St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-07

lnVarlaOly conclude MS story with
reference to the actual figures spread
out before him. Gen. New said to the
GLOBE yesterday:
1--WE rely on two things-the positive
declarations of the delegates them
selves, and the absolute Instructions OF
those states that are known to be un-
qualifedly for Mr.. Harrison. We may
De deceived in some instances, but not
in many, and, making all possible al
lowanceS for deSertionS and defections,
we have votes and to spare. We can
figure out over 500 votes, and that will
give us all the margin necessary"
Chris Magee, the great Pittsburg boss,
who is the rival of Quay in Pennsyl
vania politics, is one of the best gen.
erals and most enthusiastic workers in
the Harrison ranks. He is very conf
dent of the nomination of Harrison, and
bases his confidence on the most reli-
able information obtained direct at first
hands. Yesterday afternoon, while the
caucuSeS of the several states were in
progress, he had trusty messengers
running from one to the other, verifying
the figures already obtained and collat-
ing the best information as to their
standing. When the last state had been
obtained, Mr.. Magee said to the GLOBE:
II am positive of the denomination of
the president, Our figures were very
conservative in every case, and l find
them verified and strengthened 10y tho
Harrison mill ha pH
on the first ballot. In fact. do not be-
lieve that ballot will ever be completed.
Ii our hopes are realized, his nomina-
tiOn will be so apparent as the ballot
progresses that it will be made by ac-
clamation and unanimously"
There is one loophole in the Harrison
breastwOrkS through which the opposi-
tion hopes to make an entrance,
although the presidents followers
claim to have guarded against it. Ger
tain statcS-MiSSouri, for instance-in-
structed for harrison III language some
thing like this: "Whereas, that illus
triOus statesman. James q. Blaine,
having declared that he was
not a candidate, etc." Now that
the mask is off. and Blaine
is an avowed seeker for the nomination.
some of the delegates from these states
are breaking back to Blaine on the
ground that the instruction was only
conditional on the fact that Blaine was
not in the race. On this the BlaineacS
are building hopes. Gen. New assured
the GLOBE that they had made allow
ance for all such cases aud that their
claims were entirely outside of them.
There is another very important ele
ment in the interesting contest soon to
be brought to an issue. The admins
tratiOn forces are fighting for positive
fact. The opposition has always been
handicapped by the negative element
that pervaded it. Now that Blaine is
an active candidate, their position Is in
no way lightened. They are still fight
ing, not so much to nominate anybody
as to defeat Harrison. Their guerrilla
warfare excItes no sympathy with those
who have simply the good of the party
at heart. When. Matt Quay first
came to Minneapolis it was in very
hopeless frame of mind. In spite of the
fact that he gave out that he knew that
Blaine would accept, and he knew that
he would be nominated, lie knew moth
ing of the kind. On the other hand, he
was very blue and decidedly in the
dumps. He told an intimate friend
that he felt that 1.-The jig was up" that
''th6 Harrison people had cinch on the
situation, and it was useless to buck
any longer" If Blaine had not come
to the rescue with his resignation, the
administration army would long ago
have had the opposition on the full run.
Since then the ''private dsappoint-
ment" crowd have been making their
characteristic buster and bluff, and
this has been their entire campaign.
When the time comes to act rather than
talk; when the convention gets down to
a ballot, the soreheads will not be in it.
They have made their noise. sung their
songs and shrieked their shrieks, and
the Harrison party has raked in the
votes.
Harrison will be nominated, and there
will leave Minneapolis the sorest, most
heart-broken crowd that can be imag-
ined. The scene in the convention hall
will battle all description. For the gal
leries will all be packed for Blaine.
The crowds are all for Blaine. For
every Harrison shouter there are four
for Blaine, and the Blaine influence
will dominate everything but the dele
gates. The Blaine men will have four
to one more admission tickets, and theY
will be there to shout and cheer for the
Plumed Knight. When Harrison is
nominated, despair and lndigna tion will
fill the hall like a pestilence, and the
triumphant cheers of the officeholders
will be like the shriil treble of flute
against the mighty diapason of the wild
storm. The Blaine eXcursiOnIsts will
90 home to mourn, and over the country
they will carry the fearful tidings.
There will be rejoicingS in Indiana. but
way down in Maine Rachel will refuse
to be comfOrted. Platt will whet his
knife and Quay will sharpen his toma-
hawk and Foraker will rave in impotent
fury. And so the months will pass and
time will set all things even in Novem-
ber and drown the wailings of the grand
old party in the triumphant shouts of
the victorious Democracy over land
once more redeemed.