St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-19
Welded TO THEIR IDOL.

California Sill SnOutS IOr Blame
and Favors AIger as the Resid-
uary Legatee of His Strength.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1s.-The California
delegates and the coasters generally
have enjoyed themselves to-day in pa
rading the streets with the Kansas City
Republican club and the Topeka Flam-
beau club, which were met this morning
at the Union depot by the California
delegation and portions of the other
Pacific coast delegations. The coasters
had along with them their big blue silk
and gold protection banners, their big
picture of Blaine and the magnificent
California white silk banner. They eS
cOrted the Kansas Blaine men all over
town, and the marked absence of Cali
fornians from the Leland, where their
headquarters are situated was due to the
fact that they were too busy
BOOMING THE BLAINE MOVEMENT
in these parades to attend to the business
at their we'll stocked headquarters. The
coasters were martialed by S. P. Can
cliff, of the California delegation, who
made an admirable field marshal for the
occasion. While the main body of the
delegates were engaged in this mission
airy work for the Maine statesman few
of the leading spirits were busy with
more practical work. The committee
appointed by the Pacific coast meeting
of yesterday, which held a stormy ses-
sion in which Mr.. Gage took issue
vigorously with Senator Jones, of Ne
vada, as to the Interpretation of the
Blaine letter and claimed that the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine might be
made i'll such manner as to enable
him to accept without discrediting either
his motives or his words was again the
leading topic in session this morning.
AT this meeting, although Senator Jones
opposed any agreement of first choice
for Blaine, it was practically agreed
that Blaine was the favOrite candidate
of the Pacific coast and claSSically it
was understood that some such recon-
mendatiOns should be made to the pro-
posed meeting of the Pacific coast dele
cations at l o'clock. The matter of
second choice was also considered by
this committee and upon vote taken
Gen. Alger, of Michigan, was men
toned as the probable residuary.
LEGATEE OF THE BLAINE STRENGTH
son difficult as yet to explain, there was
no meeting of the Pacific coast delega-
ton at 1 o'clock and the subsequent
proposed meeting at o'clock was also a
failure. Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
and Senator Jones were in the CalifOr-
mia headquarters at the time appointed,
and appeared to be considerably dis
appointed at the failure of any consid-
cradle portion of coasters to be present.
After it had been discovered that all at
tempts to get the Pacific coast or Cali
fOrnia delegates together at this time
were futile, Senator Jones said to the
W nI,I pfa n
pose that concerted action ON the part
of the Pacific coast delegation is proba-
BILE before one ballot at least has been
taken in the convention" He did not
believe it was possible to unite the Pa
cific coast delegation for Blaine. He
did not think Sherman would be nomi-
mated, and had no idea of the Pacific
coast delegates going over to Depew.
He rather thought that the situation
showed that the nomination would go
to Allison or Harrison. 81 think" said
he, ''that this is in the air. but when
pressed for reasons only said: ''Well.
that is my diagnosis of the case.''
A prominent member of the Califor-
mia delegation did not agree with the
Nevada senator, and said that the Pa
cific coast was too much
Welded TO BLAINE,
and the idea that he was the only can
didate upon whom the coast could be
heartily united to enable Senator Jones
and one or two others, who had other
results in view, to prevent a hearty con-
currence in any movement would place
the Plumed Knight at the head of the
ticket. Both of these gentlemen doubted
whether the Pacific coast delegates
would begin the balloting by voting for
Mr.. Blaine. but they explained the pos
sibility of this failure to do what every
body expects them to do by saying that
this might be more advantageous in the
end to the Blaine movement. Evil
IDENTITY there is much to be explained in
this direction before the beginning of
the ballots in the convention. The Cali
fornia delegates this evening took a
conspicuous part in the great Blaine
demonstration and parade through the
city. The Topeka Flambeau club and
the Kansas City Republican club formed
in line in front of the Leland hotel,
where they were joined by the Califor-
mans with their banners and cheers for
Blaine.