New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
LINES OF BATTLE DRAWN.
THE CONTEST AT MINNEAPOLIS
DELAY THE wATCHwORD OF THE ANTI
HARRISON FORCES.
SIGNIFICANT ACTION OF THE IMPORTANT CON
MITTEE on CREDENTIALS-CoNTEsTs TO BE
TRIED on THEIR MERITS-THE TALK OF
COMPROMISE CANDIDATES-wEAK
SrOrs IN THE CPPoS-
ING LINES.


srors IN THE cPpos-
ING LINES.
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Minneapolis. June s.-The tactics pursued
for some time by the leaders or the
anti-ITarrison forces create the impression that
their confidence in the success Of Mr.. Bainc's
condidacy-if the attitude in which he has been
placed by his friends justi0es that term-is be-
ginning TO be shaken. Their watchword just
now seems 10 be Delay" the object a rally
of their columns, tightening Of the lines, and.
here ana there where badly needed, the reinforce
ment Of wavcring battalions. Upon no other
theory can the events Of the last twenty-four
hours be explained.
1T looks blue for your man. remarked an
enthusiastic Harrison follower this morning TO one
of the most determined and outspolen adherents
of Mr.. Blaine u Senator and an uncompromsing
adhcrcnt Of free coinage
:" Not n bit Of it," replied the Senator promptly,
mot the slightest cause for feeling blue. On the
C ntrary, every thing looks rosy. Large gains are
reported in different quarters
Where Z?
"Never mind. You'll see We arc sure to win.
We cannot possibly lose we have got the votes
right here and you cannot get away with them
one along willing to take the bet 81 900 or 50 900
il that suits you better that Harrison is beaten
The offer was aughingly declined with the
remark that the Senator had evidently changed
the condition Of his bets since yesterday. On
Tuesday he was willing 10 bet 81, 600 that Mr..
Elaine would be nominated. To-day, he is pre-
pared only 10 back with his money the predic-
tion that the President will fail 10 secure re-
nomination at the hands Of the con-
vcnton. Mark the difference in the terms Of
those two bets II is significant. II is
more Ifan that; il tells in q few words the story
Of Yesterday and to-day. II reflects the opinion
OF most men who have followed closely the Goings
Of the Committee on Gre entials What that
cmmittec has done, or more correctly speaking,
what il has failed 10 do. Is told in detail else
wher u has he pointed ont already in these
dispatches that there are contests pending invov-
ing in the neighhorhood of forty odd votes. The
important part which those votes likely 10
play when the convention settles down to work
is admitted Neither faction certainly. is in n
POSITION ~ ignore them and each therefore see ks
TO secure a majority OF the disputed SEATS.
SITUATION IN THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
The Committee on Credentials Is composed OF
one member from each State and Territory, ap-
pointed or elected by the different delegations.
the first time Yesterday tho Harrison men caught
their Blaine adversarics mapping; at any rate, they
succeeded in eecting temporary chairman Of
the committee Representative Cogswcll, OF Massa-
chusctts, outspoken supporter OF President
Harrison. Though the Blninc men say
they have good reasons 10 believe
that they control the committee by
n majority of from three 70 seyen-some claim ms
high as ten They are In no position TO indulge,
for the sake of mere sentiment, In a policy Of
generosity townrl their rivals, which may dlti-
matcly cause bitter but v,in regrets. They at
tempted, therefore, at once 10 repair their for
tunes by dsplacing al The second meeting OF
the committee later in the day the temporary
Chairman, and electng in his stead more salts
factory chairman than Mr.. Cogswell was
likely to prove. Mich 10 their chagrin, they
failed ignominiously, being unable to mus
ter a sufficient number Of men.
even Of their own faction, willing 10 participate
in putting ont General Cozswcll, and mark an
implied want OF confidence The Massachusetts
Representative was duly installed chairman
and nothing remained for the defeated majority
10 do except 10 move an adioum mment. This ques-
tion they carried notwithstanding that Com
mittees on Credentials accustomed, and have
done so in all previous conventions, TO sit far
into the night-all night, in fact, II need bc-to
hasten the business Of the convention.
SIGNIFICANT ABSENCE OF BLAINE MEMBERS.
When the committee met again this
morninc there was significant absence
Of Ilnnc members, and practically nothing was
accomplished. General Cogswcll was compelled to
admit on the floor of the convention that he
did not know when the labors Of the committee
would be finished, and other members Of the
committee express the opinion, unoi'cially, that
only in case the entire committee went To work
at once. and in good earnest would it be posi-
bic 70 make n report on all the contests involved
some time Tomorrow. This meant that a ballot
was not possible before Friday, and perhaps not
until Saturday
II anything more were wanted to demonstrate
the nature Of the policy which anti-llarrson
men on this committee intend to follow under
instructions from Messrs. Platt, Quay and Clark
SOL, il would I've necessary only to point to the
resolution which they succeeded in carrying ycs-
tcrday-a resolution which provides that all con-
tests must h. considered in full committee. Such
u resolution practically ties the hands Of the
chairman, who otherwise would have had the
power Of appointing n sub-commttfe. This power
with all that it implies the Blaine men did not
propose intrusting 10 General COgswc or, in fact,
10 any other member OF the opposition. The
the contested cases, gives the Blaine men time
to continue their campaign of conversionl all
they seem TO want for the present
RULE EHAT MAKES FOR DELAY.
Further to aid them in the policy Of post
poning the time when the business Of placing
candidates In nomination could begin and ballot
ing could be taken up, the convention adopted to-
day. as one of its rules, the following:
report OF tho Committee Credcnta shall be dis
poed before the report Of the Committee Platform
and Resolutions is acted upon and the OF the COM
mtee Platform and Resolution shall be disposed Of
convention proceed To the nomination Of cand
dates for President and ViceIresldent
In the convention OF 1888 this rule was sus
pended, as far as the report Of the Committee
on Platform and Resolutions is concerned. but
it is not likely that it will be in this, as long
as neither faction is sure Of clear majority
The chances, therefore, Of proonging the contest
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