Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-17
yfIoNAL POLITICS.
instructed Delegations VIII Be In
Control at Chicago.
rgg STATES TO NAME THE TICKET.
49,. that Cast Democratic Electoral
votes Recent Elections Aeainttho
Npgwumps-Rcpubiiean Outlook.
- onr Rcgnlar corrosponaenl.l

prom Our Regular Corrcspondensl
WASHINGTON. April l6.-Unins'ructed
,,...o,ions will control the Chicago con-
ton. That is thoproyailing sentiment
-, puhlo men at Washington. They
80 ihc.r ideas Of the political situation
s.,-o what they SEQ and hear. Not only do
.,sr NEE, many prominent men who visit
'L.csn,tol. bu, they are in constant CON-
.,i,,tion 9th local lcsders-men whose
- have weight not alone in counties,
satin states The shrewdcst and most
..ncci politicians those who know
f.nc about running campaigns-are
.... crave faces al present. Senti-
.th las been running riot with the Dem
l.-,.,- partv since the elections Of 1880,
r.a1v whose Judgment before was
.th .omctkinc are no longer 20 be relied
Nr. Cleveland, tho ex President. is
thinl 10 that fact. In his letter pub
t.3 mis- week ne admits there is danger
-- rI,-ulv tells his Chattanooga admirers
1tstlct,cr is regarded here by not a few
-. ,e-y PLAIN indication that Mir. Cleye-
"a is beginning 10 realize the danger
ir.at,ur the party. IL would not be
....-i. me were he 10 coon write what a
...-. n public men have predicted-a let
e. ,isolgtely taking himself out of the
f.. .t rrendcntIal possibilities. IL has
80 Beloved all along that he would write
...b Litter. New York. the Empire State
.-t f.. one IN which he resides. has de-
,.-.l through the regular Democratic
,..rrrf.n. held at Albany February 22d,
49, senator David B. Hill is the choice OF
,.r1ura lar President. The misguided
..-tf.nru VINO are organizing q bolt. and
g.. rrrr1sc 90 20 through the form Of
c...rr another set Of delegates at SYRIA
,...a. Nav Slst. are all Mr.. Cleyelands
,.-f.. They ere open and avowed Cleve-
..I r.u aud their motto is anything to
bal HILL
BY sInOET or Ills Pm.
~ Cleveland. by a single sentence,
..-I1 r.ts stop 20 this idiOtic bolt, and
!. NH BIO not do so there is hardly sane
,..-0 farv political judgment who be-
i.,s fora moment that the Chicago con-
v..t..r can afford Go nominate either Dir.
C.,.Ia.l 1r Mr.. Hill on the face Of such o
So. a Affairs. According 20 the ex-
,-.rr1- heard IN political and legislative
,-.. tho Varty could possibly have
srr..l o. ignore New York If there had
f.r.,s.a. elsewhere indicating probable
r.r..rqtfc success in November without
H.. electoral vote Of Nov York. The rain
l.rr.s-.uc element that has been so con-
s.r.1- .u tho Democratic party of late
i..,.l some weeks ago that Mr.. Glove
land could ae elected without the vote of
SIS Ius. They said he would carry
lt0le Island. Massachusetts,. Wiscon-
g. Iowa. Michigan, and perhaps Hi
r They are not saying much
-t Lllle Island at present and,
an. o.. disastrous attempt 90 carry
o. -..s las become known no one hears
t,.tt.- moro about Little Rhody" as
ir-.-..e ior ans party but the Republl-
rr ,,achusctts. the very hot-bed of
lr.Ruups and ralnb0w-chasers, did not
,,.. l.r. instruct for any candidate. The
o.e.a.lns viii 60 10 Chicago unpledged.
Crr. tat. Collins, the most distin-
r.,..l uaE among the delegates from the
ST. State prevented the Massachusetts
crrerl.n from committing a folly.
s.r-l. weeks ago General Collins was in
N...n-.ln. aud q very prominent south
o. tor had long talk with him re-
l-lt. tie situation. General Collins
I'm -l ia substance: Il have been
iI o. 60 O. q delegate to Chicago. j
d.. ..a.suted. J have told our people,
D 9..e- that there must be no lnstruc-
s0,i 1 wlll not be pledged IN advance
@ ary uan.'
ia. sol MADE UP HIS MIND.
