Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-22
BLAINE,S MEN HARD AT WORK.


Fixing Up a scheme TO F@rce M1S
Nomination-They VIII Defeat Sher-
man at ANY CosG-Depew Refuses
10 be q Stalking Horse For Blaine.
CHICAGO, June 21.-To-day's events in the
convention showed more plainly than ever
that the positive forces present are Blaine
and Sherman. Many of the spectators said
ballot Immediately following the great
demonstration at the close of Governor Fora
ker's speech would have resulted in Sher-
mans nomination. But those who were be-
meath the surface discovered signs of unusual
activity among the Blaine men. Elkins was
as busy about the hall as he was four years
ago. His ieutenants were also in motion.
The demonstration for Sherman, the test
of Sherman's strength on the roll call
Wednesday evening when his friends rallied
$50 vote for Malone with a certainty of
nearly 80 more which they refused to uncov
4 err, has stirred up the friends of Blaine and
| tempted them to abandon their programme
| of nominating Blaine only after prolonged
| effort to select another candidate. An in
| terview with Carnegie in which he stated
that Blaine will accept if nominated printed
| this morning has tended to give the friends
/ of Blaine more boldReas and confidence. It
| is now tolerably clear that the Blaine men do
not intend to permit the nomination of
Sherman If they can help it. The pro-
gramme is to prevent a nomination to-mor-
row and to have conference of the friends
of the candidates tomorrow night,
but if necessary Blaine will be sprung
Depew was to-day appealed to by some of the
Blaine managers to hold his New York
| strength till they give the word and then
4 lead the stampede The theory was that If
| New York, the decisive State, should thus
demand Blaine the remainder of the country,
Il e. il, &c Ill laka
| must submit in good grace. But Depew de-
| clined to enter any such scheme. He said he
| had once denied any intention whatever
| on his part to pose as stalking horse
| for Mr.. Blaine and he now reiterates
| that declaration. Depew Is indignant at
| days ago organized a combination against
1 him and have prevented him getting the en-
| thusiastic support of New York as we'll as
| the votes Of New Jersey and Connecticut and
| other votes in New England. What Depsw
will do still remains conun-
hope of the nomination, but will
not indicate what his course will be. His
intimate friends believe he will join Warner
Miller in trying to throw as many votes as
possible to Sherman.
A conference of the Blaine men was held
/ tonight. Senator Hiscock, ex-senator Platt,
Powell Clayton, William Walter Phelps and
s. B. Elkins were presented. It was agreed
that Mr.. Blaine is willing to take
/ the nomination if it can be secured
| in the right way, but it is the duty of his
friends to make an honest effort to name an
other candidate. They agreed to support
General Harrison, beginning as soon as there
shaI be signs of breaking up of the COM
plimentary delegations, probably after
the first ballot tomorrow. This will
raise Harrison's strength to nearly 200
and bring on direct contest between him
and Sherman. It is hoped that balloting
will then continue for some time with the
other candidates holding their ground and no
nomination resulting. On the first signs of
Harrison's failure and Sherman's success
Blaine is to be brought in and an effort made
to stampede the convention to him. If this
programme be carried out the probabilities
are that Sherman will stand
his ground and keep Harrison in
his rear for some time and when the break
comes Blaine will be nominated. Some of
Blaine's strength is in the Sherman column,
some in the cohorts of Alger, Harrison, AlIi-
there were five hundred Blaine men in the
convention and the most likely ticket
at the close is Blaine and Harrison.
Allison is well thought of as compromise
candidate and Mckinley and Foraker, par
ticularly the latter, who has become very
popular, are talked of as dark horses. Alger
and Depew appeared to be out of the race.
Phelps is the only man talked of for vice
president, but Mr.. Phelps said tonight he
did not believe he could be nominated on ac-
count of the opposition of Depew's friends in
New York.