Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-04
Talks With the Leaders at Minneap-
oils Today.
CONFIDENCE IN BOfR THE FACTIONS
Arrival of Many Distinguished Del
egates This Morning.
EMMONS BLAINE'S DENIAL.
WHAT THE LEADERS ARE SAYING.
How the Field Looks to THE stars" Corre-
spondent at Minneapolis.

Special Dispatch to The Evening star
MISSEAPoLIs, June 4.-There il very little
at this stage 90 .hrow light upon the situation
as TO the republican nomination. There are
few people here who have any voice in the Sc
lecting OF the candidates or whose opinions
are Of great value 20 one TRYING 60 form juds-
ment 20 the situation. About the cor RI
dors of the West Hotel there is a crowd Of men
wearing badges, but few of them are delegates
and fewer still are men who will figure con
spicuously IN the contest. They are chiefly the
mass Of ordinaries who keep up the show of
activity and interest until they are crowded out
10 make room FOR the real workers little later
ON. The Harrison folks are the first to be on
the field with representative men and they have
not acquired much more information than they
had before leaving Washington. as there has
been no material for them to work on. The
delegates and general workers have just began
TODAY to arrive in respectable numbers. Ii Is
not tSpt there t. any lack Of interest. hut the
convention Is about four DAYS of Vet and there
Is no desire TO prolong the fight and increase
the feeling between the factions by starting in
early. Between now and Sunday night nearly
all the workers and delegates will come in.
THE TALK OF TIE CROWD.
The talk of the crowd is pretty evenly
divided between Blaine and Harrison. but up
to this hour the activity has been chiefly on the
part of the Harrison men. Yesterday very few
others than the Harrison badges we're worn.
Some of these are big white streamers for coat
lapel. making conspicuous display. while the
Indiana badge is a small piece OF red, white and
blue ribbon ON which is fastened a picture Of
celluloid of Mr.. Harrison. These are quite num-
erous in the street and hotel Hobbies. and
were almost without rival until last night.
when Mr.. Conger and some of the other Blaine
men began to give out red badges bearing
portrait and the namo of James q. Blaine. with
the inscription in big letters swim. Nigor and
Victory" Soon after these badges appeared
they began to dominate in the crowd. but for
the most part the wearers of both badges were
men who NAV nothave any particular preference.
and whose preference, if they have any. don't
amount 20 much. The crowd and the badge
wearers are just little something on the side Of
the Harrison managers. and the few Blaine
workers of any prominence who had arrived up
| to this morning wore badges. but moved
conspicuously about the crowd looking for
some delegate to operate on. Quay, Clarkson.
Conger, Washburn and Fassett almost the only
very conspicuous anti-Harrison men who have
been ON the scene more than an hour or so.
have not been wasting much time in the hotel
lobbies. They are laying low and waiting until
there is something to call them out in the open.
The Harrison managers have been more con-
spicuous for the past few hours.
THE HARRISON MEN.
The burly form of senator Hiscock has been
prominent about the West Hotel corridors at
all hours. and he has lost no opportunity to
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would get the nomination.
John &. New and Mr.. Michener have been
doing more of the quiet work. and Auditor
Lynch, Solicitor of the Treasury Hepburn,
d Brien. the commissioner OF navigation,
| Treasury Department: Carter. commissioner OF
| the general land Office: Marshal Ransdell.
United States marshal for the District of CO.
| lumbia; senator sawyer and ex-senator Pierce
are about with the crowd talking Harrison and
| assisting in the Development of Harrison senti-
ment wherever their efforts in that direction
may do good.
SELECTION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
The thing both sides figuring for the
skrmish line is the selection Of the temporary
and the permanent chairmen of the convention.
The first test Of strength will come on the
selection Of temporary chairman. unless some
| scheme can be devised 10 deprive the selection
of its significance a test.
The national committee held a meeting today
10 declde upon man 10 present 10 the conFen-
tion lot this position IL Is usual Tor the man
CHOSEN by the national committee To be elected
without question from any source, but there Is
contest threatened IN this case. The sugges-
uon OF the selection OF pronounced antl-har-
rison man proVokes the threat from the Harri-
son folks they VIII make contest m the con-
vention ana attempt to overthrow the choice OF
the national committee n this Is done.
ihe suggestion by Mr. fassett that Prof.
John NJ Langston OF Virginia. the most promi-
nent anti-fsrrison colored delegate. be made
the temporary chairman leads to the general
talk OF him as the anti-Harrlson candidate. III
ne Is named by The national committee Il n
understood TO be the intention Of the Harrison
folks to antagonlze him IN convention with Gen.
Horace Porter OF New York
lhe Harrison people claim, however, that
they now have majority OF the national COM
mittee with them and that the committee VIII
select Gen Porter.
Commissioner Garter said TO THE STARS cor
respondent on this subject: The antis are
said TO want TO elect Langston. but they cannot
do II. majority OF the national committee v
against them; Gen Porter will be cho-en."
Who VIII be the permanent chairman
Senator Cullom or Gov. .Mchnley--probably Nc
CullOm."