The weekly tribune., 1892-05-21

the morning in rarlor IA, Grand =,
hotel. Every man present wa. .,s ,alst
in his state. How many votaa "'eads
you that may be depended onss ,e' a',
one answered. The total was Te
majority of the convention. I'M lafN
nominate Blaine as soon as the iusaN o
tion meets today" A committeooSsan oSa'e
was sppointed to manage affair 'ifs
floor Of the convention hall, all ,n, a
to follow their directions As Jsns
gan to streak gray rays thronnha .
windows this remarkable confereoa. 'l'
journed. Every man left tbat b'DVes' ses
with Joy in his heart, for he felt ,Lp.Ea Lps',a
nomination of Blaine was only ''s a % 10
hours distant. '@
At 10 o'clock these men, weary
confident, walked into the convs.s oa
hall. mot this ballot, but tbe ,a'N ,a
was the word whispered anon, ,sA M
How eagerly they waited for tbst a s
ballot! But in a few minutes n
factor, unexpected and unwelcom.
tered the hall. 1t was a cablepram e,
Mr.. Blaine to Congressman Bouteua
had been received late the night bst.'
Boutelle had consulted one or two fr;s'' ,s
as to what he should do with il y
then, like the Yankee that he IL
concluded to sleep on it before doi
anything. The message read % fl;
l have the right to ask my friends 70
spect my wishes" Boutelle was !,
quandary. He did not know whetbs,.
make the telegram public or bury !,
his pocket. Bother Blaine" said
"he knows how to use the English ,s'
guage as we'll as any man in the wo,g
Why didn't he say what he meant !
good English" 1t was fearful y
sponsibility. On the one side was ,oo
faith with a long time friend on fl Il.
other ambition, power, triumph. Bon
telle finally decided to make the letts
public.
He was led to this conclusion ti
fateful conclusion, by another stranr,
circumstance. That Sunday eyepis,
Mr.. A. M. Low, then on the Cbic,r
Tribune staff in Washington, recaivsj
this order over the special wire fromM,
managing editor, "Interview John Sbs,
man." The trained newspaper man ol.u
orders. "Its no use for me to 90 M h
John Sherman's house and ask fr a,
interview at this time" said Low fl
himself; "he won't say word. mrbt
just as well sit down and wire back n.
won't talk as to take the trouble
walk up to his house this hot night Br
like the good newspaper man he is, Low
went to Shermans house. The Senate,
was sitting on the doorstep, SURROUNDED
by the members of his family. All Were
drinking lemonade, and the old senator
with that warmth of hospitalityvhab
always his and which is in strrgmn.
trast to his manners at the Cayd. rh
his own hands brought the scriti.Aa
and bade him be seated. This auggYg
beginning had a fateful endin. "
Sherman submitted to an interyiev b
gave his opinion of the progress Of evE.
at Chicago. The substance of it alw
that he understood the game Of pOits
which the Blaine men We're playinga
Chicago and condemned it most severe
ly. Reading between the lines one cOul
see that if Blaine were given the nom
nation in that manner Mr. Shermai
would forever feel that he had not be2
fairly treated, for Mr.. Sherman hlm~!
expected to be nominated the fOllow4 I
day if Blaine were kept ont Of the CO.. I
test.
When Mr.. Boutelle came down
breakfast after sleeping on" Blaln,
cablegram he had a copy of The TribrE
in his hand. This interview was To-
first thing which attracted his attention
He read and re-read it. Light dawna
on his troubled mind. "Mr. Blaine. b
said to himself, would never 'orgN
me if l suppressed his telegram and pa
mitted his friends to ride over JON
Sherman. This settles it, and | shA
read the telegram to the convention
In the convention hall the Blah
schemers begged Boutelle 10 change o.
mind-threatened him. stormed at HIN
but without avail. The telegram VS.