The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-05-16

tional Convention-senator Ostrom
of Yuba and Barney Murphy Of
Santa Clara the Opposing Candi-
dates, the Former Favoring the In
dorsing of Cleveland for President.
from the RECoRD-UNIoN's Special Core
spondentl
FRESNO, May l5.-Although the Demo-
cratic State Convention does not meet I'M
til Tuesday afternoon, fully half of the
delegates have already arrived, and the
city consequently has taken on a lively
appearance. The delegates have got on
the field early, as there are number Of
fights to settle, and the general desire is
to have these attended to before the con-
yention meets, if possible.
The Fresno people are receiving the
visitors very Hospitality, and have ac-
commodated all so far. There is liable to
lie some crowding before tomorrow
night. The city is in holiday attire, and
the principal streets are being decorated
handsomely with flags and banners, and
nearly every store in town, as well as
many private residences, also neatly
dressed. This decorating will serve a
double purpose. being in honor of both
the delegates and the Eastern editors,
who are to arrive shortly.
The Sacramento delegation and great
many from the southern counties arrived
this evening. The Sacramentans are
quartered at the Grand Central Hotel. 4
gOOdly number from San Francisco are
here, also, as well as from the central
counties, particularly those who have Ia
VOrS to ask of the convention.
OF course buttOn-holing and wire
pulling is the order Of the day, the vari-
GUS contests for Delegates large, dis
trlct delegates and the like not being
thought of at this time. all interest being
settled on the fight for Guardianship of
the convention. 1t is now settled that
there viii only be two candidates for this
position Of honor, and that promises to be
warm one. These candidates are Sena-
tor ID. a. OstrOm of Yuba and Barney
Murphy of Santa Clara.
Ostrom and Murphy both arrived on the
same train this evening and have taken
off their coats and gone in for business,
Murphy has his headquarters at the
Hughes Hotel, while OStrom is located at
the Grand Central.
The bone of contention in this fight is
as TO whether or not the convention shall
indOrse Cleveland for President Of the
United States and pledge the delegates to
chicago TO so cast their votes. OStrOm
and his cohorts favor the Endorsement.
while the Murphy people, at least large
majority OF them, are opposed TO the con-
yention taking such action.
The anti-Cleveland people attribute
their antagonism to Cleveland's failure to
reward those who worked the hardest for
his election. They say they have moth
ing but admiration Tor his adminiStra-
tration, with this one exception, and they
declare that if he is nominated they can
not go into the campaign with the yigor
and determination they would like to, as
they feel certain that his only reward
would be to distribute the patronage
among those who sat back and watched
others work.
On the other hand, the Cleveland sup
pOrterS, who appear to be largely in the
majority, argue that Cleveland is the
only man that the party can put forward
who has show to win, and that as he
Will surely be nominated by the Chicago
Convention the California delegation
would cut no figure anyhow, and there
fore should get in on the right side. They
also remind the anti-Clevelandites that at
the time of Growers election the Demo-
cratic party in California was split no
and the factions We're fighting among
themselves for the patronage each rep
reSenting itself as being the only true
blue Democratic party. Cleveland recog-
nized the situation and adopted the
course of giving the offices to Democrats
who were not mixed up in the squabble
But the fact that the Grover Cleveland
delegates are in the majority here does
not mean that OStrOm is going to have a
Walk-over for the Craftsmanship. Muir
ply Is a very popular man, and has any
amount of warm personal friends. who
while they favor indOrSing Cleveland
also want Murphy for Chairman. and
announce that they will vote for him.
SO far as can be ascertained tonight
the fight will be a very close one with
odds in favor of Ostrom. The Sacra-
mento delegation stands a unit for Os-
from, and the Endorsement of Cleveland.
The anti-CIeYeland people all studi-
Ously repudIate any hankering for David
Is. Hill and assure all that they are
simply and solely opposed to indorsing
Cleveland. They want the delegation TO
go to Chicago unpledged The original
programme of the anti-Cleyeland men
was to run w. W. FOote of Alameda for
Chairman, but evidently came to the
conclusion that OstrCm would beat him
badly.
William d. English, who. with Paul
MOffitt of Oakland. j. V. Coleman and
James j. Flynn of San Francisco, ap-
pears to be handling, the fight against
Cleveland, went to san Jose a few DAYS
ago. and had consultation with Barney
Murphy. The result was that FoOte was
pulled down and Murphy put in his
place in the list against CStrOm. This II
Is understood, was not done with the
hope of converting Cleveland supporters,
but because they believed that hturDhy's
personal popularity would pull him
through. This would give them the Com
mittee on Resolutions, and give them
first blood against Cleveland.
\ prominent leader of the Cleveland
ties told your correspondent tonight,
however, that even ii Murphy should
win, the convention would still. in all
probability indorSe Cleveland by amend
ing the Committee on Resolutions report.
They base this on the belief thai the
Cleveland men who vote for Murphy Will
then turn around and vote for the in
dorsement. This is not encouraging for
the opposition, but they admit that it may
turn out that way.
Some OF the Murphy men have been
calling attention tonight TO the alleged
fact that their man had not yet committed
himself against Cleveland and should not
be opposed or that ground. But the fact
OF the matter is that Murphy did so de-
clare himself on the train this afternoon,
and said he would not take the chair on
any other understanding.
Ostrom and Murphy met on the train
at Iathrop, and We're together during
most of the trip down. They were ouite
friendly and discussed the issues ut
length, but at the same time each was
firm in his prejudices, and declined to be
swerved.
1t is believed that the chairmanship
fight viii depend on the san Francisco
delegation. Ostrom'S friends from the
metropolis say the delegation is about
evenly divided, and if this is the. case he
,I,o,fJ win The other side bo,,.o,-,-