Show POLITICAL POINTERS it will take votes to nominate a candidate at the chicago convention and a great many dark horses are figuring where to get the odd omaha bee not a single harrison delegate to the chicago convention has baa yet been chosen outside of indiana of the twenty six delegates selected in indiana about halt are really for gresham benois bennys spontaneous boom is not so buoyant as it might be Adi indianapolis anapolis sentinel la in case a deadlock should occur between I 1 the blaine and sherman forces 1 the leader who now seems most likely to be chosen is ither either e judge gresham bior or senator allison All lson in the west both are exceedingly popular and it is confidently fi believed by those of shrewdest judgment that either of them could secure a larger number of the votes of the college than mr blaine PhRa philadelphia delphia ledger the letter was a trick nothing more nor less As mr depew said it was not a ref refusal to take the noa mation though he had a perfect right to ref refuse use in advance and could and ought to have done so it if lie he meant to refuse at all it was simply a statement that his name would not be presented to the convention leaving the convention tree free and even inviting it to I 1 draft him into the service so to speak by a unanimous nomination N T Y times dent deni it is understood that chhon P A collins has been selected by the national committee to preside at the meeting of the democratic convention at st louis such a choice will be accepted with gratification bv friends of the administration in the east and will not fail of approval by those in other sections of the country should mr collins be chosen chairman of the national convention he may be trusted to give the keynote of the proceedings of that gathering clearly and strongly his utterances nev never erlack lack forchand force and directness and his services in that important position will be brilliant as well as eft efficient lelent boston post |