The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-06-18
FROM The WINDY CITY
Doings and Sayings of Demo-
Gratis There Assembled.
CHAIRMAN BRlce AGAINST HILL,

Fast Filling Up - Estimates as to the
Strength of the Candidates - Illinois
People Regard morrison's Boom as "A
Joke--opinions of Clevelnnd's Former
Law Partner - Energetic Work of the
Hill Boomers.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-While the brass
bands and the badge wearing brigades
are not not on the ground yet, there are
enough convention boomers here to
make the city lively "a hours of the day,
and the jolly little row in New York
more than makes up for any deficiency
in numbers. Every train that rolls in
here now unloads big and little guns,
and though the battle is not yet on the
skirmish lines are deployed and the
rattle of musketry is being heard on
every hand.
Representatives of the New York fac
tions have been busy as beavers day and
night ever since their arrival here.
With even as few as there are of them,
there is such demonstration of feeling
as to indicate disposition to eat each
other up rather than to make a mere
test of strength.
The avowed object Of the "anti-snap'
New Workers is to make an impression
on the delegates from other States with
grand decorum ana the manners of emil
nent respectability, anu to convince
them that the regular New York dele
CATION does not represe MT the sentiment
of the Democrats of that State
There are not enough people here yet
to give any positive drift to the situa-
tion. 1t may be said that at the start
Mr.. Cleveland is far in the lead of every
body. If majority could nominate he
would have che nomination surely. His
friends profess to believe that there will
be no difficulty about his getting the
necessary two-thirds on the first ballot,
yet MIR. Fairchild says very frankly that
he does not think it possible for them to
know certainly at this time whether or
not they have enough votes to nomi-
nate, and that ne does not believe there
will be any way of counting noses be-
fore the meeting of the convention.
Some talk is heard concerning Con-
gresham w. R. Morrison as a dark
horse. 1t is mainly prompted by Con-
gresham Foreman and hithian, who
have established themselves ut the Pal
mer house. They have a number of
lieutenRnts with them who will be used
for the purpose of promoting the Inter
State Commerce Commissioner boom
when it is thought the proper time
has arrived. Whenever an Illinois man
is to be found, however, the idea of
Morrison cutting any important figure
is regarded only as joke.
The Wigwam has been thoroughly
in spected in accordance with directions
OF the city building department by In
spectors Agnew, Maher and Chaplin.
Particular attention was paid to the
roof trusses and supports as we'll as to
the addition. They unanimously ar
rived at the conclusion that the struc-
ture was we'll constructed, and abso-
luUely safe.
The Hill men have literally covered
the interior of the Auditorium Hotel
with Autographs Of their can didate, and
the stranger gets the impression that
they have hired or bought the structure
for their own uses and entered upon
possession.
Tammany literary bureau has COM
menced active operations. It's ammuni-
tion includes bulky pamphlet filed
with extracts from newspapers favor
able to Hill or,antagonisUic to Cleveland,
together with "A sheet considering the
CdusSS WhlOu leu W llb uSl6hJ Oh CleN6-
land in 1883, and taking the ground
that the same causes would operate
against his success this year.
Altogether, nearly a dozen different
kinds of literature are being distributed
by the wholesale. Richard Croker and
Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan are holding the
fort pending the arrival of the rank aud
file of their braves, when they propose
to make the fur fly. Croker is inclined
to be sarcastic at the expense of the
Cleveland leaders.
VIM. S. Bissell of Buffalo, who was
Grover Cleveland's partner before the
ex-President went into politics, has ar.
rived at the Wellington. Mr.. Bissell is
quartered near the apartments which
Ex-Mayor Grace will occupy, and he
will be taken into the counsel of the
anti-Hill forces.
"Alr. Cleveland will, believe, be the
nominee of the convention, but if he is
turned down l believe the Democratic
party will have made the greatest mis-
take of its political existence, " said Mr..
Bissell Certainly the conditions and
situation in New York city call for the
nomination of no other man"
Il have been reading the manifesto
issued by Messrs. Murphy, Croker and
Sheehant IN which they made an assault
on the so-called Mugwump voters They
have been talking that way for months,
but certainly the independent voters
whom they scoff at are by no means to
be lightly alluded TO. They are power
iu New York State, which to-day is more
potential than any other State in the
Union.
SIN Buffalo have met hundreds and
hundreds Of prominent men who are in
dependent in politics, and they have
told me they will vote for Mr., Cleveland.
MIR. Cleveland is much stronger to-day
than in 1858. The tariff reform idea
has taken deep root since 1888 The
people understand that the tariff is
tax, the campaign of education begun
in 1888 having gone steadily on since
then.
Summed up in a nutshell, aud as con-
ceded by representatives of all the ele-
ments, the situation simply is that the
adherents of Senator Hill will hold the
balance of power. Just what particular
number of votes the supporters
of Grover Cleveland will lack upon the
first ballot is debatable question.