St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
BLAINE AND HARRISON.
A Deadlock Is Almost Inevitable.
and Only Jim and Ben Can
Break 1T.

and Only Jim and Ben Can
Break 1t.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June ia rush pell nell
from the convention hall, a hurried
dinner, and the adherents of the numer-
Gus candidates were hard at work
again, secretly and openly, endeavoring
to gain pledges of support from one del
egation or another. The headquarters
were, if possible, even more crowded
than ever, politicians and confidential
messengers flew hither and thither, and
every available ante-rOom was pressed
INTO service for secret use. And yet, after
all the situation is just as unsettled,
every bit as mixed as it was twenty
four hours ago, or as it has been at any
time since the battle was opened with
the arrival of the first delegation. From
Sherman, the strongest candidate in
point OF certain numerical strength on
the first ballot, down to Rusk, the weak
est, there is not an expert political
staustician in any one of the seven
camps that can
FIGURE WITHIN A MILE
sured of. The Californians have pretty
we'll made up their minds to refrain
from placing.Blaine in nomination when
the state is called, despite the declara-
tlonS of Creed Hayward on Sunday that
they would do SO in spite of all opposi-
ton. But they will vote for him from
the first ballot just the same. and as they
are pretty close to the top of the
roll call they calculate that their
example cannot fail to be con-
tagious. The Depew candidacy has not
a tower of strength, but the New York
delegation continues to insist that he is
their first and only choice. After the
convention had adjourned to-day any
number of people, not few of them
delegates, visited headquarters to tell
Depew that he could not only be nomi-
named but elected, and one enthusiastic
delegate at large from Minnesota Hart
ley, of Duluth) assured him that he
could carry that state by 10000 majority.
Naturally enough, all these assurances
gave New York's candidate renewed
hope that the
LIGHTNING WOULD STRIKE
in his direction, and his followers were
sailing on the tip top wave of elation.
But'if they had stirred around in incog
in the granger camps, their spirits
would soon have been floundering again
in the trough of the sea. The simple
unadulterated truth is if the balloting
had been reached this afternoon Sher-
man would have been the nominee.
Early in the day as yesterday the
granger influence was scared and
shouted, ''anything to beat Depew."
Then when night came and it was
found that the New York men had failed
to make any material progress they
came to the conclusion that he wasn't
such terrible looking bug-aboo
after all and gradually dropped
back under the
SHADOW OF THEIR OLD IDOLS.
This morning the Alger men, the
Harrison men and the Rusk men would
have combined on Sherman. Tonight
the two former at least. are proclaiming
as loudly as ever that ultimate victory is
with their candidate. AS showing how
straws are grasped at with avidity the
Gresham boom took in an additional
supply of wind to-day on the strength
of rumOr that Delegate SimonS, of the
| Ninteenth Indiana district had pub
| licly declared that the Indiana delega-
ton would go to the judge Oh the
second ballot. There was a sudden
rise in Gresham stock when
this got abroad, but it fell just as
quickly when an unqualified denial
from Simons became public property.
| To sum up the situation, it is as last
night, Depew against the field with the
latter ready to fly to Sherman if the
| New Yorker can be beaten by that
means. Harrison gained some strength
to-day at Alger's expense, and his
friends received promises of support
from several states. But his success is
| a remote possibility and so is that of
Alger'S. If there is a deadlock, and
this seems extremely probable, politi-
cal prophets, who are tied to no man,
| predict
BLAINE AND HARRISON TICKET;
if the field combines upon the Ohio
man as against Depew, it will be Sher.
man with either Morton or Phelps to
second place. This prophecy is as
sound as any other in the present status
Of affairs. At any rate, a ballot will not
be reached until Thursday, and some.
thing may happen in the meantime
which will revolutionize the entire stu.
alton. The present organization of the
convention will take up the AFTERNOON
tomorrow, and the Virginia interests
will occupy considerable time
at night nominations may be reached
but with some doubt whether all the
candidates can be placed before the con.
vention on the right side of midnight
The first ballot on Thursday morning
will be an informal one, and when it is
seen which way the wind blows an adj
journment will doubtless be taken
From present indications the prospect
for the convention running into
Saturday are good. Parades in honor
of all the candidates with the exception
of Rusk were made tonight. The
Blaine contingent turned out strong
So did the Shermanites, the Harrisoni
ans, the Gresham men and the visitors
from Michigan. From dusk until mid
night the city was alive with music
torches, transparencies and the steady
tramp, tramp, tramp, of tens of thou
sands of feet,