The morning call., 1892-06-09

not seem 10 be good policy in view of the
hostility evinced, and that is just why
they are advising a compromise. 1t is evil
dent still that Alger is striving to hold the
balance of power, and his friends are ad-
vancng claims which they can hardly hope
to make good when the vote is taken. Ac-
cording to the claims of General Alger's
friends he has gained considerable ground
during the day. One of his friends from
Michigan said in the convention hall that
Alger would have between 90 and so votes
on the first ballot.
Strange as ii may seem, he will not hold
his own delegation solid. Four out of the
% will go for Harrison on the first ballot,
but will probably not hold to their instruc-
tions any longer than that
1t has been Supposed all along that Gen.
eral Alger would recieYe a majority of his
votes from the Southern States, but this is
denied by his friends. They say that only
five will come to him from the South and
the rest will be from the Northern and New
England States. The chances are, however.
that this Is largely boom talk, and when it
is all simmered down it will probably be
found that the general is not so strong as
his enthusiastic friends would have it ap-
pear.
That they will insist upon putting him In
the race is certainly assured unless they see
fit to change their minds at the last moment,
but this is not at all probable.
The entire Alger move is palpably gotten
uD in the interest of Blame with the hope
of gathering to the Michigan man n few
strong votes that might go to Harrison.
The great effort. it will be seen, is to pre-
nFlf M ~
Heretofore but little hand has been taken
by the representatives of the Adminstra-
tion, but to-day Secretary Elkins and
Foster got into the fight, and they are keep
ing the wires hot between here and Wash
ington. Not only are they advising men
how to act in the conduct of the contest,
but they are bracing delegates up. and are
doing in that way effective work The
Southern vote still stands out foremost and
prominent, and great interrogation point
on every page of estimates.
No one knows TO q certainty how many Of
the colOred delegates from the South will
vote, and no one is altogether sure to whom
certain OF the white delegates will ult-
mately give their allegiance
Both sides are employing every effort
known to political ingenuity to win the
support Of all the scattering and uncertain
delegates, but the latter seem to fully realize
the importance OF their position and are
rather disposed to make the most OF it by
standing out and asserting their independ-
ence until the time for open balloting ar
rives.
Here is where all the Californians go to
pieces, and estimates are of course hard to
give with anything like a reasonable cer-
tainty of approximate correctness. If all
the delegates here would come out and an
nounce their preference. of course 1t would
be an easy task TO forecast the result, but
as it is, it is guess work Largely. at best.
Another thing is that there has been no
snbsidence OF the noise which has been
such conspicuous feature Of this gather
ing. Clubs from all over the Mississippi
Valley continue to pour in, and they are
making the town howl White hats and linen
busters and red, white and blue plumes ill
the streets and the corridors Of the hotels,
and the wild yell of the boomer is heard on
every side Brass bands and loud-mouthed
screechers come and go from daylight
to long after midnight, and it looks very
much as II every ward-heeler within
radius OF 300 miles was here. Nearly all Of
them are ha wing their expenses paid in re-
turn for the pandemonium they manage to
turn loose on every occasion. ana they cer-
tainly earn every cent given them