New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-10
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
CURRENTS AND EDDIES IN THE elkEAM'
MK1NLEY's SPEECH AT THE CONVENTION IN 1885
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE MOVE
rorxvpAr plspATCH1

uttered In secret conferences ana oia"e"ou
chambers to-day, the world would be as'ouhoea ~
the revelations Of the ways OF pohach oon' ns
and the means that are employed 10 cTea'e ,''
,nr,ar eeptiment that makes unmakes the desNies
~ man and parties The hour for street Pifaues Vi
..uh.rn+ demonstrations in the corridors ana ou''
OF the hotels has passed and has oeei suo.'' "
an ara NJ sl-at hut almost frantic political acu1ty'
Roth parties 10 reailze lo-u"S ''"'
nd,ronc. hos reached its limit Of patience ana that
s, - ..,,,ht to~ delay or ebstructed the ma
teaaa progress OF the convention "ouo o'N
,.,,o,,,,sr faction and be carried down by ue u"e
And 20 1t was that when the convention n'''' 'o, "
IL O'Clock and the report OF the Oohini''eo VI L.
dent,al. was read the chairman OF the ors'''~.,
.oss and declaring that all the progress compau,e
Nth mature deliberation had been hmue' asheu ,o
an extension OF time until oooo" a."
.,.c,uc ,j,oudsed sihat toie final report OF p'ie
,,rnan,ttee would be Forthcoming at that uine'
That the request for this additional ume was !" "
made had been previously communicated W 'ae 10
r1snn managers. on account OF the nss"'e "
Blaine majority Of the Committee on oreoehu"is 'u
the report would certainly be presented al 'he houi
n.msd the Harrison people decided to make no al
,amut 70 force an earlier report from the cominWee
,odeaa both the factions seemed to be glao oi INV
brief respite afforded by the ad1ouifhe" MI" Wv
interval from noon to S O'Clock IRIS eVeo'hs ""'
sssiduously employed by the leaders OF oo.n sue "
mailing last strenuous attempt to hold .eer i'''''
together
1t can be almost said that the cohVe]oh Is nov
divided into three partieshe Harrison, the Blame ana
the conservative which Is demanding that po'h "'e
leading candidates should give way 10 some man ivy
from factional affiliations Who con carry he parry
TO victory next November. Despite 'he He
quent published estimates OF the preie'ehcvS
az delegates and In the face OF me VIII
known fact that positive and uneQuivoeal pledges
failed m give any other candidate majority III ''c
convention the leaders Of the two factions sun SUP
borny press their assurance OF success OH ue i,''
ballot The Harrison leaders met the h'fSse VI anu
Blaine managers by q master stroRe io-uas' i"
diately after the adjournment OF the cOnVehuoh WI"
WAS passed secretly around among tie Harrison men
Of the various delegations that meeting would DO
held at O'Clock. in Market Hall, for the purpose vi
agreeing upon the line of action to be pursued py Inv
Harrison delegates At this meeting ChauWey NJ
Depew was of course a prominent figure, ana acuVe
Harrison managers found expedent " turn over !"
him the osensibe management OF the fresuehVs Yam
paign for denomination. This meeting was secret
ono The Harrison leaders maintain that 40O oele-
eates were actually present. and that every man. oy
a standing VOTE pledged himself to support te fresi'
dent IN the first ballot. 1t IS also asserted THAT the
additional delegates were represented suihcieht W
bring the vote up to 800. Digent inquiry now
ever leaves considerable doubt as to the exact hu'
bar In attendance at the meeting.
