The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-22
Growing Belief That Harrison
Will Not Be Nominated.
THE SOUTH DESERVING HIM.
Victory Is Sure if the Author of Reel.
procity Leads the Republicans.
Rumor That the President Realizes
That Blaine IL tho Most Desirable
Candidato-New Jersey for CIeve-
land, Also This State.

WASHINGTON CRY. May 2i.--rSnecial. r
Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican ma
tional committee, will be in this CITY on
Monday. and upon his arrival the plan of
the anti-Harrison Republicans will be un-
folded in all its details to the leaders who
are now here, and direct understanding
as to the methods to be pursued at Mime
apolis will be reached. As has been MAIN
tained in the dispatches to the Posr-IN-
TELLrGENcER during the present week, the
opinion has entirely centered upon Blaine,
and the understanding is general that if
nominated with any degree of unanimity
at Minneapolis he will accept. Every
Eastern paper of any prominence this
morning prints stories sHbstantiating this
view of the case.
The Philadelphia Press, one Of the most
pronounced Harrison organs in the coun-
try, endeavors today to show, through the
medium of Senator Hale, of Maine, that
Blame does not want the nomination. but
the paper was unable to put Hale on rec
ord as stating that Blaine would not ac-
cept if the nomination was given him.
The only hope the Harrison men now
seem to have is that they can keep their
man in the race in opposition to Blaine
long enough to preclude the acceptance Of
the nomination by the man from Maine
because it will not come easy enough to
satisfy him. That this last sustaining
hope of the Harrisonites will be dashed to
earth seems almost certain at this
time. The great disintegration of the
Harrison delegates in the South is
pulling the foundation entirely out from
under him. A quiet movement has been
engineered among the Southern delegates
to draw from Harrison to Alger the sup
port of those that were practically whipped
into line for the president at the state con-
ventions. This movement has been engi-
nsered very successfully, and it is consid-
cred due to the manipulations Of Chair
man Clarkson, General Alger and a few
prominent anti-Harrison colored leaders
from the South, one of whom is ex-Con-
gresham Langston. of Virginia. If the
onslaught on the Harrison delegates is not
checked within the next week his strength
will be very slim at the convention. and it
may yet be decided not to allow his name
to be presented for renomination.
Chairman Carkson, of the national
committee. is quoted in New York Herald
today as stating that Blaine will be nomi-
A"sNN ~ oSSAoah0tAOh os VIC &AiHuCopOilS
convention without ballot. It can be
stated without fear of contradiction that
Clarkson's opinion is shared by nearly
every public man of any prominence in
the national capital.
Everything points today to the nomina-
tion of Senator German, of Maryland. as
the Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency in this campaign. Developments of
the past two or three days have proved
conclusively that it will be suicidal to
select Cleveland. As for the nomination
of Hill, that is entirely out of the ques-
ton. German is now the logical candidate.
New YORK. May 2I-The telegram
quotes John S. Clarkson today as saying:
"My political judgment is that Blaine is
the strongest man in the Republican party
today, and is the man who can sweep the
country"
HoLYoKE, Mass, May 21.-The Democrat
learns on good authority that Blaine will
accept the nomination for the presidency
If Harrison is not nominated on the first
ballot. The information comes from J.
NJ. Cove, of Boston, an original Blaine
man. who has been to Washington City
and had a long conference with Blaine.
1t is learned that Harrison and Blaine
have friendly understanding.