The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-19
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Favorite Sons the Only Menace &
CleVeland's Path.

Favorite Sons the Only Menace In
Clevelands Path.
CHICAGO, June 49, II P. M-The opening
of convention week will find the line of bat
tie closely drawn and every candidate SEEM
ingly assured of the exact strength with
which he will enter the contest. Every
delegation of the forty-four states of the
union will be on the ground and tho chief
uncertainty will be as to the action OF
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Should
all of these states cast their solid support for
Mr.. Cleveland on the first ballot, there is
little doubt but that he would receive the
two-thirds vote requisite for the nomna-
tion. But should each Of these states on the
other hand cast the full strength of its dele~
CATION for its favorite son, the probabilities
OF MIR. Cleveland's nomination on the
opening ballot would be very remote.
very indeed. 10 the estimates
given out this evening by some of
the Cleveland people purporting to show
that the ex>President is reasonably sure of
receiving the requisite two-thirds on the
first ballot it is observed that all of these
states are not credited with allegiance to
their favorite son. The aggregate votes of
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky are 104, and
thus the Importance Of the vote OF these
three states can hardly be overestimated.
SPRINGER AT WORK.
Congressman Springer of Illinois, chair
man of the committee ON ways and means
Of the national House Of Representative, Is
on the ground urging that the Illinois dele
CATION in TIE interests of the presidency vote
for John Nj. Palmer on the first ballot aud
continue their efforts on behalf of the uli-
nois leader until nomination is reached.
Henry Watterson Of Kentucky Is UNDER
stood to be laboring with the delegation
from the Blue Grass state in an effort to
secure the solid vote Of that state for John
G. Carlisle, and Senator Daniel w. Voorhees,
of Indiana is making a like demand from
the Hoosler state in behalf of ex-Gov. Isaac
z. Gray. IL is reported that prominent
democratic leaders Of these states are en-
deavoring to arrange a conference Of the
delegates by which it will be mutually
agreed that the nomination OF MIR, Cleve-
land is to be declared insxpedient, and the
104 votes which he might Otherwise receive
from these states are to be distributed
among favorite sons, Senator Palmer re-
ceiving the 4S votes of Illinois, Senator Car.
Isle receiving the 20 votes Of Kentucky and
ex-Gov. Gray receiving the 80 votes Of In-
diana.
THE ACTION IN THE STATES.
Senator Palmer and ex-Gov. Gray were
formally indorsed by their respective con-
ventions as presidential candidates, and
Kentucky only refrained from instructinR
for Mr.. Cleveland because Of the possibil-
ity that Senator Carlisle might be ushered
into the contest at a late hour. Thus the
delegations Of these states are practically
free to act as they please In an emergency,
and the great questson of the hour is, viii
they abandon Mr.. Cleveland In the
interests of their western oandidatesl
The conference of Indiana delegates held
In the afternoon does not indicate that ex-
Gov. Gray can possibly secure the unani-
NOUS vote OF the state on the first ballot, or
indeed, on any other ballot until Grover
Cleveland shall have been practically re-
tired from the race. 1t appears that Mr..
Cleveland has about twelve delegates in
the Hoosier delegation who will insist on
voting for the ex-President from the very
beginning, and despite the great efforts
that are being made 10 induce them to 60
with the other eighteen men Of the delega-
tiou and vote soitdly for an Indiana candt-