The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
UNIT RULE.
The Anti-CIeveIand Leaders Scare Their
Opponents.

The Anti Cleveland Leaders Scare Their
Opponents.
CHICAGO, June 23.-The anti-Cleve-
land leaders succeeded Tuesday night in
getting from the subcommittee on the
committee on rules report against the
unit rule. The announcement of this
fact created a sensation at late hour
when it came out. It filled the Cleve-
land men with surprise and apprehen-
sion. They realized later though the
rules of the convention are made by
simple majority and not a two-thirds
majority of the convention, and that
whether the full committee sustained
the action of the subcommittee or not,
the report would be beaten in the con-
ventiOn.
But they realized also that the fight
ON the unit rule might be made pro
longed and bitter, and not only would
delay the balloting, but would concen-
trate the anti-Cleveland forces so as to
show their full strength on a poll of the
convention. If this vote should show
less than twO-thirds of the convention
for Cleveland it would be a cOntradic-
ton of the claims of Mr.. Whitney and
Mr.. Dickinson, and would give to the
opposition the confidence which it has
lacked.
Caught Mapping.
Attorney General Hensel, of Penn
sylvania said after the meeting: "They
caught us mapping in the subcommittee,
and the mater went practically by de-
fault. Most of those present We're Hill
men. The report to the general COM
mittee is to be made at 9 o'clock this
morning, and we shall try to over
throw it.
Not Satisfied.
The Illinois delegation is not at all salts
| fed with the adoption of the unit rule,
but an attempt by the New York men
! to break it by offering a combination OF
! Slocum and Morrison has not met with
! sufficient favor to warrant the belief
| that the action of the delegation will be
rescinded before the first ballot is taken
If the first ballot does not nominate
| the committee may hold another caucus
! and rescind their agreement to vote for
| Cleveland. Not only are the Illinois
men FESTIVE about the unit rule, but
! they are dirpleased with the combina-
! ton believed to have been made by the
! Cleveland managers on Gray for vice
| president.
! For Vice President.
Illinois has two favOrite sons who are
candidates for the vice presidency. Hon.
Lambert Tree and Hon. Adlai 4.
Stevenson.
There will be several candidates for
the second place and if Mr.. Cleveland is
nominated on the first ballot, as his
friends still profess to believe that he
will be, thei will be still fight over
the vice pre- dency which will make the
convention lively.
Michigan will put up Judge Morse;
Illinois, Mr.. Stevenson, and California,
Congressman Geary. Then Horace
Boies, of Iowa, is a strong possibility,
although his supporters now refuse to
consider his availability for any but the
first place on the ticket.
A POLICY OF DELAY
Adopted by CIeveIand's Opponents in
i Hopes of Defeating Him.
CHICAGO, June 23.-Wednesday the
New York delegation was clinging to a
last desperate hope of defeating the
nomination of Grover Cleveland. They
were seekir to unite the opposition to
him on soc new candidate, and they
thought they would succeed. They
were willing to take Campbell, but the
ex-governor remembered the fate OF
Mckinley at Minneapolis and refused
TO allow his name to be used.
Many of them would be satisfied with
Boies or Morrison, but the name most
frequently heard in connection with the
possibility of new combination wa;
that of General Henry w. SlOcum, OF
New York. German, the New Yorker:
would have nothing to do with. The
New York delegates were very tndlg
nant with the Maryland senator, whom
they charged with having broken the
combination against Cleveland few days
ago, after encouraging them TO believe
that he would stand by them.
MIR. Gor1nan's side OF the question ha:
not been stated in full, but his friends II
the Maryland delegation have given out
since the canvass of Monday the state
ment that he refused to permit his name
to be used and that his refusal was be
cause he believed that 1t was to be put
up only for the purpose of beating MIR
Cleveland.
The policy of the anti Cleveland lead
ers, it was announced. would be policy
Of delay They would fight everything
in the convention Wednesday, it wa!
said, with the idea of deferring the frs
ballot until Thursday, when they hops
to have their forces in better order.
German Ill.
Senator German, of Maryland, as thu
result of Tuesdays storm, was assailet
Tuesday night by his old enemy, neu
ralgia, and was confined to his room
His indispOsition gave rise to many
rumOrs, some of them quite sensational
To reporter of the United Press wh'
called ON him Wednesday morning, thu
senator said that he was much bette
and would soon be entirely recovered.