The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-05
MINNEAPOLIS Wild,
BLAINE'S ACTION CAUSES
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The And-HarrisOn Men Fear q
Fatal Split

NS"Oto AANAkuhhbiy heJSCJ OV9rtur e9
Looking TO the Selection of a Com
promise Candidate Harrison q
Forces Well Organized.
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, June 4.-There is
situation" here to-night-the most res
| markable pre- convention situation Of recent
| years. The correspondence in which Can
didate Blaine resigned the secretaryship of
state and Candidate Harrison, within the
hour, accepted it, precipitated this after
noon battle which promises to prove
memorable in history. The bulletin from
Washington announcing the fact of the
offer and acceptance of the resignation was
like the opening cannon's roar, bringing
both camps out upon the line Of battle, The
resignation itself, which has been put down
as inevitable in view OF the remarka-
BILE relations between the President
and the Secretary of State, did not
give the news that element of surprise
which made every one doubt at first. 1t
was the fact that the transaction was so
| quickly, 80 curtly done. which made it
assume at once, in their minds, the propor-
hons OF an historic event, and served at the
same time to convey its immediate signif-
canoe. In moment the veil which they
thought concealed from many minds the
true relations between Secretary Blaine
and President Harrison was brushed aside,
| and even the wayfarer could see the
premier striking at the Presidents
| political heart. DIR. Blaine is
| an avowed candidate IL it be
| only to prevent the nomination of Presi-
| dent Harrison" was the immediate con-
cluston of everybody who believed the
news
FIRST EFFECTS OF THE NEWS
At first thought all except the more ar
| dent Harrison men not only saw President
| Harrison beaten but Mr.. Blaine nominated
on the first ballot Even some OF President
Harrison's real friends, realizing that Mr..
| Blaine apparently has a majority Of the
| delegates, saw that he had apparently an
nounced himself a candidate for any kind
OF nomination, began to wave. Strhe almost
| entire absence Of the much-advertised
Blaine enthusiasm at this moment when his
nomination seemed so probable
ssruck every observer. One cold
thin cheer, was all that the
| modified rapture OF the throng of
| Blaine badge wearers in the lobby Of the
| West hotel yielded, when a Blaine man
asked for cheers upon the announoement Of
the resignation incident and even when
| ALo DldIus CIOWu from hlcnlRau, disguised
| as Alger men, got in later, with the only
band that has as yet arrived, and heard the
startling news, they seemed dazed rather
| than delighted. The fact seemed to be that,
| face to face with the nomination they had
| been trying TO bring about, the Blaine
troops recoiled from their own results.
AFRAID OF FATAL SPLIT.
AS the afternoon wore on it was apparent
that the anti-Harrison boomers (all Of whom,
except Warner Miller, who is now an
nounced by his bosom friend, Mr.. Burleigh,
as one of them, are here), disliked the pros
| pect as much as their Vassals and retainers.
| Their object has been OF course to beat
| President Harrison rather than to nominate
| Blame. They tried every other name to
conjure with before they reluctantly took
up Mr.. Blaine's, for they realized the perils
TO the party in the attempt to beat the
President with the Secretary of State in
stance. Having, as they believed,
beaten President Harrison with
! Mr.. Blaine, they seemed this afternoon
| to regret the consequences Of their act Pub
| licly they, of course, talked Blaine as
strongly as ever. Except Chairman Clark
son, who talked Alger). but privately they
| were making overtures to the Harrison men
| looking to an agreement upon compro-
| mise candidate, who should be, they inti-
IN ated. anybody except Mr.. Blaine or Presi-
| dent Harrison, whom President Harrison or
| his friends might name. Anything to beat
| President Harrison was suddenly converted
into anything to make harmony. Naturally,
the Harrison men, encouraged by such overt
| ures from the enemy, rejected them with
defiance, and under the rousing eloquence
| OF Chauncy M. Depew, In what
is regarded as the greatest
| political speech of his career, and others in
| the caucus said they had resolved to fight
to the bitter end for President Harrison, a
resolution which was promptly approved
| by President Harrison himself in response
| to a message from John G. New. Every
point will be contested (Mr. New informed
| Chairman Clarkson subsequently, in the
committee and In the convention, especially
| of course the wholesale anti-Harrison decls-
| ions in the national committee on the con-
tested seat cases. which gives the Harrison
men only one valuable concession, that is
| the Fort Wayne anti ti-Harrison hot-bed
which even Senator Quay thought could not
| be withheld from the Harrison men.
| LOOKING FOR A DARK HORSE.
| While the Harrison leaders were adopt
| ing this heroic resolution the anti Harrison
! leaders were looking around for the dark
| horse they seem to want so badly. Chair
man Clerkson had telegraphed upon hear
| ing the news from Washington at once for
| Gen. Alger Gen. Alger's friends believing
| that Gen. Alger's chance for the nomination
| would be hindered rather tIan helped by his
| coming telegraphed him to remain at
! Detroit. Boss Platt was talking Sherman,
! Kellogg who holds the southern anti Har-
| rison forces was talking ex-Speeker Reed
| The solid ranks Of the Harrison men seemed
! opposed by disunited bands, agreeing only
| apparently in trying TO get away
| from the nomination Of Mr..
| Blaine. to which, however. they seemed
| compelled by the necessity OF the situation.
| IL was manifest that Mr.. Blaine was not 10
be put formally into nomination. and that
Gen. Alger, probably, would be the only
dark horse, whose friends here had not de-
clared that II put In nomination he would
be withdrawn by authority. Beyond the
intention to use Gen. Alger as "A stalking
| horse, the anti-Harrison men seem 20 have
developed absolutely no positive plans.
HARRIsoN's MEN WELL ORGANIZED.
| The Harrison men, on the other hand,
have outlived their entire plan of campaign
| besides contesting every preliminary
point. Mr.. Depew, who is TO nomi-
nate President Harrison, and all the
long list OF orators who are
| to second his nomination are
as delicstely and deftly as posi-
BILE to point out the follow Of nominating
! MT. Blaine. These speeches. however deft,