Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-25
PALTRY PARTIsANs.
The Blaine Business Being
0verdone.
POLITICAL JUDAS IscARIors
The Race to be Renewed To day
With Full Field--Stool
Pigeons.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. 1
CHICAGO, June 24.-The political stu
alton is practically unchanged to-day,
but it has brought about fair under
standing of the condition under which
this remarkable contest is to be fought
out. 1t has gradually dawned upon the
minds of the masses that certain men
pretending to represent Blaine, had de-
termined to prevent the nomination OF
any other candidate in order to make
Blaine's nomination a possibility. The
Convention as whole has just awak.
ened to the realization of the negative
influence which has all along prevented
the crystallization Of settlement and
nomination. The friends of all the other
candidates are indignant that the
Convention should be dominated
by an influence which, with
out an avowed candidate of its
own, attempts to push sincere candidates
to the front and then defeat them. Sc
much feeling has developed that various
cablegrains have been sent to Blaine, be-
sides those which he is supposed to re-
ceive from Elkins and Phelps. In these
dispatches the actual condition of affairs
has been fully described, and the bat
feelings and probable decentralization o.
the party, ii his representatives are per
mtted to continue their tactics, carefully
pointed out. There is general belle
that some dispatches from Blaine will bt
read in the Convention to-morr ow, prob
ably one requesting his friends to refrain
from voting for him.
| THIS THING MUST STOP.
A Chicago man who has been empow
cred to speak for Blaine, and who is {
man OF good judgment and not a politi
clan, was called into the conference O
the Blaine leaders Just before the meet
ing OF the Convention yesterday after
noon and informed Of the plan to force
the nomination Of Blaine, and wa,
shown list OF four hundred and twenty
three reliable Blaine delegates, a major
| ity Of the whole Convention. This mar
looked over the list, saw that it com
prised the names OF delegates who are
here ostensibly for other candidates, ant
at once gave his dictum as follows:
'This thing must come to stop
Blaine cannot take this nomination
by riding over the rights OF any OF the mer
now in the field. He regards them all al
his friends and knows they have entered
this contest in good faith, believing him
to be out by his own act. You propose
to draw delegates from the support Of
these men to undermine and defeat
them. Ii you nominate him in this way
a cablegram will be received from him in
twenty minutes declining the nomina
ton, and then you will be in worse
predicament than ever"
! BLAINE COUP POSTPONED.
Reluctantly Elkins and his colleagues
consented to postpone the Blaine coup
and the friends of all the candidates, ex
cept Harrison, joined the Blaine men il
forcing the adjournment till Monday
morning.
The situation tonight may be described
as follows: In the Convention to-mor.
row all the candidates will stand firm
There are no Withdrawals. The confer
ence OF the antiBlaine men has agreed
not to present any candidate for the sup
| mort of tho opnocitinp TndaaI ~ ;o nv,