The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-01

patch gives the following totals on
the leading presidential candidates:
hlcharo Z. Bland. ........................... 156
I,ot dce pores, l5o
hoDert f. Fattson- Observation-Disclosures. &c
William G. Whitney,. ey...........,,...... 81
claude Matthews. .......................... 39
Joseph c. S. Blackburn. n................ 33
Adai e. Stevenson. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
William E. Russell. l..................... "a
ly 1enly ~. leiisr u
David Turple. ..........................
DoDtiul................ ......... 1858
Necessary to choice Gwo-thirds rrle...... $40
Necessary to choice (majority rule), ...... 1865
Horace Boies, who is seeking the
nomination and whose agents have vis-
tied many states, is 4S4 votes short of
the necessary number.
tSilver Dick Bland, who has been
shouting for free silver ever since the
close of the war, needs 464 votes to
win.
Other statesmen who are candidates,
and still others who will not willingly
permit their names to be presented to
the convention, trail along behind the
weak leaders, with votes ranging from
nine to sixty-six
A poll of the state delegates made by
the New York Herald correspondents
and telegraphed last night shows a
surprising condition of affairs eight
days before the convention IneeIs Few
of the state delegations have been in
structed to vote for any candidate III
the states where no instruc ons have
been given individual delegaras hesi-
tated to express a choice, and when
they did it was nearly always with
the reservation that the situation when
they reached Chicago might cause
them to change their views.
The silver men, with their ever
whelming majority on the currency
plank, have no settled views on can
didate. Gold standard advocates are
too busy making fight to prevent a
disruption of the party to think of
nominee.
Many Of the New England delegates
expressed a preference for ex-Gov.
Russell, of Massachusetts, but he, in
his desire to prevent party disruption,
has declared that he would 60 to Chi
cago as a worker in the ranks and
would not permit his name to go be-
fore the convention.
Fifty-seven deleagtes in New Eng
land and Western states declared they
would support William c. Whitney, of
New York. Everyone knows Mr.. Whit
ney is not a candidate. If he were,
the seventy-two votes from New York
would not be placed III the doubtful
list in the poll Of the states. Dispatch
es to the Herald show that there Is
kindly feeling toward the former sec
retary, even in such silver states as
Alabama and California. Mr. Whit
ney, as a candidate, could probably
count upon the support of the 349 gold
sandard delegates to Chicago, and
might even get as many as 400 votes
without making fight for them.
With Messrs. Whitney and Russell
both out, Robert e. Pattison, Of Penn
splvania, is the only candidate for the
nomination from a sound money state.
Whether the gold standard men will
rally around him is problem which
will only be decided when the dele
gates reach Chicago but they will prob
ably take no action in regard to cam
didates until the fight over the plat
form Is ended.
ALTGELD A POTENT FACTOR.
The free silver men, as the reports
show, believing the platform has been
settled in advance, will be squabbling
over the nominee from the start All
of them fear that the influence of Gov.
Altgeld, of Illinois, will dominate the
convention. Messrs. Boies and Bland
have each sent agents into the state,
but only four of the forty-eight dele
gates have openly expressed a choice
Even these will change their views if
SO desired by Gov. Altdeld, who hopes
to be the Mark Hnaan of the Demo-
cratic convention. For this reason he
is giving little encouragement to any
of the candidates. He is reported to be
more friendly to Mr.. Bland than to
Mr.. Boies, and utterly opposed to the
nomination of an Illinois man.
Ohio is in much the same position as
Illinois. The silver leaders Of that
state have the delegation well In hand,
ready to use II in the interest of John
R.. Mclean, who is supposed to be a
candidate for vice-president. He may
receive some votes for president be-
cause the delegates from the District
of Columbia, where he lives, have ex-
pressed preference for him.
Virginia and South Carolina are both
counted for Mr.. Boies. Whether they
will be loyal in their support is a seri-
GUS question. Senator Daniel is the
ruler. OF the former delegation. He
wants the nomination for vice-presi-
dent. So, although the delegates are
favorable to Mr.. Boies, they will vote
in such way as to advance the inter
est of Senator Daniel.
The South Carolina to Chicago was
headed by Senator T1llman and Cover
nor Evans. The state convention
passed a resolution instructing the DEL
egation to present Senator Tillman's
name as a candidate for first place on
the ticket In his speeches and inter
views Senator Tillrnan has hooted at
the idea that South Caroiinian could
possibly be nominated or elected. He
controls the delegation. He says that
he is for Mr.. Boies as a first choice.
and his preference has been echoed by
all the other delegates.
AS yet the Mississippi delegation has
expressed no direct preference on the
question of the presidency. While 1t
has beeen commonly supposed that the
state would be for Stevenson. there
have been no open declarations. There
has been, however. within the last few
days significant movement through
the south which finds voice from Gov
ernor McLaurin, one OF the delegates
as-large from Mississippi, who declares
that while his narannal r.rAfsrerna n