Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
SENATOR PALMER rstfi.
He ID Going TO he . Candidate Tor {
Presidential Nomination.

Ho ID Going to he . Candidate Tor thu
Presidential Nomination.
HI 90 INFORMS TIE DEMOCRATS or 1Ht STAT,
DkLRoAr;oN-HR rs TOLD THAT MS CLAM,
| WILL BE nEsIsrxD BIZ TIE cLEvxLANb MN
NaHT ANrIcIrArED.
Senator Palmer has practically declared Il
the members Of the Illinois delegation that h
| 10 going TO be candidate for the presidential
nomination end that he il going to make fight
to secure control of the Illinois delegation. He
called a meeting of the Illinois delegation on
Thursday 70 discuss the subject
They met in the ways and means committee
| room. Messrs. Busey, Stewart, Wike, Williams,
Lane, Cable and Forman we're present.
Senator Palmer announced that he had q
majority Of the delegates to thd state
convention Of Illinois instructed for
him and wanted to know wh5t the
Illinois members thought Of having the Illinois
delegation to the national convention in
| structed for him for President His remarks
were addressed more particularly to Mr.. For
man and Mr.. Wike, who are Morrison men.
There was moment Of silence after the Sem
ator ceased speaking.
AN AGREEMENT MENTIONED.
Mr.. Formsn then replied, stating that the
Senator knew well what he thought about it.
He reminded the Senator that there had
been an agreement, to which both he
and Mr.. Morrison had subscribed, that neither
should seek to have the delegation in
| structed. Mr.. Forman said also that he
thought that the Senator would find that he
was mistaken in the assumption that q major
ny OF the delegates from the county conyen-
tions had been instructed for him.
Mr.. Palmer replied that number of dele
IN mat tai %, l,
knew anything about the matter and that he
did not feel called upon to forbid it, but ac-
knowledgod that after the matter Of instruc-
Mons had gone away without any effort on
his part his friends had begun to take an
interest in the matter. He said, however, that
II having the state convention instructed for
him was gong to cause any friction in the
party he would be satisfied with a compli-
mentary resolution, which did not 60 quite so
FAR as to formally instruct tho delegates to the
national convention to vote for him for Presi-
dent.
OBJECTION TO THE COMPROMISE.
MIR. Forman said that there was as much
objection to the compromise proposition -
there was to the original and that IL would be
fought. Mr. Morrison's friends, he said, would
not agree that the delegation should be placed
in the hands Of Senator Palmer, to be disposed
OF as he thought proper
The people OF Illinois, Mr.. Forman said,
were in favor Of Mr.. Cleveland's nomination
An effort would be made to have the delega-
ton from that state to the national convention
instructed for Mr.. Cleveland and if Senator
Palmer succeeded in getting instructions or an
Endorsement from the state convention it would
he done only by battering down Mr.. Cleve-
lands forces. Senator Palmer disclaimed any
opposition to Cleveland, saying that he favored
Cleveland's nomination and would not antaQ-
onize him, but that he wanted to be Endorsed
himself.
FIGHT EXPECTED.
The conference broke up with the impression
prevailing that Mr.. Palmer would insist upon
his being Endorsed and that the Cleveland
forces under the direction of Mr.. Morrison
would resist him with all their influence and
insist upon instructions for Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Palmer wrote letter to his managers at
home stating practically what he stated to the
Illinois members of the House, and q very hot
contest is expected in the state
MIR. Forman will start for Illinois tonight to
attend the state convention. He said to a SrAR
reporter today that he was perfectly confident
that the Illinois delegation would be instructed
for Cleveland.
Lunches for Thousand Delegates.
Ono Of the most important branches Of the
work Of providing for the entertainment Of the
various organizations Of patriotic women con-
nectod with the G. AR, who will hold national
conventions in this city during the grand en-
campment, will be the serving Of lunches to
the delegates daily at the various convention
halls. Potomac Relief Corps, W. R. c., auxil-
larry to the department Of the Potomac, G. A.
r., has been requested by the citizens sub
committee on ". r. c.. ladies OF the G.. A. R.,
DC. to take charge Of and specially plan that
this may be done in the best possible manner
In accordance with which special meeting Of
the corps will be held tonight in the Universal
LIST Church to devise ways and means for best
carrying out these Instructions The magni-
tude OF the work and its importance as an ex-
position Of the hospitality Of our city and re-
sponsibility devolving upon this society may
be realized from the knowledge that there will
be at least six organizations to provide for,
most Of whom will probably be in convention
three days, with . total membership Of over
one thousand women.