V-rns the same conversation General
{ ts nd to the Senator that he was not
fil.r Cleveland. He further expressed
rolnon that Mr.. Cleveland had had
Crcl honOrs 90 the hands ~ the Demo
care PARTY, and having failed TO beat
Tul % b. vas time for him TO step aside
f.tr.w mau. General Collins has not
,f.rIv made up his mind whom he will
sru. He ie not specially friendly TO
sli1r uil. tie is believed 10 lean to-
vsl Mr. German, and IL tine Maryland
art.r cannot be nominated then u may
ls.ac ssarv 20 60 West for the candidate.
q patty. I'M the opinion of General Col
lt.isu Ht So poor that 10 has only one can
C4f.aul one idea. IL that were the case,
or 'he one man should die or decline t.
o.. tueu the great old party that was
DEED bv Thomas Jefferson and that has
suyel wars and defeat would have to
ltlowle lge itself bankrupt anu so out Of
ls.Lrss.
IS Thy HANDS or HIS FRIENDS.
Senator German is in the hands OF his
rltni..' That is what another Demo
rstc senator said the other day when
-sed f the Maryland senator was still re-
a,l o. being among presidential posi-
..te-. Private Allen, of Mississippi,
,eua.kol On 1850. on being pinned down
ly congressional asDirant IN his district
b. to whether OF not he intended 20 run
t-an. " ! did not want TO go 10 Congress
i.-alsher term. but now seem 10 be IN
,e band. 90 my friends, and you know
st.l O fellow gets IN the bands OF his
if.ai- Boz l5 q dangerous man." just so
VIA senator German. Many believe that
no Ftnnf -
.I1 Tie nav not he nominated, how
Ug. tut be VIII say a great deal in
g. n-tler Of choosing the candidate.
Senator Hli Is anO' her man who viii have
I's 90 sos. aud then there are the western
sIlt-. They. too. VIII al have fol-
ulL. "a tho Chicago convention.
lle iwothirds rue Will prevail, and
i1l 1.l ol inn from start TO finish. 1t
S.lrlt tea tame affair like the Republi-
can convention az Minneapolis. The
sa.., tlat cast Democratic electoral votes
i4uo the ticket at Chicago in the
opinion g ,hc best-posted men to be met
-,. .nI lcansyivaDla and Ohio will not
h.r cat as great figure as New York.
4-e Democrats do not expect TO carry
,...r OHIO or Pennsylvania. but they
A-'r tla, tcw York must be carried, or
t tIr Iarr son-will serve one more term
if, l.ul. Talk as much as they please
i.s D}er-arlent Democrats who declare
I.. Now York counts tor nothing in the
l-..t- contest viii find that without her
.l.. vote m November the party will
wander four more years IN the wilderness.
NEw YORK AND TTxAs.
Its generally conceded here that New
Fk SOD have great deal to say at
'.c,o oud there. Is no lodging that
ti. .,a fact. Texas Is "a mighty Demo
,'. $50 De and her Legislature has just
t',. lolei "a presidential preferences,
s.l i0-. ls how Il stood: Hill, 81: Cleye-
.'ll. -. holcs, u; Carlisle, 6; Palmer, .;
.i4n. g.. Voorhees,, 3; Morrison, 2;
.e a..teTn man." Sc.
i...t have been claims that Texas was
AI oae Way.' The above poll does not
'-.N A.. senator Coke and Others think
'... HL Cleveland wlll have very few dele
81. iium Texas They al agree that the
B., ,s-.llon willEoto Chicago unrestricted.
--s 500 likely bo the rule with the south
LEGATIONS. The situation is rather
critical % be taking chances on any
sn before the national leaders confer
P. .Aeafo. Senator Vest says that Mis-
-ii 500 not instruct for any candidate
p. Thinks that perhaps Mr.. Cleveland
greater following ia the State than
l.iet candidates spoken Of. Senator
.a. Just come back from New York.
81 he e talking up Governor Flower
'.--y e' compromise malone likely
.ie The Two factions in that State. II
Ne remembered that Mr.. Flower was
WING sa far brcL al. 1894 oud ha ar,