The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-10
A HARRISON VICTORY.
The President Easily Draws
First Blood"
THE BLAINE FORCES BEATEN
ID ias Fist Vote Taken in tho Convention
at Minneapolis.
IRE CREDEETIbL COMMITTEES REPORT
Ppc2,,,.i The Test Of Strength Between
The Candidates,
HARRISON HOURLY GAINING GROUND.
Blaine Ken Striving 10 Prevent HiS KOmi-
nation On The First Ballot
a significant Caucus Of Harrison supporters
at Which IS Claimed That Five Hundred
Delegates WIZ stand Firm for the
Observation-Disclosures supersttious
About Taking Vote on Friday.
Full Tc1t of the Platform.
Detailed Vote Taken In
the Convenuon-Pro-
cecdincs OF the
Body.
HARRISON HOURLY GAINING GROUND.
Blaine Ken Striving 10 Prevent Els Komi-
nation on The First Ballot

the tOnNenu0n-iro-
cecdiucs OF tho
Body
MrSsrUois. MSS.. June g. Special r.
The great fight is suil on.
Senator Hnnsbroush and Representative
Bouteilc the leading Blaine managers, con-
fess they layo no l0pe of nominating their
candidate on tho first ballot. They admit
they ars struggling now to prevent Harrison g
nomination "a the first ballot and say If that
can be accomplished the President Til be-
beaten.
They estimate that if Harrison fails on tho
FIRST ballot at least one-third Of bis following
vii desert bin.
DAMAGING IMPRESSION.
The impression that Blaine was being used
rs a sIabling house TO beat Harrison
without any honest purpose of con-
tending for tho nomination became so
general to-day that EmmOns Blaine was
summoned and kept at Blaine Headquarters
lie stated with greatest emphasis that his
father is candidate aud viii accept the nom-
inaton. Eveu this positive assertion has not
removed the suspicion that Blaine is not SIN
cere
THE BALroIING.
Many delegates of both factions openly
object 20 begin ballot.ng tomorrow. because
1T ls Friday, and they are supersuuOus enough
- fear bad lnck There is strong dispOsi-
ton 90 avoid beginning the balohng on Ti-
dav.
The platform is 90 be reported and there
are indications of q fight over that, as the
silver advocates say they Will contest for
recognition Of silver.
MlE0NEs WAR ON HARRISON
Malone is getting in his bad work against
Harrison IL is rather singular that his most
earnest aids are Federal Ofice-holders from
Virginia The pOstmasters If Roanoke aud
Fredericksburg. together with other Federal
officials. ore taking and working against Har-
IisOn. They say their allegiance is fast e.
Malone and they viii follow MIN. langston
is also busying himself fighting Harrison
lie is working among c0Ored delegates from
the South. Langston is for Alger. No doubt
Malone is too at heart LanestOn harangues
negro crowds wherever be can find them and
never fails 90 put 90 a word for Alger
There Is a welLorga ganized aud disciplined
I.rce here booming Alger it Is mGrsLaled
and Jed by Michigan men. Their headquar-
tef- consist oi long row OF tents pitched
upon the front lawn OF the residence of Mr.
Walker. the wea.ihest man in this section
Walker magnificent residence is profusely
decorated lu honor ot Alger. tits understood
De Is wiling i0 spend money for the Michigan
candidate.
Both sides Eaxor for tho Ballot
The sentiment this morning in both the
HARRISON and Blaine ranks was decidedly IN
iAt.r ~ eetuug down 10 the nominations
win As iti.e delay as possible.
~ fses ,lat The convention hall had been
PACKED ID tle interest If Blaine were very
freely made Dy the Harrison organizers again
lNl- morning. They said that every means
lesiumate aud otherwise were being resorted
ll' sl i-at The galleries may, IL needs be,
create a stampede for Blaine.
i1-~enator Palmer. of Michigan. is ex-
remeiy wa,hful over the telegram sent here
tl "a Detroit Grange man. saying that Palmer
Ni ans other good American would receive o
n-i-iou and quarter votes Tint won never
ie cast tor Elaine. What makes BIN more
alnoYed is the fact that certain people have
gone 20 the trouble of lithographing the tele-
gram and are distributing 10 broadcast among
tle headquarters. The Worlds Fair presi-
dent says that 10 IS dirty business 20 drag re-
Afous matters into politics and could not
have been done by any friend of his. Ihenam
s.-ued 90 the telegram ho had never heard be-
lore.
FUTILE DARK HoRsK EFfOhTs.
Up 10 this iime several efforts have been
made % form coalition Of State delegates ON
.le OF another of the lesser names. but all Of
them have proved unsuccessful Every effort
90 unite even the members OF one delegation
ou one of tho minor candidates has been
booked by some Blaine or Harrison enthu-
ssst who remained true 10 lis allegiance.
tlo,. of these efforts to bring out dark horses
have been tfaceabie 20 the Blaine leaders.
Senator Wo.cott was heard to tell delegate
Yesterday that u was any thing 10 beat har-
TisOu now" This has been the position OF
the Nliyef-Ntato delegates from the beginning.
The publication through the United Press
tnis morning Of the comments of the silver
aAd tariff p.anks of the platform which ap-
peared ln the columns OF the local papers
hiied with deep disgust the members Of the
committee on resolutions. who had sat up
until O'Clock DorfectiDg the platform and
lad left u under seal until the
committee should meet again at
30 this morning. Although members Of tho
committee were onioined TO secrecy. several
~ them were too much interested III the re-
suit oi the cOmmittees deliberations 10 keep
their mouths closed. and 80 the United Press
obtained before midnight almost the exact
text Of the most important planks OF the plat
iOfm They are correct substantially. as
puOhshed this morning
Proceedings of the Convention.
The convention gathered slowly tins morn
ing. At IL O'Clock perhaps three-qnafters oi
Tie delegates were ia tbor seats or ia the
aisles. but the galleries were not halt tul. 10
has been a cold convention from the begin
ming. and It's coldness has never been more
emphatic than this morning
Chairman Mckinley came 20 his seat on the
platform few minutes before ii o'clock 10
tie clapping Of perhaps ahuDdrod hands, aud
there was no demonstration al the eutrauco pi
ANY other of the leaders. Even the spectacu-
lar IDgslls came down " LIS scat accom-