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Costing yoa Ten Cents ckc!i lime will usually bring yon thetcnant yon desire Tor yonr spare rooms. FORTY SEVENTH YEAR HERE'S HARMONY WITH A BIG H, One Grand Kick Made by the Backers of. All the Fav orite Son Booms. ONE YIOE PBESIDEtfCY Kot Enough to Go Around Among All to Whom It Was Promised. GRAT'S FRIENDS VERY ANGRY, And Only Illinois Democrats ire Satisfied With the Eesult Whitney Comes in for a Sound Scor ing: The Hoosiers "Were Positive Their Man Would Get There This TimeCurious Combination of Circum stances That Nominated Stevenson Rumors That Tammany's Aid Was Given Only to Tie a Millstone Around Graver's Neck The Tiger None Too WeU Appeased by the Privilege Ex tended Him of Naming the West ern End of the Ticket Increased Re publican Majorities in New York Predicted by Democrats. The Democratic National Convention of 189J lb oer. Grover Cleveland is the nominee of. the pirty for President and General Adlai Stevenson for Vice Presi dent General Stevenson's nomination was far more of a surprise to the country and to his party than that of Cleveland. It doesn't seem to be meeting w ith the ap probation of the party that was expected. Indiana Democrats, particularly, are displeased. They thought Governor Gray had a sure thin of the nomination, after his withdrawal as a Presidental candi date. Tammany assisted materially in the nomination of the tail of the Cleveland ticket, and is therefore in a measure ap pealed, but not placated. The anti-Cle eland leaders profess loy altj to the ticket, but many of them ad mit they have an up-hill fight ahead of them. HOOSIERS HOPPING MAD. They-Thlnk They Sold Out Their Cnndld ite for President for rfothiog Promises to dominate Him for Tlce President That VTera.Nptgpl; '' .. -C CFKOM A STAFF COEKESPONDEVT 3 Chicago, June 23. Ihere is one dele gation in Chicago to night in a more dis gusted frame of mind than that of New York. It is from the State of Indiana. The Hoosier Democrats are not speaking in loud tones. Their feelings are too intense lor adequate expression. Not onlydotbey believe that they have been trampled upon and defied, but they have a firmly fixed idea that they have been duped and deserted in a manner which they characterire as being little, if any short, of a confidence deal or bunko game. The nomination of General Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice President, while not un expected by politicians of the inner circles, and its probability long since intimated in Ihe Dispatch, came as a surprise that amounted to a shock to the great mass of the Democracy assembled in the convention city. It had been taken for granted that the action of Indiana in withdrawing its candi date for President at a critical juncture of the canats had insured the nomination of Isaac P Gray for second place. But other influences, some of a very diverse character, were at work, and the ambition of the Hoosier ex-Governor was once more doomed to encounter a crushing disappointment. CroverV Combat 1 Ith thn Dements. No one who was in the uncouth "Wigwam on the lake front lor nearly a dozen hours lat night will eter forget the experience. The very elements Jought with the candi date w horn his almost idolatrous iollowers delight to call "The Man of Destiny." No sooner had Goternor Abbett presented the name oi Groi er Cle eland to the conven tion than crashing thunder and pouring rain descended upon and enveloped the vast barn where the representatives of a great party were assembled lor deliberation and decision. The water poured through the irail roof, adding to the confusion among both delegates and spectators. The carefully prepared arguments and flowery oratorical efforts which had been depended upon by Tammany and its allies to stem the tide were lost to nearly all but the stenographers at the side of the speak ers, who, with lehement eloquence, told why the ex-President could not be nom inated without disaster to the party. Even when the storm did partially abate the great crod had become so restless that it reiused to listen to the speakers for more than a few morrents at a time. Henry attcson, though one of the heroes of the free trade victory of a few hours before, could not secure undivided attention while he announced that he had finally decided to cast his lot with the farmer statesman of Iowa. ISnnrke Cockran's Fruitless Appeal. ot until Bourke Cockran rose to make the final fruitless appeal was perfect order secured. The rain had ceased, and those who were not inclined to listen with sym pathy did so out of curiosity. All recog nized that the crisis of the convention was near at hand, and all wondered whether Tammany clear water would be able to change the current. Everything that one man could do was done. With a pathos which, if feigned, was still marvelously realistic, the skillful speaker pleaded with the delegates at his feet not to insult and defy the organized Democracy of the Empire State. With strong rhetoric and clever juggling of facts and figures, and no timidity in mentioning names, the logctian pointed out the vote getting weakness of Grover Cleveland as compared with David Bennett HilL With - W piUMlMMi WWfl,.