The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-06-11
THEY'RE FOR BEN
Delegates and Others From I'LL
nOis Hold a Conference
in Chicago.
With One or Two Exceptions,
the Illinois Delegates Are
Harrison Men.

CHICAGO. June "A meeting OF the dele.
gates and Others from Illinois was held in
Senator Cullom's room at the Grand Pa
cifc to-day. There were present J.. P. Rob-
erts of Mound City; William Rankin,
Onaga; l.. W. Mitchell, Pana; Judge
Rhodes, Carlton; Postmaster Sexton and a
score OF others. Senator Cullom expressed
himself. as confident that the delegation
would be solid, with perhaps one or two
exceptions, tor Harrison, and that they
would obey the instructions Of the Spring.
field convention. The only signs Of revolt
against Harrison, he. thought, was among
the Chicago delegates.
Charles Emory Smith. ex-minister to
Russia and editor Of the Philadelphia Press,
reached Chicago to-day and joined the Har-
S>on boomers at the Grand Pacific. Mr..
Smith is not a delegate to the convention,
but will leave tonight to work tor the re-
nomination OF the president. Mr.. Smith
spent some time in the rooms of Senator
C1llom.
Johu NJ. Langston. the cclored delegate
from Virginia, is out in an interview to-day
declaring heatedly that the colored voters
are against Harrison, and that the only
MAJ who can give the negro justice in the
South is Blaine. Mr.. Langston almost
shouted his utterances and brought down
the open palm of his hand on a typewrit-
ten copy of the communication sent to q
number of ministers by the president de-
ploring the outrages committed against the
negroes in the South. but stating that the
constitution prevented the president from
taking any steps to prevent the outrages
Mr.. Langston declared the colored people
HOLD THE OF PowER
in Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. and
might disastrously exert it if Harrison was
nominated. He asserted that Attorney
General Miller. the presidents law partner,
had proved the most untriendly man to
the colorei people that could have been
named for that place. and that President
Harrison had snubbed the colored people
in the worlds fair appointments.
Tennessee woke things up in Chicago to-
day. A portion Of the delegation from,
that state registered at the Palmer house,
and at once paid their respects to John NJ.
Langston, the colored delegate from Vir-
ginia, who is talked OF for tenn porary
chairman by the Blaine people. The Ten
nesseeans told Langston they had 'glo1i-
Gus news The six Harrison instructed
delegates from Tennessee, they said, had
broken loose and gone over to Blaine with
but two exceptions. In the party were H.
B. Lindsay, United States district attorney
from the Second district and alternate at
large from the state: Delegate J.. F. Tar
water and Delegate J. w. Conner. All
these are Blaine men. Lindsay the Office
holder, was apparently the most enthusi-
astic of the lot. He said the administra-
ktion could have his place any time, but b e
intended, he declared. to work for Blaine.
B. Z. Mccarthy, who is also an office
holder, being superintendent of letter car
riers at. Nashville, and who accompanies
The party, declared he was for Blaine.
Had the state convention known that Blaine
would have accepted" said he, 1.-The delegates
would have been tied hand and foot with in
structtons for him. BY the time all the dele
gates get to- minneapolis they will be for tho
Maine man."
PLATT TALKS SOME MORE.
Ex-senator Tom Plat of New York ar
rived here last night, accompanied by Dele
gates Louis H. Payne, John E. Milholiand,
G. w. Allen, G.. S. Burr and ]. Leroy Jacobs.
Humphrey, secretary Of the Republican
national league. and Judge A. mclaughlin.
Mr.. Plat, in all interview, declared that
developments pointed Enthusiastically to the
nomination of Blaine ON the first ballot.
Asked if Blaine would accept he replied:
l believe that when he sees that he is de-
manded he will throw aside his former consider
ations and accept. lie will not be able to with
stand the storm.
With regard to New York he said Blaine
would have fly out of seventy delegates in
favor OF him. AS to Mr.. Depew's prophecy,
Mr.. Plat became exceedingly personal.
mi. Depew is an oficeholder,% appointed by
President Harrison" he said. "He is now re-
ceiving SO or So a day. 1t is a matter of bread
and butter to him. His New York friends
are exceedingly tolerant of his rose-colored
views, feeling that il they are really worked for
Blaine it might jeopardize his position"