The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-07
IT'S NIP AND TUCK
Harrison Apt to Lead on
The First Ballot
Blaine Men Want to BrinU
Out FayOrite Sons.

A BELIEF That Their Real Desire is to
Have Both Harrison and Blaine
shelved and a New Man Nominated.
First Ballot-A Conservative Esti-
mate Puts the First Ballot at 476
for Harrison and Alt for Blaine.
MrNNEAPoLIs, MIMI, June G. The
lightning, which has been playing over Min>
neapolis at intervals ever since last evening,
has not as yet struck any Of the presidential
rods. On the eve of the convention the
outcome Of its deliberations is as uncertain
as ever. Mr.. Blaine would have a majority
of the delega tes, it is evident now that most
all of them have arrived, If the ballot were
TO be taken tomorrow, Mr.. Blaine and
President Harrison being the only men
voted for. II Senator Quay end ex-Sena-
tor Platt and the rest of the anti-Harrison
bosses wanted to nominate Mr..
Blaine, it is now quite apparent
that Mr.. Blaine could be nominated,
no matter whether the ballot was taken to-
morrow, or Thursday or Friday, but they
are as much opposed to the nomination of
Mr. Blaine as they are to the nomination of
President Harrison. They are personally
uu9,iendly to Mr. Blaine as they were when
they prevented his nomination In 1876 and
1850 and 1886. They realize that Mr..
Blame unde stands perfectly that they have
been using him only to defeat President
Harrison, and that II Mr.. Blaine should be
nominated and elected they would not be
as cordially received and as generously
treated at the white house es they have been
IN ier the present administration.
IN A SERIOUS DILEMMA.
They are in a most serious dilema, now
that M. Blaine by his resignation has an
uouncod to the country. and by son Emmons
has announced TO them, that he is a candi-
date and expects them to make good their
reiterated declarations tnat they would
nominate him. They cannot follow their
inclination and drop him, for that would be
to insure President Harrison's nomination
by exposing the hollowness Of the opposition
TO it. yet if they persist in the alleged at
tempt to nominate Mr.. Blaine they will
probably succeed in nominating him. They
are working with all their known skill and
cunning to get out of this
delicate and dangerous position and to
secure the nomination of some other cans
didate, preferably Senator Sherman,
although they would take, they say, Gov.
Mckinley, S. nator Allison, Secretary Rusk
or almost any one else, provided the Har-
rson men or any considerable number Of
them would unite on him. Having made
the point of Withdrawing Gen. Alger yes
terday for the purpose Of producing the
liUsve impression that all the anti Har-
IiSon men we're presenting a united front
to the Harrison ranks, Chairman ClarksOn
used his pleHary power of attorney from
Zen. Alger to-day to have him put back in
the contest by the Michigan dele
cation, SO there might be no decision
Oh the first ballot, enough votes 10 be tenn
porauly requested of Gen. Alger to prevent
the domination of MIR. Blaine and TO en-
courage the men who think it is inexps
dent to nominate either President Harrison
or Mr.. Blaine.
WANT TO BRING OUT DARK HORSES.
After the revelation of their intention,
made on Saturday, to vote for dark horses
and by Drolonging the prelimnaries so as
meanwhile employing the bitterness be-
tween the real Blaine and the
real Harri7on men by bringing for
ward the dark horses from as many
states as possible, they hope to
Keep majority from President Har-
Hson and to prevent it from
gong to Mr.. Blaine. Obviously this is a
hazardous undertaking, but it seems to them
tG DC their only hope now that Emmons
fAI 10 tlar, klnt l. h;a EnN h.,
HoInlnatlon, unless, indeed, Mr.. Blaine
shond aid them by falling i'll again. They
we're we're encouraged to-day by the fact that
al'er GOV. Mckinley joined the Harrison
.orces some Of the Harrison men began to
.aIS Mckinley. They were encouraged by
Vne TACT that the Ohio delegation obviated
I"Ssl0le trouble over Senator Sherman and
.t GoV. Mckinley by the practical assurance
'I snat the delegations vote in case both men
SMele put batore the convention would be
N''4ueu equally between them.
OTHER DELEGATIONS APPROACHED.
%; With the statement that Ohio favored
.IVner and must let the.,convention choose be-
t"eeh them, they were encouraged by the
@.1uIy reception given their Allison sug-
kbestions IN the Iowa delegation and their
,a.3 o.lSk demonstration in the Wisconsin dele
sH'1Ou' Ot course oil their inquiries and
,,iieentIons we're made as quietly and eau
'.ouSly as possible, yet the Harrison man
Ssers heard OF them and were encouraged
- - Lue Information to persi It in the hope that
.-ey might get President Harrison in be,
en s"9en the disunited bands of the opposition
Tol Tna oeheving that in any event Mr.. Blaine's
TbailaGlon III was growing less likely.
er Harrison managers were also
doS uraged to-day by the fact that as the
80. oS.ssstlons came In their estimates were 80
got5l D,.gu verified by actual inquiry that dele
sayton rs,tn seemed, as a rule, strengthened
NJ NG.uqr y, than weakened by the resignation of
car.Lialne a, bialne in It's implied declaration of
ssrrnulaacy. lN, All the estimates of both sides
tbe. oniy valuable to the curious, for none of
estjIll Is accurate, and the best of the private
no, mates on either side for publication do
eitL come ne within fifty votes of nominating
tbaI, tuer Mr.. Blaine or President Harrison,
IN being from 100 to 200 doubtful votes
Hae each. 1t is only Just that the
ha1tl Ison son estimates were proved to-day to
BIoinoo oeeh more accurate than those of the
D'a1ne managers.
n. MONEY FLOWING FREELY.
~ ~ course they were least accurate as to
Tere. ol the southern delegations, notably
the osti an1 % Missouri, where they found that
Gsn si harrison managers bad been using
4' ayers money hut thev had ruada