II is not certain indeed just how far the deeeatss
present were enabled 10 speak authorta'veiy TOT 'o
absentees of their delegations Be that as IT may e
most WAS made Of this meeting and within hVe Hill
ntes after its adjournment the report was being rap
1v crrulated throughout the city that the HarTisoh
men had had q Meeting and demonstrated py "no Ao'uA'
presence Of something like 400 delegates tNa' ue
President's nomination was assured on the hre' oao''
This report created temporary consterlauoh III ''e
rank and file Of the Blaine delegates, but their tnheo
leaders soon rallied their following by derohe INC oo
called Harrison conference merely sc0eine 70
bolster ND the hopes OF rapidly dfsintegraung har
r4son factions and insist<d that the nieeuhs "~s "
tended by loss than 400 delegates, ana thas 'o n0
emf had no authority whatever to speak Tor aosehre
Governor Mckinley is the dark morse "'s' NM :.
n, In some quarters there is considerable menuoh VI
~ mama NJ sherman but the fact that Mckinley Is
.oo,t ond that Sherman Is absent gives tho FORMER
oreot advantage over his fellow citizen OF oin"'
Senator Allison il also frequently mentioneo' OUT '
tarv Jeremiah Rus1 Of Wisconsin, appears 10 oc ii''
ronar candidate Some Of the Wisconsin delegates e
- a. wearing Rusk badges and apparently trying
~, create a little boom for the Secretary OF Agricue
Gsneral Russell A. Ayers managers MAINTAIN -" .
~ ~. .cona ballot his strength will run up 10 not
less than 60 or 20 votes. .u, ,,o
rna attempt Of the colored delegates Hom INC
ecrtbern States 10 act In unison mas hoI res"'' "
anv satisfaction TO themselves or anybody eise' i'
h.vs had several conferences and many Oh 'ncr mum
her have mado eloquent appeals to their ore"ic" ~
f0Qether
hsto,v Of the Republican party when the coolou
a,.cot.s had the slightest prospect OF hoions "ie
80. y, mower All this eloquence Is wasted NO"
ever for this evening finds the colored deieea"S VI
Quite as many different minds and purposes % "
tb.r white brethren. The failure Of inc coiho'' =
x.s chiefly due to the suspicion In the niiho VI e"'-
~ An. colored men that some Of the other delegates
-. attending the role Of leaders Cd the race ~
was hoped by the friends OF General Anger 'N"' ~,
.,o,.d vote would decide TO 60 unit ana III caSc II
I'D they were confident that IT would vote WIN ~
A,cer men so that the two elements Ih's"' "
In a position finally to control the hoiilp"uo"'
tho plan has failed, and there are no hdlcaoo"' '
any further attempt will be made to draw 'no oo,
line in the Republican convention; certainly HUI "
the colored Republican delegates themselves
considerable comment was caused this Afternoon" U!
TN. d,s,rbutio1 OF little circular anony mousy ss''
and containing the speech OF william MchIh'''' -
AT the National Convention OF 1855. on that oo''
John sherman was the choice OF ue ONO ueioe'o
for President, and Mckinley, as delegate -athrso' "
ure1ng his nomination Then, as nov, an ii0ip'o
mckinley boom had been started rolling, ana lhei
we're slight indications that he might he one OF th
dark horses in the convention. Major Mckinley aroS
And said that be WAS there delegate ana un"c
instructions from the safe OF ONO 70 favor inc ""
nation OF John Sherman. He hoped delcagtes "ou4
refrain from voting for him. a am sensible Oh vi
honor Won would DO me-" he said but In the presehc
Of the duty resting upon me- l cannot remain s,'o'
with honor cannot, consistently 10 the State who's
credentials bear and which has trusted me- cai
not, with honorable fidelity to John sherman; "n
has trusted Inc In his cause and with his confidence
/ cannot, consistently with my own personal intce
rity, CONSENT seem 10 consent to permit my nam
ot 10 rcoEest~I demand~that no delegate who woul
not cast reflection me shall cast his ballot TOT me.
1t is uncertain who caused this circular 10 be issue
but its distribution has caused considerable cxclteel
Some 10 think that 1t Is the work OF the hai,so
~ Mckinley Is receiving lust at tliS Ilnit