The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-09
THE BATTLE STILL ON.
Dark Horses Looming Up from
Maine, Ohio, and Iowa.
M'KINLEY'S BOOM FADING,
But Those of Tom Reed and John
Sherman Growing Brighter.

son Men Ready and Anxious for n Ballot,
but the Blniue Leaders Fighting for De-
Iny-John G. New Says the Blaine Men
Dare Not Take q Ballot Tho Second
Days sens,on Of the vcntion-Gov.
Mckinley chosen Permanent chairman
Little Enthusiasm Aroused by Either Ills
Personality or His Spccch-The Commit-
tees on CrcdentinI. mud Resolutions Not
Keady TO Report-Thc Credentials Cone
miteo votes to seat Harrison Contest-
ants from Alnbama-Tnik About Dark
Horses, the Most Promising OF which
Seem TO be Reed md sherman. with ALI
ron ThIrd-The Mckinley boom Killed
by the Delegates from HE Own STAG
Interesting Incidents OF the Day.
M1SHEAroL1s. juno S-Tho enthusiasm is
rapidly ebbng away. and tho Convention Will
10 moro like funeral than war dance IL 1t Is
prolonged to tho end Of the week. The first
days formal proceedings would have been
mournful had it not been for the iig talk mnde
by OK Spcaker Reed. To-day again 1t fell alb
solutely fiat. without n redeeming feature. eS-
cept what went on outside the council tepee.
The young braves still keep up their dancing
and yelling in the West House. They all shake
the red and white plumes OF the befeathercd
chief OF the Maine tribe, and they will follow
tho plunes around and around. with whoops
and yells OF defiance ut the followers OF little
Bon but it's getting tame to tho onlookers
and tlresome to the dancers. The Maine mod
cino won't work. 1t is the first time it has
ever failed at meeting of all the tribes. and
tho braves don't understand it. Plat and
Quay still keep to their work Of uttering mys-
FERROUS promises and shaking their medicine
rattles. but there are signs that II they don't
come out in the daylight and explain which
Great Spirit frowns on the cause. there will be
revolution. and the men who have got their
war paint on will pull down the plumes and
rally around some now loader.
John C. New. the chief Of the Hooslers. is
strutting around with a picture Of little Ben.
and laughing at the followers Of Chief Blaine.
He dares them to fight: he taunts them with
cowardice. he exposes their tactics by which
they delay the battle. he exults over them. and
boasts TINT he has more warriors. and can
whip them in an hour. He says tho Blaine
medicine mon are setting up false Messiahs
all around the camp to draw away his
men. but that they can't weaken him
that way. He says their conjuring
won't work. because In their hearts
they don't want their big chief. Blaine. as q
leader. He says that Blaine tricked them.
that they took him for makeshift. and now
they want to get rid OF him. He says the old
loser OF fights is o sick man and carries q
broken lance. But all this Is getting very
wearisome to the warriors who came here for
scalps. They are tired OF seeing two sets Of
chiefs dance and OF hearing them chant and
shout. They don't believe that either side
can kill of the other without new leaders. and
the air Is murky with talk OF rebellion.
III birds ever went to the theatre. the scene
on Which they looked down as they new over
the Mississippi River to-day would have re-
minded them OF comic opera with spectac-
u!ar setting and an enormous force OF chorus
singers and supernumeraries The streets
took on the colors OF thousand rainbows.
Great bands OF musicians. dressed IN pure
white from mats to boots. shone against the
black mass OF spectators on the sidewalks as
they paraded on TO tho Convention, Other
bands, clad like Zouaves threw great bands OF
red and blue upon the palette OF the
city. Long lines Of men under striped
umbrellas of red and white met ranks
OF Cincinnati men dressed like exaggerated
dudes, IN white hate. black coats, and white
trousers. These also carried UNI brelIas, some
red, some white, and some blue, A great DO
litical club from Eau Claire appeared on the
streets with long busters mrde OF brown
crash and wearing plug hats bound around
with Turkish towelling, mass Of moving
In the Convention proceedings. Almost gro
tcsque were the solid men of indianapolis, in
tall pearl gray hats with slanting crowns.
Battalion after battalion Of men thus different
ly dressed sent shifting streams OF color across
the scene. mngling their bright lines with the
yellow and white cleaning of gold and silver
instruments Of score Of marching orchestras.
Gaudy wagons filed with musicians and
hung with rlacards announcing a baseball
game crossed the thousand leg god bodies of
marching men. Everywhere color was album
dant Even tho onlookcrs. with few exceptions
pore badges and strcamcrs on their coats and
swe'sihg hodices. Men us modest as ]. Eloat
rnssol' wore several huge red and blue rib
pons nearly loot in length, and with bands Of
Io'u u. inc Top ana heavy fringes Of gold ut
Wv uo.toh' ~ 'ho eye wandered upward for
ienoi from 'n'h suF'et OF color it got no
.Is'' ~, tho prii''aht nag OF our Unce sam
u.pp'u "a" nlt from every Flagstaff. and most
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