The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
.ass. HARRISON AND BLAINE.
Harrison Regains His Composure-Th'
Blaine Boomers Are Abort.

s.sss HARRISON AND BLAINE.
Harr,.on Rerains His Composure-The
Blaine Boomers Are Alert.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June 5.-(Special.)-
The situation Is practically unchanged
today.
Everything is Blaine
Instead of q decline, the Blaine waves
are rolling higher on the beach, untll
it is beginning to look like everything
else is to be envelOped.
The most important act of the day is
the announcement, by Ayers friends,
that he is to be retired from the contest
in Blaine's favor. That is taken to mean
that Alger is to be given the vice presl-
dent nomination, or else he has consented
to content himself with q place In the
prospective cabinet 1t further means
that the Blaine ticket has the barrel, and
the barrel means southern voters galore.
If Alger has cOntented himself with u
cabinet promise, Uncle Jerry RuSk will
be vice president.
That Harrison should be turned down
In favor of two members of his cabinet
is a vicious slap at the chief executive
by the leaders of his own party. Delega-
tons have been coming in all day. All
wearing any badges at all are decked
with the Blaine paraphernalia. Others
who started from home as Harrison dele
gates came in silently, prepared to make
q critical examination OF the situation, in
order to be certain of climbing on the
winning band wagon. Scores of them
Joined the Blaine forces very soon, but
many are holding off yet, to be sure OF
getting right. Strange as it may seem,
no enthusiasm W --atever has been mani
Tested up to date. No bands parade the
streets and no yells are in the air. The
Blaine folks feel that they have SUCH q
dead sure thing of it that q show of en-
thlsiasm is not necessary, ana they hesl-
tate, also, in order not to open wider the
breech that already exists between the
two factions.
On the other hand, the Harrison people
can't enthuse over the almost sure defeat
which stares them in the face. They are
angry to viciOuSneSs, stubborn III fhelr
fight and cruel in their denunciatiOn OF
Blaine.
The Harrison folks, all Of whom almost
to O. man are office holders are actually
chasing the newspaper men about, to
be interviewed, beleveing confident
utterances through the press tnelr
only remaining chance Of charging the
situation.
The most remarkable feature OF the sit
uation is the fact that nearly every one or
the promoters Of the Blaine boom are
men who have been the Maine man
enemies in the past. Every one knows
that ClarksOn, Quay, Platt and the otfrer
boomers, have no love for Blaine, and
they never have had, but they Gcsp41"e
Harrison Each one Of them were disap-
DOjnted in Harl'SOn's division of the
spoIs and they turned to Blaine, not for
Blaine. but to defeat Harrison. Blaine,
who in the language of Henry WatterSon,
is dead at the top, allowed himself to be
used 1t was not, however, because he
wanted it, but, to satisfy the ambition OF
his wife. OF course, the ClarkSon-Quay-
Platt crowd have not an idea that he
could live through his term If elected, and
indeed they would now desert him for
some outside candidate, if they thought
they could control his following. But
they fear to make an attempt at transfer,
for such they believe would nominate
Harrison. AS it is, they are certain they
can put Blaine through, and they Will
hardly risk the chances of throwing the
old man overheard.
They are somewhat annoyed, however,
as to the best method OF putting his
name before the convention. To have
him put in nomination by Tom Reed or
Boutelle, they fear, will cause the Harri-
son people to bring out his letter to
Clarkson, in which he said, My name
will not go before the convention That
would place him III rather a queer atti-
tude, and for that reason, it Is probable
that Clarksons advice, not to nominate
him, but simply vote for him, will be
adopted.
The most popular suggestion right now,
and the one that is likely to be adopted,
is when Arkansas, the second state on
the list, is called, for Powell Clayton to
rise, deliver a two minute speech, practf-
cally placing Blaine in nomination, and
casting the vote of Arkansas for him.
That, it is believed would cause unbound
ed enthusiasm and q grand stampede of
the convention for James G. Blaine.