Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-15
WHETIli R HE WILL OR NO.
SOME OF BLAiNE'S FRIENDS BOUND
TO NOMINATE HIM.

Q him will be presented to the convention mex
q week.
This is what Chairman b. y. Jones, Of tn
/ Republican national committee, said 10 a REP
j resentative of the United Press last evening
{ He had just finished reading one Of the new
Q dispatches of that organization This dis
patch quoted an afternoon paper Of Pitt
burg rs reiterating the declaration that II
| spite OF Jones' denials such letter was Ii
existence; that the information came iron
I a trustworthy source; that the letter would b
read to the convention, and that Blaineh
! friends, who were still working for his nom
ination, were using every effort to accc IN
plish its suppression.
Jones read the dispatch carefully "A secont
time, and then resumed; ~ received the frs
letter from Mr.. Blaine, and Whitelaw Reid
the second No further communication
have come 10 either of us, and il Mr. Blaine
had addressed himself ~ still third party
think that would be likely 10 have heard Of
it by this time thought that my denial OF
Wednesday would have settled the matter
As it seems not TO have done So however,
l would thank the United Press TO say for
me, absolutely and unqualiiiedly that
know nothing of any such letter"
"And as to Blaine's friends still working
for his nomination. was asked
That" replied Jones, goes into the same
category. None of his friends, so far as
know, is doing anything of the kind. They
recognize the fact that his withdrawal is alb
solute and unequivocal: that he is out OF the
| field in every sense; that his name can not be
/ considered in even the most remote contin-
| gency. That is his position, and that is the
| position Of his friends What would it avail
for them to work for a nomination which,
even if successful would be Immediately fol
| lowed by declinationi Mr. Blaines friends
| do not want to put either him or the Re
/ publican party in any such position"
Then the individuals who are still boom
| ing him are"
Jones interrupted the query with sug-
gestive shrug of the shoulders and wave of
the hand. He could not have any more
plainly answered "fool friends" even il he
| had spoken the words
No matter, however, how one of the most
intimate friends of the man from Maine may
regard those who refuse to abandon his flag,
it is nevertheless certain that the latter are
Just earnest and enthusiastic the friends
of some of the other candidates Witness,
for instance, the contretemps that created
so much connection in the rotunda of the
Grand Pacific yesterday. Col. A. c. Babcock.
the well known politician, appeared at the desk
with an armful of Blaine Autographs. He
wanted one placed alongside the pictures Of
Sherman, Allison, Alger and Gresham. But
mine host Drake wouldn't have it So "Blaine
isn't candidate" he said, "and his picture
can't be put up here, I'm not gong to en-
encourage any Blaine furore"
Both of the white headed men were angry,
and personal collision seemed imminent
The crowd that had gathered cheered Bah
cock. 1t cheered again when he placed the
picture in the window of one of the stores in
the hotel rotunda, and it went into parox-
ysms of enthusiasm when, after mailing o
Blaine Autograph one of the pillars
he engaged two colored stalwarts to
guard it, with the threat ave put
that picture there and I'd like to see
the man that will take it down. l can
lick Drake or any one else" The irate colonel
concluded with the declaration that he would |
cover the hotel and the town with Blaine |
pictures between now and the convention, |
and he will keep his word.
Still another straw Indicative of the latent |
Blaine feeling, is found in the action of the |
Young Mems Blaine club, of this city, This |
organization, which numbers some 1,20C /
members, will turn out in force on Saturday, /
with banners and badges, to meet the Cali
fornians. The Irish American club will unite |
with them, and between the two they propose
to make Blaine demonstration that will be
at once imposing and significant. A thousand
cream colored hats, each of which will be L
ornamented with a picture Of the plumed
knight, are en- route from Philadelphia, and
will be worn in the parade
Around the hotels there was good deal of
talk among the politicians anent the apparent
Blaine undercurrent although none of them
would admit that it meant anything more
than token of sympathy and regard.
At the various headquarters not much was
doing. There was falling OFF in the callers
at the Gresham rooms and the feeling gener-
ally prevailed that his boom was losing force
with each succeeding day. Ayers advance
guard was active and enthusiastic, and talked
with earnestness of the strength which their
candidate would develop when the delega-
tons and the numerous Grand Army contin-
gents began to pour in on Saturday.
There were not many signs of active vital
ty about the Sherman headquarters until
last night. when the Ohioans arrived in force
on special train and began to whoop up
things in vigorous style Nor did the Har
rison detachment from Indiana make much
of STIR although they moved around, here,
there and everywhere, and did a good
deal of quiet talking in behalf Of
their candidate and against Gresham.
About third of the delegation is now
here, and they will be reinforced by the re-
and 5000 Indianians by Monday. {
The Shermantes are confident, and claim In
ulHnu, w lSCOuSlIlt elISyiNduih wow
York ON the second or third ballot, togeth ei
with the solid support of the south. The
Rusk BOOM which was inaugurated at the
recent Wisconsin state convention, has so far
failed to materialize in the slightest degree, |
but both the Wisconsin governor and Gov
ernor Oglesby, of Illinois, are spoken of ss
for the second place ON the ticket | |
Senator Allisons friends are "laying low" 1
and Editor Clarkson, of Des Moines with ]
several of his colleagues from that state who |
will give the senator at least complimentary a
vote, are quoted as confessing privately their S
belief that Blaine will be the nominee t
A United States senator who stopped over \
It the Pacific yesterday, and requested that n
lis name should not be used, said, among h
'ther things: II believe that Blaine's name n
will come up about the tenth ballot If it
becomes apparent that there is a dead lock- \
md every condition now indicates that there n
will be one-I look for the delegates to begin A
o vote for Blaine. and he will probably be n
ominated" y
Another veteran politician, who, while taking +,
Q part in the struggle in behalf of any of the q,
andidates, is "a keen observer, says:
.."There is one of these combinations that will
g successful. 1t will be Blaine and Foraker,
Tiger and Morton. or Harrison and Phelps " t.
Delegate-at-Large Patrick Egan, of Ne d.
raska, came in yesterday from Cleveland, | n
here he has been attending the meeting Of u
le Irish National league committee. He 81
i'd:
There is no particular candidate who can u
~ with any show of fact that he is in the p'
ad. Probably Mr. Sherman is stronger now o.
ian any other Ole man, bnt there is no cur D'
mt of feeling toward him that would indi- al
Ite his nomination more certainly than that re
any other candidate. Personally l am III
II Alger. OF the Nebraska delegation, who hi
i'll arrive on Saturday, seven of the ten are th
II blaine nna fni. Sherr,nr ono e. r