The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-14
HALSTEAD ON THE SCENE
THE FIELD MARSHAL PLANNING
THE FIGHT FOR SHERMAN.

CHICAGO, June 13.-Murat Halstead ed
itor of the Cincinnati Comm ercial- Gazette,
came in on an early morning train TO look
after the interests of Senator Sherman. He
received reporters with his usual urbanity
and talked with the utmost freedom and in
his most characterize vein for half an hour.
"Ohio is undoubtedly for Senator Sherman
reports to the contrary notwithstanding, !"
said he. "There may be a crank in the
delegation-there generally is one crank in
body of fifty-but l do not think there is
more than one. if there is that"
FORAKER AS THE LEADER
at will therefore stand by Senator Sher-
man, with Gov. Foraker at the front loyal
to the choice of the state. Senator Sher-
man has already large vote assured-more
than 300-and he will grow.
Mr.. Blaine is out of the race for good
and all, but it is not to be denied that the
Ohio delegation is composed of Mr.. Blaine's
friends, who would gladly be for him if he
were in the field; but he is not, and no one
knows it SO we'll as Whitelaw Reid William
Walter Phelps, Charles Emory Smith and
other intimate friends of the plumed
knight
sCHEMING DENIED.
"Do you think the Blaine men are seeking
to create diversions from this man or that
in order to get the delegates on the ground
comparatively untrammeled by pledgesW
No, do not. In fact they are utterly
unsettled themselves. They do not know
which way to turn"
Are they likely to turn to Gen. Alger?"
Hardly. But Tom Platt of New York
is doing all in his power to turn the New
York delegation to Gen. Alger, and he may
succeed if Mr.. Depew is not in the field"
DEPEws ONLY STRONGHOLD.
Mr.. Depew could carry New York, but
he might lose Kansas and Iowa. Senator
Harrison will have great pull in the con-
fident claim which is set for him that he
can carry his state which Mr.. Blaine lost
in 1884, and the Harrison men urge Mr.
Phelps for second place, because he can
carry New Jersey, another state lost by Mr.
Blaine four years ago. 1t must not be
overlooked that this is indeed a strong
combination. 1t will receive attention in
the convention"
AN OBJECTION TO GRESHAM.
"And about Gresham2"
"About Gresham; there is one terrific
objection to him. II nominated he would
have to resign from the bench, and that
would give President Cleveland an oppor-
tunity to put in some old democrat to pre-
side over Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,
and that won't do. The Gresham boom
reminds me of the manner we
ran the Bristow boom in Gin
cinnati. We did not help Bristow, but
we beat Blaine and played - at the same
time. Mr.. Hayes got it. Why the way we
worked for Bristow was a caution. We
packed the galleries for him with 5000
persons who were all supplied with Bristow
fans, and shouted themselves hoarse, but it
was no go. We had run the boom way into
the ground and broke it Off"
JONES' LETTERS FROM BLAINE.
The central event among the crowds of
politicians, to-day, was the arrival of Chair
man B. F. Jones, of the national republican
committee Rumors we're thick that the
chairman was the bearer of another epistle
from Mr.. Blaine. The rumors in circula-
tion were told to the chairman in detail.
The following question was plumply put:
"Mr. Jones, have you such a letterp
The answer was fiat and to the point:
"No, sir; candidly l have not. No commu-
nication of a political kind has been received
by me from Mr.. Blaine since the letter
dated Florence reached me"
"Then you have received other letters
from him, have you, but not politicsN
Mr.. JoneS-Yes, have heard from him,
bus there was no word except what was
wholly personal.
PLAINLY SUPERFLUOUS.
GAS you have no letter such as described,
Mr. Jones' a denial of the statement that
Mr. Blaine has indicated to you his choice
would be superhuous, of course"
Precisely"
"But don't you think yourself that the
situation calls for further expression from
him just at this time, when there is talk
that the convention will get into deadlock
and the solution will be call on hing
mo, do not think so. No person can
even appreciate what this convention will
do. A great majority of the delegates will
come here unpledged, and they may be
able after comforting among themselves, to
nominate candidate at the very outset.
So talk of what should be done in the event
Of deadlock, need not be discussed"
HASN'T REFUSED TO ACCEPT.
"Just one more, Mr.. Jones. These same
rumors have it that Mr.. Blaine would not
accept the nomination though it were ten
dered to him unanimously, and has so
stated to you. Has he ever given any such
intimationF
"Most emphatically no."
This closed the interview. It had made
two points measurably clear, that a new
letter from Mr.. Blaine was not forthcom-
ing and that in the contingency of the con-
vention rendering him the nomination the
u0leEdLeS NOulll HdNb w lOOh 10Y Ouu Oudli-
man Jones to learn the result.
Chairman Jones said that he would not
accept the chairmanship Of the ma tional
committee again. He intimated that Sena-
tor Quay of Pennsylvania might be his
successor, and that Chairman Cooper, of
the Pennsylvania state committee, was also
a possibility.
AN UNDERCURRENT FOR BLAINE.
The most remarkable feature of the situa-
ton all day and throughout the evening
was the strong undercurrent for Blaine.
No matter that he had written two letters
declining to be a candidate under any cir
cumstances, and no matter il Chairman
Jones had third epistle In his pocket max
ing the point again in direct address to
convention, there we're many around the
political quarters, men from all parts of the
country, who still expected that Blaine was
the coming man. They quoted his speeches,
IN which he said that no man had right to
refuse the call of his country il 1t came to
him with urgency and unanimity, and con-
cluded that Mr.. Blaine would not be the
first to violate his own principles. None of
the delegates or mon of prominence would
commit themselves publicly on the subject,
but the talk continued nevertheless
GREsHAM's HEADQUARTERS.
There was greater activity at the Gresham
headquarters to-day than at those OF any
other candidate. A register was kept open,
and every Gresham man who dropped in
put down his name. A good round num-