St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-24
However, They Acknowledge
That the Platform Is
Nauseating.
Ben. Harrison Will Not Play
Second Fiddle to Any
One.
A Night Of Conferences That
Made Many People
Tired.


Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 23.-"Where are we
and how did we get here?" is the ques-
ton delegates are propounding to each
other tonight. This day has been
paradox, a bundle of contradictions, un-
eventful on the surface, and yet the
most eventful of all the days of the
convention. A short morning session
with but two ballots, which developed
nothing except that Harrison had
lost strength since last night. The
afternoon session was only an indication
of the celebrated movement once made
by the king of France. The delegates
marched off to the convention hall and
then marched back again. Twenty
minutes was consumed in hearing a
motion to adjourn and a call of the roll
of states on the motion. Such in brief
was the days work as it appears on the
convention records. But that was not a
fair or full record of the convention
work done in the private rooms and
parlors of the hotels-it was there the
great battles were
PLANNED AND FOUGHT.
1t has been an effort from the first on
the part of the party bosses to prevent
the nomination of Blaine. They recog-
nize that it would be suicidal. Still, the
Blaine sentiment is so strong in the con-
vention and in the lObbies that the
party managers have not been able
to suppress it. 1t bubbles up when
least expected, and whenever it
starts in the convention hall it
grows in volume and increases in
force all the time. Still the friends of
Blaine are pursuing an aggressive pol
icy. They keep their man to the front
in every possible shape, and if two bal
lots had been taken this afternoon there
is hardly a question but that Blaine
would have been nominated.
The Minnesota delegation held a eau
Gus after dinner and decided to cast
their
SOLID VOTE FOR BLAINE
on the first ballot at the afternoon ses.
sion. The adjournment prevented
them from accomplishing their purpose
still they stand united and ready to dc
so at the first opportunity. Chairman
O'Brien will leave for home tomorrow
He says that there is nothing left fol
the convention to do but to nominate
Blaine, and he sees no necessity fol
his staying here. His alternate is
on hand to vote in his place. Alger's
friends are still hopeful that there may
be a chance for their man, and are rea
sonably sure that he will get the second
place on the ticket in the event Of
Blaine's nomination. The proposition
to associate Mckinley with Blaine or
the ticket receives favorable considera
ton. He has made better impression
on the convention than any man here
and the feeling is generally that
BLAINE AND M'KINLEY
are the two best representatives of the
platform that could be named. Theil
acknowledged position as protection
leaders would emphasize the protection
plank just as Cleveland and Thurman
gave emphasis to the Democratic plat
form in favor of tariff refoIm.
81 am out of politics now," remarked
Joel Heatwole, when asked how h,
thought the platform would tax,
in Minnesota. sit is gooC
thing they are not going t.
put Gresham on that platform" sai(
Delegate Johnson, ''that would have
been straddle sure enough; Gresham
would have hung on one side of tht
fence and the platform on the other
The feeling among the Minnesota dele
gates is that the candidate ought to fl
the platform, and that in order to ge
such 2 candidate, they must either taks
Blaine or Mckinley. The Blaine man
ayers have succeeded in killing off al
the other candidates in detail. Th,
only show left to the party bosses fo
checking the Blaine tide is to
SPRING A DARK HORSE.
The trouble in springing Mckinley i
Foraker's jealousy. The work that vii
be done in the caucus room during til,
peaceful Sabbath hours tomorrow ma.
produce decided change in the face o
affairs by Monday. If the field shoul'