- implied threats, carefully veiled under pro fessions of narty fealtv, the politician warned his almost breathless hearers ot dis aster if no heed should be paid to the formal voice of New York. With desperation the Tammany representative proclaimed that the Sachems were willing to abandon their clever chieftain and unite on any man save one. Totes That Spoke Loader Than Words. With trembling voice the resourceful wire-puller begged for at least deliberation and delay, in order that even more vigor ous assaults could be made on the unbroken column of the opposition. But the address, remarkable and impressive as it was, did not change a single souk No one answered it in words, but a few minutes later the large majority of those to whom the appeal was directed attested their lmpresslveness, determination and belief in a manner which admitted of no misinterpretation. Still a little later when the weary dele gates and spectators filed out of the Wig wam doors they were greeted by the first rays of the morning sun golding the tops of Chicago's towering structures, and the Northern sky was gleaming with a magnifi cent aurora. The superstitious called at tention to the fact that while nature's showers had added to the discomfiture of Grover 'Cleveland's enemies she was now smiling in the hour of his triumph. The last day of the struggle was the most doubtful. Tammany's rally after defeat had been practically conceded a most remark able one, and to the eyes of many threatened to snatch the victory from the grasp of those who imagined that they had it so well in hand. Powerful Pressure Brought to Bear. All day, and during the entire night ses sion up to the time when the deciding bal lot was cast, powerful influences were bring ing all possible pressure and inducements to bear nnon those delegates reirardin? whose position there was'the slightest uncertainty or the faintest hope of change. The brushing aside of the majority tariff plank reported and supported by some of Cleveland's friends was a cause of anxiety even to those who had previously been as sured that the struggle was over. Under all the circumstances it is wonderful that the ex-President on the first roll call should only have fallen less than 10 votes short of the estimate of 626 telegraphed to The Dis patch a little more than 24 hours before the State of Alabama cast the initial ballot for the nomination for the highest office in the United States. Where the defection of almost anr State or the desertion of a single powerful leader could have turned the scale, it is difficult for any one, almost for any one element, to claim all the credit of success. But certain it is that no influence was more powerful than that exerted by Pennsylvania. Had the G4 delegates of the Keystone State come to Chicago In behalf of a favorite son, or even divided in allegiance, the result could hardly have failed to have been far differ ent ' The Unit Bole Caused the It-snlt. As J. M. Guffey remarked, just before leaving for Pittsburg to-night: "If it had not been for Pennsylvania's unit rule the convention might have been still balloting a week from now." Secretary Harrity, though, failed to land his followers upon the winning side in the contest for second place. The Pennsyl vania leader was faithful to the agreement, either expressed or implied, with the friends of Isaac P. Gray, and cast 64 votes for In diana's ex-Governor. When the convention was slowly assem bling for its closing session the air was filled with rumors as to tne nomination lor vice "President. On one-hand it was asserted that the Cleveland men had abandoned Gray for Mitchell, of Wisconsin; on an other, that Morse, of Michigan, was the coming man, while both reports were stren uously denied. Asa matter of fact, the defeat of the Hoosier candidate and the choice of General Stevenson were due to a peculiar combina tion of circumstances. The New York dele gation, beaded by Tammany, which was very friendlr to Gray, felt bitterly toward him to-day, because they believed that his retirement from the Presidental field had contributed largely to their confusion. Various Causes of Stevenson's Success. This sentiment was echoed by the dele gates from Colorado, Iowa and other States, who had opposed the ex-President to the end. Then, from the Cleveland column, Stevenson secured the solid support of his own State of Illinois, with a number of votes from neighboring Commonwealths. In the South, too, there were a number of delegates, perhaps, against Gray on account of his former Republicanism "and radical army record, who had been