St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-24
THE REFRAIN Is BLAINE.

All Factions Except the Sup
Nomination of the Man from
Maine.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 23.-The conference
committee that met at the Grand Pacific
last night and remained in session until
nearly o'clock this morning, assem-
bled Immediately after adjournment
this morning in parlOr of the Grand
Pacific hotel. There was large repre-
sentation, comprising the representa-
tiveS of the Alger, Blaine, Allison, Sher-
man and Hawley forces. This meeting
was originally called for the purpose of
defeating the Harrison movement. To-
day they really did not know the object
of their meeting, as Harrison had been
practically defeated by the adjourn
ment yesterday. However, after vari-
Gus speakers had addressed the meet
ing upon the possibility of nominating
ANY MAN BUT BLAINE,
they appointed committee to take the
situation into consideration and to pre-
sent to the conference committee re-
port which, if the members saw fit,
they could report back to their dele
cations with the recommendation that
they support it. A committee of ten
was appointed representing the diff
ferent factions, consisting of Col. Davis
and Senator Farwell in behalf of
Gresham; NJ. II. De Young for the
Blaine movement; Congressman Hub
bell and Clarkson for Allison; Henry
M. Duffield for Alger; Gov. Foster and
Congressman Benjamin Butterworth for
Sherman. The conference then ad-
journed until 2:30, and the committee
Immediately went into session, notify
ing Senators Hoar and Quay to be pres
ent. Senator Quay did not Immediately
put in an appearance. The first action
taken was by Senator Farwell who,
after complimenting Judge Gresham,
said that for the sake of harmony he
WOULD WITHDRAW HIS NAME.
Gov. Foster then addressed the meet
ing in behalf of John Sherman as the
ablest man that the committee could re-
port in favor of. At the conclusion of
Gov. Fosters remarks, Mr.. Duffield ad-
dressed the committee in favor of Gen.
Alger. Congressman ClarksOn was
called upon and he very strongly urged
De Young being called on stated to the
committee that he thought that they
were not there to listen to the praises
of the different candidates, but to de-
eide upon the man that was most avail
able and who could carry the country
for the party; that the better plan
would be to examine into the merits
and demerits of the different candi-
dates. Mr.. DeYoung stated to the
committee the objections urged by the
representatives from the Pacific coast
to two or three of the candidates, setting
forth their weaknesses and concluded
by saying that there was no necessity
of setting forth the claims and avail
ability of Mr.. Blaine, as everybody was
too well acquainted with him to require
that. At this moment Senator Quay
came into the room. He stated to the
committee that New York had
DECIDED TO SUPPORT BLAINE,
and he could not see how the nomina-
ton of Blaine could possibly be avoided.
He felt that the majority of the conven-
ton would be in favor of it. The chair
man, Senator Farwell, stated that in
any event it was the duty of the COM
mittee to recommend the name of some
candidate for the conference to support
as a body, and the name of Congress-
man Mckinley, of Ohio, was proposed.
The committee was pOlled as to some of
the candidates and by a large majority
! decided that Sherman was out of the
| fight; that Blaine being possibility
with the convention, it was the duty of
| the committee to endeavOr to select
somebody outside of Mr.. Blaine, and
that he ought not to be considered by
this committee. The result of this was
protracted discussion. An attempt
was made to catechise the representa-
tives present as to their second choice.
| TN,,G .n1I \, Of hn Inrnr
forces, was asked who his delegation
would support in the event that Gen.
Alger was out of the way, to which he
replied, Blaine. The same question
was put to Mr.. De Young, who stated
| that his position was different from that
of any gentleman present, his delega-
ton supporting a candidate who, in his
opinion, would be nominated. There
fore, it was ridiculous to ask him to
name second choice, especially in
view of the fact that the candidates rep
resented by the other members of the
committee were all
PRACTICALLY OUT OF THE RACE.
At this stage of the proceedings Sen
said that Blaine was very dear to the
people of Massachusetts; that they
thought very highly of him, and that he
could undoubtedly carry his state. He
thought Congressman Mckinley could
also carry it, if he was placed at the head
of the ticket. The Ohio delegation, Gov
Foster and Gen. ButterwOrth refused tC
consider Sherman out of the fight fOI
all the committee had decided. Re
peated ballots were taken. On the first
ballot in the committee, no one candi
date received over three votes. After
repeated balloting Mckinley received /
| hn o1,air Mr. rs.I
turned to Mr.. De Young and asked hin
if he would recommend his delegation
to support Mr.. Mckinley, and he replied
that he would not; that his delegation
had declared for man who now
HELD A MAJORITY VOTE
in the convention, and it would simply
be ridiculous to ask them when they
had won their fight to refuse at thai
moment to vote for him. There was {
great deal of discussion, and some tha
favored Mr.. Mckinley now objected tt
reporting him to the conference. Mr.
Duffield said if they reported a man i
Mr.. Blaine, which Mr.. Mckinley coulC
not do, and another delegate stated tha
Mr.. Mckinley had this morning prac
tically placed himself in the same posi-
ton as Blaine, when he got up on {
chair in the convention and stated tina
he was not a candidate for the presi
dency. After some more discussion i
was finally decided to report two name:
to the conference, and the second name
chosen was Allison. The committee
then adjourned to report to the confer
ence. When the conference had, tt
some extent, discussed the situation, {
motion was made that they adjourn the
convention Immediately on meeting
this afternoon until Monday morning
to give time for thorough discussion O.
the situation, and it was agreed tina
each delegate in the convention be re
quested to urge their delegation to vott