The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-23
THE NEWS LEAKED OUT.


I'm some manner which is yet mysterious
to me they had learned that Mr.. Blaine had
sent cablegram. How they learned it
do rot know, for the ink was hardly dry
upon it and no one knew OF its existence
but the four or five gentlemen to whom
had mentioned the fact OF its receipt not
over fifteen minutes previous. The next
move was to determine whether the cable
gram was authentic.
II sent for Mr.. Somerville, the manager
of the Western Union lines, whom l knew
to be thoroughly friendly to Mr.. Blaine,
and | communicated to him my doubts. He
made personal investigation, and reported
that the cablegram had without doubt come
direct from Edinburgh, and that he would
give me his personal assurance that 1t had
not been tempered with en- route.
But, insisted, do you know that it
was Mr.. Blaine who sent itY
"'Of course he answered with smile,
I cannot swear to that; but l should say
that it would not have been forwarded from
the other end without good authority that
1t was genuine
al was still unsatisfied, and sent a tele-
gram to Mr.. Blaine asking him If he had
written the cablegram which l repeated to
him. At o'clock in the morning | re-
ceived his reply. 1t said, as you remem-
Der: i think that have a right TO ask my
friends to refrain from voting for me.
Please publish this as promptly as possible.
'BURN THEM" BURN THEMn
"From that dispatch" continued Mr..
Boutelle, there seemed to be no appeal.
When the conference again assembled
read the two cablegrams. They were met
with cries Of Burn them! burn themr but
of course l could not listen TO such appeals.
although if had not been the recipient of
them might have said the same thing.
~ answered that it would be very hard to
fool a constituency of 90, 000. 900 people, and
that IL the dispatches were suppressed and
Mr. Blaine should peremptorily decline
after being nominated, for one would be
placed in a very embarrassing situation.
This reasoning finally prevailed. and the
conference adjourned with the feeling that
whatever else might happen Mr.. Blaine
would not be the nominee of the conVen-
ton.
II went down to the convention hall
bright and early. First saw the Alabama
and the Arkansas deleR atoms and told them
not to vote for Blaine. Then reached
California. Greed Raymond was still for
Blaine. lie would not listen to me when
said that the vote of California must not
be cast for Blaine. appealed and he re-
sisted. Then l told him that should have
the dispatches read from the desk You
dare not do it. he exclaimed. But will, !
| replied. 1t has got to be done and will
do it
If you attempt it. he replied, 81 will
make the point of order against you that no
business is in order except the balloting for
President, and thai will rule you out.
"All / could say would not shake him
from this position. When the convention
met | arose to offer two dispatches that I
had received. True to his word, Raymond
made his point of order, and with an en-
phasis that l shall long remember, added
that he did it to prevent the betrayal Of
Mr.. Blaine in the house of his friends But
Mr.. Estes, the presiding officer. with whom
l had previously conferred, said that the
balloting had been interrupted TO allow a
statement from Mr.. Mckinley, and he felt
that this was another occasion when the
regular order ought to be laid aside for a
moment. He. therefore. overruled the
read. The rest" added Mr.. Boutelle, 'is a
/ part of historVn