St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-25
REFUSE TO BE BURIED.
The Slaughtered Candidates In
SiSt on Remaining in the Fight.

The Slaughtered Candidates In
sist on Remaining in the Fight.
CHICAGO, June 24.-The Ell1ins pro-
gramme is to demonstrate to the con-
ventiOn that none of the candidates
now in the field can be nominated.
When they are all out of the way, or
dark horse is sprung on the convention,
an effort will be made to nominate
Blaine. But here are the facts which
the convention will face tomorrow
morning. The candidates whom EIkins
processes to have killed, refuse to be
buried. Every one of them is still in
the race. They are in for the purpose
OF winning if possible, and determined
at all hazards to prevent the nomination
of Blaine. Tomorrow balloting is
likely to show mere repetition of the
ballots of Saturday. While these other
candidates are i'll the field
Elkins will not now dare
to carry out his programme of
stampeding the convention, because he
has heard authoritatively from Mr..
Blaine. Thus deadlock will appear,
and unless Mr.. Blaine himself cuts the
knot and sets the convention free to act
upon its own responsibility, ,uninterfered
with by a cabal of negative leaders,
the convention may sit for several days
without reaching a solution of the ex-
traOrdinary difficulties by which it is
now surrounded. Little by little light
comes in upon this phenomenal situa-
ton. During the last few days there
has been much talk of Mckinley as a
dark horse. His name has been men
toned with favor in many places.
Delegates have voted for him in the
convention. There is no doubt that
Mckinley has made a fine impression,
and that he is popular man on his
own account, but it has been noticed
that the men who were doing all in
their power to press him to the front
were
BLAINE MEN.
1t was a Blaine delegate who first
voted for him, and on succeeding roll
calls other Blaine delegates followed
their example. Furthermore, in the
conference of candidates, the Blaine in
fiuence has been eXerted in favor of
adopting Mckinley as the leader of the
opposition forces, all the anti-Blaine
men in the convention concentrating
their strength upon him. This effort to
induce all the other candidates to with
draw and bring Mckinley forward as
dark horse is a Blaine scheme. Just as
soon as the present avowed candidates
leave the field and dariz horse takes
their place, Blaine will be nominated.
The logic of this is easily perceived.
Blaine cannot, in honor, take this NOM
inatiOn if it shall be secured by running
over the candidates who entered the
field and did the best they could for
themselves; but if these candidates
voluntarily withdraw and a dark horse
takes their place no obligation rests
upon Mr.. Blaine as to the new
conner, who has not been a candidate,
and whose friends have put forth no
efforts in his behalf on the SuppOSition
that Blaine was out of the way. An
effort has also been made by the Blaine
people to get Foraker to stand as dark
horse, and Foraker has been willing
enough to do it, and has posed before
the convention with that purpose in
view, on distinct understanding that
if the anti-Blaine influence could be
induced to rally about him Blaine was
to beat him out, the vice presidency
being his reward. An effort has also
been made to play upon the ambition of
Mckinley, but without success. Nc
Kinley has been loyal to Sherman. An
effort is also being made to bring Cul-
lom forward as dark horse. thus de-
stroying Gresham, and in due time a
similar effort may be made to under
mine Harrison by playing upon the
ambition of ey-GOv Porter