The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-06-04
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
.,III DELEGATES GETTING DOWN
HARD WORK.
ggArri~ou'> Headquarters the First tO
bc Establishcd--t Dark Horse
Talked Of.

s Telegraph "a the state Chronicle.
MlSNEAr lis, MINI, June ga
canvass Of the lotcls and location al
.utcd for head quarters allows that not
more than ten per cent. of the accredit-
/, delegates to the convention are on
taa ground. Tomorrow the arrivals
prom 81 to be numerous, but the bulk
u ihc actual nominee-makers will not |
I IN until Sunday. The advance
guard includes men like Clarkson,
QUAY, Conger, Kerins, Spooner,
Strockbridge and a few others whose
weight and standing iii the councils OF
tur party is recognized, but the bulk
4 the talking is being done and the
most Of the noise being made by indi-
yiduaIs. enthusiastic enough in their
adherence to othcir respective favorites,
INIT Who will have neither parcel or
An II the actual proceedings when the
rou &c state i called for the selection
or candidate.
Harrison is the first of the candi-
dates 70 have official headquarters es-
,,hlisEed. TN, morning General New
,,.L possession Of Suits 1,2S and 80,
nnr 81 the apartments being fitted up
for me accommodation Of a small army
of type.writers and stenographers.
"More thorough organization is neces-
s,rv 10 ultimate success is the motto
ot the presidents friends, and they say
HAT in twcnty-four hours, with large
accrs,ions to their forces, they will
have an organization complete in
every detail. Outside of Clark
sons quarters, on the other
hand the Blaine cohorts have no
rallying place, and of this they are
complaining. They say that, like their
opponents, they must have organiza-
non or els they will be simply in the
position of bushwhackers and will fail
Tor no other cause but by lack of de.
tail and concentration. 1t is AN very
well. they say, to argue as Clarksor
has done, that Blaine does not neeC
h.adguarters. that his cause is located
in the hearts of the people, and the
an organized movement would de
priyc the Maine mans cause of tha
appearance of spontaneous sentiment, i
now its chief strength, but at the sam,
time they insist it must not, and cal
nOt be one or two man movement
and that they must have the same sys
t,matic concentration and organiza
tion as the other side. Powell Clay
ton, Of Arkansas; ex-Lieut. Robertson
Of Fort Wayne, Ind; L. 5 attorne
Smiley Chamb ars, of indianapolis, an
Gen. Lew Wallace, were among thos
who conferred with general New re
garding the work to be done. Bot
sides are anxious for a preliminar
count Of noses. Mr.. New now hs
list of over 500, all of whol
ha claims as instructed and pledge
ior Harrison, but Clarksol
who has a little list of his own in a
inside pocket, puts the llarriso
strength AS 29S to a man. ClarksOn
heart was made happy to-day by tt
arrival of Quay. The Pennsylva'
senator came in shortly before noon {
special car with Senators Stoc
bridge, Sawyer, FELTON,, Gallinger, al
Congressman Burrows as company.
Wa, deyeloDed that in the course
the trip there was an informal ia
concerning available dark horses,
tdc event of the situation demandil
tIe selection Of another than Harris'
or Blaine. The names of Sherm
and Mckinley were talked
ju this connection. Certa
Of those belonging to the senator
party took the ground that the mol
nation Of either would not weaken t
party in Ohio and that the nominate
ol Sherman would open up the SCI
torial pathway to Foraker and tt
heal the existing differences in
buckeye State The arriva Of Cha
cey Depew IS anXiously awaited by
Harrison brigade. Senator Gu
who mas made his headquarters at
Nichollett, called on Mr.. Clarkson ;
after Mr. Fassett had been called
tha trio went into conference.
The train load of special corresr
dents from Washington arrived {
O'clock this afternoon after a thorouo
nioyable journey. They were un
the personal escort of George
Boyd, Of the pennsylvania, which wa
advance guarantee of pleasant
Most of the newspaper correspond
went to the New York life insura
building, which has been fitted up
i"mporary hotel for newspaper I
others went to the West hotel W
The United Press has opened its b
quarters. The gen eral preparat
Tor the convention are well adva
ana every one who has seen it sp
~ enthusiastic terms Of the conver
hall. The West hotel is the cl
meeting place Of the boomers.
.htioh characters" such as
ilalrtd Norton, of Texas, with hi
."t holday cane and stories of II
ciay' and other equally fan