The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-06
BlailG'S Boom Don't Look
So Big.
Harrison Leaders Hold His Mon We'll in Hand

H9LuOLe HOSSlDlllCy Tnan the OEn6r
Two-Warner Miller Declares for
Blaine-senator PettIgrew Gives
Harrison Fits.
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, June 5.-The anti
Harrison managers, after discussing the
situation until O'Clock this morning, ap-
parently came TO the conclusion
| that now that they were face
to face with the consequences Of
thei= attempt 60 beat President Harrison
with Mr.. Blaine they must go ahead as
though they had always intended Co nomi-
nate Mr.. Blaine. There was much differ
ence Of opinion in their discussions. They
all frankly admitted that they had never
expected to have to nominate Mr.. Blaine
and that his coup Of yesterday had em-
barrased as we'll as surprised them. They
talked Of various ways of getting around Mr..
Blaine and their embarrassment by taking
up dark horse, especially Senator Sherman,
who was the original candidate of all but
Chairman Clarkson, but when they came
around to the stubborn fact that the Har-
rison men had refused to compromise on a
dark horse they BOO, to use Senator Quay's
language, that it would not do to let 1t ap-
pear that they had used Mr.. Blaine to beat
President Harrison. aud that they must
make the fight for Nr. Blaine as though
they had always meant to do so.
TWO HOPES LEFT.
They have two hopes left, one is that Mr..
Blaine may let them out by withdrawing.
The other is that the fight may become so
ugly that it will be apparent to all the dele
gates that dark horse must be chosen,
Their dark horse would probably be Sena-
| tor Sherman. Having reached the cons
clusion that they must fight for MIR. Blaine
until they can do something better, the
bosses went at their work vigorously. The
national committee rooms, supposedly the
| neutral ground of the convention, but
| which have been used as the headquarters
of the bosses, were promptly decorated this
morning with elaborate red, white and blue
plumes, and a large framed reproduction.of
the best Of the Sarony photographs. which
were apparently one OF the things Mr..
Blaine went to New York for. The plumes
and unframed copies of the picture. which
were distributed through the corridors, were
brought, was said, by Emmons Blaine
from Chicago. At all events Emmons
Blaine looked on approviugly while they
were being put up, and gave the bosses no
encouragement for their hope that Mr..
Blaine has as yet withdrawn, which, In
deed, has little but their knowledge of Mr..
Blaines temperament and condition as
basis
CLARKsoN ANNOUNCES ALGER OUT OF IT.
Boss Clarkson. who has drpoped all SEM
blance OF impartiality, and is using his
chairmaDship simply to beat President Har-
rison, promptly announced that Gen. Alger
was out Of the race, and that all his votes
would go to Mr.. Blaine. This. coming from
Chairman Clarkson. who is recognized
as che custodian of whatever
is left of the Alger boom,
was accepted as correct, although
itswas not officially confirmed at the Alger
headquarters, where less is known of Gen.
Alger's prospects and intentions than any,
where else, but where it was frankly ad-
mitted that Clarkson's announcement would
no doubt be confirmed later by Gen. Alger.
A Blaine rally was held In the national
convention headquarters by score of New
York delegates, claiming to represent fifty
two anti Harrison men, where Blaine and
Sherman talk was freely INDUCED lin.
The conversion OF various southern dele
gates, especially in the West Virginia and
Texas delegations. from Harrison TO Blaine
was duly trumpted around.
FAILURE TO ENTHUsE.
The California Blaine boomers
who brought bands with them were given
plumes on rods and marched through the
West hotel late in the afternoon, when for
the first time there was some Blaine cheer
ing but the Blaine boom the anti-Harrison
men so enthusiastically predicted did not
appear even then. 1t 10 coming tomorrow,
the Blaine boomers say, but they have to
admit up to date that 1t has been conspic-
uous by its absence. In fact there has been
no demonstration Of enthusiasm at all,
funeral calm resting on both camps as
- how rtntn on H..
November.
The Harrison men held their own by
gaining enough recruits to balance
the converts TO the other side. Their con-
fident talk was chiefly notable for the COM
parative mildness of the reference TO Mr..
Blaine, which showed that they were heed
ing the dispatch from President Harrison
not to attack Mr. Blaine Extensively.
MANY DARK HORSE DELEGATES.
The incoming delegates to-day were not
by any means all Harrison or eati-Harrison
men. Many Of them, notably plumber In
the Massachusetts delegation, were dis
posed 10 think that Mr.. Blaine and Presi-
dent Harrison had made each others nomi-
nation inadyisable, and that a dark horse
must be chosen. Senator Sherman
and Gov. Mckinley we're the men
most talked Of. Both, as was stated
last night, have declined to
allow LUelT udIu6b W 10 ub5ut Dub olbuer IL
is thought would waive that. 1t is evident
tonight that facing the manifest fact that
with only Mr.. Blaine and President Harri-
son Ia the race one or the other will be
nominated on the first ballot and that one
will probably be Mr.. Blaine. The con-
servative and uncommitted element Ia the
convention, working with purer purposes
than the anti Harrison bosses. will uso its
influence to nominate Senator Sherman or
Gov. Mckinley. Gen. Alger now seems rele-
gated finally to second place. il indeed be gets
ANYTHING more than promise Of cabinet
place, The Blaine bosses were talking Rusk
for second place to-day with the Wisconsin
men and Foraker with Ohio men by way of
getting votes away from President HarriN
son.
BLAINE MEN IN A oUANDARY.
There is a sharp difference OF opinion
among the Blaine boomers as to the ad
VisabilitY Of putting Mr.. Blaine formally in