St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05

t0nnd. The influence Cf the national
committee was a subject OF comment;
these persons have custom OF contlnt-
ing themselves, and then nominating
the candidates in advance. OF leading
person IN this regard it was said that
how he lived was matter of wonder to
his friends, as he had been for some
time in no employment. If in the
East and central parts of the
country faction in unexpected
quarters were found to Mr.. Blaine, the
rOttenness of the Northwestern delega-
lions of Harrison was. soon apparent.
One of the prominent delegates from
Nebraska said to me, -Four of US here
are tied up with instructions for Har-
fison, pressed upon US by his office
holders. But the delegation is for
Blaine, because we know well that Har-
risan cannot carry one state in the
Northwest. The elections which have
taken place since his term began are.
as much as anything, expressly of the
suspicion the frontiersmen attach to
this Wall street contention. The only
men high in the government who have
not exposed their Wall street bias have
been Blaine and Rusk. With Blaine
we believe we can carry every state OF
the Northwest. Hence, it remains to be
seen how much the intentions of our
delegations will lie made manifest. Har-
TIson'S son has father-in-law in Ne
braska, formerly senator and himself
an officeholder, 10 keep down the active
propenSities of Utah. Never believe
Nebraska and Kansas. like the Dakotas
and Minnesota and Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and Iowa, ARE heartfelt for Blaine"
The speaker was ali old
Friend of William n. Seward.
and he said: ''If your Northwest viii
not vote for the Republican ticket there
is no sense nominating it. l tell you
they will not go for Harrison, and they
will go for Blaine The next point to
look out for is New York state. Re-
peated elections there have shown since
Harrison came into power that he is not
popular. He has shifted his patronage
around to concur with the nominations,
and has been defeated. The probabili-
ties of the Democratic nomination
indicate that New York requires
q man who will take off that
vote, which this year probably
does not want to support the Demo
cratic nominee. Wherever there is
Democratic disaffection the nomination
of Blaine is hoped for. 1t looks to me
like Pierce'S administration or Rnchan-
ans TO see these trading carpet-baggerS
and Salable negroes sent drilled and
badged to Minneapolis to nominate the
president" Nevertheless il occurred to
me that if this gentlemen was so par
t!cular about cOncealing his name that
perhaps the HarrisOnites might get
his vote. A railroad man who
has for years been the friend of the
president and his family, took me aside
and said mildly: Don't you hope the
president will be renOminated; he is a
good man; know him we'll and he is
an honorable person. He is not going
TO visit his Indignation on these persons
who have not supported him. He be-
lieVeS as politician in fair division.
They say he cannot be elected; | am
sure that he can carry Indiana, for 1
come from that state and know pretty
well what ] speak of; the fact that the
delegation is here for him from Indiana
is indicative of the sentiment of the
state which went for him before. l
think his prospects 10 carry New York
are better than they were four years
ago. The business class
Has Confidence in Him.
Surely, 1t ought 10 be easier to elect
him now than when lie was an unknown
quantity and had received his nomina-
tiOn as the results of compromise"
Said |, pennsylvania, where you live,
is a good Republican state: how does
that stand?" Il do not know" was the
reply, ''as to the polling of the delega-
lion; but the best men there, many of
them hitherto Blaine men, are for Har
Tison, such as Hamilton DisstOn."
The whole argument against Blaine
hare lies in the ClarkSon letter, and in
run against his chief. To this reply is
made that Blaine is the chief and not
Harrison: that when the convention
four years ago nearly broke up because
1t could not get Il chance at Blaine, and
he and his men went for Harrison. and
thus nominated him, that it was Harri-
$kOn's business to have treated MI. Blaine
as one still in the supreme popularity
of his party. On the contrary, they
say that Blaine was the last man asked
into the cabinet, and that these Indiana
DfficeholderS and claim agents who are
now on the spot, barely concealing an
unscrupulous malignity against Blaine,
were the very men who worked at Har-
rison not to put Blaine into his cabinet
because Blaine would be the popular
favoFite all the while. 1t is doubted if
a single man from Indiana advocated
Blaine to Harrison. AS matters pro-
reeded the president became Still more
rool-upon Blame, gave him next to
no confidence, and when he pre-