
Chronicle, ex-senator John E. Brown.
Senator Colquitt and Congressman
Livingston, president of the Farmers
Alliance, who are powers IN the state,
were completely Outgeneraled by the
Cleveland forces. The delegates
instead of being instructed for Hill. as
his lieutenants expected. tWo-thlrds OF
them will vote for Cleveland. In Viz
ginia his men were also outmarshaled.
Here he expected to receive the sup
port of the
Entire Virginia Delegation.
1t is the general opinion that the re-
suits in these states haStened his de-
cision, and that if the results mad
turned out as he expected, he would
have continued III the field until the
close. 1t is we'll known that innumera-
BILE meetings and conferences have been
held in this city and WASHINGTON dur
ing the past month, and at each of these
meetings the advisability of HIPS con-
tinuing in the race was discussed. AT
all of these meetings HIPS chief lieu
tenants, Richard Croker. Chairman
Murphy, Conglessmen Fellows and
Cochrane. of New York; Senator Col
Quit, of Georgia, and Senator Daniel,
of Virginia, were present. 1T is
stated that at the last meeting
held his lieutenants advised the
senator to withdraw in favor of Senator
German, of Maryland, bnt he refused TO
do so. It is evident that considerable
pressure was brought to bear on the
senator, as the announcement of this
letter will indicate. Rumor has it that
the Tammany leaders have been seri-
ously considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
asking Senator Hill to step down and al
low Cleveland to be nominated.
The Leaders of Tammany
have entertained fears that the present
factional split in New York may en-
danger the supremacy of that organiZa-
ton in this citv. 1t is for this that the
Idmndny ledu6ES nave tdhSh d HdiIu
and forced Hill TO withdraw rather than
allow the senator to remain in the
race after his chances of secur-
ing the nomination are hopeless,
for the sole purpose of preventing
the nomination of Cleveland. Richard
Croker, Tammany's chief and the boss
of the state, admitted that Hill is writ
ing, or will write, letter of withdrawal
very shortly. but would not speak any
further on the matter. This admission
by Croker should be sufficient to dispel
all thoughts that Hill will not retire
from the field. Another remarkable
story atioat is that Hill is not writing
his letter of withdrawal from his own
free will. but is compelled to write it.
and is writing it from the dictation of
the Tammany bosses, who see how
things are drifting, and cannot see how
the senator can get the nomination.
Chairman Murphy is still for Hill, and,
in an interview, claims he will be NOM
mated. 1t is believed that Murphy,
being a warm advocate of Hill, has
overreached his bounds in his claim,
and the figures of the present will not
uphold his claim.