Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-06
Blaine Men Are Hopeful and the In
dependent Element
NOW TALK ABOUT A COMPROMISE
The Convention Sure to Leave Behind
Regrets and DisappOintments.
A SUNDAY NOT DEVOTED TO WORSHIP
lily ASSOCIATED PRESS.


their political creed; forgot their Maker
and their Savior and worshiped only at
the shrine of their political idols
At II o'clock, when the tolling bells
called the devout to Christian worship, the
lobaes of the leading hotels were filed
with surging, seething mass of excited
humanity, and when the minister in the
reichhorin- church led the opening prayer
the corridors of the hotels were resounding
with the cheers and counter-cheers for Ben
iamin F. Harrison and James G. Blaine.
All day long this excitement continued,
and as words go ont over the wires tonight
the fierce competition of political enthu-
siasm continues with increasing vigor.
Il has been a day of Kaleidoscope
changes The situation has been constantly
shifting, constantly varying, and the wave
of sentiment that swept over the assemblage
in one hour would be followed bv wave of
reaction the next, until n the end it was
difficult indeed to sum up the total ofpoliti-
cal sentiment: to ascertain the measure of
the ebb and flow, the true drifts Of the po-
litical feeling.
8arrison's Strength a Surprise.
In one respect the day has been one of
surprise, and the significance Of that sur
prise can only be weighed by the events of
the future. The Harrison leaders have
rallied their forces and the Generalization
of last night has given place to energy,
vicor and resolution tonight. Indeed, of
the two great factions into which the Re
publican party is divided, the adnlinistra-
tion clement is as strong in leadership, pc
liticai sagacity aid organization as even
the experienced leaders who head the oppo-
sition.
All this has been surprise for those who
have kept aloot from both factions, fully
exnectant that the wave of Blaine senti-
ment that swept over the land at 2 o'clock
YESTERDAY afternoon would be irresistible in
its force, and that to-day would find gath
cred in its embrace all the scattered unin-
structed delegates of the Republican party.
Bur such has not been the ease; indeed to
a close observer it is very apparent that the
Harrison forces are as strong to-day as they
were 81 hours ago. The Blaine people saw
that all this is the result of organization;
that the Harrison managers are holding the
rank and file of the delegations Loyalty TO
their leader, but that when the decisive
carry aIl before it, and the distinguished
son of Maine be nominated on the first
ballot The Harrison leaders laugh at these |
predictions Of their opponents, and say that
they are stronger to-day than they have
ever beer and the reason of the increasing
strength is that the delegates to the National
Convention have become weary of the tenn
porizinc of e1-Secretary Blaine and have
found in his retirement from the Cabinet |
late hour an evidence of bad faith, dis
loyalty and dupiicity toward the President
OF the United States.
Big Claims OF the administration Men.
Men whose fortune it has been to attend |
all OF the Republican conventions of the |
last % wears; men who have observed every |
shifting Of the political atmosphere and |
have become pilots of politics, saw tonight |
that the convention of 1892 is unique in the |
discrepancy which it presents between the |
claims Of the contesting candidates. There |
will be 920 delegates in the convention that |
is TO be called TO order by Chairman Clark |
son al u on Tuesday next. OF this number |
the Harrison managers officially announce |
tonight that the Chief will receive the |
votes of $50, while the Blaine leaders, |
though scorning to descend to details. main- |
tain with lofty confidence that their candi-
date viii receive at least three-tifths of the |
votes of the convention and will be nomi- |
mated by acclamation. OF course these |
counter-claims cannot possibly both be ac-
curate, and this very discrepancy leads
many TO sunnose tonight that both are
widely extravagant in their assertions
Naturally, therefore, there is a feeling of
great ineredulitv among those who are un-
committed TO either candidate.
OF one thing only is the casual political
observer sure, and that is that bitter feeling
is being eGgendered in the party ranks with
every passing hour, and that with Blaine
and Harrison IN the field the result of the
tenth Republican observation-disclosures
that result NAV be-will leave behind it
poignant regrets. bitter disappointments,
and hard feeling of hostility toward the
candidate.
7TcEinley-s Name Freely Handled.
II is all this rather than the usual senti-
ment for iayorite sons that gives rise to-
night to all the rumors of dark horses and
candidates There is no doubt
that the desire for a third candidate, for
man unwedded to and unidentified with
either of these political factions is growing
in the public mind, and against this grow
ing sentiment both factions feel that thev
must now compete.
The name most frequently mentioned
among the list Of dark horses is that of
William Mckinley, Jr., Governor of Ohio.
Inquiries are already being made as to his
ability to receive the solid support of the
Ohio delegation in case the great leaders
turn 20 j dark horse for candidate. The
sensational quarreIs of Ohio Republicans
are proverbial and the vital question is:
would Foraker and his friends favor
This question Is answered in
he affirmative to-niuht by many of Fora |
lzer's friends, but the Ex-Governor himself
discreet silence.
1t is rumored that John Sherman, the
great Ohio Senator. would be Foraker's
IA :orite in case the Buckeye delegation
were called upon to furnish candidate, as
Foraker would almost certainly succeed
Sherman in the Senate should the latter be
called to The Presidency OH the 4th of
March. Sherman, too, has hosts of friends
in other State delegations, but he is no
more popular than the young Napoleon of
protection, as the special Endorsement
" ch is to be given to the Mckinley bill
makes its author peculiarly fitting candi-
late just at this time.
Alger Still in the Noisy Ring.
The name Of Alger is still the watchword
Of the Michigan delegation, and his name
will certainly be presented to the conven-
ion. Most of the delegates from his State
ire for Blaine for second choice, but the
shing the hope that recent developments
ally to Alger as seco!S choice.
There is no denial on the part of certain