in pleasant re lations with the First Assistant Postmaster General of four years ago. All these causes operated to secure for Stevenson on the first ballot a vote which, while not even a majority, was largely in excess of that for any other candidate. As soon as this was ascertained the desire not to be left in the cold caused a stampede of the delegation to change their votes to the leader, which soon gave him two-thirds and carried the nomination. During the changes which it was soon very evident would defeat Gray, Pennsyl vania stood .firmly by its chosen candidate. Once when Hensel rose to watch the prog ress of events, Harrity thought he was, as Chairman of the Keystone delegation, pre paring to join the stampede. "I wouldn't do that," quietly remarked Harritv, refer ring to what he thought was an intended change of the announced vote. "Not until it is settled, and then if it goes against us, we can join in the movement to make it unanimous." Pennsylvania Sticks to the Last. Hensel explained that he had no desire to change the record, but was merely keep ing an eye on the situation. A fe minutes later, the necessary two-thirds having al ready been secured, Pennsylvania's At torney General seconded th'e motion to make the nomination by acclamation. The Keystone delegation was about the only one for which the Hoosier Democrats retained a friendly feeling. The effect ot the choice of Stevenson on the assembled Democrats was, of course, varied by location and sentiment, but in the main the result was depressing. Some even professed to believe that the New York votes had been thrown as thev were pur posely to weaken the ticket and make the campaign one of illusive rainbows, others Spinted out that both New York and In iana, considered so vital to Democratic success, had been snubbed and the pleas of their delegates iciored. The Illinois members of the party were, as was to be expected, in a more cheertul lrame of mind. They believe that the nomi nation of Stevenson pleases his State, which recently gave a Democratic majority on local issues and elected the Legislature which made Palmer a Senator in the doubt ful list in the national contest. No Free Trade Talk tor Illinois. This idea, though, had but few adherents among the Democrats from other localities, and is laughed to scorn by the Republicans of Hlinois, who freely assert that the contest will never be uncertain while a free trade plank like the one adopted last night is the leature of the platform of the opposition. In the lair ot the tiger to-night there is ill-concealed hostility to the ticket. The ordinary braves scarcely make a pretense of hiding their sentiments', and are still mak ing the same arguments against Cleveland and his availability that they so persist ently advanced during the canvass. The intelligence that Hill had telegrasaked thanks lor the great effort to prevent the disorganization of the New York Dem- m mwsiii .im. isiw m tm hm isiv nmiw hhiiiv.iiiv mw mwv sn m ihh hw mw -y m v t - m mw -v- h -hw . PITTSBURG, FRIDAY. JUNE 24. 1892-TWELYE PAGES $$-'7 r w r s, Ml ft '?$ " I 'ftWSr tCtt. THE NOMINEES, THE LEADERS AND THE CLOSING SCENE IN TH E WIGWAM ocracy was not calculated to allay this feel ing. The schemers, thongh, had evidently de cided to put the best face possible upon the situation. Practically all ot them, in one way or another, pledged their support to the ticket nominated by the convention. Bourke Cockran declined to make a formal statement, but Edward Murphy said: "We have the hardest campaign of fighting to go through that ever was undertaken. In a few short months we have got to overcome a remarkably strong prejudice." Tammany's Support Promised. Richard Croker said: 'Tammany Hall will do its share toward supporting the Democracy and making it triumphant." J. F. Ridgway was not so emphatic in declaring for harmony. "I want to go home," he said, in a meek tone of voice. "I am heartily disgusted, and the sooner I get away front this howling Cleveland mob the more pleased will I be" While Tammany was feeling glum the California delegates, whose headquarters, are just across the hall, were holding a royal reception in honor of Cleveland's nomina tion, and opening case after case of Cali fornia's liquid product. The "Braves" made a parting call on the Callforniaps. and when they shook hands and ,sald good-bye there was little wine or punch reft The Californians seemed pleased at the way the Tammany men helped themselves, and de clared their only fault was their opposition to Cleveland. Among the Iowani, those sturdy fellows who crowed for Boies from morn to night, there is little inclination to rebel at the choice of the convention. Cleveland was Faxthful to tte Latt. the man for them if they could not obtain the nomination for their Governor. They made no secret of it, therefore they have no kick coming, to put It vulgarly, but em phatically. Some