The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-09
THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Importance Of Its Report as Affect
ing the Final Result.


Importance Of Its Report as Affect
ing the Final Result.
MINNEAPoLIS, June 9.-The nomina-
tion of a candidate for the presidency OF
the United States convention may turn
upon the action of the committee on cre-
dentials. There are about sixty votes
involved in the contests pending before
that committee. In the Louisiana dele
CATION the contest involves twelve of the
sixteen delegates; in Alabama fourteen
delegates are involved out of q total of
twenty-five. In the states of Mississippi
and Texas there are also contests, in the
former six delegates being involved, and
in the latter the entire delegation. The
political significance of the Texas con
test. however, will hardly have any
special bearing en- the result, as the de.
cision not to recognize the white mans
Republican party eliminates them from
consideration In this connection. In
Maryland there are two delegates, in
Kentucky two, in North Carolina tiye,
and in South Carolina the whole dele
gation of sixteen. In Georgia two dele
gates are ut issue and in Utah two dele
gates. In the latter case there is no
doubt that the Blaine men will be
seated, their claim being conceded by
all and sustained by previous action Of
the national committee.
The Importance of the action to the
Blaine side is apparent when viewed in
connection with n statement made by
one of the prominent workers about
headquarters "Of course lie said,
stas long as human nature is not perfect
AbSplIltn 6anAnHnnpH hp MI,
i'll what is said by some members Of the
race. But II the various specimens with
whom he have come in contact in this
contest tell the truth, think Harrison
is beaten. But it is very close. Tables
which We're made up from figures that
have been scanned with the utmost care
and adopted only upon the basis of the
most conservative calculation, show
only about twenty votes in excess of a
majority f6iiMr. Blaine. 1 But weyhaye
the utmost confidence in this final re-
suit"
"How do the contested votes affects
yonr calculations"
"There are about sixty votes dependent
on the report of the committee and the
action of the convention, OF these [
have no doubt that Blaine men will Sc
cure at least twe-thirds, or forty in all"
What about the third candidate
TALK"
"None of the Blaine men are taking
any part in that. They are satisfied
SHAT their man can and will win, and
they stand by him. They have also the
assurance that their position meets the
approval of the great body of Republi-
cans throughout the country. Tele-
grams are coming in from every section
urging the delegates to vote for Blaine,
and to the managers of the canvass ask
ing them to exert every effort to increase
his vote. These kilograms are from
almost every imaginable source and
come in at the rate of one every five
minutes"
The Minneapolis delegation refused to
give Its Endorsement to Governor Pills
burys resolution providing that the
presidential term be extended to six
years and that no president shall be eli
gible to succeed himself thus involving
an amendment to the constitution.
Governor Pillsbury, who is chairman
of the delegation, said he thought it
courteous to submit the resolution to
the delegation before presenting it in
convention. The resolution was antag-
onlzed by Messrs. Snyder, jacobson,
Wallen and others, on the ground that
1t would be considered slap Mt the ad-
ministration, and it would be bad pol
itics to take such action.
1T is not directed against the admin
istration,' said Chairman Pillsbury,
land cannot intelligently be so CON
strued." The sensation of the meeting,
however, was the speech of Stanford
Newell, of st. Paul, favoring indorse-
ment of the resolution, by the deleGa-
tion, coupled with declaration in favor
OF the dark horse. After having been
quoted for weeks as Harrison man he
answered s'Blaine" when the delegation
was poiled.
Speaking to the delegation yesterday,
Mr.. Newell said: "The changes pro-
nosed are chances that ara absolutely as