Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-06

n.s o"sh telectcl fNerN ono ~ W. ieaaisfs
who have been prominent In the anti narrtsan
movement declare. with great Tositie.n... that
The battle viii be between Blaine snd Hsfrtsun
and that they will stay with Nh. Blaine aud wli
nominate him.
srSsroR Hfscock's srrfrrnt
The attitude Of senator Hi-cock In mi. asht
has been regarded with considerable ln,srcsi
and curiosity. In political vernacular Senator
Hiscock Is termed Platt man. In Tits contest.
however. he is put In the attitude % fighting
his friend and associate. Notwithstanding that
they are actively opposing each other Pintt and
Hiscock have maintained the closest relation
here at Minneapolis and have had long aud ne
quent conferences. At some of these confer
ences other Blaine leaders have appeared.
These things have provoked hints and suggs~-
tons that perhaps Mr.. Hiscock might not TO-
main FOR all time in the Harrison camp, and
today this developed into n rumor that Mr.. His-
cock would lead a movement 90 draw OF some
Of the Harrison delegates 10 n third candidate
with the expectation that the anti Harrison men
would seize the opportunity 10 Join with him
and nominate dark horse. Il was said Of this
that while any movement the part OF the
anti-Harrison people 90 bring out third can
didate would be very dangerous and might re-
suit in the nomination Of Harrison. vet II the
movement started in the Harrison camp they
could join in il and make a nomination Of man
not now in the field.
Leading Blaine men in discussing this rumor
declared that il Mr.. Hiscock OF any one else I'm
the Harrison camp attempted TO bring out Q
dark horse they would receive no encourage
No one. they said, would desert Mr.. Blaine for
any one else, as they wanted him nominated
and his nomination was assured.
HINT OF xkrSIrr.
There IL no doubt that efforts are being made
in certain directions 10 bring other candidates
into the field, and, a. 9 prominent politicisn
put il, there is a hen on for Maj. Mckinley.
The outlook at this moment. however, is Blaine.
THE BOOMING OF BLAINE.
The very vigorous Blaine booming that has
been going on here since Saturday morning has
had the effect of making the Harrison people
more steady and cautious. The outburst Of
angry feeling which Followed the announce
ment Of Blaine's resignation has been placed
under control and an appreciation Of the gravity
of the situation has made them more deter
mined. though perhaps a little less confident
Today some Of the best informed Of the num-
Der admit privately that there IL q very consider
able element of doubt in the situation. They
believe that up TO this hour they still huld
enough votes to give Harrison the nomination.
Apparently they perfectly honest in the
preston Of this belief but they find 10 always
true in such a contest. that they cannot put
their figures as to Harrison votes ~ high o. they
at first had it, and this suggests TO their minds
the ever-present possibility that some Of the
votes they count on with every possible sssur-
ance may be missing when il comes 10 the rub.
Mr.. Brady. the leader Of the snti-Mahone fac
ton Of Virginia, and one Of the best workers
Mr.. Harrison has in his camp, has been devot-
ing his attention particularly TO the southern
delegates. He said 10 The STAR correspondent,
in discussing the situation. that he had great
confidence IN Harrison's nomination.
CONFIDENT HARRrsoSrAx.
'If majority Of the delegates tell us they
are for Harrison, " he said, ''how are we TO feel
otherwise than confident? We don't know Of
any way of testing the honesty OF these
declarations except by the vote in the conven-
ton. We certainly can do no better than tAhe
the personal declarations of the delegates them
selves. IL some of them do not mean what
they say we have no way Of telling that. sup
pose We may discount some Of these declars-
tions. 1 make allowance for q small percentage
of loss, but believe that the loss viii not be
heavy enough TO affect the result. l believe
Harrison viii be nominated on the first ballot.
II he il not nominated on that ballot he Will not
be nominated. There are things, several
candidates. :, 50 being ,,i in the field, when
strength some among other candidates, 20 -
to have votes to draw on TO make . show Of
gathering strength, but this is not the cass
now. This is 70 be . one-ballot contest There
ID no vote which Mr.. Harrison can gel which be
will not have on the first ballot"
There are two things which the Harrison p,su
fear, though they do not expect either 70 hsp-
pen One is that . number Of the southern
delegates will be bought up, and the other h
that evidence Of bitterness between Harrisc n
and Blaine may induce a lot Of sober-mindesd
delegates who are not controlled entirely BY Tie
so-called leaders to take il into their hesds b
bring out Q new man and begin voting for him. IL
this latter were done il might not give the NOM
ination TO the new man, but il would assemble
together all the doubtful, weak-knesd and un-
certain delegates who would like 70 get under
cover and wait until they had seen . test Of
strength between the two great leaders. This
would prevent a nomination on the first ballot
and probably prove fatal 10 Harrison, II not -
Blaine also.
TIE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION.
The latest report is that Harrison has hree
majority Of the Massachusetts, delegates. In
this delegation the proposition has been can
vassed TO drop in the name Of Senator Hosr
and TO vote for him, not with any expectation
Of nominating him, but for the purpose Of
holding the delegation together until the fight
should assume some more definite snaps.
The Harrison men in the delegation rather en-
couraged this idea until it WAS discovered that
they might have a majority Of the delegation
for their man. They then concluded that such
a move would injure Harrison.
The Harrison men are irving TO break up the
Michigan delegation, all but foW Of whom are
for Blaine, by suggesting the nomination Of en-
Senator Palmer.
Among the accessions TO the working Harrison
force are Ingalls,, Mckinley and Huston Of In
diana and Cheney Of New Hampshire.
NO CHANCE OF PLANS.
At this time there il no evidence whatever
that the anti-Harrison men contemplate .
change Of candidates. Senator Quay, Mr..
Garrison. Mr.. Platt and Senator Gallinger de-
clare that enough votes are absolutely
assured to nominate Blaine on the first
ballot. They say this in their pri-
waite talk. where they do not expect 10
be quoted. The very confidence Of
the claim makes the Harrison people fear that
there may be broken place in their ranks that
they have not discovered.
THE OHIO MEN.
The Ohio delegation arrived in Minneapolis
this morning. There was great anxiety 10 see
Gov. Mckinley, as his name has been topic Of
discussion every since the fight between Harri-
son and Blaine became so bitter The gov
ernor has ~ yet thrown no light upon the sit-
uation, but his friends in the delegation are noe
doing anything TO spoil his chances. They are
occr A.