or thn Inwans Contented. "We are satisfied," says John F. Duns combe, who nominated Boies. "We had vast hopes for our candidate, but though they proved disappointing, we firmly be lieve that the convention did the wisest thing it could in selecting Grover Cleve land. Another time we may be more fortunate. As for the future of Boies,"; continued Mr. Dunsconibe, "a year from next January we will put him in the National Senate. His term ot office as Governor expires then. He is too useful a man to bury in the shade of a Presidental nomination. I fancy that if the country at large was as well acquainted with his qualities as we of Iowa are, he would not have been brushed aside so light ly. Iowa will work for the nominee as though he had been drawn from within her own borders, and she is not feeling bitter toward any one." ' Edward Campbell's views are slightly different. He says: "It we could not get Boies for President, I wanted him named for Vice President, with Cleveland, and that nomination, I believe, we could have secured. The majority of our delegation were opposed to the step, though, and hence no effort for second place was made." . Gorman's Faith In the Democracy. Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, and the Solid South, said and said with a smile: "Whatever a Democratic Conven tion does is right." Senator Lilly, of South Carolina, who told The Dispatch so recently that Cleve land could not possibly carry his own and several other Southern States, is more con servative now. He says: "We will do all we can for him. If his fool friends quit at tacking the Farmers' Alliance in South Carolina, there is a fighting chance for Cleveland in the State." Hoosier Delegate at Large Jewett said: "Cleveland and Gray would have certainly carried Indiana against Harrison aud Reid. The result now is not so certain." The New York delegates who do no, be long to the Tammany organiza tion were not much more enthusi astic than the representatives of the tiger. Governor Flower said: "lam a Democrat. I shall support Mr. Cleveland, so far as is in my power," he con tinued gruadedly. "I think that Tammany will stand by him to a man." The Gov ernor was very caretnl to disclaim any re sponsibility for Tammany, and hastened to say: 'il am not a member of Tammany id an. Judge H. P. Cantwellj of Franklin J . . J.'Or y,Vfl,v county, New York, savs: "I consider the nomination of Mr. Cleveland an unfortu nate affair for the Democratic party. My county generally gives a Republican ma jority of 2,000. I believe this vear that Mr. Harrison will get 2,500 to 3,000. Of course I will cast my vote for the Demo cratic nominee, but I will not. as usual, en gage in any active work for the party. James L. Dempsev. of Clinton, N. Y., re sponded to a query thus: "I am a Democrat and will vote for Cleveland." . "Will you work for his election?" "I feel like saying no to that question just now. However, I may change my views later. I can say posrtively, though, that my county will give a.lafger Republican vote than it did four years ago." Whitney, Harrity, Dickinson, Vilas and those -v ho followed them to victory here, of course profess the utmost confidence of success in November. To-night, with as much enthusiasm as could be expected, considering the incle mency of the weather and the condition of the streets, the nominations are being rati fied by marching columns and cheering crowds. Bancroft. BOOMERS GOING HOME. Talk of Whitney and Harrity for Mana gers or the Campaign The Ticket First Named in The Blip itch by Al Car lisle, a TVhoIa Month Ago. rBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J Chicago, June 23. The exodus is in full progress. In fact, it was inaugurated early this morning, when numbers of those who had no particular reason to be enthusi astic over the situation shook the dust, or' rather the mud, of Chicago from their feet, and left to explain matters to their respective constituencies. To-night delegation after delegation is marching to the special trains in waiting, and at midnight a large portion of the immense crowd of boomers which came here imagining it would influence the results one way or another is on the rail homeward bound. The new National Committee held a meeting this evening, but, according to usage, adjourned to effect a permanent or ganization at a later time, when the candi dates shall have beendefinitely ascertained. The gossip now runs in the direction of AVhitney as Chairman of the National Com mittee, and Harrity for Chairman ot the Executive Committee. One politician of a practical turn put in thus: "Whitney will make an excellent man for advice and counsel,and particularly to raise the all-necessary funds. Harritv is just the man to djtbj work ana spend the money in the manner to secure the best possible results." Neither Mr. AVhitney nor Mr. Harritv will admit that any arrangement of this nature