The morning call., 1892-06-20
Opposition to the Tariff Reform
Cannot Be Concentrated
CALIFORNIA on THE GROUND.
Special TeIegraphic Correspondence of
" The Morning Call"

CHICAGO, June 19-In spite Of the great
effort which is beng made to defeat the
nomination of Grover Cleveland, there is
nothing 70 indicate that the conspiracy viii
succeed.
So far as can be judged from the general
sentiment Of those who are on the ground,
Cleveland viii win and Tammany will be
routed horse, foot ana dragons.
Croker and his gang Of New York ward
beeleTs-about as hard a looking mob, by the
way. as ever stole ballot-box or stuffed a
elub-roll-profess to believe that Hill will
win aud that the ex-President has no
earthly show, but their assertions must be
taken with more than a grain of allowance.
In fact there is already q grave suspicion
aflOat that they are merely playing the New
York senator for purposes of their own.
and stand ready to dump him overheard
whenever it becomes a question Of political
exDediency to do so. This they will prob
ably not do on the first ballot. or on the
second either, for that matter, but they are
always open 10 proposals for trade. and
whenever they can get what they want, or
something near il, at least, MI Hill will
walk the plank and Tammany viii set up a
new idol.
Now il must be patent TO any shrewd
observer tnat Hill stands not the slightest
chance Of receiving the nomination. and if
any persons imagine for moment that such
a eoldblooded aud designing politician as
Dick Croker is going to 60 down to certain
defeat merely for the sake Of displaying per-
sOnal loyalty to a friend they might as we'll
get the notion ont Of their heads. Croker
Is not that kind Of a friend, and the quail
FF.- - 10 f.. -T,s s.fr -
him TO the Tammany throne, with its ac-
companying salary OF $4,000 a year. are not
OF that kind which sacrifice success for the
sake Of sentiment. Politics with him is
pure matter of business and his chief and
only end is to secure the sDoils. Patronage
is the god which Tammany sacbems wor-
ship and their great rule of action is to care
for the gang. This they cannot hope to do
BY going down in the wreck with Hill or
with any other man, not in a thousand
years.
II looks to man up a tree as il Croker
must see that Hill is an impOssibility. He
must realize by this time, as ore shreNd
New York Democrat expressed it lastnight,
that the delegates to this convention would
not consent to HIPS candidacy if they were
morally certain he could be elected. They
simply won't have him, and that settles it.
No power on earth could make winner Of
him here, and Croker has been In politics
long enough to see just how the land lays.
This being the case the question naturally
arises, What is Tammany going to do about
it2
To stick to Hill would mean to 90 out Of
business, ana that they are not going to do
What then is the natural Inference? Why,
dump Hill and get in on the winning side.
This is the only natural thing for them to
do, but they are not going to make the break
till they know what they are to get out Of it.
Terms must be made of q satisfactory ma
tuEe and the boys must be taken care Of.
Then Will come the flop. Just when and
where they will light no one can tell as it
now stands. German might coax them into
his camp, or they might turn over TO Boies,
but Flower is here and they look upon him
with great favor. Next to Hill in fact they
love the Governor because OF favOrs past,
present and to come, and then Roswell has
q great big juicy barrel which is neces-
sarily dear to the Tammany heart.
If Flower had the ghost OF show they
would jump in his direction at the first
chance. But he has not, and unless they
turn to the West German is about the only
man they have tor to, except Cleveland, ,aud
That they will not do, or say they will not
at least, under any circumstances.