Telegram-herald., 1888-06-25
IT IS NOT SOLVED YET
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eherm4n = aa.aling that the Eoninatien
.soaid 80 slsss hsss tnaB - the man from
n2.as o. himsslL Vita Blaine retired
from poiifics he considers himself ths
xsszi<ss living sxponsnt aDd representative
sf fshs Rspahliean party. Il. ho~sssf. hs
aads Il impossible 70 rsach ths zo4l
ana Blalns can be dragged from
his rsrirsman1 he Ia psrtselly viii
ing th2f his support shoald 60
IN thst dlrscfion rather than that Hsrri-
ssa. or AksT. or Gresham. Or Allison
shsald rstlra bin - Gas rear aud bsc0Ens
tie secCgn zsd head of the Republican
parry. gusl "a ths saas way the support
efs IL the other fouf candidates IA question
are snphAlic ia tnsir 0piaion that II ne
North esas - . laFn al tie candidate. IN cir
nza aad be only. i tie strongest At ne
snms ulss al are nxurias ca place a. the
tAil of tne iickst zs last resort. and hence.
A. 10 t1e event 0fs1eflllan . n0sn1aatiOn tae
VIcs Presidency would necessarily 70 20 the
Vast. asither tas Aichigaa. l0~s. Illinois
on Iaalaa4 dsleEztsons having any induce
nsenE - 20 over - ths Quo camp
Wlta taem u = a question of an eastern
a
dencg e1r The West. Vita Dspes 0nt OF
ths race The only available eandidate east
OF Quo . Blame.
Tbs i ths logic Of ths situation, and ap-
Dearances poini tooisht iGst - they have
avery day tor a Neek 20 a Blame and Hsr-
risou of Blaine sod Alger ticket The
oolY thing that can prevent such =
con 5inalion 10 al absolute and uneqaiyc-
ca rsf,isai for a third nme rom The piumed
lrIan
lated snis afternoon that a cablegrkm had
been rscsiyed from Mr.. Blaine % the effect
that if ths c0nventiou found Il imposslcie
10 harmonixe 0a any OF the cnndi12tes he
would secrpt the nomination. provided that
A. vas made unanimous. Another
rsport vas % the effect lnat bis name
would be- f0ru1slv placed Ia nomination in
bshalf of me Czlif0fnia delegation IN the
moralng Both these stories. when run
down, proved 90 have been cut out OF tns
whole cloth. h. r. Jones. Who ought %
know, enphaticAiiy denied the nrst story.
and Chairman Eatee. Of the Californians,
gave a quiegus 70 the latter.
The anfi- HARRISON conference broke %
afer a short session tonight without
anY conclusion being reached. Jales,
s0msthlug - doos before III o'clock tomor-
row morning the ballots viii show that 4
i still sink or swim with al the eandi-
dates.
ras New York delegation tonight de-
cidsd % cast q msl0ritv OF It's votes on the
third ballot tomOrros for sherman This
Is in pursuancs Of It's policy % give Western
candidates. q snow all around An expert
enced politician observes that the situation
tonight Is summed up IN four words
Blame, OF a deadlock" What surprises
rhs asxs twelve hours may de
vel0p only The Creator knows
Ben Butler arrived In town tonight and
secured q mortgage on the finest quarters oi
the Richelieu- When asked II be had been
sent for 10 give advice In The present crisis
be depressed The I'D Of his good eve and
expressed his utter ignorance OF the fac
tbst Republican convention was being held
in the city. Nearly al Of the political clubs
and visitors lsft town last night. and com
paratfvs quiet prevailed at the various
headquarters. At oie time today there
we're not m0rs than a hundred psO-
pie Ia the rotunfas Of the Palmer ol
Grams Pacific, where last Sunday there
we're thousands.