Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-24

ness, and concluded by saying that there
was no necessity Of settling forth the claims
and availability OF Blalnes - everybody was
| TOO weIi'acquzintcd with hfm to.require thai.
AT this moment Senator Quay came into
The room He stated 10 The committee that
New Yorksdecfded 10 support Blame, and hs
could not see how thc nomiratlon Of BlaiRe
could posibly be avoided. lie felt that the
| majority OF the convection would be In favor
OF II. The chairman Senator FarwelD
stated that IN any event II was The duty Of
| the committee to recommend The name Of
some candidate for the conference 10 sup
port as body, and The narneof Congress
man Mckinley, ofp0hIo, was proposed. The
committee was polled as to some OF the can
didates, and By p large majority decided that
being a possibility with the convention, It
/ was the duty OF the committee 10 endeavor
10 select somebody outside OF Blaine, and
/ that he ought not to be considered by this
/ committee, The result Of this was pro-
tracted discussion. An attempt was made to
catechse the representatives present as TO
their second choice.
| Mr.. Dufield, the manager OF the Alger
forces, was asked who hisdelegation would
support In the event that Alger was out OF
the way, TO which he replied: "BIainc."
The question was put 70 Mr.. peTouug.
! who stated that his POSITION was different
from that Of any gentleman present his
delegation supporting candidate who, In
his opinion, would be nominated. There
fore, IL was ridiculous 10 ak him to name
q second choice, especially in view OF the
fact that the candidates represented by
other members OF the committee were all
practically out Of the race.
AT this stage OF the proceedings Senator
Hoar addressed the meeting and said that
Blaine was very dear to the people OF Mas
sachusetts, that they thought very highly OF
him, and'taat be could undoubtedly carry
his State. He thought Mckinley could also
carry It IL be was placed at the head OF the
ticket.
The Ohio Representatives, Governor Foster
and Benjamin ButteSworth, refused 10 con-
slider Sherman out OF the fight for all the
committee had so decided. Repeated ballots
were taken. On Che first ballot in'the COM
mittee no one candidate received over three
votes. After repeated balloting Mckinley
received seven votes. The chairman asked
DeYoung IL be would recommend his dele
CATION TO support Mckinley, and be replied
that he would not; that bis delegation had
declared for the man who now held a ma.
iority vote in the convention, and 1t would
simply be ridiculous to ask them when they
had won their fight 10 refuse at that moment
10 vote for him.
There great deal OF discussion, and some
who favored Mckinley now objected TO re-
porting him to the conference. Mr.. Du1ield
said tbSt'1f they reported man 1t ought to
be one strong euoogb to beat Blaine. which
Mckinley could not do. Another delegate
stated that Mckinley had this morRing
practically placed himself IN the same posi-
ton as Blaine when he got in1be chair IN the
convention aud stated that he was not a can
didatefor the presidency.
After some more.dkcussion 1t was finally
decided to report Two names to the confer
ence, and the second name chosen was ALI
son. The committee then adjourned to ro-
port to the conference.
When the conference bad to some extent
discussed the situation q motion was made
TINT they adiournihe convention immediate
ly on meeting this afternoon until Monday
morning to give time iar Thoroughly discuss
ing the situation, aud 1t was agreed that
each delegate in the conference be requested
10 urge his delegation to vote for an adjourn
ment OF the convention. II was so ordered.