has been considered vet. The combi nation, though, is one which finds favor in the eyes of many of the leaders. Al Carlisle is in a good frame of mind. As proof of his success as a politician he is exhibiting a clipping from The Dispatch, of an interview had in Pittsburg a month ago, in which he named Cleveland and Stevenson as the nominating ticket in the Democratic Convention. Mr. Carlisle re gards the nomination for Vice President as a strong one, aud is very hopeful that it will insure the large electoral vote of Illi nois to the ticket named to-day. The almost continuous downfall of rain for days past, broken only for a brief season at daybreak this morning, has caused some of the disgusted ones to remark that even I the heavens were weeping over the action 'of the convention. Tnis was replied to by an enthusiastic Cleveland Democrat from Kentucky who has been repeating many times to-night the familiar Bourbon prov erb: "Rain makes corn, corn makes whisky, and whisky makes Democrats. ' Bancroft. WHITNEY CONGRATULATED. Ills Little Daughter and Vr. Cleveland Flrase Him ith Telegrams. Chicago, June "23. The first telegram which Mr. AVhitney received to-day was one from his little 5-year-old daughter, which read thus; , Newport, R. I, June S3. Three Cheers for papa. Doiiotht. Dorothv is the little girl in whom Mrs. Cleveland showed her interest by suggest ing the name she bears. Mr. AVhitney was delighted'with the message, more than even the following, which he received Irom Mr. Cleveland himself: BrzzAHD's Uat, June 23. W. C. Whitney: I must say to you, and thronli yu, to those whq have acted with 3 ou, that I have a grateful nppieciatlon ot the efforts nnide in my behalf, and that my admiration Is un bounded for the pi udence, sagacity and gen eralship of my friends in Chicago. Grover Clevklahd. Speaking of tho result, Mr. AVhitney said to-night: "I regard Stevenson's nomination as giving strength to the ticket, because, as Assistant Postmaster General under Cleve land, he was very popular with the rank and file of the party, and he still retains his popularity. In regard to Tammany, there is no bad blood between the New York Democrats. I have received a call from Croker, who assured me that he was a sincere friend of the 'ticket, I have AT CHICAGO. talked with all the New York men since, and they express a readiness to go back to Cleveland." QUAY BETTING OX HARRISON. He Offers Openly to Put Up SIO.OOO on tho President's Ke-Election. Philadelphia, June 23. Senator Quay, alter breakfast to-day, started down town. He met Collector Cooper and ex Sheriff Kern, and stopped for a chat. The topic of conversation naturally turned to the action ot the Democratic Convention and the nomination of Cleveland. Senator Quay expressed himself as satis fied and confident that Cleveland would be easily beaten. As he turned to enter bis cab the Senator remarked to ex-Sherifl Kern: "I will bet 910,000 that Harrison is elected. If yon know anyone that wants to bet, send him around." Youngstown Uomocrut 'Ratify. YOUNOSTOWN, June 23. t&peeia!. A Democratic jollification was held in this city to-night over the nomination of Cleve land and Stevenson. Enthusiastic addresses- were delivered by prominent Dem ocrats, which was followed by a display of fire works amid cheers for the National Democratic ticket, r The Solid South. rostlng yon Ten Cents emdttta will usnally bring you the tenant yon desire tor yonr spare reows. three CENTS. GROVER'S SIATE ISSTEVEMSON. Like Cleyelaad's Ifyniinatioii, the Business Was Done in but One Ballot. A GEAND FIGHT FOE GEAY, Bat the Convention Thinks" Best to Placate Tammanj Hall. Michigan Delegates Speak; for Their Chief Justice Morse A Kentnckian Favors Stevenson Because Ho la a Believer in the Spoils System Gen eral Bragg, of Wisconsin, Trots Oat Mitchell Boie3 Spurns the Office Changes of Votes Saves the Neces sity for a Second Ballot The Story as Told by the Figures. tBY associated ntxss.l Chicago, June 23. The Democracy of the Nation named the Presidental candi date, but it remained to Tammany Hall, of New York, to name the candidate for the rice Presidency. Illinois, the EJtate whose 48 votes at the critical stage turned the tide in favor of the nomination ot Gro ver Cleveland, and New York, the State in the face of whose protest the great popular leader was named for the Presidency, clasped hands to-day through the inteven tion of Hon. William M. Springer, of Illi nois, and the bonds of friendship between the Empire and the Prairie States were ce mented by the nomination of A. E. Steven son for Vice President. AVhen the day opened, all was in doubt as to the selection of a candidate for A'ica President. Every delegate that was yester day identified with the opposition to Gro ver Cleveland was fonnd to be arrayed in an even more vehement opposition to the can didacy of Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana. Tammany