Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-06-10
TELEGRAPHiC.
YESTERDAYS BIG BATTLE.
Blaine Tacticians Beat
Their Opponents,
But HARRISON MAKES SLIGHT GAINS
DOES BLAINE WANT THE NOMI-
NATION TO DECLINE 1T!
WaIcott Roasts the Federal Office
HOIders---A Graphic Pen Picture
Of the Incidents at Minneapolis.
Special TO the APPEAL
Everybody Still Guessiug.

Minneapolis June 9th-Today
Minneapolis is like seething cal
dron and the spume and foam on
the top of the bubbling pot hides
every thing from sight, and no
one man can look beneath the sur
face of this frothy covering and see
any more than his neighbor. Most
of the press correspondents have
gone wild in the general excitement
and only the old stagers accustomed
to these scenes of unbridled excite
ment seem able to keep their heads
cool.
WILL BLAINE REFUSE.
There Is a feeling shared by many
beside myself that Blaine viii refuse
the nomination when rendered him,
and that Clarkson and his lieuten-
ants are perfectly vel aware Of this
purpose on the part Of the piulned
knight. SGch in opportunity placed
within the grasp Of Blame would ex-
actly suit MS extreme love of theat
rical display and the refusal would
pass him down to future generations
as man pre-eminent among the
great Americans, as towering above
the succession OF President like
giant, the enc and only man who had
refused the rulership of the greatest
nation on earth, when the septer was
within his grasp.
No man III America who has been
nominated for this high Office has
never had the frnlness Of character
to decline and there is belief among
many here that it is the ambition of
Blaine's life to be able to decline the
great honor and by so doing secure
in the eyes of posterity fame that
will make him a solitary and disting
uished figure in American history.
ANYTHING TO SMOTHER HARRISON.
To allow his name to be used. to
smother Harrison's second term am
bition, he has no objection, but on
the contrary takes inward delight in
casting the shadow of his prestage |
oyer the battered hat of Harrison.
So it is that this convention pre-
seats situations rich in dramatic fea-
ture; s-5uatious of which the outside
public have but light linking. The
administration has been on the de
fensive and the storming column of
the Blaine forces may be but mask
to the real purpose of the conspira-
tors who desire to humble the stubs
born man of the White House and
after Blaine's refusal to accept the
nomination and after the forces of
Harrison have forsaken him, to send
the real winner to the front.
BLAINE AS A RALLYING CRY.
No one not on the ground can rea>
lie the magical effect of Blaine'a
name when used as a railying cry.
When it is shouted in the street an
swering yells come from all quarters
and in few moments the sober go
ing pedestrians take up the shout and
the street is bowling mob OF people
the name of Blame. This
| was seeking my lodgings ct
3 o'clock. The street was almost de- /
serted and silent on either side.
Presently drunken man came round
the corner.
:" Rah fer Sim BLAINE
Almost instantly the cry was re
peated half block away, then an
other and another. like echoes in the
darkness and cries CT "Blaine,
Blaine" coming from. no one knew
where, filled the air. This lasted
about a minute and the windows OPP
ened all along the street and heads
were thrust forth further shouting
Blaine, HIrrah for Blaine.
quote this incident to show how {
easy it is to use the name of Blaine J
Is a rallying cry at any time of the
lay or.night
Many a man who came TO the Con- l
vention absolutely pledged to some $
,ther candidate has been carried off v
lis feet by this whirling tide of pub s
ic clamor, and the Blaine managers
lse q hundred clever devices to keep