St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-16
CONQUER|NG LEGIONS
Assembling at the RendeZ-
Vous Of a Victory Armed
Democracy.
Healthy Difference on Candi-
dates, but Strong Union
for the Nominee.
Boomers of BoieS Continue
to Talk Only Of the
Big Prize.
Hill Men to Mass and Control
the "Antis"--Vest Hedg-
ing on Grover.

CHICAGO, June 14.-The Democratic
national convention is showing the first
signs of becoming a thing of life. BY
tomorrow It will begin TO grow, and by
next Tuesday the biggest convention
the Democratic party has ever held will
be full.grown. Mr. Boies' managers,
from Iowa, started hustling for their
1avcrite early this morning by establish
ing their headquarters at the Palmer
house, and have been pretty busy during
the day sending out documents and
pamphlets, showing the great popular
lily ard safety OF their faVOrite son.
The Iowa people are inclined TO believe
that the convention Will be a long one
and that Boies will be elected on the
seventh or eighth ballot.
The Cleveland men are not to be out
done by the Hawkeyes, and they have
established similar quarters at the
Grand Pacific, where two handsome
young ladies are hard at work sending
out letters, circulars and articles to va
riOus weak delegates who it is supposed
are TO be won over if the pIOper evil
dence is shown that Cleveland is the
strongest candidate.
KustIing Hillite.
The Hill men seem to be on a still
hunt. Only one Hiilite has so far put
in an appearance, and he is Charles E.
Peck, OF New York. But this indivd
ual has enough enthusiasm for half
dozen men, and is loudly proclaiming
the virtues of David 3. and his great
ability as a vote-getter.
The national committee will be the
first organized body to get to work. and
through rs subcommittee on arrange
ments it is already preparing for the ac-
cOmmOdatiOn and seating at the cOnven-
tiOn of the delegates. Zone of the ma
tiOndl committeeman are here, and on
Secretary Shering, Treasurer Canda,
and Richard Bright. sergeant-at-armS,
who las acted in a similar capacity sew
eral times. devOlves the work of making
everything ready for work. They spent
considerable part of the morning at
the wigwam and overseeing what was
Ia progress.
A Fight on Tickets.
The members of the national commit
mittee begin arriving tomorrow, and
Friday there will be a full meeting of
the committee on arrangements of the
national committee, at which the plans
for the convention will be definitely
settled upon and approved. The repre-
SeDtatiVPS here of the arrangements
committee have quite little fight on
their hands with the local Democratic
organizations over the distribution of
tickets to the convention, and the chief
Work Of the Friday meeting Will be to
settle this matter.
The national committee of the Demo-
cratic party has much less important
functions to perform than the Repub
lican national committee so far as re
SDectS the organization OF the conVen-
ton, and for this reason it is not 50 eS-
sential factor in the presidential fight.
The national committee has appointed
3 subcommittee of which John {.
Haskell, OF Columbia. s. c., is chair
man. TO select temporary chairman.
temporary secretary and other sub
ordinate officers Tor the convention.
This report will be presented to the
full committee. which meets Monday
afternoon. for approval. With the adOD-
lion or rejection of the suggestion of
The national committee 10 the conYen-
tiGn OF officers for preliminary OrganiZa-
ton, will end practically the political
work of the committee. The cOnven-
tion will itself decide upon the manner
in which its affairs shall be conducted,
and viii name the necessary commit
tees.
Possible Chairman
Thus far the only names mentioned
around headquarters for temporary
chairman are those of Adlai L. Steven
E0r, of Illinois. and eX-GOv. Campbell, of
Ohio. but Henry WattersOn, of Ken
lucky. has been spoken Of fOT the honor
In the press and elsewhere. Until the
arrival of delegates and national COM
mitteemen the field is wide open for
speculation.
The difference between the mode of
organization of the two conventions. it
is said by those Democrats here, will be
still further emphasized by the course
of individual members of the national
committee, and in these and all other
respects the distinction between the
two parties will be brought out.
Mr.. Sherin, secretary of the
Democratic national committee.
said this afternoon that he should not,
and he did not believe any of the
members of the national committee
would enter actively into the nOminat-
Ing canvass and endeavOr by whatever
influence they might have to shape the
course of the convention. but would
leave the delegates to decide that unin-
auenced.
There are three places to fill on the
national committee, two caused by
death and one by resignation of MEM
bers since tie last meeting. c. a.
BrOadwater, of Montana, and the late
John s. Barbour, of Virginia. have
died, and }. ii. Estill. of Savannah, Ga,
resigned from membership