The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-23
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A member Of the National Democratic Com
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A member Of the National Democratic Com
nlittee whose prominence in the councils of
the party enables him to speak with full
knowledge of all that has been done, is quoted
as saying that 100000 was subscribed early in
1892 by a number Of wealthy Democrats to be
used as a campaign fund in creating enthusiasm
for and in securing Cleveland delegates to the
Chicago Convention; that the friends of the
ex- President are as confident of his nomination
on the first ballot as ever the friends of Har-
rison were Of his choice at Minneapolis; and
notwithstanding the two-thirds rule, not the
slightest doubt exists in the minds OF the
managers of the campaign fund that the money
has been judiciously put where it will do
Cleveland the most good. 1t is not said that a
single delegate has been bought or that anyone
goes to Chicago pledged with money consid-
Grafton to vote for Cleveland; but that the fund
has been mainly used to create Cleveland
sentiment, and that that sentiment voices
large expenditure of this sum of money, the
last of which is supposed to have had weight at
the election Of delegates in Ohio last week.
The Boies boom sprang up suddenly, and
developed astonishing activity during the first
few days before the Convention opened. There
is no doubt that the friends of the Iowa Gov
ernor are terribly in earnest in the advocacy Of
their candidates claims Charles D. Fuller, OF
Fairfield, Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee. said in an interview: we
feel certain now of Mr.. Boies's nomination
We do not ex pect it on the first ballot but after
Mr.. Cleveiand's and Mr. Hill's friends have
shown their strength aud demonstrated that
neither can get the necessary two thirds VOTE
then we can look for q change Of sentiment
that will bring about Mr.. Boies's nomination.
He is particularly strong with the farmers, as
has been demonstrated in the last three cam
paigns In Iowa. NJ NJ. Ham, for 16 years
member Of the Democratic National Commit
tee from Iowa, said of Boiess chances: His
nomination would insure Iowa for the Demo
Gratis and it would also give the Democratic
party the electoral votes of number of other
Western States. There is strong sentiment in
his favor in Missouri, and as for Illinois, /
think he would stand better show than any
other candidate than has yet been named"
L. NJ. Martin, delegate-at-large from Iowa. said:
ave expect Gov. Boies will have rs or 100
votes ON the first ballot. This is not guesswork,
because we have been in correspondence with
some of the delegates, and have had very
friendly letters from many of them. There will
be q great many ballots cast, and Gov. Boies
will gain votes rapidly after the first vote ia
taken"
1.-THE Colorado delegation will not under any
contingency vote for Mr.. Cleveland" said ex-
Senator Patterson, of Colorado. 1.-THE reason
lie his unreasonable and unrelenting cnmity to
free coinage The mountain States favor free
coinage exactly as the farmers of the West and
the planters of the South favor it, because it
was great wrong to destroy it, and by restor.
ing the law as 1t was until 1873 simple justice
would be done. If Cleveland be nominated he
will not only lose New York, but almost GER
| tainly several of the Southern States. The ALI
ance in the South has deep feeling on the
| coinage question. ClevclaAds nomination in
| tensifes it at once. 1t is a challenge and def
| ance to every Alliance member in the South,
| and there are hundreds and thousands of Demo-
| Gratis in the South who belong to the Alliance
| and who will vote not only against Cleveland
| if he be nominated, but also against Democratic
| Congressman.
William c. Whitney is now in Chicago work.
| Ing hard for Cleveland. He is an excellent
organizer, and is possessed of the skill, expert.
| ence, and party acquaintance calculated to in.
sure the triumph of his chief. Mr.. Whitney is
| in full sympathy with what is called the
"snap convention " organization. He main
| tains that the convention which nominated
| the Hill delegates last February is perfectly
| regular, and that its claim to regularity ought
| not to be contested. On the other hand, he is
for Cleveland, and has undertaken to bring
| about his nomination without causing resent
| ment, and perhaps with the cheerful support
| Of the Hill delegation. Certain it is that if
| Tammany should 60 over to Cleveland, 1t
| would he through the influence OF the able ex-
| Secretary. He alone could negotiate such
| delicate transaction. Of course such bargain
| would likely mean that il Tammany were to
| break away from Hill it would not be dis
| turbed either next Fall or during Cleyeland's
| Administration, should he be chosen. 1t is
very likely that If Croker can be assured of
that, he is not likely to imperil Tammany's
l interests BY keeping the organization IN such