The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-18
HOLDS THE BALANCE OF POWER

Hill Has No Show for the Nomination, but
May Defeat CIeveland-Antis Mad.
United Press Dispatch.
CHICAGO. June 17.-Just about one six tn of
thenIne hundred men whose votes will make
the Democratic nominee for the presidency
next week. and, at the most, O couple Of
thousand outsiders who are interested in
the political fortunes of one or other of the
candidates. will sleep under Chicago roofs
tonight. 1t 10 but small contingent of
the whole that Is this evening making and
unmaking candidates. figuring MP. totals
with an air of assurance. prophesying aud
speculatlng. and to their own satisfaction
at least, outlining the course
of events for the next few days
The views and opinions of SO small q
contingent would be about as valuable as
the expressions Of o mass. meeting were it
not for the fact that. contrary to the gen.
eral 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 iunct-
ure. rhe leaders, as q matter of fact, are
on the ground in advance of the rank and
file. and actively engaged in shaping their
prospective pCllcle6 OF action.
Summed up in a nutshell, and as con-
ceded by representatives of all the ele-
ments, the situation simply is that the ad-
herents of Senator Hill will hold the bal
ance Of power. Just what particular num-
Der of votes the supporters of Grover
Cleveland Will lack upon tho first ballot is
O debatable question. Il table carefully
prepared by one of the 'anti-snappers." and
based upon the actions of the various
state conventions. gives the ex-President
five hundred votes. OF ninety-nine less
In this estimate. however. the
forty-eiuht votes of illinois are
counted for Palmer. and the thirty of In
diana for Gray. Neither Of these calcula-
President Is absolutely certain of at least
fourteen votes from Indiana aud twenty
from Illinois. which would bring his esti-
mate up to 53l. IN the estimate in ques-
tion sixty-eight Hill delegates are credited
tended by the Clevelandites that the men
so classified are open to ante-convention
arguments
WILL LACK THIRTY OR FORTY VOTES.
Whether or not. however. Cleveland's
strength is five hundred or over that figure,
1t is apparent at this time that unless there
is an entire revolution of sentiment on the
part of the Hill people outside of the New
Workers. he is bound to run from thirty to
forty less than the number of votes re-
quired on the first ballot. Friends of Gov.
Boies, however. who have entered upon
remarkably active campaign, ate not in
clined to think that the ex-Prcsident will
get even .ve hundred votes as q starter.
AlthouG their favorite is credited
Iowa. tney say tonight that they
have assurances of at least seventy
five votes on the first ballot. The
eight votes OF South Dakota, which were
supposed to De split up between Cleveland
and Hill will, they say, be cast solidiy for
the lOwan, while they will have support
from the Southern States that will upset the
calculations of both the Hill and Cleveland
leaders. So far as their Southern mission.
ary work is concerned they are banking
considerably on speech in opposition to
the force bill delivered by Governor Boies
at keoknk IN October 1890. and in viii ch
he took strong ground that the measure in
question vas no more necessary in the
Southern States than in the North.
There was no little significance in a call
made to-day by u number OF Iowa dele
gates upon Croker, Sheehan, Murphy and
others of the lammany brigade. The Wis.,
itors said they esired the New Workers TO
understand, inasmuch several Repub-
lican newspapers had questioned the De-
mocracy of Governor Boies and either in
sinuatcd or charged openly that he had
Eotou ioT Diaihe, thaJ IN the minus OF the
Iowa people there was question to bis
true blue Democracy and his faithfn mess
To the party under any and all circum-
stances. The New Workers responded that
they had no doubt as 10 the Democracy OF
Governor Boies; that they were familiar
with his career. and that they had studied
his speeches and were satisfied of HE
Democracy In every particular. An hour or
two after this some of the New Workers
paid fraternal visit TO the Iowa head
quarters.
AN ALLIANCE WITH THE HILLITES.
The Hawkeye contingent is inclined
to repudiate, with some heat, the sugges-
tion that there is something Immediately