St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-21
Palmer and Flower Pleading
With the Illinois Pivotal
Delegation.
The Senator Against Him
self, the Governor for the
Old Hero.
Cleveland Can Win. Asserts
Palmer--Never. Thunders
Flower.
5Seorning Ambition and Admo-
milton, the Senator Car
rieS His Point.

CHICAGO, June 20.-The most sensa-
tional and dramatic scenes preceding
the Democratic national convention
were witnessed tonight behind the
closed doors of the Illinois headquart-
ers. The full delegation of the Prairie
state were In caucus and the IS votes of
the delegation were the prize that hung
in the balance.
Against the personal interceSSion OF
the first Democratic United States sem
ator from Illinois in thirty years, Gen.
John M. Palmer, was placed the pres
enee and voice of the popular governor
of New York, Roswell Z. Flower, each
himself presidential possibility. The
strange spectacle was presented of
Palmer pleading against himself in the
Illinois delegation. and declaring In
favor OF a New York candidate, Cleve-
land; while Flower stood champion for
the Illinoisan. Palmer, and proclaimed
that Cleveland could not carry New
York. The remarkable character OF the
proceedings were heightened by
A Solemn Invocation
by the New Yorker of the response
biIity for national defeat next November
upon the heads of the Illiuois dele
gates. An angry protest by minority
of the Illinois men, that they conld be
choked into submission but not into
silence when the vote of the state was
cast for Cleveland in the national con-.
vention, furnished the climax.
The decision. however, was made
practically irrevocable that Illinois shall
vote in the ballot for president forty
eight solid for Cleveland. The unit rule
will be enforced. and no favorite shall
be put forward for Illinois. The man
who wrought this result was Gen. John
M. Palmer. who in doing so undOubt-
eddy sacrificed whatever chance he stood
as presidential candidate.
The battle was hard fought one, and
began almost as soon as the members OF
the caucus were fairly seated. Acting
under the instructions of Gen. Palmer,
and in accordance with the plan out
filmed by him last night on his arrival in
the city, resolution was promptly in
itroduced instructjng the chairman of
the Illinois delegation not to permit the
presentation of the name of Gen. Palm
Ter as the Illinois candidate for the
presidential nominee. but, instead, to
IcaSt the vote of the state
I For Grover Cleveland.
r Judge Murphy, of the Twentieth Hi
nois district, who was the mover of the
resolutions in the state convention
practically instructing the Illinois dele
gates to support Palmer, was the man
Ito move the adoption of the new de-
parture.
met cease until adjournment. The fight
against Cleveland was led by Michael
Mclnerney, of Chicago, of the
famous 101 Democratic members of
the state legislature who voted
through two months for Senator Palmer
and finally won him a seat in the
United. States senate. Mclnerney
moved to substitute the namt of Palmer
for that of Cleveland i'll the resolution,
and made bitter attack on the ex-
presidents availability. He was strong
ly supported i'll his movement in this
direction. Word was received at this
juucture that New York delegation
was on the way to the Illinois rooms to
demonstrate the
Folly of Nominating Cleveland.
Pending their arrival. dilatory tactics
were resorted to by the McInerney ele
| ment. and roll calls and parliamentary
tangles we've piled high. A test vote
showed that the Cleveland men could
command thirty-five votes in the Hi
nois delegation, while the opposition
has only twelve, and one absent.
Senator Cantor, a New York con-
gresham; Judge Peevey, District At
| torney Delaney Nicoll and Gov. Flower
came in one after another and alter
nately urged. begged and threatened
the Illinois men not to nominate Cleve-
land. Each declared unqualitiedly that
| the ex-president could not carry New
York state, and that If Hill were not
acceptable. Palmer or Boies or any
| other candidate except Cleveland could
carry the state.
| Gov. Flower said: 1--WE want to kill
this Republican calf and skin it. and
| want the boys that do it to have part
| of the carcass, and not go hungry for
| four years as they would if Cleveland
| was the nominee. Illinois has the power
| to name the next president, and upon
| your action tonight depends
Victory or Defeat
| for the next four years" Judge Peevey
implored that the New Workers be not
"sent home dScredited, insulted. and
| to mourn with Illinois i'll November"
| 1t was all in vain, the resolution car
ried.s McInerney fired parting shot
that he would challenge the Hi
nois vote for Cleveland in the
convention, and that he and his
| colleagues would vote for another man,
but Chairman Adlai Stevenson remind
ed the delegation of Daniel MaDning's
| action in casting the Seventy-two votes
| of New York as unit in 1884. and de-
cared that would be the precedent for
| Illinois. There is no doubt that Steven
son will keep his word. He was Presi-
l. dent Cleveland's fourth assistant post
| master general, and it is said made
1 record for rem0rselessness i'm carrying
4 out what he conceived to be his political
| duty that has never been eXcelled.
10 clinch matters A. w. Greene. of
p Chicago, was named to second the NOM
nation of Cleveland on behalf OF Illi-
1 noiS.
I PLATT IS PLACATED.