New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-18
TN THE POLITICAL FIELD.
CITY DELEGATES TO MINNEAPOLIS.
MEN WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED - ooNiN'


MEM WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED - ooMiN'
The various Congress district conventions al ~,'vn
,,.s ,rrn he selected 10 90 to Minneapolis VIII DC
noM tomorrow evening Much Interest Is W" ~
them for after all there are few honofs inoie
sought bv the average party leader tan tot "
rcsent,ng his party the National Ceuncii '"'
the candidates for President ana 'ioe' A., 90
might he expected there has been good ucai u
ebtrm,shne and wrepulng In most OF the ois'ilo's,
hut in nearly all OF them it has been carried Oh eoo
naturedy. and little 4 any eaa ieg nave been agreed
nnnu rs already stated In this paper They WI. VIII o. o.
an able body Of Republicans free IRON nnfntterei
mug gMv Hedges in the interest OF candidate
p-ss,dsnt RrookAeld and Chairman Patterson Will
both be chosen Mr.. Brookfleh going from INC Nii.'
and ex.Jndge Patterson from the lNtl. MI DIVoN
sold fayors Colonel Shepard as his associate. En-
- patterson will have George Hllnrd leader
-, IN. with Assembly District, as his oomp@hlon'
Mr. billiard and Colonel Nugent OF the Nl''h' VIM"
yi,b the KIN and XIIth Assembly districts m"Aes up
,bs Congress District, decided by tossing up pe"y
which should be selected. and Mr.. HIlharu "o"
n Arnonr "a slated to go from the WIN ms assoo'a0
tu he representative Of the younger element vi "o
,artv The veteran John d. Lawson. VINO mas oo.'
ICING To conventions for half century wi"
cent again from the With in company 1t IS sun VIZ.
Charles H. Murray, the able leader OF ulo ii,
semb-v District General Samuel Thomas Is oooAeu "
nres~nt the With District. Deputy surveyor 'o'h
-oIrns John f. Brodsky. John Simpson anu "u9"'o
schurnan would like TO accompany NM pu. WHY"
one Of the four will be named Is not aerecu "po '
Bernard Bgltn will 90 from the Xth District II i 'u'
with either Cornelius n. Bliss or Coohci Oruser rs
his associate The XIth Congress District Is maze up
=, tho xIIItb XVIII and XV1Ith Assembly Distrlcts'
sheridan Shook and Ebcn DemeTest are the most
ron,,nentlv mentioned as likely to be chosen Frank
poxuopd leader Of the XXIIId Assembly District ana
John H. Gunner leader OF the MIG VIII cohuiOl inc
selection TO delegates IN the Min, ana IL Mas re
ITf1d Saye GEN. ' The XX1d District largest
in the city and has large stSh a 0l ndre robertson
expect to represent the XIVth, as usual
TIL. Democratic managers making special efforts
q, present to capture large contingent OF The
o,ored vote as possible. They are helping 70 start
race nauers and holding out all sorts OF eHNerng
Inducements TO young negroes. particularly those pos
sessing any degree OF influence Thus lar, however
they have not made much progress, LOT no hli'Voi
how influential colorcd man may be as RcpuOicah'
no loses IL when he goes 10 the other SIDE ioF
the reason that the rank and file are thoroughly a'
tached to the party that gave them freedom meet
,ng n. oolored Democrats from various parts OF the
State was held on Saturday night In the xlth AS
sembly District The object OF 1t was TO Try 10 uRc
advantage the present dissatisfaction In Republican
ranks. They found. however. that nothing Of i'm
porance could be done, because no matter how hard
the colored Republicans Of the district fought each
other they would unite against the common enemy.
No occurrence OF the week IN Democratic circles
has attracted more attention thar the conference be-
tween Mr. Cleveland and senator German It's stgnih-
canoe apparent to all. though some OF the more
cynical acquaintances of the crafty Maryland Senator
disposed 10 doubt the sincerity Of his advocacy OF
Cleveland. They think that while it may be perfectly
true that he prefers the President ll he prefers
Arthur 2. German 10 either Of them, and that he
will only use Cleveland at Chicago as stalking
horse 10 capture the great game for himself. "Gor
man. said one Of his party friends yesterday,
"plays lone hard In politics, and he plays 1t cold
There Is no more sentiment in his nature than there
is in that Of william r. Grace. Nevertheless, Mr.
Cleveland is happy the interview ana hOpeiul,
yes even confident, rs 10 the future"
Richard Kerens, Of st. Louis. Of the Presidents
most intimate friends. and John b. Thurs'On OF
Omaha who presided the last Republican National
Convention are in town studying the local political
situation AID looking after business They agree in
saving that New York politics is Intricate as 1t IS
Interesting
Senator Chandler, when here last week, was not
able 10 soy when the Ellis Island investigation would
be taken up here.