The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-05
The Outlook at Minneapolis.

The contest going on at Minneapolis Is a
curious and deeply interesting one. It is
being conducted with as much vigor as IL It
were absolutely certain that Mr.. Blaine
would accept the nomination. From pres
emit indications the convention will meet
Tuesday without any information as to
whether or not there will be an effort to
nominate him. The delegates are divided
into two factions. one favoring Gen. Har-
rison and the other MIR. Blaine. The Har-
rison leaders have one great advantage. 1t
| is that they know Gen. Harrison wants the
nomination and is making a fight for It.
! The Blaine leaders don't know what MIR.
Blaine's position is They know, Of course,
that in his letter to Mr.. Clarkson he said
his name would not be presented to the con-
vention, but for some reason or other
they pretend TO believe that he wants
the nomination and will accept it
oven il it is not offered to him unanimously.
But they cannot say positively that he
will accept. and, therefore. they are not
in a position to make much Roadway in their
efforts to draw delegates away from Gen.
Harrison
Mr.. Blaine's conduct puzzles his friends as
much as it does his enemies. He refused to
see Senator Quay just before the latter left
for Minneapolis, notwithstanding the fact
that the senator is one of the most earnest
and persistent OF the Blaine leaders. This
would seem to indicate that be has made up
his mind to do nothing either to prevent or
bring about his own nomination, but to take
such a course as seems to him to be advisa-
BILE should there be a condition OF affairs
requiring action on his part.
Recently Mr.. Blaine seems to have reached
the conclusion that the opponents Of Gen.
Harrison are simply using his name to pre-
vent the nomination of Gen. Harrison. It
has been thought for a long time that the
only kind of a nomination he would accept
is unanimous one, and believing he could
not get such a nomination he has no hope
OF having chance to either accept or de-
cline the nomination.
II is probably true, however, that he does
not like Gen. Harrison and is willing that
his name shall be used to defeat his nomi~
nation. That is about the most reasonable
explanation that has yet been offered OF his
refusal to say anything more with respect
to the nomination than what appeared in his
letter to Mr.. Clarkson. He is, therefore,
in accord with the politicians who are
making such extraordinary efforts to beat
Gen. Harrison.
II Mr.. Blaine would say that he would
accept the nomination, or IL the opponents
Of Gen. Harrison had a popular candidate,
they could name the ticket probably, be-
cause there 1t not great deal Of enthusi-
asm for Gen. Harrison, but as yet they do
not know what course they will pursue
when the convention gets ready to make
nomination.
The truth is Gen. Harrison has between
300 and 400 delegates who cannot be stam-
peded, and who will stand by him as firmly
as if he had offered each of them an office.
Itmay be assumed, therefore, that he will be
nominated upon either the first or second
ballot. 1t is not expected that there will
be much of contest after the voting
begins, and it does not now look as IL there
would be more than two ballots,
and perhaps not more than one.
Senator Hale is quoted as saying
that In his opinion there will be only one
ballot, and that either Mr.. Blaine or Gen.
oAAAoOh Will 10 hOhAuateu' III LIS JUG
ment Mr.. Blaine would accept, even though
he should get only majority of the cons
vention. However, there are 80 many
stories afloat with respect to Mr.. Blaine that
very little confidence is felt In any Of them
Those who discredit the Blaine stories and
stick to the belief that Gen. Harrison will
be nominated, have many chances of not
being disappointed in their favor.