The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10

pcc,ed To-day
ClScSSATI, o., August 0.-WiIl the
Democracy Of Ohio stand by President
Cleveland or by tho platform on which
hc was eIccted2 That is the question
to be solved within the next thirty-slx
hours, aud there is no man in or out OF
Ohio, who can predict tho result with
confident accuracy Nearly half Of the
delegates are unpledgod and one quar-
ter Of them do not know tonight how
they will vote.
Noul has declared that he will abide
by the Chicago platform and his follow.
els are Democrats OF the unierrided
stamp who will stick to him MS long as
there is q show OF his nomination. On
the other hand the Campbell men make
no denial OF the tact thlt they are with
the administration and that they are
out to beat Neal, aud to beat him with
any man who can be nude available.
Campbell will not be q candidate, aud
II his name goes before the convention
BY the act ofsome enthusiasticfolloWer,
twill be instantly withdrawn.
There is a decided difference Of opin-
ion as to who could best put Neal upon
the shelf, but the opinion Of the ma.
iority is strongly in favor OF Charles
W. Baker, OF Cincinnati, and he will,
without doubt, be selected TO lead the
opposition to Neal. The Neal men
have claimed that they have 62S votes
assured, but their manifest anxiety to
have the unit rule enforced is taken by
Meals opponents to show that he is
not at all sure that he has the 4O5 ne.
cessary to grant him tho nomination.
Neal himself says that he does not
know how largo u vote he will poll, and
this is also taken as u sign Of weakness
by his enemies.
The selection OF Baker to lead the
Campbell side OF the convention has
hurt Neal somewhat in Hamilton coun.
". Cincinnati Democrats have no use
for Grover Cleveland; they dislike him
more than any man on earth, aud they
would have cast solid vote for Neat
whether they liked him or not, rather
than for any candidate who smells OF
the administration, but now many Of
them are being swayed by local pride,
aud declaring that a Hamilton county
man must be supported by Hamilton
county votes. II is certain that Baker
will receive some Of the Hamilton cour.
ty vote, though he may not got much
Of ii.
District meetings were held this eve-
Mug aud membets OF the various COM
mittees appointed. Some few
members Of the platform CONF
mitIGo received their instruC.
tiong, the principal one being the Cleye.
land delegation, which after a hot fight
ordered its mombers OF the committee
on resolutions to uphold the policy Of
the administration, both in its iinan.
cial and tariff policies.
Tie platform committee at 0 o'clock
was locked in room at the Grand
Hotel and most OF its members were
preparing for an all night session.
Free silver and "stand by Grover"
plans were al in tho hands OF different
members OF the committee, and the
chances Tor long Argument in The
committee room are auspicious.
The mass meeting in Music Hall to.
night was not glttering success
There was not u crowd, and
no enthusiasm was awakened by
tue speakers, Messrs. Neal, Lents,
Mcmahon, Richie and others mado ad.
dresses. Neal smoke briefly, combining
himself to the tariff issues as outlined