St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-23
If He Is Not Nominated To-
Day No One Else
Will Be.
Minnesota's Crowd Will Give
Gresham One More Big
Boost,
Then They Will Flock to Har-
rison, and Ultimately to
Blaine.

special 10 tne GlOpe.
CHICAGO, June 22.-This has been
notable convention to-day, notable not
so much for what has been done as for
what has not been done. The mist of
uncertainty which has overshadOWed
the convention all along, grows deeper
and darker as events progress. 1t had
been supposed that the clouds would be
lifted to-day and if result was not
reached, at least light enough would
shine through to give one an intelligent
idea of what the result would be.
Contrary to all expectation the
day has closed with the plot of
the greatest political drama of mod
ern times still thickening without
giving the faintest idea of when the
climax will be reached or what its de-
velopments will be, the morning ses-
sion was one of quiet, thoughtful, earn
est work. 1t was the
FIRST TRIAL OF STRENGTH
among the various factions, and closed
most unsatisfactory to all. No candi-
date secured the vote his friends had
confidently expected. Hawley. Filter
and Rusk went down under the first
fire, but their forces were so small that
their disappearance from the field was
hardly perceptible. After four hours
spent in measuring swords without
being able to test the mettle
of their steel the, opposing
forces agreed upon recess
until 2 p. m. During the morning ses-
sion, when the first ballot was taken,
the Minnesota vote was announced as
IL for Gresham, for Depew, and 1 for
Alger. Thereupon Senator Stevenson
sPRANG TO HIS FEET
and demanded poll of the delegation.
He wanted to find the new Depew re-
cruit, and succeeded. M. S. Chandler
was called he shouted "Depew" in
voice clear and distinct enough to as
sure Stevenson that he was not afraid
| of his bulldoZing tactics. He had gone
| over to Depew to stay, and stuck to
| him through the succeeding ballots.
| The evening session revealed the fact
that the Depew combination could de-
pend on two others in the Minnesota
delegation in a crisis. 1t had been whis-
pered around late this afternoon that
some sort of deal had been fixed up
between Depew and Harrison, and that
| the convention was to be treated to
startling sensation at its night session.
When the convention assembled at Z
p. m. everybody was on the tiptoe of ex-
pectation. When Chauncey Depew took
the platform and withdrew his name, it
was understood then that the game was
to play Harrison as a
TRUMP CARD AGAINST THE FIELD.
1t began to be whispered around that
Rusk and Alger were in the combina-
ton. The only thing left for the field
to do was to force an adjournment with
out ballot, and thus gain time to con-
centrate. The roll call of states on the
motion to adjourn revealed the strength
of the Depew-Rarrison combination
and where it came from. When Mime
sofa was called the ten Gresham men
voted for adjournment, and the four
who voted against it are set down as
being in the Depew cons piracy. They
are Hartley, Chandler, Langdon and
Johnson. While the roll was being
called on the motion for adjournment 1T
stood on the press platform in conversa-
tion with Stephen B. Elkins. His face
was an interesting study to me as he
noted the progress of the vote. When it
became evident that the motion would
carry his face wreathed with smiles,
and in rather an eXultant tone he re-
marked: "Now we will get an
other night for work." VIVA
a nights work means with
Mr.. Elkins needs no explanation
| to those who are familiar with his meth
ods. I ventured to suggest that the
field was evidently forcing an adjourn
ment in order to concentrate against
Harrison. "You are right" replied
Mr.. Elkins, "but who, in your opinion.
can they concentrate upon?'' This was
my one opportunity to apply the news
paper pump to man who has made
study of avoiding interviews and 1
grasped the opportunity. But had to