St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-10
THAT HARRISON CAUCUS.
Bluff No Bluff, 1t Had Per-
CentibIe Eject.

right, and that 1t only showed what
they knew positively all along. Five
hundred and twenty votes were posi-
lively pledged to Harrison, the little
Presidents friends say.
pledged said "Rhody" Shiel. the loud
est talker in the Harrison ranks. "But
sitOBly showed what knew all the time.
j knew it two weeks ago and said so to
them. have been saying so ever
since. l want you to quote me as say
ing that l knew it before. We only
have pledged the men who were for
Harrison all the time and for nobody
else. We have enough to nominate the
president on the first ballot, and we
have bad them all the time"
All the other rabid Harrison men
were Just as positive as Mr.. Shiel that
the caucus was ali right. Gov. Mellette
knew. it. He was not there, but he
knew what he was talking about. He
knew further that Blaine was not can
didate.
II received information last night"
said the low-voiced Mellette. THAT Mr..
Harrison is not candidate and that his
name will not be presented to the con-
Vention. When L say that know that
J. IiGdU JuSt WkdU L Odys lC OtHCb oiuO
does not know where | got the informa-
ton, and they will probably deny it.;
but they have decided definitely that
Mr.. Blane's name will not be presented
to the convention. The movement for
Blaine, has not been for Blaine at any
time. Blaine'S name was used for the
sole purpose OF getting votes away from
Mr.. Harrison on the first ballot and then
trying to throw them to some other
candidate. 1t was a movement to de-
feat Harrison, not to nominate Blaine.
But it will fail. Just put that down as
cOrrect,that Blaine's name will not be
presented in the convention"
The impression was spread through
the crowd at the West that the Harrison
caucus was bluff, because the number
of delegates who were there was differ
emily stated by the occupants OF the
Harrison camp. One man would say
that all of the $40 delegates. were pres
ent and personally pledged themselves
to support Harrison. Another would
place the number of actual delegates az
SIP, and another at little less than
500. 800.
Mo- said Gen. Powell Clayton,
when asked about it. mot all of the 500
delegates were there. But all of tbe,520
were represented. You can say with
absolute truth that majority OF the del
egates, more than majority, was there
and that every man pledged HIM
self for Harrison. SO, If there
were less than 500, the number
accounted for, present, there was still a
majority present, and that makes It
certain that Mi. Harrison will be uomi-
mated on the first ballot. was there
with all of the Arkansas delegation, and
all of them will vote for Harrison, in
spite of the claim that some of them
would go for Blaine"
But the Blaine men, Platt, ClarkSon,
Conger, still insist that the caucus was
all bluff.
1t is difficult matter to gauge the
feeling on a point like this. SO many
divided delegations are present at this
convention that accurate figures as to
the standing of the Blaine and Harrison
votes cannot be obtained without poll
time such poll could be completed
some of the delegates would have
changed their votes, SO such figures
would be of little value. . .
! Yesterday representative OF the
AGLOBE attempted to arrive at some
conclusion as to the strength of the
Harrison and Blaine factions through
the opinions of men who are not num-
: bered in either camp. 1t Isl fact that
there are men at this convention who
will vote for neither Blaine norHarriSon.
Many of them favor Mckinley. Some
of them come from the Ohio delegation
These neil figure 1t out--and the hg-
tres are reasonable because there IS no
fpartisanship back of them--that Presl-
dent Harrison really has more delegates
than has Blaine, or the Blaine move
Inent, to speak more correctly. But it
is figured that neither side has at its
disposal the number OF votes Claimed.
Both are talking loud
But to return to the Harrison caucus:
Some color is lent to the theory that it
was all a bluff 10y the manner of count
ing those 500 votes for Harrison. Men
were present from each delegation, and
they gave i'm the number of votes that
could be counted in their respective
delegations. But their assurances do not
ALWAYS suffice. The case OF the ONO
delegation illustrates this point. In the
figures given out from that caucus Ohio
is credited with having 27vOteS for Har-
rison. The Ohio delegation has been
polled, and it's exact standing can be
figured. There are 46 votes i'll the; del
egation. Eighteen of these are for
Blaine. The other IS are opposed
to Blaine. But not all of them
will vote for Harrison. Attorney Cen
eral Richards, of Ohio, who is III Min
neapolis, says that he knows some OF
the delegates will vote for Mckinley,
anyhow. Mckinley does not want them
to do so, but they will vote as they
please. And he is Harrison man.
But he NAV be wrong. q. r.. Baldwin,
one of the delegates, thinks that Harrl-
son will have twentv-seven or twenty
eight votes out of the Ohio delegation.
So the Harrison men may be all right In
counting twenty-seven votes from OHIO
for their man. But the way they have
counted these votes from Ohio. while
there is a doubt as to their possession of
them, indicates that they may be count
ing more votes than they have in their
hands. =. 80
Bluff or no bluff, the announcement
of the Harrison caucus had Its effect
upon the people around the West--not
the rabbIe, but the workers. In the III
diana headquarters all was sunshine.
The Indiana men acted as II they really
believed what they were saying about
having $50 votes sure. They smiled and
laughed and clapped one another OH the
back and turned themselves loose as II
weight Ilau DeeD lliteu llOih lhoiA 'iii"o'
On the other hand, the Blaine shOuterS
did not wear that sanguine air that has
sat upon them almost all the time since
the war,began. They may have been sim
cere in the belief that the caucus was a
bluff, but they were liz at ease all the
same. The ardor was dampened more
than it has been at any time since last
Saturday. They did not parade and
Cheer and yell the name of their favor
! lie as they have been doing. In fact.
the West was comparatively quiet all
the afternoon. 1t might have been the
weather, but it was, more likely, the
Harrison caucus.