St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-25
Blaine, He Says, Will Have
b to Take the Usual
Chances.
Elkins Cursed On All Sides
! for His Dastardly
Course.
Harpison's Friends Have q
Stiletto Hid Away for
Him.
Special to the Globe.

"
out on the high stoop of their house
when the correspondent called there
this evening to ask the senator what he
thought about the situation in Chicago.
1t was hot night, but the senator ap-
peared cool and quite at ease, and, al
though every one else was going about
with as little on as possible, the Ohio
candidate had his vest buttoned up and
straw hat on his head. By his side
was glass of lemonade, which he had
just been enjoying. ''Is it true, Mr..
Senator said the correspondent. 'that
you have received dispatch from your
managers in Chicago asking you to
withdraw, and that Mr.. Mckinley is the
only man who can be nominated by the
anti-Blaiue votes, and for the sake of
harmony and having Ohio name the
nominee they are anxious that you
should sanction this arrangement"
The senator paused for few moments,
then he slowly and with distinct en-
phaSiS said:
II will neither deny nor affirm having
received such dispatch. Have re-
ceived so many dispatches to-day that l
do not care to say what correspondence
has passed between here and Chicago
relative to. my nomination."
Then it is fact that you decline to
Withdraw"
''Most certainly it is. 1 do not in
tend to withdraw. l shall remain in
the race until the last"
''DO you believe there is any danger
of the convention taking up Mr. Nc
Kinley?"
Again the senator stopped as if to
think, and thOn continued: .'Mr. Nc
Kinley seems to have some strength
simply because he is not an avowed
candidate. 1t his name should be be-
fore the convention regularly then he
would be in just the same position as
all the rest of US are. l mean that it
would then probably be Mckinley
against the field and the field would
combine to defeat him, as it is now COM
bining to defeat all the nominees. That
is why Mckinley appears to be strong
at the present time. If he were once
placed in nomination it would then re-
main to be seen how strong he really
was"
.'DO you think there is any danger of
the Ohio delegation leaving you to take
up Mckinley. for instance?"
81 do not. The delegation have been
instructed for me by two successive
state conventions, and in addition every
district convention has Instructed its
delegates for me. In the face of this l
don't see how it would be possible for
the delegation to abandon me until am
willing that they should do so, and l
have not yet signified that l am will
ing
"HWhy did the New York delegation
support Harrison on the last two bal
lOts?"
."'It was evidently done with the in
teption of combining the vote of the
two doubtful states-New York and In
diana. You will notice that he got some
support from Connecticut and New Jer-
sey. 1t was plain that they wanted to
show that the four states considered to
be in doubt were willing to support Har-
rison, and that the convention would
have to follow their lead. But it did not
do so, and the movement failed of its
purpose"
''Do you think it is possible that Mr..
Blaine'S name can come Squarely before
the convention?"
sit would not surprise me at all if,
Monday, Mr.. Depew, in an eloquent
speech, would either present Mr..
Blaine's name or else formally announce
that New York cast her vote for him."
'What would be the result?'
''Mr. Blaine then would be in the
same position as all the other candi-
dates. Their friends would naturally
combine against him, and it would then
be question as to whether Mr.. Blaine
had majority of the delegates. If he
has majority why, of course, he will
be nominated, but he Will be nominated
like any other ordinary candidate. If
his friends imagine that he can be
pOni afo6 without COLL nf tha oh
or by acclamation, they are very much
mistaken. That is the way 1 regard it.'
But do you not believe that there is
a strong Blame undercurrent?''
''There may be perhaps, but that will
have to be developed, and can only be
by rollcall."
Referring to yourself, do you think
you can continue to hold your strength?"
81 do not see why rot. The ballots
show that it has f1uctuated but little.
Some of the delegates from the South,
who are naturally supposed to be for
me, knowing that [ have always been
friend of the South, have voted for
Alger. 1t has been openly said in Chi
cago, although, of course, l do not
know how true it is, that money con-
siderationS have Influenced their action.
can hold the Ohio delegation and my
vote in Pennsylvania, l think, and
generally all the other votes that have
been heretofore cast for me-"
"HOw do you regard the probable out
come?'
sit is all in doubt. If Mr.. Blaine
comes before the convention | do not
see why the Alger men should go for
him, because that would compel the
Michigan man to draw out. MIR. Blaine
would have to try and get Mr.. Allison's
L., md
and Gen. Harrison's. and L do not un-
derstand why these gentlemen should
divide. that Mr.. Mckinley should lead
one way and Gov. Foraker the other, it
would make them no nearer the end.
because then they would be divided,
while now they are united on me-"
.''Well, then, do you not feel discour-
aged at all?''
81 am not oversangulne, neither am
discouraged"
II may say emphatically from you,
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