Thirsts for Revenue. There was a general desire on the part of these disconsolates to wreak vengeance on the Indiana delegation for falling in line for Cleveland at the very time when their opposition would have given so much com fort and substantial encouragement to those who had been making frantic endeavors to prevent the ex-President from getting the two-thirds vote necessary for his nomina tion. So It became early manifest that what ever agreement might have been entered into by the Cleveland leaders of New York, Pennsylvania and other prominent States, to give them Gray and the Vice Presidency in return for the support of Indiana for Cleveland, there was going to be very de termined opposition by the delegates gen erally to the consummation of this pro gramme. Before daylight the AVisconsin delega tion had the lobbies of all the principal hotels pasted with placards bearing the in scription:. "For President, Grover Cleve laiyi; for. Vice President, John L. Mitch ell," and it was at once known that the millionaire Congressman of AVisconsin was a candidate for second place. Michigan, too, suddenly came to the front with a can didate in the person of the one-armed vet eran, Hon. Allen B. Morse, an eminent jurist of that State. . Springer Brings About the Alliancs. It was at this stage of affairs that Hon. William M. Springer, of Illinois, the dis tinguished Chairman of the AVajs and Means Committee of the National House of Representatives, determined that the anti Cleveland men should not be entirely ig nored. Hon. Bourke Cockran, of New York, is one ot Mr. Springer's most active lieutenants n the Wavs and Means Com mittee, and Hon. John R. Fellows and Governor Flower, of the New York delega tion, have been the Illinois Congressmans colleazues in the House of Representatives, so that when the tariff reformer declared that Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, should be presented as a Vice Presidental candidate, he found the New York delega tion kindly disposed to give him co-operation. At the conference of the Ne-v York dele- Lgation, held early in the day, Mr. Springer was present and announced authoritatively that Illinois would present General Steven son and cast its 48 votes for him for the A'ice Presidency. AVhat took place at this conference no one knows; but when the dis tinguished Congressman emerged he an nounced to his fellow-Democrats of Illinois that the 72 votes of New York would be cast for Stevenson, and that victory was as sured. The- Deal Kept a Profound Srcrot. To the convention at large, the intentions of the New York delegation were a secret until that State was reached on the roll call. Up to that time Stevenson and Gray .were leading with about equal strength, and Morse and Mitchell were following in about the order named. There was a period of almost breathless silence when New York w was called, and the slight hesitancy of the Chairman ot the delegation in responding, tended to the intensity of the interest "New York has 72 votes for Hon, A. E. Stevenson, of Illinois," said Governor Flower, and pandemonium broke loose in the enthusiasm that this remark inspired from the thousands of Illmoisans that thronged the galleries and crowded the corridors and aisles. The remainder of the roll call was but formal. Stevenson at once began to make rapid gains, and at the conclusion of the roll call one State after another requested recognition to change their votes to the II linoisan. In a few minutes he had the two thirds requisite for a nomination, and the usual motion to make the nomination unan imous prevailed amid the plaudits of the galleries aud the wildest enthusiasm on the floor. General Stevenson himself was discreetly absent from the floor of the convention during the proceedings which were so vital to him, and his place as the Chairman of the Illinois delegation was temporarily filled by one of his colleagues from the Prairie State. . He Represents the Spoils Svstem. The nomination of Stevenson has done much to allay the rancor of this National Convention. Although a confidant and great admirer of ex-President Cleveland; he is the antithesis ot the distinguished New Yorker in his position on the distri bution of official patronage. Stevenson, as the First Assistant Postmaster General un der Cleveland, made a reputation for re moving Republican postmasters and ap pointing Democrats, which it required all the. agility of Hon. James S. Clarkson, of Iowa, to rival when President Harrison made that gentleman the First Assistant Postmaster Genera! t.nder the Republican administration to undo. For this reason, General Stevenson is exceedingly popular with the verv element most active in oppo sition to Mr. Cleveland, and the ticket nominated by the National Convention of 1692 is a concession to both ef the great elf V- ,J 1 1 4 k if 3 4 I' -f.J. S&tof&Sy ij3fc?ii&l .1 E3?e1!