New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-03
GATHERING OF THE CLANS
PRESIDENT MAKERS APPEAR IN THE MINNIE
APOLIS HOTELS.

APOLIS HOTELS.
HARRISON AND BLAINE BOOMERS OPEN HEAD
oUARTER;-oHAIRMAN CLARKsoN AND CON
su1.GEyERAI NEW on THE GROUND
BOTH sIpFs CONFIDENT AND
EAGER FOR THE TRIAL
OF STRENGTH.
M;nneapois, June 2.-The city OF Mnhe'PoiiS
contains more Republican party leaders Una" any
other city in the country tonight, Dut '"cie
great scarcity OF delegates, and IT Is geheraiS oo"
c.ded ,bot il is the delegates who to make the
Presidential nomination next week Ch'i 'n'
latter arrive therefore, in sufficient numbers to
enable one 10 determine tile consensus OF opi''io"'
all predictions as TO the result OF the convention
must mo accented as mere prophecy founded on per-
sonal preference. ,o,..
An d,r tho Hobbies Of the West Hotel nave
h.cr tbronrcd with leaders Of National reputatloh
h,, diIiccnt inoury has failed to discover slhgle
man who is not here for a purpose, ana VINO
does not have strong personal candidate LOT ,nc
Presidency Thus it is that men OF ACKNOWLEDGE
noIi,ical astutencss are found to differ dlame'ri
caIlv in their predictions as TO the result OIL ''
convention. and while the preferences are een-
orally divided between Harrison ana bla'h' az
Alpcr man now and then suddenly appears anu
adds zcst To the argument by the conhdeho Pio"'o
ton that the Michigan man Will ultlIna'eV ooun"
., ,b. front as the compromise candidate OF the
o,,o,,ion The Blaine and Harrison managers both
arrived an early morning trains and established
t.oadouartcrs at the leading hotel The confidence
,;,b which the self-constitued Blaine boomers
orpounccd that he would accept the nomination
70 IL were extended to him, and the calm ar
surance with which they are prosecuting the co"-
test in his behalf, have given serloushehS 10 'nc
whole Blaine movement, and the more c'ici"'
politcians are tonight directing their at'eh'ioh
r. a diliccnt ANALYSIS of the probable vote of the
various State delegations. In tDe m"F
ear ~ figures the Harrison managers point 10
tho States which have given positive iiAs'i"'
,ions for the President, and then cite the assur-
,ncns ~ s,pport which they claim to he daily re-
ccivinr from instructed delegations The Blame
nconlc give no details but claim about everything
in sicbt not limiting their figures TO those States
i vhicb no instructions were given, but claiming
soor.s of votes from States positively Instructed
for Harrison.
RIVAL, CHIEFTAINS on THE GROUND
rohn c. New OF Indiana, Consul General 10 Eng
land and Indianas member of the National Oo'h-
mittce il at the head of the Harrison people ana
James s. Clarkson. of Iowa, chairman ol '"'
National Committee, is recognized rs the leader o
the Blaine movement Ills fellow-work"r' IN ne
half Of the Maine man are }. Sloat taSSe''' o'
New-York; Henry c. Paine. Of Wisconsin
Colonel A. L. Congcr, of Ohio; H. D Hyuc'
- Massachusetts. and John 7. san
harm Of Mlchigan-all members OF the
xa,,onol Committee: Senator Washburn, Of Min
ncsota. and Senator Hausbrough, of North Dakota.
Mr. News political licutenants are John N
co,vdv. chairman Of the Indiana Republican State
Committee: NJ T. Lightncr, South Dakota deIe-
gatc General l.. r. Michcncr, Of Indona, the IN"
mariner OF w W. Dudley; ex-senator John =
Spooner Of Wisconsin, and the following lhui-
anians: r. r. Shcl. s. ID. Willer \. T. iiendricK-
-on. w r. Turbin, delegates from Anderson anu
& w Stivcrs, editor OF The Liberty Herald
and also a delegate All the lndianans unltc
in asserting that there is complete harmony III
,hcir delegation. and that Harrison Will receive
the unanimous vote Of Indiana In speaking oi
tho Presidential situation. Mr. New is emphatic III
his assertion that Mr. Blaine is not IN the race
THE Secretary OF State understands the mean
,ne of the English language, said Mr.. New, WIN
o,ra, dclibcrniion. and knew what he WAS doing
.be, he ,oo,< the people Of the country int
his confidence by means Of his letter Of declina-
,io, lie knew what the result of that letter
youId he The first and most important result
of ,bc letter was the Withdrawal from tie race, Ill
favor of General largIson. OF Alger AilSoh'
Sherman. Rusk and numerous others, VINO WIN
Elaine in the field you'd have made strong
Gqhts for themselves. Taking Blaine at his woru'
all the.e gentlemen followed him III stepping asle
and leaving the President clear Held. IL would pc
., irsult to Mr. Blainc's manhood and integrity TO
assume. even for arguments sake, that he was
raing when he wrote that letter Not only tls, nut
IT, would bc the grOSscst injustice 10 the gehue-
men who would have been candidates with MN
and who Withdrew wien he did III would De
an insult 10 the people OF tins country "h'i
could never bc forgiven or forgotten. am look-
ING for no opposition OF any importance 10 Ii'I-
risons denomination. There Is an aht-ilarriSo"
-entiment it, il true, but ITS weakness ana lhi-
no,encv will he manifest before many days are
past What little opposition there IL cannot unlte.
r. has trirI 10 settle Blaine, and after 1t Is
.ottled that Blaine will not run, may attempt to
,ritc on somebody else. But il will do no good.
va already have a majority OF the delegates
nlcdpcd to our man, and without great deal OF
r,ss or talk we are going into the convention and
nominate him on the first ballot.
-, cr.,rKsoy,s BUuYANr PREDICTIONS.
Chairman Clarkson says that the first ballot
| Blaine will have COO delegates ana that iiarrISoh
| will have less than half that number We want
| the strongest man in the parity resumed Mr'
| Clarkson. and | think .Jancs q. Elaine Is the
man The present campaign will he one ot the
Gercest ever known in American politics. In my
Judgment, it has been certain i'lef of the
masses Of the party for two ycaH that Blaine
| should head the ticket in '92.
What is the cause Of Mr.. llarrison's unpopu-
| larity?T hc was asked.
| lie is not unpopular. Simply because the pco-
| plc of this country have decided that 1t might he
better not TO nominate him for the second time, IL
doe, not follow that Mr. Harrison is unpopular IL
simply means that in the opinion of the maJ9~'y'