St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-06
Crushing a Roorbaek Which
Treated Of a Blaine-Sher-
man Deal.
GueSSeS on the Turn Of the
Wheel the Empire State
Will Make.
Jersey, Figured for Blaine,
Turns Out Heavily for
Harrison.
Many Delegations Spend the
Sabbath in Getting Their
Heads Together.

The Sanctlty OF the American SAD
bath was sacred to no man yesterday.
In the mad whirlpool of political parties
and affairs men forgot their Christian
faith and remembered only their polit-
ical creed; forgot their Maker and their
Savior and worshiped only at the shrine
of their political idols. At II o'clock,
when the tolling bells called the devout
to Christian worship, the lObbies of the
leading hotels were filled with surg
ing, seething mass of excited humanity,
and when the minister in the neighbor-
ing church led the opening prayer the
corridors of the hotels were resounding
with the cheers and counter cheers for
Benjamin Harrison and James g.
Blaine. All day long this excitement
continued. aud late into the night the,
fierce competition of political enthusi-s
asm continued with increased vigor.
1t had been a day of kaleidoscope
changes. The situation has been con-
stantly shifting, controverting. and the
wave of sentiment that swept over the
assemblage one hour would be followed
by wave of reaction the next; until
the end it was difficult. indeed, to sum
up the total of political sentiment, or
ascertain in the measure of the ebb and
flow the true drift of the political senti-
ment. In one respect alone was the
day surprise, and the significance of
that surprise can only be weighed by
the events Of the future. The Harrison
leaders rallied their forces, and the de-
moralization of Saturday night gave
place to energy, vigor and resolution
last evening. Indeed, of the two great
factions into which the Republican
party is divided, the administration
element is as
Strong in Leadership.
political sagacity and organization as
even the experienced leaders who head
the opposition. All this has been sur
prise for those who have kept aloof
from both factions, fully eXpectant that
the wave of Blaine sentiment that swept
over the land at o'clock Saturday
afternoon would be terrible in its force,
and Sunday would find, gathered in its
embrace, all the scattered uninstructed
delegates of the Republican party. But
such has not been the case; indeed, to a
close observer It is very apparent that
the Harrison forces are as strong now
as they we're thirty-siX hours ago. The
Blaine people say that all this is the re-
suit of organization, and that the Harri-
son managers are holding the rank and
file of the delegations Loyalty to their
leader, but when the decisive battle
comes the Blaine enthusiasm will carry
all before it, and the distinguished son
of Maine will be nominated on the
first ballot. The Harrison leaders laugh
at these predictions Of their opponents,
and say that they are stronger today
than they have ever been, and that the
reason of this increasing strength is
that the delegates to the national con-
yention have become weary of the tenn
poriZing of ex-SecretarY Blaine, and
have found in his retirement from the,
cabinet and his entrance into the con-
test at this late hour an evidence of
bad faith, disloyalty and duplIcity to-
wards the president of the United
States. Men whose fortune it has
been to attend all other Republican.
conventions of the last twenty-five
years. men who have observed every
shifting of the political atmosphere un-
til they have become skilled pilots in the
air of politics, said last night that the
convention of 1892 is unique in the
discrepancy which it presents between
the
Claims of COntesting Candidates.
that is to be called to order by Chair |
man Clarkson at II o'clock on Tuesday |
next. Of this number the Harrison
managers officially announced last I
night that their chief will receive the /
votes of $50, while the Blaine leaders, |
though ScOrning to descend to details, I
maintain with confidence that their can
didate will receive at least three-fiftlls |
of the votes of the convention, and will |
he nominated by acclamation. OF |
course, these counter-claims cannot |
possibly both be accurate, aud the very
discrepancy leads many to suppose to-
night that both are widely eXtr avagant /
in their aSSeations. Naturally, therefore,
there is feeling of great increduality
among those who are uncommitted to
either candidate. Of one thing only is
the casual political observer sure, and
that is that bitter feeling is being ell
gendered in the ranks with every pass
ing hour, and that. with Blaine and
Harrison in the field, the result of the
tenth Republican national convention-4I
whatever that result may be-will leave
behind it poignant regrets, bitter disap-
pointment, and a feeling of hostility
towards the successful candidate. Itis
all this rather than the usual sentiment
for favorite sons that gave rise last
night to all the rumors of dark horses
and compromise candidates. There is