Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-03
YKw DELEGATES on HAND.

A canvass Of the hotels and locations allotted
for headquarters show this morning that not
more than 10 per cent Of the accredited dele
gates to the convention are on the ground. To-
morrow the arrivals promise to be numerous
but the bulk Of the actual nominee makers will
not be in until Sunday.
The advance guard includes men like Clark
son, Quay. Conger, Spooner, Stockbridge and
a few others whose weight and standing in the
councils Of the party are recognized,
but the bulk of the talking is be-
ing done and most Of the noise
being made by individuals, enthusiastic enough
IN their adherence to their respective favorites,
but who will have neither parcel nor lot in the
actual proceedings when the roll of states is
called for the selection Of candidates.
1t is much on the order of the hip-hip-hurrah
that inaugurates declaration of hostilities To-
morrow and Sunday the skirmish lines will have
been thrown out, and then when the various
state delegations have taken their places on the
field and thrown out their banners the battle
Will have begun in earnest. Both sides airs
anxious for preliminary count of noses.
Mr.. New now has list of over 500, all of
whom he claims as instructed and pledged for
Harrison, while he has a supplementary list of
forty or SO more that, while uninstructed, can
In his Judgment be reckoned as part Of the
Presidents forces. But GARRISON who has q
little list OF bis own in an inside pocket, puts
the Harrison strength as 29S to a man.
J. Sloat Fassett has counted up an even
800 as the outside strength Of the Harrison
managers on the first ballot. As to Blainc's
strength they are wary in making predictions.
Ciarksons heart was made happy today by the
arrival of Quay.
Stockbridge and Sawyer are Harrison men as
between the latter and Blaine while FELTON, and
Gallinger were for the time being decidedly
non-committal. Burrows, although an open
Aiger man, said that in his opinion should the
Blaine movement go so far as the placing Of his
name before the convention Alger would not be
q candidate
At the same time he had reason to believe
that before Tuesday morning it would be def
nitely and authoritatively understood whether
or not Blaine consented to the use Of his name.
WILL NOT WRITE A LETTER
"He will not write letter." said Burrows,
but there are always two ways Of doing one
thing"
Senator Quay was not in q particularly ami
able mood. He said that 80 per cent of the al
legged interviews with himself during the past
few days had been purely imaginary and that
ne dld not propose to say word until after he
had conferred with Garrison
1t was developed that in the course Of the trip
there was an informal talk concerning dark
horses in the event Of the situation demanding
the selection of other than Harrison or Blaine
The names Of Sherman and Mckinley were
talked Of in this connection
Certain Of those belonging to the senatorial
party took the ground that the nomination Of
either would not weaken the party in Ohio
and that the nomination of Sherman would
aker and thus heal the existing
differences in the Buckeye state. It was also
the sentiment, in the event of the nomination
OF either Blaine or Harrison, it would be good
politics to put far western man in the second
place on the ticket.
AWAITING Mr.. DEPEw.
The arrival of Chauncey Depew is being anx-
iously awaited by the Harrison brigade. Ad-
vices from Chicago say that he cannot be here
until tomorrow morning. By the exercise Of
his noted tact and diplomacy the silver-tongued
orator from New York is expected to exert a
powerful influence among the uninstructed
delegates.