The record-union., 1896-06-18

will accept the nomination if the con-
vention decides to honor him with the
second place on the ticket The Platt
| men in the New York delegation do not
| agree in their conclusions respecting
| Governor Morton's choice. Ardent Nor
| ton men, such as Congressman Quigg,
| for example, believe he will be NOM
| mated. Lauterbach is non-c comrlittal,
| and declines to he quoted but he is ap-
parently OF Quigg's mind. There are
| other of the Plat men, however, who
| either profess ignorance of Governor
| MOrton'S prospects or who sadly admit
| that the outlook is not encoura ging
| On one point all the New Workers are
agreed. They will not present the
Governors name unless they are GER
tain of his success. They do not intend
as one of their number expressed it to-
night, to put Morton up a second time
to be knocked down. Mr.. Quigg says
there are 460 Morton votes in sight
Lauterbach figures that after the sill
yer men shall have bolted the conven-
tion tomorrow the exact number of
delegates remaining will be $751; of
whom 443 are necessary to a choice
If the figures presented by Morton's
friends are correct, he will win by
bare majority, if Lauterbach's estimate
is right.
The opposition do not see how Nor
ton can develop strength enough to win.
They will not concede him more than
$50 votes at the utmost
An effort has been made to hold the
Mckinley contingent in line ito be voted
as unit for Hobart of New Jersey. He
is the choice of the Ohio men and of
very considerable number of McKin-
Iey's followers in other delegations. and
there are many shrewd political OBJ
servers who believe that the New Jer-
sey man will be nominated
The friends of Governor Bull1eley of
Connecticut are making an earnest cam
vass in his behalf. and Evans of Ten
nessee is still hopeful that the conven-
ton will turn to doubtful Southern
State for it's Vice President
Some of the anti Morton men in New
England think the vice-Presidency
ought to be given to one of the States
in the Mississippi Valley where disap-
pointment is expected among the rank
and file of the party at the adoption of
gold platform. The selection of such
a candidate would, it is argued. hold
one or more States in that locality in
line. while the nomination of Morton
would, on the other hand, expose the
ticket to fierce criticism in the West be-
cause of its gold plank and the Wall
street affiliations of New York's Gov
ernor.
There was an informal conference of
leading members of the Nebraska del
esates tonight to consider the desir-
ability of holding a caucus on the Vice
Presidential candidacy. The conclu-
sion reached was that each delegate he
allowed to exercise his own preference
in the convention, and no attempt
should be made to bind the delegates
to any one candidate
John Webster said later: '.I do NOT
think Governor Morton will get a single
vote from Nebraska. Some of our peo-
pie are for Hobart and others for
Evans. The latter, I think, is the fa-
vorite."
1t was reported about the hotels to-
night that word had gone out from the
Mckinley headquarters that Hobart
had been definitely agreed upon as the
Ohio mans running mate, and while
people close to Mr.. Hanna denied that
this was a fact, it was noticeable that
many of the Mckinley people in diff
ferent delegations, notably Illinois, who
had hitherto been reticent concerning
the second place on the ticket. were ad
vocating the New Jersey mans claims.
Friends of Evans of Tennessee were
emphatic in their declarations that the