| Show CLEVELAND CLIMBING A FEW days ago agg a conservative yet searching and quite reliable cadvan was made of the illinois delegation to the chicago convention by a aromi nent newspaper worker of that city the result of his footings gave the following result palmer 26 morrison 12 cleveland 9 justice craig 1 the importance of this estimate to those who are on the lookout for straws 9 from oln the a lake a a city is considerable era e or was wasso so until yesterday when according to the associated press reporter secretary palmer absolutely declined in favor of the ex president and requested that not only the votes in his bis own favor but those for all other candidates go to mr cleveland if his wishes should be obeyed the column for the noted now new yorker will have swollen somewhat beyond the majority line and be in easy sailing of the necessary two thirds required to nominate not only Js is the act of senator palmer consequential in ia and of itself but it sets the pace so to speak for other wavering delegations illinois was perhaps looked upon as a kind of criterion because having the largest mixed delegation and the largest one of any state but three new york pennsylvania and ohio if the last named and indiana should now follow suit and drop their favorite sons or those from other places and unite on mr cleveland his nomination on an the first ballot would be assured it is announced by the same authority that the anti cleveland force are determined to make one grand determined ter mined effort by concentrating all their strength to prevent the consummation shadowed foreshadowed fore at least so far as am the first ballot is concerned evidently bello believing virg that his failure to secure the prize at the outset will thereafter ause him losses lawes instead of gains and that once taking a downward course in means eans ultima ultimate ote defeat or as soon as some other strong man can be agreed and combined the dispatches state that now or rather yesterday evening the only avowed candidates were cleveland hill and boles this makes it look darker for the opposition on as following the rule of proportions and preference the majority of those who have deserted their former have gone to swell the ex presidents president le following so that while hill and boles have gained a little cleveland has gained considerably the later dispa go to show that the cleveland forces are being slowly but steadily augmented from which the rea reader er can draw raw his own conclusions |
