Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-07

had at no time expressed, directly or indi-
 rectly, preference for Harrison. In 1888
 California had been promised cabinet po-
 sition and other important things. Never
 theless President Harrison had not given
 California cabinet place, nor had he ap- pointed single Californian to prominent office. No one doubted for a minute that California would have recognition but one. Judge Spencer asked what Blaine had | done for California and was referred to the Chinese question. Captain Kidder spoke for Blaine and Delegate Pillsbury | favored Harrison. On De Young's motion | the meeting adjourned without taking 8 poll. MT. De Young gave as @ reason that the discussion had been prolonged past the hour for other important meetings in which those present were interested. THE WESTERN DELEGATES.
 A Hot Controversy fin the California Delegation Headquarters. MINNEAPOLIS, June GA hot contro-
 versy broke out at the beginning of the
 big caucus of western delegates that as-
 sembled this afternoon in the California
 delegation headquarters. Fully one hun
 dred and fifty delegates were present from
 the Pacific coast and Rocky mountain
 states to whom invitations were sent by
 the Californiaus. None but delegates were
 admitted, but the big open plate glass win
 dows afforded an excellent view of the
 animated scene within. MT. Teller of Colorado was selected to act as chairman.
 Before the proceedings were fairly under
 way the question was raised as to whether the caucus had beer called to discuss the silver plank or talk about candidates. MT. Teller held it would be useless to attempt to enter into the matter of platform until the caucus reached some decision as to the candidate that could be supported. If Harrison were nominated it msttered not how strong 8 silver plank might be adopt ed the republicans could not carry the western states. The senator declared spe- officially that under no circumstances could Harrison get the electoral vote of Cobra do. Much excitement was caused by Mir. l Teller's blunt declaration, and he was wig orously replied to by Judge Spencer of | California, 8 staunch Harrison supporter. | Spence spoke at great length, gesticulating | violently and becoming almost white at | times with passion.
 MT. De Young of California followed | Spencer in spirited address and was rein forced by no less Blaine lieutenant than | MT. Boutelle of Maine. The latter spoke | with marked emotion of the weste m sup | port of MT. Blaine in 1884 and said that | MT. Blaine had been escorted to his home | by California delegates, proceeding | which Mir. Boutelle urged would be no | less fitting now. Senator Jones of Nevada | succeeded Boutelle, and though the eau GUS was reaching we'll into the evening the | interest was unsbated and the attendance showed not the slightest diminution.
 With Mir. Jones' speech the caucus waxed hotter and hotter. The Nevada senator charged Harrison with being dan gerous because of his veto propensity, and to veto a free coinage bill. Judge Spencer Senator Jones point blank and gave tit for tat to the radical pro-silver Blaine element in the caucus. He claimed that if split was brought about in the re- publican party through the action of the the blame would result on Blaine, who, after a lifetime's work that they all approved, had yielded in his old age to the blandishments of a parcel of | selfish political bosses.
 The caucus was now in an uproar and the Blaine men, shouting and cheering for their favorite, made such a showing of strength that the Harrison men gave up the contest. The discussion had all been started by the offering of a resolution by Judge E. V. Spencer of California endors- ing the efforts now being made to procure an international agreement for the univer- sal free coinage of silver, and declaring that congress should provide for the coinage of all the silver product in our own country and that a tariff should be levied upon imported foreign silver. MT. De Young moved that a committes composed of one member from each delegation represented be appointed to embody the wants of the meeting in resolution to be presented to the national convention committee on the platform.
 The motion was carried with tremen- dous hurrah.
 Messrs Jack of California, Townsend of Bierberg of Montana, Salisbury of Utah, Heyborn of Idaho and Bennett of Washington were named and the caucus adjourned with the Blaine feeling aroused to a high pitch