St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Dakota Delegates Supremely
Happy Because Of Their
Numerical Strength.
Everybody Is Waiting for the
First Ballot for Can
didate.
Harrison's Strength--Slopers
Are at Skies and SevenS
--BIaine's Silence.
Speclal to the Globe.

SPECIAL to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 20.-The evidences
hat this is badly ratified convention
multiply every hour. In the language
of Webster Fiannigan, "It doesn't seem
to know what it is here for" The per-
manent organization was effected this
morning before the convention knew
whether it had an existence or not
The committee on credentials was still
engaged in the WiSe-Mahone contest
when the convention assembled, and
consequently no report was ready. The
mOurnful eloquence of Chairman Thurs
toms funeral Grafton on Blaine yeSter-
day ranked in the hearts of the dele
gates, and they were impatient to get
rid of the presiding officer who was in
discreet enough to speak of the party's
only leader as "a dead Bruce"
Thurston was fred without any sort
of order as to his going out, and
an outspoken champion of Blaine put
in the chair. But this doesn't neces-
sarily signify that Blaine is going to be
nominated. In fact, Depew's candi-
dacy is growing. He has been doing
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last twenty-four hours, and the results
are already visible. When visited the
Minnesota headquarters this morning
found delegates, who last night would
have pronounced it treason to speak of
Depew'S possible success, admitting
that he was not only the strong man be-
fore the convention, but expressing the
opinion that he ought to be nominated.
Their conversion was as sudden as that
which overlook Saul on his way to Da-
mascus, but in this instance there was
none of the monday glare abOutit. 1t was
all done in the night, the favorite time for
political boodlerS to stalk about. 1t is
understood that the railroad influences
are actively at work in behalf of Depew,
and when the corporations set traps for
Minnesota Republicans they generally
catch the game. Possibly Depew is the
last man thought of in Minnesota as an
available candidate for the presidency,
and yet the chances are that he will get
the support of a good slice of the Mime
sofa delegation. They may not vote for
him OH the first ballot, but if he doesn't
catch them before the wind-up it will
be because the Blaine boom will burst
the dikes which the national committee
has erected around it, and sweep the
convention away in its overflow.
w. II. Eustis, of Minneapolis, who
wanted to contest the seats of the
Fourth district delegates, got tired of
the cold shoulder he got on every side,
and gave up the chase.
The Dakota delegates are wonderfully
elated over their admission, and now re-
gret that they did not appoint twenty
instead of ten. 1t was estimated to-day
that over 1000 Minnesotians are in the
the city. Cheap rates and the conven-
ton brought them. Yet the street pa
rades and the scenes in the hotel lobbies
are all they see of the convention. The
fifty tickets allotted to the Minnesota
delegation were not a drop in bucket
to the crowd which is yearning for ad-
mission to the convention hall.
g. 81. NJ.