The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-18
BooMs ARE NUMEROUS.
And An hut Ono Are Being Engineered to


BOOMs ARE NUMEROUS.
And An but Ono Are Being Engineered to
Defeat Grover Cleveland.
CHICAGO, June I7.-There are many pres
,dential barks tossing about on the polit
zeal sen tonight, but through the mists
ard shadows the hull OF Cleveland's hopes
looms omInously above them all 1t is,
indeed, Cleveland against the field aud the
field against Cleveland. Everybody real
ICES that the great question OF the conven-
tion is will Cleveland be nominated on
the first ballot" Should the logic of
events answer this question IN the mega
tive. the friends of ali the secondary can
didates will feel that the lists are then
open to their fsvorities; for somehow tho
conviction has gone forth that the failure
of tho ex-PresIdent TO receive the nomina-
tion ON the enthusiasm of the hrst
ballot means the elimination Oh
s the great tarif-reformer from tho
contest. They feel that O temporary check
60 the Cleveland impetuosity Will be 10 de-
stroy all the magic of his name and that
no subsequent effort can possibly swell his
following TO the two-thirds vote which
was wanting on the first ballot. All this
is the opinion entertained by the deiega-
tions VINO have fayOrite sons to offer. but
&c by no means follows that the correct
ness of this opinion IS conceded by the
Cleveland managers. Far from it. Tnev
maintain that while they beheVe
their man will DO nominated on
the first ballot, the fallsre TO re-
celye the requisite two-thirds on that
ballot Will not be an indication of his sub
eeauent defeat, FOR they expect Important
sccessIons from the followers of Boias:
Hill and Gray after their States nave PAID
20 ha "A
sons.
The various presidential candidates,
dark horses and possI bIittIes discussed to-
night are Cleveland, Hill and Flower, or
New York: Boies. of Iowa; Palmer. of lii
noie: GRAY OF Indiana: German, of Mary
land; Carlisle, of Kentucky; Morrison, of
Illinois; Campbell of Ohio; Russell of
Massachusetts and Pattison. of PeDnsyE
yania. CLEVELAND. Hill, BOles. Gray and
probably Palmer or German will all have n
Following on the first ballot; but the others
figure entirely as dark horses and compro-
hlIse candidates.
THE GORMAN MOVEMENT.
The German movement about which 40
much has been said IN the press received u
new impetus this afternoon by the arrival
Of Senator German, of Maryland. who came
20 the Palmer House about . o'clock. With
him was q party of Maryland delegates,
BIessrs Compton, Brown, Gwinn and Hunt.
The Senator fatty refused TO discuss the
political situation. Il don't know any
thing about it, he said. Il have Just ar-
pived in the city and have had no time to
look over the ground.
Your name Is being nsed. especially
among the Southern delegates. very freely.
kenatOr as n candidate Tor the presidency"
''You must know that cannot help that.
They should not take my maine IN vain.
Nobody has been authorized 10 say any
thing for me- bat this Is nil beside the ques-
tion. / cannot help what people will say.
bat i can help saying anything myself
y hen have nothing TO say"
do you believe Cleveland will be nomi-
nated"
Il think so. But really. l cannot discuss
that or any other question until have
more facts before me-"
Ex-Goyernor Brown. of Mary land, con-
fcssed To somewhat moro information.
There il. he said, "a strong frIendlinesS
for Cleveland in Maryland, as every body
knows. but our delegation comes 10 Chi
cago uninstructed. and If we SEQ a reason
sble chance TO nominate our fav0rite son
our people would expect Us to do our duty.
All of that however, is in the future. SEN
RtOr GOrmans name Will not be used 10
prevent or TO forward the nomination OF
my candidate. Naturally we would wish
Co see German made President of the
United States, but we are asking nothing
and proposing nothing. The safest thing
for you 10 say is that Maryland has no
candidate ana that her delegates are here
TO counsel with tho Democracy of the cOun-
try upon the question OF who should be
tho nominee"
In the meantime it isevident that great
deal of work Is being done for German,
chiefly. perhaps, from the New York head
quarters Mr.. NJ. j. Niblack late Speaker
pf the Indiana House of Representatives.,
SAID: Yes; You can hear German talk ali
pver the place. The Senator Is certainly
possibility. but the time is not ripe 10 bring
him forward yet. and i think that his
friends Will probably suppress the boom
till after the first ballot shall have cleared
the air and showed where we stand.
There are really two parties behind that
movement-one sincerely anxious To make
Senator German President, the other sin
cerey anxious that somebody else shall
not be President IL the two can combine
they will become very serious fac tor In the
convention; but they have not combined
Yet. You can see the same two forces at
work for Gray. for Morrison and for others
who have been named. L shall not make
up my mind as To what Is going TO happen
until see how far Cleveland falls behind
the necessary twO-thlrds OF the first bal
lot"
Not enough delegations are yet on hand
20 make missionary work worth the trouble
of organizing and pushing but lt seems
To be understood at the Cleveland
headquarters that either German, BOes,
.Norrlson. Palmer or Russell VIII get the
ipecessary help from tho Tammany direc-
tors To encourage their supporters TO con-
Atinue the fight In other words, with much
better organization tho same campRi III is
TO be repeated in Chicago which was made
in Minneapolis: with the difference that
Mr. Harrison had to have half the delegates,
while Mr.. Cleveland must get two thirds
OF them. Neither Dir. German himself nor
any of his closest friends will admit for q
moment that he Is a candidato, but the fact
remains that about the corridors of the
Palmer and the Grand Pacific today Cor
mans name was being discussed on every
band, TO hguoh go, indeed, that In some
quarters a spirit of opposition was aroused
and the Senator'S position On the tariff W as
made the subject of several acrimonious
and heated debates
The arrival OF Senator Carlisle to-day
caueed q renewal of tho talk that Ken
fucky would present his name and givo
him at least a com plimentRTy ballot The
anti Cleveland men are endeavoring 70
bring out Carlisle. Mr.. Carlisle could not
be found.
The Maryland delegation arrived to-
night and promptly opened headquarters
They are for German II he will enter the
race. with Cleveland as the choice OF n ma
iority OF the delegates provided their SEN
ator will not consent the pTesen tation
of his name.
The printers union of this city has issued
circular calling a meeting for tomorrow
60 take steps 10 prevent the recognition of
Mr.. Flower by the national Democratic
convention, and TO rebuke him for bis
dupliciry his treatment of the union
printers of New York when he
vetoed the State printing house bill
after majority of both houses adopted IL
At the behest of the organized craftsmen