Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-06-23
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
Cleveland Has to Fight the Fisld in
the Great Contest at
Chicago.
Hill Emissaries Endeavoring to H Az
the Vote Split Up on the
First Ballot.

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First Ballot.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-The opening OF
the convention week will find the line
of battle closely drawn and every candi-
date seemingly 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 grounds; and the chief un-
certainty will DO as to the probable &C.
ton of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
II all these states cast their solid sup
port for Cleveland on the first ballot
there is little doubt but that he would
receive the two.thirds vote requisite for
nomination. But should each of these
states, on the other hand, cast the
full strength of its delegation for
its favorite son, the probabilities of
Cleveland's nomination on the opening
ballot would be very remote indeed. In
the estimates given this evening by
some of the Cleveland men, purporting
as to how the ex president is sure Of
receiving the requisite two-thirds on the
first ballot, it is observed that all of
these states are not credited with allegi.
ance to their favorite sons. The ag-
pregate votes of Illinois, Indiana and
Kentucky are 1O4. and thus the i'm
portance of the vote of these three states
can hardly bs over estimated.
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Illinois, chairman Of the committee on
ways and means of the national house
of representatives., is on the ground urR.
ing that the Illinois delegates in the in
terest of expediency vo'e for John NJ.
Palmer on the first ballot, and continue
their Efforts in behalf of the Illinois
leader until a nomination is reached.
Henry Watterson of Kentucky is
understood to be laboling with the del
eRation from the blue grass state in the
effort to secure the solid vote of that
state for John G. Carlisle, and Senator
Daniel W. Voorhees, Of Indiana is max.
ing like demand from the Hoosier
state in behalf Of ex Governor Isaac P.
Gray. 1t is reported tonight tina: prom
inent democratic leaders of these three
states are endeavoripg to Gala conference
of delegates by which it will be natur.
ally agreed that the nomination of
Cleveland is to be declared inexpedient
and the votes which he might otherwise
receive from these states are to be dis
tributed among favorite sons, Palmer
receiving the 4S votes OF Illinois. Carlisle
receiving the 2G votes of Kentucky and
Gray receiving the 80 votes
of Indiana. Palmer ard Gray
were formally endorsed by their
respective conventions as presidential
candidates, ard Kentucky only refrained
from instructing for Cleveland because
of the prt liability that Carlisle might be
uehered into the contest at the last hour
The delegations of these three states,
are practically free to act as they please
in an emelg enoy, and the great ques.
ton of the hour is. will they abandon
| Cleveland in the interests of western
candidates.?
The events of the day have not been
sroh as to give any particular discour.
egement to the Cleveland leaders. The
lsmmany organization in the state of
New York stands as an impassive sphinx.
warning by its very attitude the dem.
ocracy of the nation against selecting
presidential candidate from the
empire state. The much hoped
for harmony between the two
factions in New York shows no signs of
realization and the most eanguine
Cleveland enthusiasts are forced to ad-
nit that the utterances of the Tammany
leaders do not give any assurances that
they will support the presidential
ticket in the event of Oleveland's
culiar situation in this great
ko1 kok1
land people to ely out against the ex.
pediency Of the ex.president's renomi
patton, but to some extent the import
by latest advices from Michigan
tie supreme court of Michi-
SAP, a ms shortly of the members
OF which arc republicans, affirming
the constitutionality of the Miner law
practically assures the democrats of
eight electoral votes this fall from the
state of Michigan.
Ex-Governor Click of Kansas
authoritative]y announced in the
Cleveland headquarters today that
the democratic state committee would
endorse the ticket put up by the PEG.
pies party and that therefore the re-
publicans would not receive the cleo
toral vote from the whole state. As there
appears to be no doubt of we'll estab
llshed fusion between the democrats and
the peoples party in Kansas, the pre-.
diction of ex Governor Click as to the
loss OF Kansas to the republicans ap.
pears to be quite on the lines of proba-
bilities. and so it is no unusual incident
tonight to hear enthusiastic Cleveland
admirers exclalm in the Hobbies of ho-
tells that Cleveland can be elected with
out the vote of the state of New York
eld that the Empire state should be de.
fed.
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