The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-06
But tho Crowd at Minneapolis
Was Not Carried off Its
Feet Thereby.
Harrison People Give no Figures
But Blaine's Supporters
Claim Everything.
A Conservative Estimate Gives tho Ex-
Primisr SRA Votes and tho President
$40 on First Ballot.

A1NNrAPoLrs, Juno g. Especial ! The
Blaine boom. which has been slew in
reaching Minneapolis. has finally got.
ten here. but has not by any msans
carried the crowds of their feet,
The shoutsrs who have bssn until to-day
noticeably absent have taken possession OF
tho corridors Of the West hotel, and the
marching PROFESSIONS. with the familiar
CRY Of "Blaine, Blaine. James @. Blaine, u
are going about tho streets and making
themselves and evsrybod else missra BILE.
Tomorrow their real boom IL coming in
the shape Of bands and clubs without num-
bsr, headed by several hundred enthusiastic
Blainites from Chicago. The Harrison
men are not 10 demonstrativs, but they are
NO less confident of their ability to win
than they were before the sensational
resignation Of the secretary of state was
handed to the president and promptly
accepted.
II il Impossible tonight to get from the
Harrison managers . statement of their
strength. They say that it ID posr politics
to give figures at this time, aud they con-
tent themselves with the announssmsnt
shat Harrison will have safe and salts
factory majority. The Blaine mon, on tho
other hand, are willing to make predic-
tiens, and the estimates made tonight BY
j. Slost Fassstt and endorsed BY Thomas
G. Platt gives Blaine 546 delegates. This
they say 10 conservative statement. Last
there was much talk of eomproniss can
dldste. To-day. however, there is q gem
eral concurrence in the opinion that but
two names will be presented to the oonven-
tion and that only one ballot will be nsoes-
sary to decide the contest. Thomas G.
Platt states with emphasis that the fight
will be ended in one vigorous round in
which Harrison will be defeated hy ma
jority Of at least ninsty-two.
The only feature of the day that appears
to materially affect the situation in the fact
that Candidate Algsr. of Michigan, has
placed himself in tho hands of the Blaine
managers, with the under standing that il
necessary he will consent to the Withdrawal
OF his name. In case this is done the twenty
eight votes Of Michigan will be east fol
Blaine. s~. u
There are not more than ns-half of the
delegates in the city tonight but they will
all be here tomorrow: and something like
definite calculations can then b made.
The Ohio delegation who arrived lats to-
night. will hold meeting in she morning
and decide how they will vote. 1t is con
eedsd now by beth the Blaine and Harrison
managers that the vote of the state will be
about equally divided between tho two
candidates.
j. Slont Fassstt has been decided upon ss
temporary chairman and Reid and NoKln-
Icy are m ost prominently spoken as perma-
nent presiding officers.
There is trouble again in tho delegations
from the southern states who find them
selves lonesome without the temptation of
the Alger bait and it is very uncertain a. to
just whore they will finally land.
A careful and entirely impartial estimate
of how the vote will stand On the first bal
lot made up by the claims of both sides
with all due allowances for enthusiasm and
prejudice, gives Blaine 524 votes and Hsrri-
son 376