The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-06-28
STILL UNDECIDED.
Two FruitIsss Ballots Taken by the
Convention.
Sherman and Gresham Losing and
Alger and Harrison Gains.
A Recess Taken to 4 O'clock for
Further Consideration.
UNDECIDED
The Forces Combining to Prevent
Harrison from Winning.

CONVENTION HALL, Chicago, June
2S.-The convention meets this morn
ing with the usual rumors of combina-
tions flying through the air as thick as
blackbirds. Everybody is asking his
neighbor what he knows and has his
own exclusive lip to impart to meet any
unfayorable news he may hear from
others. Col. Robert q. Ingersoll does
not appear in the hall. but his name is
on many lips and his interrupted speech
of last night. which appears to have ir-
revocably damaged the Gresham boom,
although the Illinois candidates
friends refuse to admit this and say the
convention must come to him eventual
ly. AS the time for the meeting of the
convention arrives the Gresham move
ment is almost lost sight of in the con-
fiict of opinion as to the great fight
which is pending at once between Har-
rison and Allison. Senator Cameron
has prevailed upon Quay, who leads the
Pennsylvania forces, to go into an AL
liSon combination and the junior Sena-
tor of Pennsylvania went into the con-
vention last night with fifty-tive
votes for Allison and of the firm con-
viction that the Iowa candidate would
ballot. He was confused at the Harri-
son movement in New York and got
Hastings to move an adjournment to
gain time. Quay was at work all night
fixing up the Allison fences and his
delegation is now in session hearing
the news. If Quay cannot succeed
with the Allison movement he may run
in with the Harrison tide but is more
likely to join in a combination of the
fold onHiV1Gf tho Indiana candidate
The friends of Harrison are claiming
that the Blaine people are coming over
to their man and that he will succeed
after three ballots. But while all
these rumors and counter rumors I'LL
the air, a good many long headed people
are watching man sitting in the Ohio
delegation, a man with fine, clear cut
the race, who, If the convention cannot
agree upon as a winner. This is con-
gresham Mckinley, who has made an
excellent impression here and is uni
versally popular. 1t is noted as a
significant fact that as the hour of con-
vening arrives, there ara but few of
the leading spirits of the convention in
the hall. This indicates that confer
enceS are still going on and that no
agreement which might prevent fight
has been arrived at. While the con-
ventioA Is kept waiting for call to
order, the band in the organ loft struck
up Marching to Georgia, :" which has
always heretofore met with applause,
but everybody is so deeply absorbed in
attempts to analysed the situations
that the music made no impression
whatever. AS the minutes pass there
begins to grow a strong impression
that no result viii be possible at this
mornings session and that after
several ballots the convention will
take recess. If this is done it is
considered highly probable that no
nomination will be made before Mon
day by which time it is hoped that
some one can be agreed upon which
will put stop to the deadlock. One
| of the best evidences that the preSi-
Dental puzzle is as much puzzle as
ever is the fact that there is COM
paratiVely no talk about a vice preSi-
Dental nominee.
At the conference Of the represen-
tatives of the Sherman, Alger, Harri-
son, Blaine and Allison delegations
which took place this morning at the
Grand Pacific between u and O'Clock,
M. III. De Young, representing the
Blaine interests, made the statement
that If Harrison was nominated it
would be utterly impossible to elect
him. He could not possibly carry the
Pacific coast, nor could be able to carry
/
labor element predominates be-
cause he had voted against
the Chinese bill and treaty and every
phase of it and he had committed a
still greater crime in voting TO natural
iZe Cinnamon and give them the right
of suffrage, and that Allison was ex-
actly in the same boat. The statement
made by Mir. DeYoung created great
1 CONSERVATION.
Col. Henderson, representing the Al
| liSon interests, made the statement that
he thought Mr.. DeYoung was mistaken
| about AllisOn'S record. Mr.. DeY Young
stated that he had the records and
| would produce them tomorrow at the
next meeting of the conference. The
effect of MIR. DeYoung's statement
caused representative of the New
York delegation to make the statement
that he did not think his delega-
ton would support Harrison if
| these facts were brought be-
fore them and he asked Mr.. DeYoung
if he would appear before the New
York delegation to-day and make the
same statement. The Indiana sup
pOrters of Mr.. Harrison this morning
stated that they would not attempt to
| force the nomination Of Mr.. Harrison
| until after the recess until this matter
can be explained away.
The convention was called to order at
| 1905, but it was not until twenty min
utes later when the proceedings were
formally opened by Chairman Estee
calling upon Senator Warner Miller of
New York to preside over its deiibera-
| tions. Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chi
cago delivered the invocation. The
convention then proceeded to ballot.
FOURTH BALLOT.
Alabama-Alger 10, Harrison 1,
Sherman 8.
Administrator IA.
California-Blaine Is.
STANDARDIZATION 2, Gresham 3, Har-
rison I.
Connecticut-Alger 1, Allison 6,
Gresham 4, Mckinley Il.
After the vote of Connecticut bad
been ammended, Mckinley arose and
said that ne could not with Justice TO
his personal integrity to Sherman per-
NIT his name to be used in connection
with the presidency. He said that he
was here as a representative of Sher-
Il