Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-21

leaders of the eX-President's cause announce
tonight that although defeated in the COM
mittee, they will carry the fight to the
convention and endeavor to defeat Mr..
Owens for Temporary Chairman by placing
in nomination an avowed Cleveland man.
To Hon. Henry Watterson, of Kentucky,
and the astute diplomacy which he has dis
played during the past five days, is credited
the preliminary victory of the anti-Cleve-
land element to-day. Mr.. Watterson, as a
member of the subcommittee appointed
last February to select the Temporary
Chairman of the convention, subject of
course. to the approval of the main Com
mittee, and later to the action of the con-
vention, began his campaign in the interest
of Mr. Owens Immediately after the Ken
lucky Convention selected that gentleman
as delegate at large.
Mr. Owens is pretty we'll understood to
dispute the expediency of nominating the
ex-President in view of the factional differ
ences in the State of New York; and
although he has maintained discreet
silence since his name has been discussed in
connection with the temporary chairman
ship, it is not denied even by his most
earnest supporters, that he is an opponent
OF Mr.. Cleveland.
Personal Magnetism OF Owens.
The only claim they make is that he is a
gentleman whose integrity and love for fair
play have never been called in question in
the chivalrous Blue Grass State, and that,
regardless of his personal preferences or
objections, he will WELD the gavel with an
impartiality that will call forth the
approval of all factions But when the
National Committee, to-day, by vote of %
to 20, adopted the report of the sub-com-
mittee, selecting Mr.. Owens as Temporary
Chairman, the anti Cleveland people at
once heralded this as an important victory,
which showed that the power of the ex-
President was on the wane.
OF course, the Cleveland people vigorously
denied that the selection of Mr.. Owens
meant anything more than that he was a
personal favorite with the various members
of the National Committee, but just before
the approaching storm, when every breeze
affects the sensitive political barometer it is
decided this omen of Cleveland defeat must
not pass unchallenged.
The Hon. William L. Wilson, of West
Virginia, one OF the valiant leaders of the
tariff reformers in the National House of
Representatives, is understood to be the
man upon whom the Cleveland people have
placed their hopes. 1t may be that time,
which tempers all asperities and softens all
of the situation, and that the opening of the
convention will find the Cleveland leaders
resigned to the selection of Mr. Owens
whose friends are tonight sounding his
praises as the very Aristides of politics.
Rising Hopes of Cleveland Men.
In the main, however, the events of the
day have been such as to add hope to the
Cleveland movement The populous State
of Illinois, high in the alphabetical list, has
decided to cast its 4S votes for Grover
Cleveland, and thus one more State, which
has been lingering in the doubtful list,
has been added to the Cleveland column.
Indiana, too, which has stood great inter-
rogation point on every page of estimates
since the 21st of April, retires Ex-Governor
Gray and will cast its 80 votes for the great
popular leader. OF course ali the other
leaders, who regard every move on the po-
litical chess board as being inspired by
selfish motives, declare that Indiana's
change of front means that Isaac P. Gray is
to come in asa Presidential candidate later
in the proceedings and bask in the favor Of
the Cleveland hosts.
Another knight-errant, who for 72 hours
has proudly worn the garments of great
political possibilities, removes his regalia
tonight and assumes a modest place among
the trusted Cleveland lieutenants. For the
first time since the opening of the fray
Senator German avows his belief in the
nomination of ex-President Cleveland, and
while he speaks portentiously of the dam
gers of such result, he waves from him
the ambition that has haunted his move
ments for the past three days and declares
that no friend of his must enter his name in
the Presidential list.
81 do not think Mr.. Cleveland's nomina-
tion advisable" said the Senator from
Maryland this evening, "but as matters now
stand it seems. inevitable. In this terse
sentence Senator German reviews the con-
test and expresses his resignation to the in
evitable.
Hill and BOies Still Stand Fat.
g, But there are two men who stand un-
daunted side by side with Grover Cleve-